Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, January 10, 2008, Pages 1 & 14
Diagonal homecoming activities set Friday
Homecoming week at Diagonal Community high school is underway this week, leading up to the basketball game, royalty coronation
and dance Friday night.TV Land is the theme for homecoming this week and dress up days have been held during the week. Monday was That 70s Show day,
with studens dressing up in 1970s bell bottoms and platform shoes. TUesday was Survivor/MASH day with camoflague and combat gear the dress up theme.
Wednesday was Beauty and the Geek day with students dressing up trendy or geeky. Today (Thursday) is Sports Center day with students wearing college or
athletic team gear. Friday will be Diagonal Schoolhouse Rocks day, with students dressing in spirit colors. Other homecoming activities get underway
tonight (Thursday) with the annual community pep rally set for 6:15 p.m. in the gymnasium. The homecoming basketball games are with Melcher-Dallas this
year, and begins at 6:15 p.m. with the Maroonettes playing the first game. Following the boys game, the crowning of homecoming king and queen will be held.
Seniors in the homecoming court this year include Kaylin BERGER (front left), daughter of John and Deb Berger;
Amanda Creighton (2nd row, left), daughter of Kelly Malone and James Creighton;
Jeff Starlin (3rd row, left), son of Monte and Nikki Starlin; and Ryan Wortman (3rd row, middle), son of Carol and Pete Wortman.
Juniors in the homecoming court include Cayanne Keller (2nd row, right), daughter of Roseanne Worthington and Vern Liesner;
Nora Andrews (front row, right), daughter of Randy and Becky Andrews; Michael Bentley, (3rd row, right), son of Alan and Shelley Bentley; and,
Ryan England (top), son of Mitch and Melinda England.
[Page 14] The sophomore attendants are Cassie Marcum (front row, left), daughter of Robin and Jerry Campbell, and
Brett England (front row, right), son of Mitch and Melinda England. Freshman attendants are Janelle Wortman (2nd row, left),
daughter of Roger and Carol Wortman, and Clarence Steinbach (2nd row, right), son of Junior and Cindy Steinbach.
Prince and princess for the coronation will be Dallas Hoffman, son of Bobbie and David Hoffman, and Erin Sobotka,
daughter of Darla and Doug Sobotka. Following the coronation, the homecoming dance will be held in the north gymnasium.
Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, January 17, 2008, Pages 1, 8, 9 & 14
Creighton, Starlin reign at Diagonal homecoming
Amanda Creighton was crowned queen and Jeff Starlin was crowned king when the Diagonal Community high school homecoming activities were held Friday night.
Creighton is the daughter of Kelly Malone and James Creighton and Starlin is the son of Monte and Nikki Starlin. They were crowned by last year's king
and queen -- Tony Wiley and Whitney Wolf. Dress up days were held during the week leading up to a community homecoming pep rally on Thursday evening.
Friday evening the homecoming basketball games were held, with Mormon Trail (sic, should be Melchar-Dallas) winning both the girls and boys games. A homecoming dance was held following
the games. Other seniors in the homecoming court this year include Kaylin Berger, daughter of John and Deb Berger, and Ryan Wortman, son of Carol and
Pete Wortman. Juniors in the homecoming court included Cayanne Keller, daughter of Roxanne Worthington and Vern Liesener; Nora Andrews, daughter of
Randy and Becky Andrews; Michael Bentley, son of Alan and Shelley Bentley; and, Ryan England, son of Mitch and Melinda England. The sophomore attendents
were Cassie Marcum, daughter of Robin and Jerry Campbell; and, Brett England, son of Mitch and Melinda England. Freshman attendants were Janelle
Wortman, daughter of Roger and Carol Wortman, and Clarence Steinbach, son of Junior and Cindy Steinbach. [Page 14] Prince and princess for the coronation
was Dallas Hoffman, son of Bobbie and David Hoffman, and Erin Sobotka, daughter of Darla and Doug Sobotka.
Diagonal girls lose one
[Page 8] Diagonal's Maroonettes fell to Melcher-Dallas 68-44 in the homecoming game Friday night. Brandi Goodale scored 19 points
to lead the scoring.No other details were available.
Melcher-Dallas 69, Diagonal 57
[Page 9] Poor free throw shooting played a big part in Diagona's 69-57 Homecoming loss to Melcher-Dallas on Friday, Jan. 11.The Maroons converted only
50 percent of their 36 free shots against the Saints, allowing Melcher-Dallas to pull out the conference win. "We did a great job keeping our compousre
during a physical contest," said coach Larry Teply. "We hit a cold stretch in the second half that really hurt us." The Maroons were right in the game at the
half, but couldn't buy a bucket for a long stretch in the third period and then couldn't catch up. Ryan England had 33 points and 12 boards to lead the
Maroons in those categories against the Saints. Ryan also topped the team in steals with three and Michael Bentley and Brett England led the squad in
assists with two. Diagonal hit 38 percent from the field and 50 percent from the charity stripe.
Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2015
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