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Fort White High School Homecoming 2005-06 Indians playing
Santa Fe Raiders in the Battle for Paddle. Theme was "Indians
Send the Raiders up the Creek Without a Paddle." The night
began at 6:45 p.m. pregame crowning of the middle school prin-
cess and the presentation of the middle school homecoming court
as well as the middle school homecoming trophy. At half-time the
presentation of the high school homecoming court and candidates
vying for queen. The FWHS young men were Ben Anderson, Tim
Robinson, Elijah Serrano-Pruniski.

The legend of the hickory paddle goes something
Cody Martin and Brian like this: Competitions ex1sted between the people of
Cocker were compet1ng for North Alachua County and South Columbia Country
the title of homecoming long before the arnval of Ponce de Leon m Florida.
king The people were separated by a dark, deep river,
and the only way to cross 1t was in a canoe. For
Fort White H1gh School nearly 100 years the canoe was propelled w1th a
Homecoming Queen is Miss paddle hewn from the wood of a giant hickory tree
Della Etheridge. King Mr that grew on Rum Island. But the paddle was lost m
Elijah Serrano-Pruinski the river one day, only to be recovered in 2002.

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