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PHOTOS: Sprague seniors celebrate graduation with car parade

Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School’s graduating class took to the streets to celebrate the end of high school.

With the coronavirus pandemic canceling most end-of-year senior traditions, parents instead organized a car parade for Olympians, who decorated their vehicles in Sprague orange and black.

Graduates circled several south Salem neighborhoods on Friday, July 10 as family and friends cheered them on.

Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

)Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Hannah Li decorates her windshield prior to Sprague High School’s senior parade on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School seniors gathered prior to a graduate parade to decorate their vehicles on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Alyssa Moorefield decorates her car prior to a Sprague High School senior parade on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School seniors gathered prior to a graduate parade to decorate their vehicles on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Ariel Lewis and Donny Garcia decorate Garcia’s car prior to Sprague High School’s parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School seniors gathered prior to a graduate parade to decorate their vehicles on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Jacqueline Brothers cheers on graduates during the Sprague High School senior parade on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School seniors gathered prior to a graduate parade to decorate their vehicles on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

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