A trio of Cobbler teachers confirm that homecoming creates good memories for years to come.
By Ethan Huntley, Lily Linderman, and Payton O’Kelley
On September 25th, Central High School welcomes its new royalty, while past kings, queens, and others reminisce about their homecoming season. Many recall it as a fun, positive experience that sparked school spirit, while others stayed away from the festivities.
Luke Deurmier, a previous CHS Homecoming King, recalls it being a “very important” time of his life, and the whole reason he decided to run was because of an encounter he had his freshman year with the Senior King at the time.
“He said hi to me, and I was like, ‘What? It got me really excited. That made me think, I wanna be that person when I become a senior.” Luckily for Deurmier, his wish came true, although not everyone in the homecoming season shows their Cobbler Pride by becoming a part of the court.
”I felt very involved in everything! I was in the marching band. I did the flags. I had an amazing routine (at) that homecoming game. I loved every minute of it,” recalls Nicole Renner, former CHS student turned teacher. Specifically, she remembers a previous CHS tradition: “Everybody brought their cars and we spray-painted them and cut the roofs off them and we did a parade to the School of Mines.”
Former CHS Court Sam Steinken also recalls this tradition. “We would all decorate our cars, and then we would leave this parking lot and then drive to the game, and people would honk and stuff. And so it wasn’t like a full-on parade… But it basically was.” It seemed school spirit was on the rise back then, but was it only geared to one group?
Contrary to popular belief, popularity does not always get you a seat on the throne. “I was probably the least popular,” says Steinken, “but because I had the whole band crew behind me, right? That was my group of people, and they put in a lot of votes. So I’m pretty sure just because I was in band, I had enough people to kind of get behind me and throw those votes out. So it was a good variety.”
Each of the former students gave us one last piece of advice. Steinken says, “My general advice is always show up, try your best, and have fun with it.
“Make the best of these moments, because the rest of your life is much harder than high school,” Renner continues.
“Just go and be yourself. Make sure every single person in this school knows who you are in the best way possible,” Deurmier advised this year’s court, smiling brightly.
