All FHS students have had a say in King and Queen of Homecoming Court for many years now, but this year’s elections have changed. Every year, 20 senior members- 10 girls and 10 boys- are selected to be on Homecoming Court. Every student in the high school was eligible to vote for whom they think deserves to be King and Queen; that is until this year.

In this year’s election, all high school students got to vote for the court, but only seniors were able to vote for King and Queen.“Those are the people that know those candidates best” Mrs. Annamarie Folmar said. “A little different, a little more balanced, a little more fair.”

The school had wanted to change the process of voting for a few years now, and this year they finally decided to take the leap and adjust the system. They had discussed doing a random selection of one boy and one girl from the 20 candidates on court, but decided to let the seniors have the say. “I think the change to voting is good because we only hear the input of our fellow senior class,” Senior Maura Lehocky said.

Since Freedom doesn’t have a Homecoming dance anymore, many students tried to bring the tradition back this year. Unfortunately, this dance did not happen due to lack of planning.

The 2014 Homecoming Court was announced by Mr. William Deal on DTV. “I was very surprised and excited when I learned I was on the court” Lehocky said. This year the court consisted of, girls: Madison Boyer, Tina Davis, Mariah Forsythe, Morgan Greco, Kyli Hermick, Michelle Keith, Maura Lehocky, Cheyenne Moldovan, Kristy Sturgess and Casey Prell, and boys: Patrick Baker, Joshua Battaglia, Draek Boggs, Ryan Edder, Collin Gilarno, Travis Hryckowian, Joshua Kugel, Zachary Kugel, Robert Raso and Lucas Yeck. Nominees were very enthusiastic to make it onto Homecoming court. “I felt very blessed to have friends in the high school who would care to vote for me” Battaglia said.

The Homecoming bonfire was held on Thursday, Sept. 25, which was the day before the Homecoming football game.

An assembly for the Homecoming Court was held on Sept. 26. Parents of the candidates were asked to come to the assembly to watch their children perform a dance on stage, that was created by the court. Afterwards, the school held a late luncheon for the students and parents in the cafeteria.

Freedom’s Homecoming football game was held on Sept. 26, this year. Each Homecoming couple had their moment to shine as they walked down the field. The winners for King and Queen were announced at the football game after a drumroll.

Ryan Edder and Maura Lehocky were crowned King and Queen.