The CHIEF October 2017

Memories at Williamson Field Hundreds of students look forward to the “Friday Night Lights” when the varsity football team storms Williamson Field. The fall weather, good food, and energy the team creates draws sport loving students to the bleachers every home game. After students attend the tailgating, a new activity put together by teachers and students, all gather into the student section to cheer on the Indians. Everyone shows up wearing that week’s theme with the goal to bring the energy the team needs to succeed. According to Evan Trevino, Junior here at PTHS: “the theme created brings the students together.” The theme is important because the students look like a unified group as a student body and it helps everyone to relate to each other and root for one cause. Memories are made every Friday in the student section at Williamson Field that will be remembered for years to come. By Clay Miller On Saturday 16th, the Pontiac Marching Indians hosted the 14th annual Indian Showdown. During this year’s competition, twelve schools competed (3-4 schools in each division) to be ranked number one at the event. Competitors were judged, starting at 5:30, on subcategories of winds, percussion, and color guard. The two main categories were overall performance and music. The first school to perform, Dwight, was class 1A. Around 8:30, East Peoria was the last competing band left to perform. Before the drum majors were called to the field, the Marching Indians performed two of the three movements for their show titled “Imagine.” The end results for class 1A were Watseka taking first. For the class AA, Eureka took the title of number one. Finally for division AAA, East Peoria triumphed with their performance. The grand champions of the Indian Showdown this year was Normal West's marching band. All bands performed well, although some better than others. The competitors were not only driven to receive first, but to improve individuals and their own show. Indian Showdown By Alyssa Rodriguez