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Photo: ORHS 2016 Homecoming King, Queen

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Pictured above are Oak Ridge High School 2016 Homecoming King Tyshawn Young, right, and Queen Courtney Ellison. (Photo by Luther Simmons)

 

The Oak Ridge High School 2016 Homecoming King and Queen were announced at halftime of the Oak Ridge-Sevier County football game on Friday, which was Homecoming.

The 2016 Homecoming King is Tyshawn Young, and the Homecoming Queen is Courtney Ellison. Wildcats fans may recognize them as members of the boys and girls basketball teams.

The 2016 Homecoming Court is pictured below. [Read more…]

Photos: Homecoming Court on Homecoming Night

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Treston Henderson and Alex Allen ORHS Homecoming King and Queen 2015

Treston Henderson, left, was named 2015 Homecoming King and Alex Allen was named Homecoming Queen on Homecoming Night on Blankenship Field on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Treston Henderson was named 2015 Homecoming King at Oak Ridge High School, and Alex Allen was named Homecoming Queen, school officials said Thursday.

The five couples of the Homecoming Court were recognized during Homecoming Night on Blankenship Field on Friday, September 18, and the king and queen were announced. The Oak Ridge Wildcats football team beat the Lenoir City Panthers 55-15 during that game.

On Thursday, Diana Homan at Oak Ridge High School said the five couples recognized on Friday were:

  • Kennedy Baker and Treston Henderson,
  • Ellie Brown and Ian Wilder,
  • Maguire James and Alex Allen,
  • Peter Magill and Gabby Romanoski, and
  • Madison Gilmore and Ben Carlson.

The Homecoming Court are all seniors, and they are selected by the senior class. Nominations are made, and the list is narrowed down to five girls and five boys. The entire school selects the king and queen, Homan said.

Here are more photos from the Friday night halftime ceremony and a few photos from before the game: [Read more…]