In the annual Braves Brawl event, the Bravettes, cheerleaders, class councils and the Student Government Association competed against each other for the bragging rights title.
All of the teams incorporated space related themes and popular dance moves into their skits. However, the Senior Class Council won. The incorporation of dances such as The Whip and The Nae Nae into their performance captured the attention of the judges and the audience.
“My favorite part was hanging with all my boys while we learned choreography,” senior Mitchell Capps said.
The Bravettes won second place with a similar dance-off themed skit and the Sophomore Class won third place. The sophomores dressed up as planets and danced to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” and “The Twilight Zone” in their skit.
Directly after Braves Brawl, the drumline led the student to the bonfire in the junior parking lot.
“[My favorite thing about the bonfire is] seeing all of the kids and the chants and seeing everyone get pumped up as the leaders speak,” Senior Class sponsor Annette Montgomery said. “It’s such a long-going tradition and it keeps what homecoming is really about alive.”
In hopes of making the bonfire more interactive than any other year, Senior Class historian Bailey Larea decided to create a pinata with the Timber Creek mascot. The student volunteers spent approximately 15 hours building the pinata from scratch.
The students filled the pinata with Easter eggs; all but one had candy or funny memes inside of them. The one, lone egg contained a pair of homecoming tickets. Students had to pay $1 per hit and $1 per egg once the pinata broke.
“I was just trying to think out of the box about something that students would want to be involved in,” Larea said. “I mean who wouldn’t want to win their money back?”
After about 15 students attempted to break the pinata, the eggs spilled out and senior Samuel Ayala won the homecoming tickets for $2.
“It feels great [to win a pair of homecoming tickets] because I get to go for the cost of $2,” Ayala said.
Although the continuation of the pinata event is up to next year’s senior class, Larea is hopeful for its future as a new tradition.
“I think it will be continued in the future. I would be honored to know that I made an influence on such a traditionally-strong school,” Larea said.