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Leesville Loonies named Triangle's best student section

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Nick Stevens of HighSchoolOT.com presents the 2009 Best Student Section banner to the Leesvile Loonies on Friday, Nov. 6. (photo by Will Okun)

By HighSchoolOT.com

Nov 9, 2009

RALEIGH — The "Leesville Loonies" were declared the Triangle's best high school football student section last Friday night during the Pride's home game against Wake Forest-Rolesville.

Since September, HighSchoolOT.com has accepted nominations from high school football fans across the area. A total of 22 schools were nominated, and by the end of October, the list was narrowed down to three finalists.

Fuquay-Varina's "Orange Crush" came in third place, while Wake Forest-Rolesville's "Cougar Crazies" finished in second place.

Leesville Road received more than double the nominations of the second place team, although the nominations were not the only thing taken into consideration.

HighSchoolOT.com, WRAL-TV, and 99.9 FM The Fan ESPN Radio attended games throughout the season, taking special note of the student sections in attendance. After attending Leesville Road's "Grill Team," where a few hundred students came out to tailgate prior to a game, it was decided that the Loonies were a tough crowd to beat.

At halftime of the Wake Forest-Rolesville game last Friday, HighSchoolOT.com's Nick Stevens and 99.9 FM The Fan ESPN Radio's Adam Harris, the co-host of "HighSchoolOT Gamenight" and the Saturday morning "HighSchoolOT" radio show, presented the Loonies with a banner declaring them the area's best.

Another "Student Section Showdown" will take place for basketball season, so if your school didn't win this time, make sure you have a big student section at basketball games. We'll be watching!

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Anyways..... I am very proud to be a Loonie and to be part of this award! Now let's keep up the good work and cheer hard for our PRIDE in the playoffs!!! LET"S GO PRIDE!!!!!
dbhockey14
November 9, 2009 10:19 p.m.
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I am a Leesville Senior and a huge Loonie. I recall after the Broughton game a few of the Loonies got a little excited, but I believe it was also a two sided affair... which included Broughton players also a little out of hand. However, any of this behavior is unacceptable and I apologize to Handle With Care on behalf of the Leesville Loonie student section. I hope you do not let those few students effect what you think of us Loonies as a whole.
dbhockey14
November 9, 2009 10:17 p.m.
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boburns9 I believe Handle with Care is talking about the game against Broughton, It got pretty rough on the way to the buses from what I have been told.
thebigdoggdaddy64
November 9, 2009 8:21 p.m.
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"Handle with care"...which game are you talking about? that may surprise me a little bit about the Loonies taunting players.

Lakersfan...i agree cougar crazies are definitely legit as well.
boburns9
November 9, 2009 6:25 p.m.
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Loonies r crazy.. Im a cougar crazy, and im saying it.. I say the cougar crazies look crazier, and dress crazier than the loonies.. But Leesville is really loud, and has alot in attendence at every game.. Thought we were about equal for the best student section
lakersfan2012
November 9, 2009 6:13 p.m.
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We had a bad experience with the Loonies. Our team had lost and the Loonies were taunting our players on the way out. No coaches,policemen,or officials in sight we parents had to form a chain between our football players and the Loonies. It was a horrible experience!
Handle With Care
November 9, 2009 10:12 a.m.
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