After 2020 pandemic hiatus, annual event returned with familiar scenes and smiles

-Photos by Jordan Green and Devyn Lansden

Alondra Salas, Miss Ringwood, center, smiles after she discovered she won the Miss Cinderella pageant on Oct. 8.

Northwestern students Braylon Bradt, shown on the steer, and Jeff Cher-Aime, shown walking the camel, participated in the Northwestern Homecoming parade in downtown Alva on Oct. 9. Bradt’s family owns a local petting zoo where the animals reside.

Maria Sosa, Miss Laverne, speed paints Elvis Presley for her talent in the Miss Cinderella pageant Oct. 8. Sosa placed in the Top Five in the pageant.

Northwestern track and cross country team members march in the Northwestern Homecoming parade in downtown Alva on Oct. 9.

Rowdy Ranger, the university’s mascot, flashes his Ranger guns while riding in an open-top car during the Homecoming parade Oct. 9.

Justyce Wilson, Miss Woodward, does ballet for her talent portion in the Miss Cinderella pageant. Wilson placed second in the pageant.

Miss Oklahoma, Ashleigh Robinson, sings for the crowd at the pageant.

Crowds lined Barnes Street for the Oct. 9 downtown Homecoming parade.

A vintage Ranger-themed fire truck drove in the Oct. 9 Homecoming parade.

A young boy riding in a Freedom Fire & Rescue truck prepares to throw candy out of the truck’s window during the Homecoming parade Oct. 9.