STUDENTS walked into the halls of Granger High School on Tuesday, September 6 finding each hall decorated for homecoming week. Freshman hall was Rio, sophomore hall was New York City, junior hall was Tokyo, and senior hall was Las Vegas.

The Lancers attended school wearing exotic clothes on ‘tourist Tuesday.’ On Wednesday, the students all wore white to school, creating White-out Wednesday. It was a success, but the carnival after school was even better. There were bouncy houses, games, and food. There was also a color run that didn’t do very well. In addition to being a carnival, it was also a car show. Thursday featured trendy socks often paired with long shorts.

On red-out Friday, cars from the car show drove homecoming royalty and court around the football field track as they were announced during half-time. Diego Garza (12) was crowned King, McKayla McGee (12) was crowned Queen, Tyler Walker (11) was announced Prince, Stephanie Le (11) was announced Princess, Mario Maldonaldo (10) was announced Duke, Taylor Wolfley (10) was announced Duchess, Edwin Perez (9) was announced Lord, and Janet Barrios (9) was announced Lady of the Court.

The football game itself had plenty of people talking. When the Granger team scored its first touchdown, many balloons were released to the joy of many happy Lancer fans.

Beyond the enthusiasm in the bleachers and the adrenaline on the field, Granger’s reputation was marred when two fights broke out and another one nearly happened involving a guy wearing a Trump mask. The first fight was nothing more than a trifle. An adult separated the two boys and no one got hurt. Soon after, two different students broke into a fight and it turned into a riot. Adults and police officers alike came rushing to the scene and were able to stop the riot after five minutes. The cause of the fight was not immediately apparent.

The boy wearing a Trump mask wandered around until a teacher asked him to remove it. After he protested, but consented to remove it, another boy told him that it was not funny. The boy with the Trump mask shrugged it off and walked away, but not before touching the irate boy’s shoulder, which flared his temper. “Don’t touch me!” he said, smacking away the ‘Trump’ boy’s hand.

After that, the football game continued smoothly.

The game started with Granger ahead by seven points, only for Hillcrest to soon nip at their heels with a touchdown of their own. Another Lancer quickly scored a few minutes later, and the Lancers won with a final score of 28 to 21.

The Hillcrest supporters were good sports. “It’s awesome, even though we’re losing,” Hillcrest’s Rebecca Mopadish (12) said.

Granger’s victory was celebrated by fireworks.

This all led up to the homecoming dance. Everyone had a great time. There were no fights, minimal amounts of drama, gorgeous young women, and handsome young men. Music boomed through the halls and walls of the school and balloons were scattered everywhere.

“It was the best homecoming dance in the four years I’ve come! I really enjoyed it,” Garza said.