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SHS Homecoming King, Jeff Elizondo, crowns Homecoming Queen Bonita Carey.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Sequoyah High School (SHS) recently crowned the 2004-05 basketball homecoming king, Jeff Elizondo, and queen, Bonita Carey.

"I was really shocked," Carey said. "I didn't expect it. All of my fellow senior girls look so beautiful."

Carey, of Lost City, is the daughter of Jim and Anita Carey. Elizondo, of Tahlequah, is the son of Mike Elizondo Sr. and Louann Chouteau.

The boys' and girls' basketball teams voted on the king and queen and the winners were not revealed until Sequoyah's homecoming game against Wright Christian.

Other candidates for homecoming queen were Kelsey Cameron Gill, Ashley Nycole Green, Lavena Reese, Haley Dawn Larsen and Kandra Dawn Liles. Other candidates for homecoming king were Heath Horawa, Sonny Hawk, A.J. Drywater, Preston Moore and Ryan Taryole.

Aubrey Jo Jordan Rose, 5, of Lost City, served as flower girl. Rose is the daughter of Jolyn and John Mark Rose. She attends Hulbert Public Schools. Caleb Ryan Vann, 7, of Stilwell was the crown bearer. Vann is the son of Jennifer Vann and George Grimmett. He is in the first grade and attends Zion School.

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" P.O. Box 520, Tahlequah, OK 74465             Sequoyah High School Alumni P.O. Box 187, Park Hill, OK 74451-0187 Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.