Homecoming royalty announced
Loni Hughes of Spearfish, S.D., and Kyle Schmidt of Gordon were named 91ÇÑ×Ó State College’s Homecoming queen and king Saturday.
The announcement was made during halftime of the Eagles’ football game against New Mexico Highlands.
Hughes, a senior studying math education, is a 2004 graduate of Spearfish High School. She is the daughter of Doug and Paige Hughes. Schmidt is a junior pre-medicine student. He graduated from Gordon High School in 2005. His parents are Randy and Marj Schmidt.
The royalty was chosen by a vote of the student body after 67 candidates were nominated by 91ÇÑ×Ó clubs and organizations. Hughes was nominated by the Talons, the college’s team of student admissions ambassadors, and Schmidt was the Health Professions Club’s candidate.
The first runners-up are Chase Rasby of Sutherland, a junior studying to be a biology teacher, and Emily Banks of Wausa, a junior elementary childhood major.
The second attendants are Michelle DeBoer of 91ÇÑ×Ó, and John Latham of Camp Crook, S.D.
Craig Calkins of Cody, Wyo., and Kelli Payne of Neligh each finished fourth in the voting.
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