With Coupeville High School football games moved from this fall to next spring, Homecoming won’t go down in October. (Photo by JohnPhotos.net)
You’ll have to wait a bit to return.
When the Coupeville High School football schedule was first posted back in March, there were five home games on a 10-game schedule.
With three of those games at Mickey Clark Field originally set for October, it seemed very likely Homecoming would fall on one of them.
But, before an official announcement could be made, COVID-19 swept every sports schedule clean.
Now, here we are, with online learning the reality of the day.
While CHS athletes are being allowed to do carefully-monitored off-season practices, the current plan is for actual competitions not to start until Jan.
Basketball will be up first, with football and other traditional fall sports filling a second season from Mar. 1-May 1.
Maybe.
So, I hadn’t put much thought into Homecoming festivities – either the game, the dance, the parade, or the week-long class competitions.
But I had a couple of parents ask recently if I had heard anything, so I fired up the Email 3000, and peppered the people in charge.
The answers were exactly what I anticipated – nothing is happening now.
“I don’t have any plans at the moment for any Homecoming activities,” said CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith as he worked on 10,001 different schedules, some of which might be used if games return.
The view from the head office was the same.
Homecoming, like most everything, is still in limbo.
“We will see if the season happens before planning Homecoming,” said Coupeville Schools Superintendent Steve King.
So, now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
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