Mother Nature held back her deluges long enough for Marathon High School to celebrate a successful Homecoming parade and football game on Oct. 9 and 10.
Parading down U.S. 1 on Thursday and escorted by first responders, local dignitaries and grand marshals Tina and Christina Belotti, the Homecoming court waved to onlookers from their convertibles in between convoys of sports teams. Boom boxes, Rubik’s cubes and drive-in movie theaters filled larger-than-life decade-themed floats built by the classes of 2026 through 2029.
The field may have been soaking wet, but a downpour from above stopped in time for a Friday Night Lights matchup with Mount Dora Christian Academy. At halftime, spectators crowded the school gym to see Eddie Garcia and Natalie Rodriguez crowned Homecoming King and Queen by principal Christine Paul, assisted by the 2024 King and Queen, Jay Marshall and Elena Eubank.
Photos by Natalie Danko and Alex Rickert.
