Needham Broughton High School - Latipac Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Sports fans, three weeks before the big event, grueling practice began - not for the Altanta Fal- cons, or even the mighty Cops varsity team. This folks, was powder puff ball - that tradition almost as old as Broughton it- self. As a highlight of homecom- ing week, lovely young ladies donned cleats and jerseys while muscular guys put on cheerlead- ing skirts - complete with volley balls. Several new traditions began this year: the big game was played under the lights of Gregson stadium, a homecoming King's Court was elected from the se- nior Class. At half time, Dwayne Greene was crowned the i979 king, and when the final buzzer sounded, the combined forces of the sophomore and junior girls hacgtrampled the senior class l8 to . JK 27

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through the flooded parking lot to their cars. The extended homecoming week had its finale the following Monday night. The tradi- tional homecoming motorcade assembled in the back parking lot. After the class floats were judged, the stream of cars roared off to Sregson Stadium amid a fanfare of horns and cheers. The homecoming court was presented at walftime, and Barbara Allen was crowned queen. The class floats were then exhibited, :ind first prize was awarded to the junior :lass whose float was entitled, Flush the Spartans. The evening ended as the football team overcame both Smithfield-Selma and the bitter cold with an emotional fourth- quarter rally. n retrospect, Broughton's 50th anniversary homecoming proved successful for all. The unwavering enthusiasm of the student body turned an unusual tide of events into a 'nemorable homecoming.