DeKalb County High School students celebrated the last day of Spirit Week with a Homecoming Day parade Friday afternoon.
The Tiger football team’s homecoming opponent Friday night is the Macon County Tigers and the floats in the parade had a Tiger versus Macon County theme.
The parade featured Homecoming Queen Kamien Sparks and her attendants, the DCHS Fighting Tiger Band, lots of decorated cars and trucks, county and city law enforcement officers, and fire fighters, among others. The event concluded with a pep rally on the square led by DCHS Football cheerleaders.
Winners in the Float Competition were:
First Place: Senior Class- “DeKalb Rises Above Macon”
Second Place: Tiger Media
Third Place: Freshman Class-“Taking Macon by Storm”
Fourth Place: Junior Class- “DeKalb Makes Bacon Outta Macon”
Fifth Place: Sophomore Class-“DeKalb Creams Macon”
Best Decorated Automobiles:
First Place: McKenzie Gann
Second Place: Austin Tittle
Third Place: Caroline Caplinger
FCCLA Best Decorated Business
First Place- Cantrell’s the home of Fluty
Second Place- Savy’s Scrubs and PTS
Third Place-The Flower Box