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October 14, 2026

Ocean City High School crowns homecoming king and queen

OCEAN CITY – Lily Pettit and Logan Porter were crowned Ocean City High School’s homecoming queen and king Friday night, Oct. 9.

There were six young men and nine young women in the homecoming court. They were introduced during halftime of the Red Raider football team’s game against Middle Township. Each member of the homecoming court was given a box containing flowers. After they gathered on the field, they opened the boxes to reveal red or white flowers. Pettit and Porter received the red flowers, showing they won the crowns.

The other contestants included Reina Xu, Peighton Clemens, McKenna Reich, Marin Pearce, Kailyn Nilsen, Kai Linthicum, Callie Erney, Anna Wisnefski, Michael Romano, Kane Forrestel, Rocco Cafagna, Jacob Bond and Jack Fouts.

– PHOTOS by DAVID NAHAN.Sentinel staff

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