The Octoberfest bonfire was held on Oct. 24, 2012. Due to bad weather conditions and other events taking place, the Homecoming bonfire had been rescheduled and renamed the Octoberfest bonfire, making things more convenient. To start off the night’s festivities, the cornhole tournament took place, and it was only one of the many things going on that night. It was a battle between Assistant Principal Mr. Frank Hernandez and football coach John Cummins versus assistant football coaches Ryan Linn and Isaac Dixon. The winners of the tournament were Linn and Dixon. “It’s dumb the students didn’t win, even though I love the football players,” Senior Zoe Sayre said. “There was a lot of friendly competition out there,” Sophomore Patrick Baker said. Baker and his partner, Sophomore Jake Beckey, didn’t make it to the finals, but enjoyed the tournament anyways. Senior Sam Beckey and his partner, Jonny Fiscus, also didn’t make it to the finals. “It was fun, as always. Johnny choked, but that’s okay,” Sam Beckey said. When the tournament was over, everyone waited for the band and unit members to return from the New Brighton Halloween Parade in which Freedom is a major part every year. Making a dramatic entrance, the cheerleaders and football players arrived on top of fire trucks, getting there just before the band buses. Sirens were going off from every direction, and candy was being thrown to those watching near the trucks. When the band buses arrived, the band lined up and performed their pregame show and other familiar songs for everyone. Because the band just came from a Halloween parade, of course everyone was dressed up in a costume. As the music was being played, firefighters started to light the pile of wood. Soon enough, flames were shooting in the air. After the band was finished playing their music, speakers started to blare familiar pop songs. Soon enough the bonfire was in full swing. Later that night, when the crowd started to die down, firefighters began to tackle the large flames. It took some time, but they finally calmed it down to a sizzle. That was everyone’s signal to start heading home.