Riverbank High School wrapped up its Spirit Week activities with the Winter Homecoming Game at the Ray Fauria Memorial Gymnasium on campus on Friday, Feb. 10.

The week had daily activities, each with its own theme, and concluded by naming the King and Queen during halftime of the varsity boys basketball game. They honored Michael Soriano as King, a member of the Bruin varsity team; and Mia Vidal as Queen.

Following the crowning, the cheer squad took its last turn at a routine for the season and then the game resumed, with Soriano returning to the court. An ankle injury in the fourth quarter sidelined the newly crowned King for the remainder of the game.

Earlier, at the end of the school day on Friday, a Homecoming Rally celebrated the upcoming final basketball game of the regular season. In addition to introducing the candidates again, activities included relay races, and a dodge ball game pitting the five king and five queen candidates against 10 members of the RHS faculty. The faculty seemed to win.

And while most of the week was fun-filled and high energy, there were also a couple of somber notes. At the start of the rally, and again before the varsity basketball game, there was a moment of silence in honor of RHS student Julian Perez-Garza, who recently passed away, succumbing to cancer.