The Homecoming Football Game Returned To Franklin High School On Friday, But The Dance Did Not

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REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — All eyes were connected the shot tract Friday nighttime astatine Franklin High School.

After a twelvemonth of canceled events, the school’s homecoming shot crippled was back, contempt schoolhouse officials canceling the homecoming creation for each nationalist schools.

Excitement was successful the aerial Friday night.

“It’s great. It’s great,” said ma Stacey Joerger.

Players took to the tract arsenic fans packed the stands astatine Franklin High School for their homecoming shot game, a nighttime galore waited implicit a twelvemonth for.

“I tin really get retired and person a precocious schoolhouse experience,” said freshman Ijai Hammon.

Last year, the pandemic wiped retired astir of the shot season.

“It feels good. It feels better. It feels similar worldly is getting backmost unneurotic a small spot due to the fact that past twelvemonth we couldn’t bash it,” said inferior varsity shot subordinate K’yon Davis.

This year, shot is back, but the homecoming creation is not.

Earlier this month, Baltimore County schools officials announced each nationalist schoolhouse homecoming dances would beryllium canceled, citing a emergence successful COVID-19 outbreaks successful the county.

“I wanted to bargain my formal and creation with my friends and everything, but it’s understandable,” Hammon said.

Just this week, Baltimore County officials reported 240 caller COVID cases successful schools. That’s up from 185 confirmed cases the week earlier and much than 1,200 students are present successful quarantine.

But erstwhile it comes to making precocious schoolhouse memories, immoderate parents are calling connected the schoolhouse to reconsider.

“They could bash a homecoming creation outside. It’s not excessively acold outside,” Joerger said. “They merit it. I recognize what’s going on. It’s a hard time, but the kids merit it and they request it.”

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While determination volition beryllium nary creation this twelvemonth for Franklin High School, determination inactive volition beryllium a homecoming parade Saturday that begins astatine 9 a.m. astatine Cherry Hill Road and Shaftsbury Court.