A group of six Brentsville District High School students huddled under the home team's bleachers as halftime approached during the Friday night football game.

Outside in Nokesville on a rainy and chilly homecoming, there were hardly any dry places for fans to find refuge.

Mother nature wasn't even the only force drubbing the home team though as the visiting Millbrook Pioneers unleashed an offensive fury in the first half, leading to a midway score of 41-0.

Though the rain kept pouring and winless Brentsville lost by 20 points in the end, there needed to be some solace on an otherwise gloomy homecoming.

Rained forced halftime floats and general pageantry to be postponed until senior night next month, allowing only the school's marching band to perform and the homecoming court to be named last week.

But, of course, the show must go on, even if it has to be tinkered.

One by one, eight members of the senior class walked across the track behind the Tigers' bench on the football field as the homecoming court was announced. At that, not even every member was present, but the remaining Tigers earned cheers from the crowd as they walked down the blackened runway.

Senior class president Asha Patel received the biggest hoopla of the night as Class of 2009 queen Casey Weaver crowned Patel the Class of 2010 with the sparkling tiara.

The senior court members included several athletes such as volleyball co-captain Sammi Gough, baseball catcher Brian McBride, swimmer Samantha Webber, wrestler Wade Swede, and cross country runner Corey Scott. Patel, treasurer Allison Walker and Chris Pompa rounded out the formally-dressed unit that found out the next night at the homecoming dance that Scott was its king.

If fans in the Brentsville stands had a case of deja vu with by seeing Patel, Walker, McBride and Swede walk before them, it was because those four represented the junior class last year at homecoming.

First time winners made up the court for every other class: Kelly Jacobson, Garrison Ernst, Morgan Werneke and Seth Henson took the honors for the juniors; Joseph Park and Rachel Wall represented the sophomores; and Kristina Mayberry, Garreth Bental, Hannah Romine and Jefferson Kim made up the freshman court.