Highland High School holds 51st homecoming

On Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 21, 2012, High­land High School held its 51st annual fall home­com­ing cer­e­mony just prior to the foot­ball game against the Card­ing­ton Pirates. Ray­chel Shaf­fer was crowned Highland’s 51st Home­com­ing Queen. The court mem­bers were senior atten­dants Chelsea Kane and Macy Winkelfoos. The junior class atten­dant was Baylee Messer, sopho­more class atten­dant was Car­ley Gahm and fresh­man class atten­dant was Autum West. The retir­ing queen of 2011, Sierra Miller, pre­sented Ray­chel as the new queen. The mas­cots that assisted with the cer­e­mony were Mad­die Car­pen­ter, Bryleigh Young, Zachary Church and Cash LaFever.

Our fresh­man atten­dant for 2012 was Autum West. She is the daugh­ter of Glenn and Jeor­ganna West and was escorted by her father and senior tight end and defen­sive end Shawn Gray. Autum is a High­land cheer­leader and enjoys hang­ing out with friends. Autum’s plans for the future include attend­ing North Car­olina State Uni­ver­sity and becom­ing a Men­tal Health Counselor.

Car­ley Gahm was our sopho­more atten­dant. Car­ley is the daugh­ter of Tim and Shan­non Gahm and was escorted by her father and brother, Quar­ter­back and Defen­sive End Josh Gahm. Car­ley is a mem­ber of the Var­sity Lady Scots vol­ley­ball team as a set­ter and Lady Scots Var­sity Soft­ball where she plays sec­ond base. Car­ley has also been a mem­ber of stu­dent coun­cil for two years. Car­ley enjoys play­ing sports, hang­ing out with friends, going fish­ing, and going to Fri­day night foot­ball games. Carley’s plans for the future include attend­ing a four year col­lege and her major is undecided.

Our junior atten­dant was Baylee Mess­mer. Baylee is the daugh­ter of Andy and Darla Mess­mer and was escorted by her father and senior Receiver and Defen­sive Back Jon Wal­ters. Baylee is a mem­ber of 4-H and also shows hogs. In Baylee’s free time she enjoys hunt­ing with her dad and brother, fish­ing, and being with her friends and fam­ily. Baylee’s plans for the future include attend­ing a four year col­lege and get­ting her degree in spe­cial education.

Our first queen can­di­date was Chelsea Kane. Chelsea is the daugh­ter of Jamie and Phil Chap­man and was escorted by her father and senior offen­sive line/defensive line Sly Sher­man. Chelsea is a var­sity mem­ber of the Lady Scots track team as a sprinter. Chelsea is a mem­ber of the Busi­ness Pro­fes­sion­als of Amer­ica at High­land where she prac­tices global marketing’s and med­ical office pro­ce­dures. Chelsea enjoys spend­ing time with friends and fam­ily, run­ning and shop­ping. Chelsea plans on attend­ing Ohio State Uni­ver­sity major­ing in den­tal hygiene.

Our sec­ond queen can­di­date for 2012 was Macy Shanele Winkelfoos. Macy is the daugh­ter of Shawn and Michele Winkelfoos and was escorted by her father and senior run­ning back and defen­sive back Shawn Beltz. Macy is a mem­ber and team cap­tain of the Var­sity Vol­ley­ball as a Mid­dle hit­ter. She is also a Var­sity Let­ter­man on the Bas­ket­ball team as a shoot­ing guard. Macy also par­tic­i­pates in the Eques­trian team for the West­ern, Eng­lish, Jump­ing, Bar­rels and Poles. She is a mem­ber of the National Hon­ors Soci­ety, Honor Roll, Eques­trian Queen, Aca­d­e­mic and Ath­letic let­ter­man, 4-H club pres­i­dent, Teen Safe Dri­ving Com­mit­tee and vol­un­teer for Lose the Train­ing Wheels Camp for kids with spe­cial needs. Macy enjoys rid­ing her horse, being with her friends, spend­ing time on the farm with her 5 broth­ers and sis­ters. Macy plans on attend­ing col­lege to pur­sue a degree in graph­ics design with a minor in adver­tis­ing, while mak­ing time to ride her horses.

This year’s mas­cots were Mad­die Car­pen­ter, Bryleigh Young, Zach Church and Cash LaFever. Mad­die Car­pen­ter is the daugh­ter of Chad and Erin Car­pen­ter and was escorted tonight by senior offen­sive line/defensive line Tye Sher­man. Mad­die car­ried the queen’s locket, which has been passed down from queen to queen since 1971. Bryleigh Young is the daugh­ter of Noble Young and Ash­ton Stan­ley and was escorted by senior Receiver and Defen­sive back Nick Shiv­ers. Bryleigh car­ried the queen’s crown dur­ing the cer­e­mony. Zachary Church is the son of Travis and Shawna Church. Zachary was escorted by senior offen­sive line/defensive line Andrew Kouger. Zachary car­ried the foot­ball game dur­ing the cer­e­mony. Our final mas­cot was Cash LaFever. Cash is the son of Johnny and Kate LaFever and was escorted by senior run­ning back and line­backer David Fisher. Cash car­ried the sou­venir foot­ball hel­met dur­ing the cer­e­mony. The home­com­ing court chooses mas­cots and we appre­ci­ate them being a part of our cel­e­bra­tion tonight.

Our retir­ing queen from 2011 was Sierra Miller. Sierra is the daugh­ter of Chris and Liz Miller and was escorted by her father and senior tight end and defen­sive back Gabe Ran­dall. Sierra attends OSU Mar­ion and is study­ing Health Sci­ences to become a den­tist. While at High­land, Sierra was a mem­ber of the march­ing band and National Hon­ors Soci­ety and did a great job rep­re­sent­ing her school as a leader and home­com­ing queen.

Our 2012 High­land home­com­ing queen is Ray­chel Marie Shaf­fer. Ray­chel is the daugh­ter of Roy and Sherri Shaf­fer and was escorted by her father and senior right guard and defen­sive end Colton Stan­ley. Ray­chel is a mem­ber of the Lady Scots Var­sity Soft­ball team for three years as an out­fielder. Ray­chel is a mem­ber of FFA, Mor­row County Junior Fair Board, and Rock­ing R 4-H group. Ray­chel enjoys rid­ing horses, fish­ing, rid­ing dirt bikes and ATV’s and bon­fires. Ray­chel plans to stay in Mor­row County and work con­struc­tion with her mom. Ray­chel would like to thank her par­ents for the way she was raised.

Help­ing the senior class wel­come the court were the High­land march­ing band and mem­bers of the High­land Navy Junior ROTC sword arch team includ­ing cadets: Court­ney Clinedinst, Brit­tney Rhinebolt, Jake Mey­ers, Jay Horn, Austin Bow­man, Dominic Hand­shaw, CJ Moser, and Cadet Com­man­der Lydia Hockenberry.

After the Scots vic­tory over Card­ing­ton, a post fire­works show was pre­sented by High­land alum­nus, Frank Darst and the Ham­burg Fire­works com­pany of Lan­caster, Ohio. High­land High School would like to extend a spe­cial thanks to Mr. Darst, ROTC mem­bers, The March­ing Scots, Par­ents in Action, Stu­dent Coun­cil mem­bers and all the teach­ers, staff and par­ents that vol­un­teered their time to make this event successful.

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