Herald photos by Garret Leiva Dressed as a mermaid, Casey Crocket blows soap bubbles while waiting for the Mardi Gras senior float to roll down the parade route Friday before the Traverse City West Senior High School homecoming football game.
Suspended in midair, these West cheerleaders remain all smiles as they prepare to fall into the waiting arms of their teammates.
Brass players toot their own horns during a half-time performance of the Traverse City West Senior High marching band.
Members of the Traverse City West Titans football team break through a homecoming banner as they storm Thirlby Field.
Above: An unidentified student digs into a raspberry pie face first during a pie eating contest pitting sophomores, juniors and seniors against each other.
Below: Titans head coach Matt Prisk rallies his squad shortly after the West football team scored a touchdown. Traverse City West defeated Petoskey 35-0 for a homecoming victory.
Waving a sea of Titans pendants, the entire Traverse City West student body gathers for a pep assembly Friday morning in the gymnasium. The pep assembly featured music, class skits, tug-o-war, a basketball shoot-out and a pie eating contest.
