10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School graduate PFC. Felix Reyes and his wife Vianese (center left) march in the homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. Reyes returned from a year long deployment with the U. S. Army in Afghanistan in August. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School senior football player Connor Johnson (65) rides on the players truck during their homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School cheerleaders march down Old Grand Avenue during their homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School football players ride down Old Grand Avenue during their homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School marching band crosses the intersection of route 132 and O' Plaine Road during during their homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School graduate PFC. Felix Reyes and his wife Vianese march in the homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. Reyes returned from a year long deployment with the U. S. Army in Afghanistan in August. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School graduate PFC. Felix Reyes and his wife Vianese march in the homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. Reyes returned from a year long deployment with the U. S. Army in Afghanistan in August. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

10/07/2012 Gurnee Warren Township High School Blue Devil mascot rides in the homecoming parade on Sunday, October 7, 2012. | michael jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media