DAPHNE, Ala. — The Daphne High School homecoming parade will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. in downtown Daphne.

The parade route will start at the Daphne Civic Center and proceed down Main Street Daphne, through downtown, onto College Avenue, Sixth Street, Magnolia Avenue and back onto Main Street.

The parade will end at 5 p.m. at Daphne Elementary School. Members of the Daphne Community are invited and encouraged to attend to help root for Daphne High School Trojans.

This year’s homecoming parade theme is “Stomp The Gators." Daphne football players, dance team members and homecoming court will be participating in the parade.  In addition, each class will have a float as will various school clubs.

The Daphne High marching band will be on hand with the color guard and AF JROTC unit.  There will be a competition among the classes and clubs for best float. Participants are encouraged to be at the civic center for float line-up between 3:15 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. The floats will start moving promptly at 4 p.m.  The marching units will start when the floats arrive.

The Daphne High School Homecoming football game is this Friday at 7 p.m. in Jubilee Stadium.  The Trojan varsity football team will take on the Region 6A Satsuma Gators on Trojan Field.  The public is encouraged to attend and cheer on DHS's undefeated 6-0 Trojans as well as participate in the game night homecoming pre-game celebrations.  Tickets to the game are $6.  Last week the Trojans crushed non-league challengers the Theodore Bobcats 38-6.

Daphne High School congratulates members of this year’s 2010 Fall homecoming court.  Ninth grade court members are Ashleigh Donnelly and Wynter Battiste.  Tenth-grade court members are Sarah English and Amanda Nelson.  Eleventh-grade court members are Rebecca Walter and Amber Yelding.  The 12th-grade attendants are LaTisha Davis, Kristen Deterding, Halie McMinn, Laura McKinney, Sarah Reyner and Chastity Westry.