The Homecoming Pep Rally

Homecoming Pep Rally 2010

Wow! An appropriate word to describe this year’s Homecoming Pep Rally on Friday, October 1st, 2010. The crowd was definitely fired up for this years Pep Rally and rightfully so. This Pep Rally had great entertainment, exciting performances, and was topped of by the election of the Homecoming Couple. The students filed in and as always sat in the bleachers according to their grade. The Pep Rally started with the introduction of the emcee for the event, Cody Stryker. Throughout the event Cody Stryker kept the crowd full of energy through the introduction of every sports team.

Next, the Cheerleaders and the Kickline teams performed their routines, which they would also later perform at the Homecoming Football Game. Afterwards, the students would be introduced to 2 new and up and coming clubs. The Friar Faithful led by the Bagpipe Team walked to the stage and described their new clubs. The Girls Swimming, Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball, Dance, Girls Cross Country, Boys Cross Country, Step, Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer, and Football Teams would follow them.

The Homecoming celebrations rapped up with the finale of the election of the Homecoming King and Queen. The runners up for Homecoming Queen were Fredrika Council, Jacquelyn Zoine, Patricia Robins, and Mae Ledva. The Homecoming Queen was ……Marilyn Freeman. The runners up for Homecoming King were Mike Romeo, Ryan Diviney, Robert Casey, and John Bertino. The Homecoming King was ……Nicholas Mattei. The Homecoming Couple then “knighted” each of the Football Players of the Homecoming Court. The Pep Rally then concluded with the Schola lead by Brother Joshua, singing “America the Beautiful” as the Homecoming Court filed out. The students then left full of energy for the night’s Football Game against Xavarian.

Reported by: Ryan Sheppard
Photographed by: Joe Schaeperkoetter and Will Ramos