Clarke shows off its cardinal and silver

The perfect weather on Oct. 22 helped W.T. Clarke High School show pride for their school for homecoming.

The day was kicked off with a cheerful parade through the neighborhood starting at Stewart Avenue and ending at the high school. The school’s Rams marching band was seen marching down the Westbury streets while students of all grades, school officials, parents, faculty and staff followed in tow.

The theme for this year’s floats was games. Class of 2026’s float was designed after the game Monopoly. The juniors chose Candyland. The homecoming prince and princess and king and queen were seen floating through the crowd, along with the high school’s cheerleading and kickline teams.

After the parade, the high school held its biannual alumni Hall of Achievement ceremony, inducting five new members: Kenneth Ziminski (Class of 1965), Sean Fogel, (Class of 1992), Paul Ostling (Class of 1966), Frank Messina (Class of 1970) and Douglas Ruff (Class of 1969).

The stands were packed for the Clarke Rams versus Island Trees Bulldogs game.

Halftime consisted of performances by the kickline team, cheerleaders and the marching band, and finished with the crowning of the homecoming king, Josh DeLuccia and queen, Sophia Aprea. Andre Giannakopoulous was the prince and Gabriela Ramierz was the princess.

The Rams played a hard-fought game against the Bulldogs, but they lost with a final score of 35-28.