Monett Times: Local News: Purdy High School to celebrate homecoming (02/09/10)

Students selected as royalty for Purdy High School's homecoming on Friday are shown above. From left, are: freshman Brittany Hayes; sophomore Nallely Perez; junior Audrey Patton; and seniors Stormi Zeis and Vanessa Steinbach.

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Purdy High School will celebrate homecoming this week. A variety of activities are planned leading up to the basketball showdown on Friday against the McAuley Warriors.

On Wednesday, students will celebrate Decades Day by wearing apparel from past decades as an illustration that "Our Eagles are Timeless." Thursday will be "Twin Day" with the theme "No One Can Match the Eagles." Friday will be "Black and Gold Day" when students are encouraged to wear school colors.

An assembly at 2:45 p.m. on Friday will introduce the Homecoming candidates and Mister Tip-Off will be crowned.

Homecoming candidates include: freshman Brittany Hayes, daughter of Mike and Kristina Hayes; sophomore Nallely Perez, daughter of Rodolfo Perez and Araceli Perez; junior Audrey Patton, daughter of Stan and Linda Patton; senior Vanessa Steinbach, daughter of Sherry Nichols and Jason Steinbach; and senior Stormi Zeis, daughter of Timothy and Chris Zeis, of Purdy, and Kimberly Driscoll, of Huntsville, Ark.

Candidates for Mister Tip-Off are: freshman Josh Antle, son of Kent and Rana Antle; sophomore Cody Hall, son of Michael and Deanna Hall; junior Kevin Miller, son of Terry Miller and Alexandra Efremideu; and senior Joab Salazar, son of David and Sarai Salazar, Purdy.

Basketball action gets underway at 6 p.m. with the junior varsity game. Coronation of the queen will take place between the junior varsity and varsity games at around 6:50 p.m.