It was a day filled with celebration for the Copiague community as they enjoyed their homecoming festivities on Oct. 26. The celebrating began with a parade and ended with a homecoming win for the varsity football team, the first in six years.  

Starting with a pep rally to close out the school day on Thursday, Oct. 24, homecoming kicked off on Saturday morning with the Copiague community and school district coming together to march down Great Neck Road. The parade included elementary school students, staff and administrators, Board of Education members, clubs, youth football and cheer teams, the homecoming court and the class floats.  

Back at Copiague Middle School, food trucks and blow-up games provided entertainment until it was time for kickoff. The Copiague Eagles faced off against the Centereach Cougars, and the matchup proved to be an exciting one. The game was a back-and-forth battle as each opponent matched touchdown after touchdown. Forced into overtime, the Eagles took the victory 20-19 after Centereach was stopped on the two-point conversion by the Copiague defense.  

During the halftime show, the homecoming court was introduced to the crowd. The senior class was crowned the winner of the homecoming floats – each themed after the four seasons – with their fall-inspired float. The varsity cheerleaders and the step team both wowed the crowds with their halftime performances.  

To close the evening, Copiague honored the five newest inductees to the district’s Hall of Achievement. The alumni – Howard Austin Jr. (Class of 1993), Cristen Fischer Salisbury (Class of 1998), Joseph Garguilo (Class of 1983), Cedric Shine (Class of 2001) and Keith Willnauer (Class of 1974) – were nominated for the indelible mark they left on the school community.