Sixth Street and Broadway from the school to downtown Cleveland were festooned in orange and black and saturated with Clipper pride on Friday afternoon as the homecoming parade sashayed through.
The procession was led by the seventh and eighth grade band, which played the Clipper fight song.
Next came ranks of elementary students, homecoming royalty and class floats. CFD firetrucks brought up the back end.
As the Clippers were taking on Randolph in the football game, a Rocket was an ubiquitous motif.
Before the parade, students rallied at a pep fest in the new gym. Each elementary class performed a cheer. Emcee Rich Kern brought introduced the sports teams: tennis, cross country, volleyball and football.
At full strength, the pep band opened and closed the rally with the school song.
Above: Mia Ackermans, Sierra Lotspeich, Clara Hilfer, Brooklyn Bosse and Charlotte Meyer led the parade.
Homecoming king Blake Lyons and queen Savannah Meyer
Second grade princess and prince Addy McMonagle and Zeke Roberts
The homecoming court, front row: Brenna McCarthy, Brennan Kortuem, Lacey McCabe and Alex Johnson. Back row: Ava Hahn, Kale Kelley, Jackson Bowen and Addi Holden.
Connor Nichols, Vayda Keup and Marcella Gessner carried the CHS letters, a tradition for fourth graders.
Sophomores. Their theme was “Despicable Me.” The logo on their shirt is that of minions.
Sophomores Kaitlyn Flowers, Taylor McCabe, Amelia Chmiel, Delaney Thompson and Keira Schipper
Juniors Alex Kortuem, Sierra McCabe, Isabel Duron and Olivia Reinhardt
Juniors Anna Kawatski-Klein and Samantha Baker
Seniors Mylie Dylla, Sophie Perkins, Maya Lassiter and MacKenzie Smith and junior Elijah Mons
Aubrey Blaschko and freshmen’s entry, a bus with a Fortnite (video game) theme
Freshman Miles Tomaszewski
Juniors and seniors with Tanner Simonette in the eagle costume
TJ Waldron and Ava Hahn on French Horn and Mylie Krenik and Breanna McCarthy on trombone during the pep fest.
First graders
The pep band was out in full strength.
Fifth graders
Fifth graders Lexi Wobbrock, Kenzie Sandhurst, Jayda Roemhildt, Brooklyn Berg, Addy Hoffman, Breanna Hoffman, and Ruby Page
Kindergartener Rowan Pearson ready to wave her pom pom
Sidney Johnson’s third-grade class
Sixth graders Bri Groebner, Brylee Kortuem, Bella Baker and Blair Voit
Fifth grader Adli Hoisington
First grade teacher Lucy Nikolay
Eighth-grade pep band members Mattea Grandaw and Paisley Jannsen
Kindergartner Scarlett Sathoff and classmates
Pep band drum corps
Gretchen Heldberg, Hadley Thompson, Natalie Flowers and Kylie Wobbrock at the pep fest
Kindergarten cheer
Kindergarten cheer
Kindergarten cheer
Kindergarten cheer
Kindergarten cheer
Kindergarten cheer
Elementary students walked the parade route before sitting down to watch it.
Third-grade boys
Heather Smith’s third graders
The Heilman trio, Brenna, Lachlynn and Whitley in no particular order, enjoy the parade from the curb.
Third-grade cheer
Fourth-grade cheer
Fourth-grade cheer
Fourth-grade cheer
Fifth-grade cheer
Sixth-grade cheer
Rich Kern visits with senior Mylie Dylla, representing the tennis team
Cross country team members Jax Leagjeld, Reece Nelson, Charlotte Meyer, Andrew Giebel, Elijah Mons and TJ Waldron
Assistant coach Bree Meyer introduced the volleyball team
Volleyball team members
Volleyball team members
Senior captain Blake Lyons spoke on behalf of the football team
Football team
Tonja Baker’s kindergarten class
Sixth-grade girls, Jacquelyn Heldberg, Victoria Ritchie and Raelynn Holicky below and Emma Kopischke and Emma Steinborn above.
Eighth grader Joanna Jordan
Fourth grader Ashlyn Widmer
