Following the ‘Night of Knights’ Homecoming Pep Rally dressed like a Disney character students gathered along with family and staff all gathered in the Jack Peters Stadium to watch the Knights play the Strawberry Crest Chargers on Friday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
With it being the Homecoming game the Knights Marching Band played their show before kickoff which consisted of melodic harmonies all around and the Starlets effortlessly dancing all around.
Kickoff began at 7:30 p.m. and by halftime the Mustangs were up 21-0.
During halftime instead of the usual band performance students and staffed were blessed with the presence of royalty. Homecoming royalty was introduced and walked down the field with their families and awaited for their King and Queen to be announced. The finalists for King were Jordan De La cruz, Xander Logan and Dylan Bajraktarevic. The finalists for Queen were Eva Nguyen, Catie Powell and Lauren Launikitis.
Each potential King participated in Robinson tradition and each had a turn to pull out the Excalibur, the sword buried in the rock, and whoever successfully pulled it was crowned King.
Each had a try and each failed, but when Logan pulled a second time the sword came unburied within the stone and was able to bestow the sword upon his Queen, which ended up being Launikitis.
“I was really happy when he pulled out the sword, and then I was really nervous because I didn’t think i had originally won,” Launikitis said. “But when he juked me out then gave it to me I was super, super excited and honestly a night for the books.”
With only a few minutes left in the fourth quarter the Knights were able to score two touchdowns. The final score was 28-14 to the Chargers.
The Knights will venture off into uncharted territory next Friday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Jefferson High School to face the dragons.