Hinsdale Central Opens Homecoming Week

The gym was red and white and black all over Monday afternoon.

The school's 24-member Homecoming Court 2011 was introduced to a packed gym during a pep rally that concluded the first school day of Homecoming Week, which will run through the next five days and culminate with a football game against Lyons Township and a 007-themed dance. 

The nominees for Homecoming King, in no particular order, are Tommy Griffin, Riley Strumillo, Achilles Bezanis, Joe Morris, Michael Pircon, John Stathopoulos, Adam Swade, Dan Cassin, Danny Thompson, Tommy Garvin, Ben Eng, and Bobby Buddig.

The ladies vying for Homecoming Queen are Taylor Wilder, Kelly Eickhoff, Paige McClain, Divya Kirti, Taylor Rasmussen, Riley O'Donnell, Katie Grabowski, Sara Klepacki, Claudia Vaughn, Coco Arima, Maddie Beejay, and Melanie Cass.

The nominees all wore black Monday, as the Dress of the Day theme was Back in Black.

See below for the rest of the Homecoming Week schedule, which was supplied by Hinsdale Central. 

Tuesday

• Dress of the Day: Pajama Day

Wednesday

• Dress of the Day: Release Your Inner Animal
• Homecoming BBQ: Served during all lunch periods in the courtyard.
• Girls Tennis vs. Whitney Young, 4:30 p.m.
• Girls Volleyball vs. Leyden, 6 p.m.

Thursday

• Dress of the Day: James Bond Bling

Friday

• Dress of the Day: Red and White Day
• Pep Rally and Coronation, 1:26 p.m.

Saturday

• HHSTA Homecoming Pancake Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Homecoming Parade, 9:30 a.m.
• Boys Soccer vs. Naperville Central, 10 a.m.
• Football vs. Lyons Township, 12 p.m.
• Homecoming Dance, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.