Lawrence-Nelson Raiders Crush Homecoming Week 2015
Lawrence-Nelson Raiders Crush Homecoming Week 2015
Written By: Lawrence-Nelson Journalism Staff
(Mrs. Kylee Haba, Kaytlynn Tockey, Kristin Jensen, Gabby Herbek, Min Lee)
Well, that time of year has come and gone again…..HOMECOMING!!!!! Cooler weather and the glow of the field lights had taken over another Friday night. Along with the roar of the crowd after a bomb of a spike at the net filled the gym. And here at Lawrence-Nelson... we Raiders sure knew how to do Homecoming Week up right!
This year, like every year, the students got to dress up and show their school spirit. The days were picked out by the L-N Student Council and boy did they have fun with it! The Dress Up days for this year included “Mix and Match Day”, where, on Monday, the students got to wear their wackiest arrangement of clothing. The winners for this day were Mrs. Haba, Colton Biltoft, and Bailey Cox. “This was my favorite day because we can throw anything and everything together and be weird without worrying about what other people will think,” said sophomore winner, Bailey Cox.
(Picture: Bailey Cox, KaLee Fanning and RaeLeigh Menke (Left to Right) stopping to show off their Mix and Match attire before the bell rings.)
On Tuesday, the students got to participate in “Opposite Day,” where they get to dress up as the opposite gender. Emma Epley, Trevor Biltoft, Cody Buescher, Mrs Engelhardt, John Hoecker and Brody Himmelberg were the winners of this day, wearing full out prom dresses and suits.“Sports Day” was on Wednesday. Students were allowed to dress up like their favorite athlete, wear their favorite sports gear or adorn their favorite team apparel. The best dressed this day were Karrigan Drudik , Riley Kucera, Rachel Kathman, Mrs. Wehrman, and Mrs. Kinnemann.
On Thursday we saw paparazzi flashes galore, as it was “Celebrity Day” and students got to have fun dressing up like their favorite celebrities. Those chosen as the best dressed were Elsa Jorgensen, Bailey Cox, Gabe Sharp, Mackinley Thayer, Lane Kathman, Joey Hoecker, Harry Furrey, Mrs. Trausch, and “The Three Stooges” (Kyle Golay, Coy Ceder & Trevin Kotinek). Last but not least, Friday… “Raiders Pride Day.” Students showed their school spirit by rocking their black and silver. Morgan Menke said, “It was so hard to choose just one winner on most of the days because almost everyone participated and went all out on their costumes.”
The Sunday before Homecoming, all of the students and sponsors came into school to decorate their hallways. Each hallway came up with their own theme and decorations. The hallway winners were chosen by the spectators of the Homecoming Volleyball game. In first place, with the theme of “Light Up The Night,” were the Seniors. Tying for second place, were the Juniors, with “America”, and the Sophomores, who showed off their theme of “Mario and Luigi.” Then the Freshmen, coming in third place, with the theme of “ Pac-Man.” The Middle School students also participated with a hallway theme of “Wizard of Oz.”
The Raiders’ Volleyball and Football teams took the week to gear up for their Homecoming games.The ranked Raiders Volleyball team played the Shelton Bulldogs, who had a 6-10 record. The girls pulled out a victory, winning in three sets. The scores for each set were the following: 25-22,
On Friday afternoon, the students, staff and community celebrated with a parade and pep rally, which was organized by the L-N Student Council. The Homecoming Parade included the L-N band and color guard, also the local fire and rescue squad brought out a few trucks. It was also filled with classes holding posters and props, along with an array of floats, displaying the students and parents hard work and effort. The floats and classes were judged by the Nelson Community Club. “I enjoyed the band and flags, they played well,” said junior, Dairien Edgar. (Picture: The L-N Volleyball Team sweeping the competition during the Homecoming Parade.)
For the elementary, the Kindergarten took first place. Following up behind them in second place was the fifth grade and fourth grade took home third. For the High School, the L-N volleyball team won first place, the Parent’s float took second place, and the Junior High was awarded with third place. “My favorite part of the parade was when Mattee (Kucera) hit Mr. Brown in the head with a piece of candy,” said the volleyball girls, “and the fact that we won best float wasn’t bad either.”
