Freezing-cold weather and winds didn’t chill the enthusiasm of Vashon High School students last Saturday, who celebrated under the Friday night lights at Vashon’s homecoming football game on Oct. 27.

The match didn’t go Vashon’s way — the Pirates fell to the Life Christian Academy Eagles 6 to 51 — but that didn’t quiet the crowd, mire the cheerleaders, stop the players or freeze the fun.

Freshmen Kina Ladbon-Reusch and Gwyn Ranney, sophomores Oskar CobbMaigetter and Cece Guenther, juniors Jane Howsmon and Cassidy Meffre, and seniors Orion Knowler and Keziah Rutschow were crowned by their classmates as the 2023 Homecoming Court.

At halftime, the homecoming court stepped onto the field to receive their royal regalia, then raced a lap around the track on tricycles, electric scooters, and — following recent tradition — a Barbie Jeep built for toddlers.

But the Barbie Jeep team stumbled and caught repeatedly on the track, trailing their competitors in dead last. Seizing a different approach, the two steered onto the gridiron halfway through the race and cut clean across the track.

The Pirates face their final game this Friday, Nov. 3 against Bellevue Christian.