{"id":777,"date":"2021-10-01T05:57:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/?p=777"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:04:04","slug":"are-you-ready-for-some-football-homecoming-game-is-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/are-you-ready-for-some-football-homecoming-game-is-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready for Some Football?! Falcons Gear Up for Homecoming Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Get ready for the biggest football game of the season as the Elmira Falcons face off at home against the Santiam Christian School Eagles. Kickoff for the Homecoming game is set for 7 p.m. this Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" width=\"417\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309-768x1025.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309-1151x1536.jpeg 1151w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309-1535x2048.jpeg 1535w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309-570x760.jpeg 570w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CD8D7D70-6062-42FE-BC78-83D8134D843B-edited-e1632933496309.jpeg 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption>The Falcons practice on a sunny afternoon ahead of Friday&#8217;s Homecoming game. (Photo by Lillian Ossowski \/ Falcon News)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wear your purple and gold like you mean it! Following Homecoming tradition, there will be the lighting of the Elmira E at halftime, and the Homecoming royalty will be honored, including the crowning of this year&#8217;s queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Falcons&#8217; non-league win against Phoenix, 36-30, the team is looking to keep its luck going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am excited,&#8221; head coach Justin Peeler said. &#8220;It has been so long since we have done a Homecoming game. I really hope we fill the stands and have a lot of people there. That really motivates the players more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peeler said he believes his team is ready to play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are wanting a big win at home,&#8221; he said. \u201cThe last home game was great. We had a lot of people there, and the players said it was amazing. I really liked the student section cheering for us. I am hoping for a bigger crowd. Let&#8217;s pack the stands!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The players, too, are confident about the upcoming game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel like we are going to win. We are going to play a great game, and I am excited,\u201d #8 Quinton Buckland said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel pretty confident, but it\u2019s gonna take a lot of work this week in practice,&#8221; #25 Donovan Hartley said. &#8220;We\u2019ve just got to do our job and trust our teammates that they\u2019re gonna do theirs. We are all pretty excited about the Homecoming game and to see what it turns out like. Hopefully we can get a lot of fans to hype up the crowd and make it a difficult time for the opponents.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope to see you there, fellow Falcons!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halftime will feature the lighting of the E and the crowning of the Homecoming queen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}