By Montana McCullough
Student Reporter
The room is silent; contestants sit and wait to hear their name called as finalist.
This was the feeling candidates felt as they waiting to hear the results from voting for homecoming king and queen.
The first round of voting for Ranger Royalty began on Monday and ended on Tuesday. Before voting started though, candidates had their campaigning strategies to put into place.
Fliers could be seen all across campus from the each candidate. Each flier had some sort of unique piece to it that showed off the candidates.
There were nine women running for Ranger Queen, four men for Ranger King and six ladies running for Freshman Queen.
The Top 3 king candidates are Blake Humble, Mickey Jordan and Adam Olewinski.
Mickey Jordan, a graduate student, said he ran for Ranger King because school spirit is important to him and that everyone needs more of it.
The Tope 3 queen candidates are Kelsey Cloud, Kayla Eaton and Madison Hofen. These three women are all seniors at NWOSU.
When asked why she ran for Ranger Queen, Kelsey Cloud, a senior health and sports science major, said, “I didn’t know if I was really going to make it in the Top 3 so I was just going with the flow.”
Representing Northwestern as Freshman Queen this year is Maya Stewart.
The second round of voting to determine who reigns as Homecoming King and Queen will be on Monday and close on Tuesday.
Then the results will be announced at the football game on Saturday.