Bison celebrate a Disney-themed Winterfest 2023

BY FRANCESCA SAGALA

The wonderful world of Disney – and Bison-hood – was celebrated during this year’s New Buffalo High School’s Winterfest, which took place Feb. 13-21.

Students decorated massive Disneythemed banners, which hung on the walls of the blue and gold gym for all to see during the Winterfest game Tuesday, Feb. 21 (see page 7). Winners of the banner contest were as follows: first place, juniors; second place, seniors; third place, sophomores and fourth place, freshmen.

Throughout the week, students decked themselves out in themed ensembles for “spirit days” and earned points for their respective classes. Overall winners of this year’s Winterfest were first place, juniors (50.5 points); second place, seniors (43.5 points); third place, sophomores (35 points) and fourth place, freshmen (21 points).

The weeklong events culminated in the Winterfest game against Our Lady of the Lake Catholic High School, where fans cheered on Aaylihah Bradshaw and Angelo Ciccarelli as they were crowned queen and king.

Other members of the Winterfest Royal Court were Ellie Cybulski, Carys Gallas, Haruki Eberly, Amelia Selir, Neil Johnson, Addison Stover and Joey Pokuta.

Class representatives were Colleen Chlystun and Nicholas Wolfe, freshmen; Emily Walters and Ekolu Brown, sophomores and Audrey Proctor and Cameron Forker, juniors.