In the wake of a donation of several Homecoming buttons, we thought it might be fun to trace the history of Homecoming through the years. A visit to the High School yielded the following information, but it’s incomplete. If you have any info to fill in the blanks, please contact us. Thanks!
Thank you to Connie Singer, who photographed most of the buttons shown, which represent the collection of the Society and the High School. Others are photographs submitted by kind Facebook friends or purloined from eBay sale sites.
Please note that this was a different time and sensibilities were different. Mound is now Westonka and the Mohawks are now the Whitehawks. Prepare for some violence.
| OPPONENT | SLOGAN | YEAR | DATE OF GAME |
| Hopkins | 1935 | ||
| Mound | 1936 | ||
| Hopkins | 1937 | 10/27/1937 | |
| Mound | 1938 | 10/26/1938 | |
| Excelsior | 1939 | 10/20/1939 | |
| Wayzata | 1940 | 10/18/1940 | |
| Excelsior | 1941 | 10/17/1941 | |
| Mound Mohawks | 1942 | 10/16/1942 | |
| Hopkins Warriors | Plaster the Purple | 1943 | 1943 |
| Mound Mohawks | 1944 | 1944 | |
| Excelsior Blue Jays | Jinx the Jays | 1945 | 10/24/1945 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | Derail de Robins!
|
1946 | 10/18/1946 |
| Excelsior Blue Jays | Park Excels? Sure!
|
1947 | 10/10/1947 |
| University High Little Gophers | “U” Can’t Win
|
1948 | 10/15/1948 |
| Wayzata Trojans | Upsetta Wayzata
|
1949 | 10/21/1949 |
| Mound Mohawks | Tip-A-Canoe and Mohawks Too
|
1950 | 10/20/1950 |
| Hopkins Warriors | Razz-Bury Hopkins
|
1951 | 10/19/1951 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | Woe is the Tale of Robbinsdale
|
1952 | 10/17/1952 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Davey Jones Claims Tonka’s Bones
|
1953 | 10/23/1953 |
| Edina Morningside | Make Edina the Mourning Side
|
1954 | 10/29/1954 |
| Hopkins Warriors | This is Park’s War-Year!
|
1955 | 10/7/1955 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | A-Salt the Robbins-Tail
|
1956 | 10/5/1956 |
| Edina-Morningside Hornets | Dynamite the Green and White
|
1957 | 9/27/1957 |
| Mound Mohawks | Orioles Scalp – Mohawks Yalp
|
1958 | 10/10/1958 |
| Wayzata Trojans | Be-Head-A-Wayzata
|
1959 | 10/16/1959 |
| Mound Mohawks | Rob the Mohawks Royally | 1960 | 10/7/1960 |
| Wayzata Trojans | Swallow all but De-Feet |
1961 | 10/6/1961 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | Orioles Fly, Robins Die
|
1962 | 10/12/1962 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Tucka Tonka Team Away
|
1963 | 10/11/1963 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | I Found the Robins in the Yellow Pages – Where! Under Orioles
|
1964 | 10/9/1964 |
| Mound Mohawks | Park: Indescribably Malicious
|
1965 | 10/8/1965 |
| Richfield Spartans | What’s Red & White and Stomped all Over
|
1966 | 10/14/1966 |
| Bloomington Kennedy Eagles | Take Away their Right Guard and Leave the Eagles Defenseless
|
1967 | 9/29/1967 |
| Robbinsdale Cooper Hawks | Orioles Will Make the Hawks into Shredded Tweet
|
1968 | 10/11/1968 |
| Bloomington Kennedy Eagles | Pluck the Eagles
|
1969 | 10/10/1969 |
| Mound Mohawks | Beat the Hill Out of Mound
|
1970 | 10/16/1970 |
| Hopkins Lindberg Flyers | Clip the Flyers Wings
|
1971 | 10/8/1971 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | Park the Robins in their Nest
|
1972 | 10/6/1972 |
| Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars | Gun Down the Jaguars
|
1973 | 10/26/1973 |
| Robbinsdale Robins | Super Oriole Strips the Robins
|
1974 | 10/11/1974 |
| Bloomington Lincoln Bears | Scare the Bears
|
1975 | 10/3/1975 |
| Robbinsdale Armstrong Falcons | Rob the Falcons
|
1976 | (10/18/1976) |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Make the Skippers See Stars | 1977 | 10/14/1977 |
| Edina West Cougars | Clobber the Cougars
|
1978 | 9/29/1978 |
| Burnsville Braves | Knock the Braves
|
1979 | 10/5/1979 |
| Richfield Spartans | Send them into the Twighlight Zone
|
1980 | 10/3/1980 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Flush the Skippers
|
1981 | 9/2/1981 |
| Richfield Spartans | Sock the Spartans
|
1982 | 10/8/1982 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Scuttle the Skippers
|
1983 | 10/14/1983 |
| Robbinsdale Cooper Hawks | Hammer the Hawks
|
1984 | 9/14/1984 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Trash Tonka
|
1985 | 10/7-11/1985 |
| Edina Hornets | Buzz Off, Edina!
|
1986 | 9/19/1986 |
| Richfield Spartans | Devour the Spartans
|
1987 | 10/9/1987 |
| Edina Hornets | Splat Goes the Hornets
|
1988 | 10/10/1988 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Trip the Skippers
|
1989 | 10/2-7/1989 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Konk Tonk
|
1990 | 10/1-5/1990 |
| Eden Prairie Eagles | Open Season on the Eagles
|
1991 | 9/27/1991 |
| Eagan Wildcats | Tame the Wildcats
|
1992 | 9/25/1992 |
| Wayzata Trojans | The Melody of ’93
|
1993 | 10/81993 |
| Hopkins Royals | Dethrone the Royals
|
1994 | 9/30/1994 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Sink the Skippers
|
1995 | 9/22/1995 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Bury the Skippers | 1996 | 9/20/1996 |
| Minneapolis Edison Tomcats | Tame the Tommies
|
1997 | 9/26/1997 |
| Minnetonka Skippers | Make it a Starry Night
|
1998 | 1998 |
| Robbinsdale Armstrong Falcons | Fowl Play
|
1999 | 9/24/1999 |
| Simley Spartans (Inver Grove Heights) | Sack the Spartans
|
2000 | 2000 |
| New Ulm Eagles | Raid Their Nest | 2001 | 9/14/2001 |
| Simley Spartans (Inver Grove Heights) | Pack ’em Away!
|
2002 | 9/15/2002 |
| 2003 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| Irondale Knights | 2005 | 9/30/2005 | |
| Columbia Heights Hylanders | 2006 | 9/15/2006 | |
| Edina Hornets | 2007 | 10/5/2007 | |
| Robbinsdale Cooper Hawks | 2008 | 9/12/2008 | |
| Chisago Lakes Wildcats | (Out of this World) | 2009 | 9/11/2009 |
| BSM Red Knights | (Party in the USA) | 2010 | 10/1/2010 |
| Spring Lake Park Panthers | 2011 | 9/23/2011 | |
| Hill Murray Pioneers | Punish the Pioneers | 2012 | 10/5/2012 |
| 2013 | 9/20/2013 | ||
| Richfield Spartans | Smash the Spartans | 2014 | 9/12/2014 |
| Park Center Pirates | 2015 | 10/2/2015 |
