1. Homecoming Schedule - UPDATE!

Tuesday – 9/30 Powder Puff Preliminaries Freshmen vs. Juniors Wednesday – 10/1 Powder Puff Preliminaries Sophomores vs. Seniors Monday - 10/6 Twin Day + Boys’ Volleyball Preliminaries Tuesday - 10/7 Disney Day + Powder Puff Finals Wednesday - 10/8 Generation Day + Food Eating Contest Thursday - 10/9 Class Color Day ...

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2. Photos from Lip Sync and Rally

November 2, 2007 -- the day the seniors won homecoming. Cougar photographer Micah Yee has our picture of the week: Words cannot describe...

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3. Seniors win Homecoming

Seniors win HomecomingFriday, November 2, 2007. The day the seniors kicked ass. Now I don’t mean to ignore the wonderful efforts put forth by the Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors, but filling the glass tower with pink balloons is a colossal legacy-maker. An enthusiastic Pep Rally featured a ...

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4. Seniors discipline juniors in boys’ volleyball final

Senior Philip Peterson spikes the ballThe senior-junior rivalry brought its rage to the court for the last time Thursday at lunch for the boys' volleyball final. The deciding match was organized as a best two-out-of-three contest, which the seniors won in two straight games. In the first game, the juniors started strong, jumping out to an early lead. ...

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5. Homecoming Thursday - Generation Day

Sophomores clean up their orange decorationsEven though I like to avoid turning the school website into a senior propaganda machine during Homecoming, the freshmen need some constructive criticism. There is a subtle distinction between decorating the school and covering it in colorful trash. For example, Styrofoam cups are not an effective ornament. Strewing sheaves upon sheaves of green ...

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6. Homecoming Wednesday - Halloween

This Hallows Eve, the school woke bedecked with all a manner of festively colored Class-of-2010 regalia. They did not shy from the easily available Halloween decorations. Stuffed bags with jack-o-lantern faces, a string of paper pumpkins, and a store-bought banner reading: “Happy Halloween” covered the schools main entrance. It appears as though all ...

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7. Don’t be afraid to go wild!

Twin Day taken to the maxNormally, I am not a proponent of self-inflicted humiliation, but the glorious week at the end of October is an entirely different matter. For one week I wear tutus, don party hats, and tuck in my shirt, among other heinous fashion faux-pas. I scream until, as one senior put it, “my throat ...

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9. Seniors and juniors advance to Boys’ Volleyball finals

Sophomores and seniors face off in boys’ volleyballSophomores and seniors face off in boys’ volleyballDay two of homecoming 2007 and the competition is heating up – especially on the volleyball court. Preliminary Boys' Volleyball games were played today at lunch, pitting the juniors against the freshmen and the seniors battling the sophomores. The juniors celebrated their landslide victory ...

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10. Homecoming Tuesday - Color War Day

The JuniorsAlbany High School, day two of homecoming week, color war day, bedlam, chanting, and spirit. This morning the juniors tried their hand at decorating the school, draping trees and handrails with yellow streamers. A large poster of a bling-bedecked Big Bird proclaims the superiority of the class of 2009. To top it off, they constructed a ...

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11. Seniors trump Juniors in Powder-Puff finals

Seniors make a strong entranceThe Senior Class of 2008 started homecoming week off on a good foot as they crushed the Junior Class of 2009 in the Powder-Puff football championship game, 28-18. The juniors took the ball to start the game and, following a controversial play, were able to go down the field and score a touchdown. ...

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12. Homecoming Monday - Twin Day

Our controversially drab school found itself festooned in pink senior propaganda this morning. Sometime between midnight last night and 7:40 this morning, a mischievous group of seniors met at the school and added the ornaments which included pink traffic cones, a large banner reading “08 Dominate!” and many pink ...

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