2007 Miracle Yearbook

S unlight slanted through a blue-and-yellow-tinted Main Street, speckling the pavement already crowded with students,alumni, and town residents,setting an October mood for Homecoming 2006 - festivities began with a bang. Cedarville police led the pack atthe Homecoming Parade,followed by Grand Marshall Lew Gibbs and winners ofthe annual alumni awards. Following them was a whole host offamiliar characters — the Addam's Family,Batman and the Joker,Gilligan,the Beverly Hillbillies, Ross and Rachel,Lucy,even Big Bird,all making appearanceson behalfofa particular organization or dormitory. Root beer floats,tootsie rolls, and old-fashioned crackerjack boxes completed the scene,parade staples that reminded everyone Homecoming wasjust beginning. That evening,the air,thick with spirit and excitement,rose to contain the screams ofthe more than 1,200Yellow Jacketfans, many ofthem returning alumni,as they watched a rookie on the men's soccer team,Jason Buckley, blast the winning goal. Fellow teammate,senior Elliot Moore,described the experience as"one ofthose gamesthat you wantto win so bad because you wantalumni to walk away with a smile on their faces. It's great playing, especially when you know there are so many people out there." At half-time,the new cross-country track was unveiled and senior Jason Briggs became Cedarville's first Homecoming King in years. Fellow senior Nikki Carroll was crowned Homecoming Queen. "I was stunned to be nominated for queen,so when it was announced,I was absolutely shocked!"she said. "In my book,it's not important who won or didn't. It's that each ofthe nominees,and all of us,strive to be a reflection of Christ" Homecoming:it's a time ofcoming together after a long summer apart - a time for being creative,for demonstrating will and determination,and for imagining whatthe coming year will hold,all before the last blue and yellow balloons would float out ofreach. n Brittany Smartand fellow senior Latice Strickland feel honored to represent their class and university."The whole experience was definitely a special memory of my senior year;'Latice says.