Looking Back: Lodge Grass Homecoming

Slideshow by Adam Sings in the Timber | Story by Mary Hudetz
CrowNews.Net

Lodge Grass fans, many decked in orange and black, braved a cool night in late September to support their hometown Indians during this year’s homecoming game.

The Lodge Grass team, made up of mostly underclassmen, played the White Hall Trojans and loss 63-0, making the halftime coronation the evening highlight. Chaz Bends, a linebacker on the football team, and Talista Stevens, the senior class president, were crowned king and queen, an honor that spotlighted the students on the football field but not at a high school dance. Said Stevens: “We don’t dance because we never win homecoming… It’s too sad.” 

But in a town where basketball is king, football fans continued to cheer on their team late into the fourth quarter. On the sidelines, boys tossed a football as the team on the field took heavy hits from the Trojans, but also hustled and drew an occasional “Good Indians” from announcer Darren Fritzler.