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Winters High School senior Amy Cross is California’s Homecoming Queen.

Cross is state omecoming Queen

By JAMIE ANDERSEN
Express correspondent
Amy Cross, senior at Winters High, recently participated in a Statewide Scholarship Competition, and won. After winning Homecoming Queen in October, Cross was given a brochure about the America’s Homecoming Queen pageant. She wasn’t really sure what it was all about, but decided to give it a shot anyways.
“I applied for the scholarship simply because of the “why not?” factor,” said Cross. “Any kind of scholarship is helpful and the contest was like nothing I had ever experienced before, so I decided to try it.”
Cross was one of 30 girls chosen to compete in the state level, which took place April 5 and 6 in Fullerton.
This competition, which is called America’s Homecoming Queen, might sound like a beauty pageant, but it’s not. On the pamphlet the program states, “The purpose of the organization is to promote education and community service for high school homecoming queens in all fifty states.”
The competition consisted of an essay, formal wear and an interview. Those who were chosen to be in the top ten also had to answer a question on stage. This is very unlike a beauty pageant because there was no talent or swimwear portion.
“The formal wear contest was actually the most nerve-wracking part for me,” said Cross. “Walking down a runway in high heels and a floor-length gown hasn’t exactly been a hobby of mine, so I was extra careful about where I put my feet down on the stage and the steps going up to it.”
Even though she might have felt unsure, she did well enough to convince the judges that she should advance. . . .

T.J Johnston and Carlos Figueroa race for the finish line in a recent track meet in Wheatland.

Track team members put in good performances

By WOODY FRIDAE
Special to the Express
The Winters Warriors Track team traveled to Sutter on Wednesday, April 23, for a meet with Sutter and Orland. On Saturday, April 26, the “Meet of Champions” was held in Sacramento.
In Sutter, the team did not fare as well as in recent meets, but individual participants made good performances. In the boys’ JV mile, Riki Lucero came in first with a fine run of 4:59, Cody Svozil second at 5:22, and Tyrone Johnson third for Winters at 7:05.
The varsity boys mile, Carlos Figueroa, came in first at 5:02, Robby Emery posted 5:48, Derek Riley came in at 5:50 and Joe Sais finished at 6:40.
For the varsity girls mile, Jessica Sharp finished first at 5:56, Krista Blandin ran 6:46, and Julia Millon finished at 7:08. For the varsity girls’ team 100m hurdles, Catherine Hasbrook ran in 19.3 and
Emma Pfanner finished at 21.1.
For the JV boys 110 meter hurdles, Nik Sorvari ran a 19.2, David Damey came in at 19.9 and Sam Newman ran 20.6. In the varsity boys 110 hurdles, Ryan Hofstrand continued a series of firsts with a run of 16.3, Cody Shafer at 17.9 took third, and Brent Bell took fourth with a time of 18.0. Jules Damey 19.4 and Jesse Hellenger ran a 19.7.
For the JV girls 400 meter, once again Maya Tice took first with a time of 1:10.0. For the JV boys 400 meter, Alex Evanoff ran the lap in 1:01.0 and took a second place finish. . . .