The pep rally included fun games, speeches from all of the coaches and the handing out of the Spirit Stick. After being encouraged by all of the coaches, we were taught some new cheers from the Middle School Student Council, Mrs. Porter, and Mrs. Kile, parent of senior, Abby Kile. “My favorite
Raiders’ Football squad had the featured game of the week, playing against the Heartland Lutheran Red Hornets. The boys worked all week to also come out on top with a victory. Underneath the glow of the lights, the Raiders ran a
total of 58 plays and scored 56-20 against the Red Hornets. (Picture: The Raiders Football squad works hard to keep their score high, while also preventing Heartland Lutheran’s from increasing.) “We killed it!” Said some of the football boys. “We played together as a team and proved once again that tradition never graduates.” With this win, it put the Raiders at a 3-0 record for the season so far.
After the football game, the Student Council hosted the coronation ceremony. Mrs. Epley announced the class representatives. (Picture: Class Representatives, King/Queen
Candidates and crown bearers, along with former king and queen , Dillon Menke and Carlie Mazour, pose for pictures at the end of coronation.) Those that wereelected for the class representatives included: Boone Svoboda and KaLee Fanning for the freshmen class, Kevin Schroer and Bailey Cox for the sophomore class, and Matt Buescher and Delia Burger for the junior class. Requirements for being a candidate include, “Student must be a senior with a 2.0 GPA or better, have never been convicted of crime or have never been suspended or expelled during the current school year,” said Mrs. Epley, principal of L-N Schools.
The Homecoming King and Queen Candidates were announced by couples including, Bryce Buescherwith Cherokee Frahm-Thayer, Jay Hewitt with Harlie Himmelberg, Brett Karmazin with Haley Menke, and Brennan Miller with Alyssa Miller. Kindergarteners, Monte Hajny and Madelyn Laughlin were chosen to be the crown barriers. Voted on by the students body, the elected King and Queen for the 2015 Homecoming Week were Jay Hewitt and Haley Menke. “I was excited and honored to know that the underclassmen looked up to me as a role model,” said Menke after being chosen as Queen. (Picture: Jay Hewitt and Haley Menke were voted as King and Queen for Homecoming 2015. Monte Hajny and Madelynn Laughlin were chosen as the crown bearers.)
Throughout the week, all grades 6-12, earned a certain amount of points for each day. They acquired these points
by participating in each planned event, including hallway decorations, dressing up, sportsmanship and also, the lunchtime games. In third place for the Middle School Spirit stick were the Eighth graders with 34 points, followed by the Seventh Graders with 36 points, in second place. And in first place with a total of 44 points, were the Sixth graders. In the fight for the High School Spirit Stick the Freshmen came up short, in last place, with 44 points. (Picture: The Senior Class received the Homecoming Spirit Stick for all of their hard work and participation during Homecoming Week.) Following them in third place, were the Sophomores with 50 points. The juniors took second place with a total of 55 points. And the class taking home the Spirit Stickwere the Seniors, taking the lead with a total of 64 points.
For all of their good sportsmanship, the students were rewarded with a dance for the high school and games for the middle school. After the Homecoming football game, everyone got dressed up and enjoyed some fun and dancing. The dance was DJ’d by Royce Schott of Nelson. “I enjoyed the dance,” said freshman, Lizzie Tillemans. “I had a lot of fun dancing with my friends and acting a little crazy.” (Picture: (Left to Right) Harlie Himmelberg, Morgan Menke, Rachel Kathman and Brett Karmazin enjoy a little ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ during the Homecoming Dance.) The middle schoolers were rewarded with some fun games. “My favorite part of it was playing volleyball, because it is my favorite sport and we could have some fun with it,” said 6th Grader, Savannah Tippin. All of the students who participated agreed that they are sharing memories that they will look back on in years to come.
The Raiders’ students and staff would like to thank everyone that came out to support all of the L-N activities that occurred during Homecoming Week! We truly appreciate everything that you do for us!