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Franklin Regional crowns homecoming royalty

Patrick Varine
By Patrick Varine
1 Min Read • Oct. 23, 2019 | 6 years Ago
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Homecoming King Riley Smith and Queen Kara Soles pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, at Panther Stadium in Murrysville.
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Homecoming court members and seniors Tori Glarner, right, Mia Jaffe, middle, and Lizzie Kemerer, left, wait with the senior homecoming court before the start of the ceremony announcing king and queen on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at Franklin Regional High School football stadium.
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Riley Smith, on the left, Marshall Mao and Connor Hudson pose for a photo before taking the field for Franklin Regional’s homecoming on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.
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Franklin Regional High School senior couple Justin Johns, right, and Mary Grace Seymour, wait with other members of the senior homecoming court before taking the field for the crowning of homecoming king and queen on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at Franklin Regional High School football stadium.
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Homecoming court members Jacob Brand, right, greets fellow classmate, senior Marshall Mao, left, before the homecoming ceremony on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at Franklin Regional High School football stadium.
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Homecoming court members Kara Soles and Mia Jaffe pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.
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Homecoming King Riley Smith and Queen Kara Soles share a light-hearted moment with 2018’s king and queen, Nicholas Leopold and Sydney Beauregard, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.
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Franklin Regional’s 2019 homecoming court poses for a photo on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. From the left, in the front row is Tori Glarner, Mia Jaffe, Lizzie Kemerer, Emma Martin, Mary Grace Seymour and Kara Soles. In the back row is Jacob Brand, Connor Hudson, Riley Smith, Marshall Mao, Justin Johns and CJ Ciecierski.

Seniors Kara Soles and Riley Smith earned their spot as royalty in the Class of 2020 at Franklin Regional’s homecoming celebration on Oct. 18.

The Panther football team lost, 31-14, to McKeesport, but it was all smiles among the home crowd at halftime during the homecoming festivities.

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Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.

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