Spirit Days 

Monday: Anything but a backpack day

Tuesday: White-lie t-shirt day

Wednesday: Fake an injury day

Thursday: Construction Day

Friday: Seniors Rule the school while under classmen and staff wear neon.

Homecoming court

Football Game 

Seahawks 19          Colleton 0 

Seahawks Claw the Cougars in the House of Payne: Homecoming 2022

 By: the Journalism Class of Fall '22 

We got spirit yes we do! We got spirit how about you? Hilton Head Island High School celebrated its 40th homecoming! The 2022 homecoming was the week of October 3-8th. This year's theme was "Seahawks Claw the Cougars in the House of Payne."

The daily dress up themes were:

Monday: Anything but a backpack day

Tuesday: White-lie t-shirt day

Wednesday: Fake an injury day

Thursday: Construction Day

Friday: Seniors Rule the school while under classmen and staff wear neon.

On Monday October 3rd the tradition of Powderpuff football returned to the Nest. Powderpuff football is girls flag football with the boys coaching. They play two 20 minute halves. In the first round the juniors played the freshmen in an action packed first game. The juniors beat the freshmen 28-14. The star players for the juniors were Lynda Young and Andrea Tapia who each scores two touchdowns. Then the seniors played the sophomores to close out the night. The game was very close as each team struggled to make it to the end zone; however, the seniors won the game 18-13.

The Powderpuff final was on Wednesday October 5th. The game was seniors vs. juniors. The game was very intense, but the junior class took the lead early. After the early lead the juniors held on and ended up beating the seniors 27-20. The Junior class had a big celebration in the end zone after their victory! Congratulations to the juniors and maybe they will be back-to-back champions next year as seniors.

There was a new event for the 2022 homecoming, which was the Ms. Videla Scholarship fundraiser. For the fundraiser student could pay $5 to play in the 3x3 basketball or cornhole tournaments. The event started on Wednesday October 5th. Students formed teams with other students, or with teachers. If students did not want to play, they could watch the tournaments by buying out of class for $1 each day. The 3x3 basketball tournament was in the main gym. Students packed the gym to watch and the tournament, which was very competitive. Cornhole was held in the aux gym. The many staff members showed up to play cornhole against the students. 11th grader Audrey R, who played cornhole, said "this should be a new HHIHS tradition 100%. There's so many people here." Audrey's cornhole partner, 11th grader Rell S. said, "we feel more in touch with our school. Anyone can play and it feels more spirited this week." Students and staff really enjoyed this activity to help raise money for the scholarship fund.

Classroom door decorating is another homecoming tradition at HHIHS. Staff and students decorate the classroom doors based on the themes for homecoming. The journalism class thought that Ms. Eastham's door was the best.

There was something new this year when it came to the homecoming pep rally. This year there was a Black Light Pep Rally. During the pep rally, the staff did a flash mob to the song "Shut Up and Dance." All fall sports teams were recognized, and senior tennis player, Emily Ruckno, was recognized for her All American achievement. There was a tug of war game between the different grade levels. The Cornhole championship was played during the pep rally and the student team won! The Seniors won the tug-of-war game, but the juniors took yet another win during homecoming week and kept possession of the spirit stick. Both the JV and Varsity cheer teams performed at the pep rally. The door decorating winner was announced, which was Ms. Eastham's door!

The Seahawks played the Colleton Cougars for the homecoming football game on Friday October 7th. It was a slow start for the Seahawks, but they finally scored in the second quarter. The Seahawk defense was strong, keeping Colleton at 0. The Seahawks won the homecoming game 19-0.

The tradition of a homecoming court remained this year, but HHIHS added a new tradition of a staff homecoming court. The staff winners are called Emperor for the male who is the "staff member homecoming king," and Empress for the female who is "staff member homecoming Queen." The first ever homecoming Emperor was gym teacher Coach Brown. The first ever homecoming Empress was social studies teacher Mrs. Britt. For the students, the Homecoming King was senior Blaise Minckler, and the Homecoming Queen was senior Amy Broome. The students were crowned at the homecoming dance.

The tradition of a Homecoming Dance returned to the Nest this year. It was held on Saturday October 8, 2022. The dance theme was Hollywood Hoco. Students strutted down the red carpet for the first time since 2019!

Both the 40th homecoming documentary, and the teacher teacher flash mob video are on the Seahawk News Network YouTube channel. It was a very spirited week at the Nest.