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Octorara Celebrates Homecoming
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Thursday, October 28 | 6 p.m. Marple Campus
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Educating Delaware and Chester Counties
Sidnie Althouse and Owen Hoffman were crowned queen and king, respectively, as part of homecoming festivities held at Octorara JuniorSenior High School.
The king and queen were crowned during halftime on Oct. 1 at the Octorara Braves football game versus Columbia High School. Prior to the game, the 27th annual homecoming parade was held on the school grounds. The annual homecoming dance concluded the celebration on Oct. 2.
In addition to Sidnie, the homecoming queen candidates were Devon Carroll, Lily Gray, Grace Greig and Emma Milligan. Homecoming king candidates, in addition to Owen, included Kline Butler, Danny DaPrix, Marc DiGregorio and Coy Testerman.
Sidnie is the daughter of Eric and Christie Althouse of Cochranville. At school, she is a member of the soccer and track and field teams, and she is also involved in travel soccer. She is a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), student advisory and Young Life and is class vice president. She attends Freedom Life Church. Sidnie plans to attend the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences to major in nursing.
Devon is the daughter of Paul and Taylor Carroll of Parkesburg. She is a member of the Octorara Heroes, NHS, Student Council, Spanish National Honor Society (SNHS), newspaper club and ski and snowboard club. She is varsity field hockey captain, a member of the track and field team and class president. She plans to earn a degree in biochemistry in order to become a physician assistant.
Lily is the daughter of Steve and Christine Gray of Atglen. She is a member of Octorara Heroes, Student Council, NHS and SNHS. She is captain of the field hockey team and serves as class secretary. She plans to attend college to study nursing.
Grace is the daughter of Doug and Kathy Greig of Christiana. She plans to attend college to study psychology.
Emma is the daughter of Jeff and Gretchen Milligan of Parkesburg. At school, she plays soccer and is a member
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The D&Bz food truck will be on-site beginning at 5:30 p.m., allowing attendees to purchase dinner and beverages. Only cash will be accepted for food sales. “People that come early to decorate their cars can grab a bite to eat,” Mowday pointed out.
WordUP Ministries, a nondenominational church, is located at 160 Route 41, Gap, in the Dutchland Inc. building. The Sunday service is held in person at 10:45 a.m. and is also livestreamed at www.facebook.com/WordUP CommunityMinistries. The Sunday WordUP café, offering coffee and snacks, precedes the service at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.wordupcommunity ministries.org.
Members of the Octorara Junior-Senior High School homecoming court are (back, from left) king Owen Hoffman, Marc DiGregorio, Danny DaPrix, Coy Testerman, Kline Butler, (front) Emma Milligan, Lily Gray, queen Sidnie Althouse, Devon Carroll and Grace Greig.
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