The Homecoming Court gathers for a photo shortly after Izzy Olds was crowned queen during halftime of the game versus Wyandotte.
Excitement was high, and nerves were through the roof as Queen’s Judging 2017 approached. The event was held on Oct. 1 in the Trenton High School Auditorium. Thirty-one girls were a part of it, along with five escorts, and one emcee. Each of the candidates was nominated from a club. Five were nominated as class choice. During the pageant, each girl was asked an informal question and a formal question. They were judged on poise, personality and thoughtfulness of their answers.
Around a week before the event, the girls were given a list of 14 formal questions to fill out and hand back in. They were then read over by administration, and the best ones were circled and handed back. The ones that got circled all had an equal chance of being used in the formal questioning portion of the show. This way, the girls had their questions somewhat narrowed down. Yet, the informal ones were a surprise, and answers had to be thought of on the spot. The nominees worked tirelessly the entire week beforehand to learn a dance, practice their questions, and rehearse the show.
Art Club nominee Laine Carmona stated, “This week was very stressful, yet exciting. I cannot wait to get it over with. Public speaking is very hard.”
Finally, when 7 p.m. rolled around, the competition began. Girls backstage tried to keep calm and contain their excitement. The night went in order, with the dance first, then informal questioning, formal questioning, and lastly the announcing of the final five. There were also dance performances by Linda’s School of Dance. Everyone did very well. The candidates who made it to the final five were Lauryn Gibas, Izzy Olds, Isabella Wakeham, Vanessa Litchard, and Anna Howey.
“It’s exciting to have won; I am definitely looking forward to the fun week ahead. I am also very honored to be recognized by such a unique event by THS,” said Anna.
The Homecoming game and crowning was then scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7. Izzy Olds was crowned Homecoming Queen 2017.
Homecoming week is jam-packed with activities at lunch and different spirit days but the one thing that everyone gets excited for is the pep rally. The energy in the room is electrifying and it really pumps everyone up for the big game.
Student council prepares diligently all week to make sure the pep rally is better than the years prior, meeting every day during lunch and some days after school to come up with games and the schedule of events. To start off the pep rally, the cheer team does a dance routine and a few cheers to hype everyone up with chant battles between the grades. The football players then introduce themselves and go into a huddle. To keep up the enthusiasm, the marching band performed part of their half time show and some stand tunes like the Fight Song and a crowd favorite, “Hey Baby”. Next, Trenton High School’s homecoming court is introduced with their escorts. Following this are the ever-so-competitive pep rally games.
This year the seniors took home the gold in each pep rally game; Tug-o-war, Bring Me, and Hungry Hungry Hippos. The game that gets the most people involved and on their toes is Bring Me. The Student Council Executive Board president and vice president call off a list of items for each grade to hand to their class president to race it to the middle of the gym.
Following the games, the senior girls busted out their moves to hype up the crowd even more during their annual Senior Girls Dance. They worked so hard on it every day for two weeks until it was perfect. To end the pep rally, Trojan Pit leader Scotty Lamb gave a speech and initiated the annual school huddle. On top of this he started the loudest chant that has ever taken place inside the walls of Trenton High School.
“This year’s pep rally was for the book and hands down the best one yet!” exclaimed Senior Megan McNeely.
Every week people of all ages come together to watch their hometown boys of fall play football. Spirits were high after an eventful week of fun filled school activities and the students at Trenton High School could not have been more excited about the Homecoming Games on Oct. 7.
There was a pep rally in the gym at the end of the day to pump up the football team, and of course there was some friendly competition among each grade. The students were ecstatic and they could not wait for the game that night. The Trojans started the game out strong but fell to the Bears in the end. Despite the outcome, it was a great game with a lot of cheering and rowdy fans.
“The Homecoming game did not turn out how we wanted it,” stated senior kicker Trevor Goodman. “We played hard but Wyandotte came out and played a better game.”
Last year the Trojans beat the Bears in their Homecoming game and this year Wyandotte was looking for revenge.
“I wouldn’t have wanted to play any other team for my last Homecoming game,” explained senior center Ean Purcell. “It’s always an intense game and the score always tends to be close.”
Despite the loss, the students at THS made it an exciting night and the seniors won the float contest.
Student correspondents Jordan Vericker, Olivia Spaulding and Lauryn Gibas are seniors at Trenton High School.