Central High Homecoming Honors New Queen, Court

Central High principal Brandon LaGroue crowned Taliyah Joseph as the Wildcats’ 2018 Homecoming Queen during half-time ceremonies at the Belaire-Central game last Friday night.
Last year’s Homecoming Queen, Katie McCaskill, presented roses to the new Queen. Katie is a freshman at Southeastern, majoring in social work. She also works in her church nursery and at Caliente’s. As she walked from the 50-yard line, she was escorted by Mr. Brandon LaGroue.
The Homecoming Court and Queen were chosen by the Central High student body. Members of the Court were:
• Taliyah Joseph​ is a senior with a 4.0 GPA. She is a member of the ​Beta Club and Helping Hands. Taliyah played softball at Central High for three years and was proud the team was selected for WAFB News’ Hand-It-On series. She is part of the Youth Ministry at Preserve Life Ministries.​ Taliyah was escorted by her father, Vyron Joseph.
• Bailee Bagley​ is a senior and a fourth-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is a co-captain of the defending National Championship Central High varsity cheer team. Bailee has been cheering the Wildcats since 7th grade. She is also a member of Helping Hands and has participated in all-star competitive cheer for 3 years. Bailee was escorted by her father, Brett Bagley.
• Ashley Hess​ is a senior and first-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is a member of the athletic training program, Beta Club, and Helping Hands. She is a proud godmother to Maddox. Ashley participated in a three-week internship with Our Lady of the Lake, where she was able to job-shadow health care professionals. Standing in for Ashley’s late father, William Hess, was Mike Forbes, her valued mentor.
• Joi Lilly​ is a senior and a second-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is member of the Beta Club and a former member of the yearbook staff. She is past anchor for the Wildcat Scoop. Joi has a 3.8 GPA. She was escorted by her stepfather, Kevin Brown.
• Camille Provost​ is a senior and a second-year member of the Homecoming Court. Camille is vice president of the Student Council and has been part of the Diamond Girls since her freshman year. She is the captain of the Central High varsity cheerleading team, which won the National Championship. She coaches the Cubs and Kittens cheer teams at Central Community Athletics. She was honored as an All-American cheerleader at the 2018 UCA Cheer Camp at LSU. She is a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where she was confirmed in her faith in April of this year. She enjoys spending time with her niece Parker and nephew Skyler. Camille was escorted by her father, Emile Provost.
• Camille Dean​ is a junior and first-year member of the court. She is an active part of the Beta Club and Helping Hands Club. Camille also has a 4.0 GPA. She is a member of Greenwell Springs Baptist Church. She was escorted by her stepfather, Justin Hobbs.
• Kinley Funderburk​ is a junior member of court. She is a member of the Central High sports marketing team and Diamond Girl for Central High baseball. She is also a member of the gymnastics team. Kinley is involved in her church youth group at Healing Place and loves coaching gymnastics at Leaps and Bounds. She was escorted by her father, Rylan Grimmer.
• Faith Huguet​ is a junior and first-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is a part of the ​Wildcat Scoop at Central High. Most of her spare time is spent at Jean Leigh Academy of Dance, where she is in her 15th year of dance, training, and competition. When Faith is not dancing, she volunteers to help with service projects at her church, St. Alphonus. Faith was escorted by her father, Mike Huguet.
• Kenley Welch​ is a junior and
third-year member of Homecoming Court. She is an Honor Roll student and a member of the Beta Club, Art Club, and Helping Hands. She was escorted by her grandfather, Gerald Achee.
• Elise Darden​ is a sophomore and first-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is a member of the Women’s Chorus and the talented theatre. Elise is also active in the youth group at Journey Church, where is on the Elevate Worship team. She was escorted by her father, Grant Darden.
• Alyssa Guillot​ is a sophomore and second-year member of the court. She is a member of the varsity soccer team and the tennis team. She is also part of the Helping Hands Club. She enjoys playing club soccer with Baton Rouge Black. She was escorted by her grandfather, Mike Caruso.
• Latieria Jackson​ is a sophomore. Ti is a member of the Helping Hands Club and loves art, dance, and writing poetry. A first-year member of the court, she was escorted by her uncle, Bennie Jackson.
• Lexi Posey is a sophomore and first-year member of the Homecoming Court. She is a member of the Beta Club and Student Council. She is also a Mentor Cat and has maintained a 4.0 GPA. Outside of school, she is a part of the Serve Team at Journey Church. She is a member of Elevate Youth Leadership. She was escorted by her father, Ronnie Davis.
• Logan Redding is a freshman. She is a member of the cross country team, Fellowship of Christian Students, and the Helping Hands club. Logan is
also a youth worship leader at Victory Harvest Church. She was escorted by her father, Brandon Ivey.
• Kallie Watts​ is a freshman and a member of the Junior Varsity cheer team. She was escorted by her stepfather, Chris Samson.