SHS Packers celebrate homecoming
Published 2:21 pm Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- The varsity football team parades down Main Street in a decorated truck. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Smithfield High School’s varsity Packers returned in triumph to their home field on Oct. 4, defeating the York High School Falcons 20-0. The Packers, as of that date, were 4-1 for the 2024 season. Ahead of the game, the school held its annual homecoming parade down Main Street. The Smithfield Times was on scene to capture the excitement.
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- Teachers Hanna Couch, Chrystal Rosenthal and Breeanna Frye, and students Caroline Joyner of Hardy Elementary, homeschooled student Mia Babb and Westside student Brooklyn Rosenthal-Brown wave from the back of a pickup truck.
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- The McCain family watches from the sidewalk.
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- Smithfield Middle School students Malia Mayes, Morgan Williams and Desire Bester lead a float featuring SHS senior Andrew Shipman.
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- Flag Football Head Coach Becky Bridges and Quarterback Maci Zeller carry the banner for Smithfield Packers Youth Sports.
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- Jonah Groff and Grayson Tuggwell arrive with bags to collect candy tossed from floats.
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- The SHS debate team arrives by float.
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- SHS Interact Club members wave to spectators from a truck.
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- Freshmen Gabrielle Downing and Laila Greene walk with the Freshman class parade entry.
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- The Smithfield High School class of 1984 returns for their 40th reunion.
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- The SHS varsity cheerleaders follow the football team.
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- Freshmen Avery Meadows and Krysta Olshefski carry the Smithfield High School chorus banner.
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- Sophomore Ju’Tajee Holmes and junior Envy Simpson-Powell march ahead of the band.
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- The SHS band performs.
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- Rob Bogard, father of Carrollton Elementary third-grader Emily and husband Carrollton bookkeeper Lindsey, wore a pig costume for the parade.
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- Nairelys Carrasquillo, Izzy Hodges and Tyler Arnold, all students at Smithfield Middle School, watch the parade with Hardy Elementary student Ryder Thompson and teacher Angela Thompson.
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- The Smithfield High School baseball team tosses candy from a truck.
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- The Smithfield Middle School Junior Beta Club shows their school spirit.
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- Two students wear pink to show membership in “Young Ladies of Excellence.”
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- The Packers and Falcons line up.
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- SHS cheerleaders perform at the game.
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- A Packer runs toward a Falcon.
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- The Packers and Falcons face off.
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- Ashley Cahoon, the 2023 homecoming queen, straightens Madelyn Berry’s crown after Berry was named Cahoon’s 2024 successor.
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- Two Packers tangle with a Falcon.
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- From left are SHS seniors Alexis Langhill, Shane Thomas, who was crowned this year’s homecoming king, and a Madelyn Berry, this year’s homecoming queen.
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- A Falcon chases after a Packer.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the identification of the two freshman class parade students.
