By Annabeth Miller, SMT Editor

With festivities fitting a special evening, the Dexter Bearcats celebrated Winter Homecoming Friday night at the Bearcat Event Center.

From the lobby with the Bearcat Booster Club and students meeting and greeting fans, the BEC was full of homecoming excitement. A tremendous crowd of Dexter fans and fans from neighboring Bernie, it was a great night for fun, friendships and basketball action.

The Winter Homecoming celebrated five DHS winter activities: Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Basketball Cheerleaders and the DHS Dance Team.

The highlight of the evening was the crowning of the 2012 Homecoming Queen court prior to the varsity matchup between the Bearcats and the Bernie Mules. Queen candidates and the escorts included:

• Amanda Cooper: Amanda was nominated by the Dance Team. Amanda was escorted by Stevie Payne.
• Stephanie Gee: Stephanie is a senior at DHS, was nominated by the Wrestling Team and she was by Cody Stevens.
• Rilee Jones: Riley was nominated the Cheerleaders, is a senior at DHS, and was escorted Friday evening by Chase Young.
• Taylor Martin: Taylor was nominated by the Boys’ Basketball team and was escorted by Jordan Fitts.
• Chelsey Massey: Chelsey was nominated by the Wrestling team and was escorted by Dylan Hefling.
• Hannah Noe: Hannah was nominated by the Lady Bearcat Basketball team. She is a sophomore at DHS and was escorted Friday evening by Blake Horton.
• Sydnie Rinehart: Sydnie was nominated by the Cheerleaders and was escorted Friday by DJ Dowdy.
• Megan Twewatha: Megan was nominated by the DHS Dance Team was escorted by Brad Potts.
• Miranda Warner: Miranda was nominated by the Boys’ Basketball team and was escorted by Tyler Miller.
• Mollie Whitehead: Mollie was nominated by the Lady Bearcat basketball squad and was escorted by Cody Neldon.

Chosen as the 2012 Winter Homecoming Queen was Stephanie Gee. Stephanie is the daughter of Kim and Brenda Hart and is a member of the DHS Chamber Choir, Student Council, and Rotary Interact, Dexter Show Choir, the Light House Church and TeenAge Republicans.

Her attendants were Mollie Whitehead, daughter of Kristi and Jonathan Whitehead, and Taylor Martin, daughter of Amber and Mike Martin.

The varsity Bearcat basketball team won a thrilling game against the Mule, with a final score of 68 – 61.

The Homecoming festivities continued following the game with the Homecoming Dance for the DHS Student Body.

Photo Above: Stephanie Gee (center) was crowned the 2012 Winter Homecoming Queen at Dexter High School Friday evening. Her alternates were Mollie Whitehead (left) and Taylor Martin (right).

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Winter Homecoming 2012