C ARLYN TON S CH OOL DI STR IC T NE WS
arlynton-Montour
HOMECOMING 2016 HOMECOMING 2016 HOMECOMING 2016
Homecoming 2016
brings Broadway to Carlynton
In the days and hours preceding the
2016 homecoming, Carlynton students
and teachers planned festivities with
enthusiasm. Groups gathered after school
to design and build floats, hang lights
and props in the gym for the semi-formal
dance and coordinated a host of other
activities to celebrate an event that comes
just once a year. At the pinnacle of this
annual occasion is the spine-tingling
announcement of a king and queen.
Everything was planned prudently and
precisely – and then came the rain. First a
few sprinkles, followed by showers. As if
perfectly timed for the queen’s coronation,
a deluge collided with the football field
and its inhabitants.
Dubbed a “Night on Broadway,”
homecoming took on the guise of New
48 Carlynton-Montour
York City and its famed Broadway
Avenue. Decorated floats in the parade
depicted well-known Broadway shows,
such as Cats, Wicked and Grease, and
teens in costumes aboard staged
platforms tossed candy as they trekked
down Washington Avenue in Carnegie.
Despite the rain, members of the
homecoming court traveled in shiny
convertibles, smiling and waving to
spectators along the route.
Honus Wagner Field was adorned in
green and gold streamers and the stands
were filled as the court was introduced.
Sophomore class representatives
Patricia Maloy and Maclaine Greiner
stood at center field followed by junior
reps Arieona Smith-Purdue and Mason
Melko. The homecoming court was
announced with grandeur. With umbrellas
as backdrops they walked in pairs onto
the field: seniors Hannah Bogats and
Ray Bordenick, who was elected “king”
earlier in the day at a boisterous pep rally,
Sofia Carrasco and Ian Kobistek, Hannah
Diulus and Will Ford, Meaghan Maloy
and Logan Witwicki and Morgan Vonada
and Jordan Lange.
At half time of the football game
between the Cougars and the Steel
Valley Ironmen, the Cougar marching
band performed in a downpour. The
homecoming court gathered on the field
near the 50-yard line, sheltered beneath
sturdy umbrellas. As it was, the rain did
little to dampen spirits. A cheer arose from
the stands as Sofia Carrasco was declared
the 2016 homecoming queen.