2025 Homecoming Court announced

Madeline Petrick, Editor-in-chief

September 12, 2025

News

The 2025 homecoming court was announced this morning. The candidates are as follows:

King candidates (from left to right):

Carson Hermann, Joel Berck, Andrew Dowd, Connor Sams, Blake Harris, Jensen Albers, Jacob Hawley, Seth Kraegel, Jaxon Godfrey and Nolan Iverson.

Queen candidates (from left to right):

Ashlyn Dart, Jada Randecker, Jada Freeland, Brooklyn Stephany, Sloane Bailey, Addison Shannon, Taryn French, Melrose Mixan, Carly Drake and Hallie Odermatt.

The king, queen, prince and princess will be announced after the varsity football game against Lincoln Standing Bear at the Gretna High School Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 18. The game starts at 7 p.m.

About the Contributor

Madeline Petrick, Editor-in-chief

Madeline Petrick, otherwise known as Madie, is a senior who started her scholastic journalism career at Gretna High her freshman year, where she wrote for Gretna Media. With the opening of Gretna East, Petrick made the move and became a founding member of The Wingspan and Gretna East Media. That same year, she was appointed Editor-in-Chief and has retained the title ever since. Throughout her time as a student journalist and editor, she has earned numerous individual awards and led her staff to several team awards at the local, state and national levels. Some of her proudest accomplishments on staff include winning a combined eight individual awards in the NSAA State Journalism Championships in her first three years, and The Wingspan being named a 2025 NSPA Online Pacemaker Finalist as a second-year program. Aside from her involvement with Gretna East Media, she is the Gretna Swim Team Captain, Student Council President, National Honor Society President, and a senior member of Gretna Live. Outside of school, she is a lifeguard and youth swim coach. Due to her love of the field and nearly every aspect of it, Petrick hopes to pursue journalism after high school and eventually become a news anchor. See more awards here.