{"id":3560,"date":"2014-10-02T17:54:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2021-04-09T13:14:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T17:14:58","slug":"2014-10-2-homecoming-2014-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/2014-10-2-homecoming-2014-a-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming 2014: A Win?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Olivia Byrnes and Emma Carr<\/p>\n

Assistant Editors for Production<\/p>\n

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Photo by Vincenzo Digristina Staff Photographer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the first minute of the homecoming game on Sept. 26, senior runningback Ben Whipper ran a 40 yard touchdown to put the Jamesville-DeWitt High School\u2019s Red Rams ahead by six points. This was Whipper\u2019s first touchdown of the season, so it was very special to him. But it was also special for the fans. \u201cI got so excited when they scored and I actually thought we had a chance to win,\u201d said sophomore Emma Gibson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carthage then quickly answered with another touchdown and it seemed like the Red Rams could not catch up. The game ended with the score of 40-12. Whipper said that Carthage scored easily because the injury of Nate Shapiro left a lot of holes in the defense. But the loss didn\u2019t dampen J-DHS\u2019s spirits: \u201cEven though the game wasn\u2019t a big success, it was incredibly fun.\u201d said senior Paddy Hagan.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, there were rumors that the vote for Homecoming Court  was rigged. \u201cI heard about the ballot being rigged, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s true,\u201d said junior Meg Parker. Senior Ryan Durkin said he had heard it from a lot of people, but he had no proof of it happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

The homecoming court may or may not have been rigged, but no one seemed to complain about the seniors who made up the court. It included seniors Hannah Gibson and Tal Frieden as Lord and Lady, seniors Ryan Durkin and Meghan Byrnes as Duke and Duchess, seniors Rachel Fairbanks and Joe Morgan as Prince and Princess and Micah Lee and Essence Britt as King and Queen.  \u201cIt was pretty cool,\u201d said Durkin. \u201cIt was a great experience going out on the field, getting the crown, and being the Homecoming Queen,\u201d said Britt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fun extended to Saturday with the bonfire and dance, but because of the split between the festivitels, the attendance was low. \u201cThe school should\u2019ve had bonfire on Thursday and the dance and the game on Friday,\u201d said Gibson.  \u201cIf the dance was after the game I would\u2019ve gone,\u201d said senior Essence Britt; \u201cand if I had known who the DJ was.\u201d \u201cI was there for a minute and left the dance because nobody was there and it was boring,\u201d said Gibson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although some students didn\u2019t enjoy the dance and bonfire, others had a great time. \u201cI liked the dance because there was a really cool DJ and all my friends went and we all danced with each other,\u201d said freshman Hannah Smith. \u201cThe bonfire was way bigger then I expected, too. It was overwhelming at first, but it was really awesome,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Olivia Byrnes and Emma Carr Assistant Editors for Production During the first minute of the homecoming game on Sept. 26, senior runningback Ben Whipper ran a 40 yard touchdown to put the Jamesville-DeWitt High School\u2019s Red Rams ahead by six points. This was Whipper\u2019s first touchdown of the season, so it was very special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}