Cony Brings Back Annual Homecoming Bonfire after Three Year Hiatus
By Saber Hanington and Leo Savage September 23, 2022
Cony kickstarts the year by bringing back the annual Homecoming Bonfire. The bonfire has been a longstanding Cony tradition that until 2019, had not been held for years. After the 2019 Homecoming Bonfire, Cony took a three year hiatus due to COVID-19, but on Wednesday Cony resumed the tradition to start off the year, hosting the celebration at Mill Park.
The homecoming celebration started with performances by the Cony Madrigals, who sang the national anthem, and the Cony Cheerleaders, who led a routine to Tom Petty’s “ I Won’t Back Down.”
Soon after the games began. Cony hosted several competitions, including: Rock paper Scissors, Tug of War, Fill the Bucket, Sack Races, a Hula Hoop Relay, and a school song singing contest.
Tyler Foster, Senior, won the Rock Paper Scissors, beating out Freshman, Corbin Leblanc, in the final round. In a post-game interview, Foster explained why he chose to compete “I’ve been playing since I was a kid… it feels good to put my skills (on a) professional level.”
The Cony Volleyball Team dominated Tug of War alongside the Cony Football Team, until the final round, where the Football Team won in the final matchup.
Initially, the Cony Cross Country and Golf Team were announced the winners of the Fill The Bucket Competition. However, this victory was soon contested by the Girls Soccer team who claimed that the announced winners had cheated by filling their bucket with their other bucket.
Junior and Cross Country Athlete, Brandon Mastrianno, who participated in the competition says, “we (Cross Country) didn’t cheat, our bucket was empty, and that’s why we knocked it over.”
Boys Soccer won the Sack Race, dominating the race and holding the lead for the entire length.
Due to a confusion in instruction, there is no official winner in the Hula Hooper Relay. Some teams thought they only had to pass the hoop over each other one time, while others knew that they had to do it twice.
The last competition was in school song singing, which also did not have an official winner, WINNER
Soon after the competitions finished, the bonfire, made out of a mound of pallets, was lit by the AFD, which soon held a flame estimated to be twenty feet tall.