Sweetheart King and Queen Crowned

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Posted February 13, 2017

East’s 2017 Sweetheart King and Queen were announced this past weekend. Ellie Cook was crowned queen at the Varsity basketball game on Friday night and Clayton Phillips was crowned king at the Sweetheart dance on Saturday.

Sweetheart court is a tradition at East. The senior class nominates seven girls and seven boys for the court. Then, the student body votes for king and queen during the week leading up to the dance.

Alumnus Bea Workman, last year’s queen, returned to East to crown Cook queen at the game.

“It’s so sweet” Queen Cook said. “It’s just such a honor to be queen.”

The dance was held in East’s cafeteria on Saturday night. Student Council hosted the event and the theme was Candy Land. Students enjoyed dancing and refreshments and at 10 p.m. Phillips was crowned king.

In addition to queen and king, the  sweetheart court was announced. Haley Bell was crowned 2nd attendant for queen and Deegan Poores was crowned 2nd attendant for king. Tyler Lockton was 1st attendant for queen and Sean McMahill was crowned 1st attendant for king.

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Lucy Patterson is a senior and going into her third year on The Harbinger staff as the print and online opinion section editor and a copy editor. Last year, Lucy won an excellence rating in sports writing at the JEA/NSPA conference in San Francisco in addition to her previous honorable mention rating at the 2016 convention in Indianapolis. Lucy also sits on the Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor Society national advisory board. Outside of the J-Room, Lucy serves as Co-President of The East Fund Student Ambassadors, is a Co-Captain of the Varsity swim team, a S.H.A.R.E chair and involved in the International Baccalaureate program. Lucy is a lover of sunny days, La Croix and mindless reality tv. In her limited spare time, Lucy can often be found jamming to throwback music with friends or taking Snapchats with her cat Simba. »

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