LHS celebrates homecoming with crowning, induction

Lawrence High School senior Grace Bova, left, is greeted by Sheryl Cherry after Bova was crowned homecoming queen at halftime of Friday’s game. Cherry is the mother of Jamal Brown, who was named Homecoming King. LHS defeated Shawnee Mission South on Friday, 28-7.

The crowning of Lawrence High School’s new homecoming king and queen is only the beginning of a weekend of recognition, celebration and activities.

At halftime of Friday night’s game against Shawnee Mission South High School, the Lions honored Jamal Brown as king and Grace Bova as queen.

Other members of the court were: Roland Burd, Emily Davidson, Scottie Dunlap, Austin Flory, Chris Gaston, Hannah Hall, Nikki McGrew, Ava Regan, Anrai Richards, Taylor Shuck, Marley Sutter and Quenton Todd.

The official Homecoming dance begins at 8:30 p.m. today, also at the school.

Lawrence Lions Alumni Association will induct four new members into the organization’s Hall of Honor at LHS, during a free, open-to-the-public ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday in the rotunda at the school. The inductees:

• Sam Campbell, president of CritiTech, a Lawrence-based company that is among a number of his entrepreneurial endeavors.

• Dr. Larry Kwak, a physician, scientist and cancer vaccine pioneer named earlier this year by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.

• Steve Scheid, chairman of Janus Capital Group Inc., a company whose subsidiaries manage $147.2 billion.

• Wesley Walker, who graduated from LHS in 1954 and went on to become a boxer, play basketball and join the Army and — after a car accident in 1965 — compete as a world-class wheelchair athlete, winning gold medals in shot-put, discus and javelin in 1971 at the Pan American Games.