YALE — Yale High School marked its annual Homecoming festivities Friday night with a vibrant community parade down Park Avenue, culminating in the halftime crowning of the 2026 Homecoming Royalty.
The evening’s parade featured the Yale High School marching band leading the procession, accompanied by cheerleaders across all age groups rallying support for the Bulldogs. Local highlights included Grand Marshals Steve and Nikki McIntyre greeting spectators en route to Yale City Park, parade floats pulled by local agriculture equipment, and international representation from the district’s foreign exchange students displaying their home countries’ flags. Members of the Yale varsity football team were escorted through the route aboard two Brockway Township fire engines.
During halftime ceremonies at the Friday night game, seniors Lillian Bender and Isaac Wheatley were officially crowned Homecoming Queen and King.
Lillian Bender reacts with shock as she is crowned Queen during halftime festivities in Yale Friday night. Varsity football player Isaac Wheatley was crowned King. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff] Lillian Bender and Isaac Wheatley were all smiles after being crowned Queen and King during halftime ceremonies in Yale Friday night. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]Two Brockway fire department trucks carry the Yale football team in the homecoming parade Friday night. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff] Half of the Yale varsity football team is pictured here riding on a fire truck in the parade, celebrating Yale’s annual homecoming. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]Yale Homecoming Grand Marshall Steve McIntyre and his wife Nikki greeted a large crowd along Park Ave. while making their way to the Yale city park for Friday night’s homecoming game. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]The Yale high school marching band works their way down Park Ave. during the annual homecoming parade Friday night. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]Cheerleaders of all ages, from varsity down to the younger ones, marched in Friday’s parade, cheering on their Bulldogs. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]Adam Smith waves to the crowd while driving his farm tractor, pulling one of several floats in the parade Friday night. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]Yale’s foreign exchange students got in on the fun Friday night, marching in the parade with their country’s flag. [Dave Fredrick/Expositor staff]
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