Bay Homecoming Draws Huge Crowd

Members of the Bay Women’s Soccer Team energize the crowd along the Bay Homecoming Pa-rade route!

Perfect weather and a strong community tradition combined to draw a massive crowd along Wolf Road last Friday evening to view the annual Bay Village Homecoming Parade.

This year’s parade was one of the biggest ever, with dozens of community groups being represented in the march to Bay Memorial Stadium. The parade route was lined with spectators the entire way, with kids joyfully filling bags of candy tossed from the parade floats.

A highlight was the inclusion of the 2019 Bay Alumni Hall of Fame inductees: Jim Hodge, Class of 1970, Karen Kresge, Class of 1966, Norm Mulder, Class of 1967, Doug Borchert, retired Bay Middle School, Social Studies, Judi Coolidge, retired Bay High School, English (distinguished educators) and the family of the late Bill Egan, Class of 1964,

The Bay Village Homecoming Parade is a fantastic city event that starts from the intersection of Cahoon and Wolf Road and stretches all the way to the stadium at the high school. Once at the high school, cookouts were shared before the game and the Rockets posted a big 22-19 win over visiting Valley Forge to go to 3-1 this season.