MORAVIA - It was a struggle at times, but Bryan Cobb finally saw his dream of graduating high school come true.

“It feels good,” he said during the 2006 Moravia High School commencement ceremony held at the school Friday evening. “Tonight I just want to celebrate with my friends.”

Cobb has enlisted in the U.S. Marines infantry division and is scheduled to leave in August, just a few days after his 18th birthday. He has been in the Marine's delayed entry program for the past year.

“He is my first son to graduate,” said Cobb's father, Junior Cobb. “We are very proud of him.”

Overall excitement seemed to be the consensus among most students - no matter what their future plans.

Brian VanNostrand, better known as Radio by his friends, said that he isn't quite sure what he wants to do with his future but knows that it will be something that involves the environment.

“I'd really like to visit the Amazon Rain Forest,” he said. “I just really want to do something great for the environment.”

College is on the agenda for many graduates, including E.J. Stevens, who plans to study computer technology at Cayuga Community College in the fall.

“I am just going to enjoy my summer before I have to make any real decisions,” Stevens said. “It has been such an overwhelming experience. It is going to take some time to soak in. I just can't believe that it is over. I never thought this day would come.”

The school's class valedictorian award was presented to Patrick Nevius, with the salutatorian award going to Kerrin Epstein.

“It's a big step,” Cobb said. “I was picking on my mom and told her that I would live at home with her until I am 50 years old.”

“He is not living with me until he is 50,” his mother, Lisa, said laughing.

“OK just until I'm 37 then,” he said.