Mr. Lakota East 2025

Mr. Lakota East is a male beauty pageant consisting of seven acts featuring seven contestants. Three seniors, two juniors, and two sophomores will be competing for a chance to be crowned Spark’s 14th annual MR. LAKOTA EAST!

Emma Vernon, Website Manager

February 10, 2025

(Will Huelskamp)

Ticket Information

Eager attendees can purchase their tickets through HomeTown Ticketing for $10. Latecomers may buy their tickets at the door for $12.

Starting on February 3rd, tickets will be sold to students for $7 during lunch.

A sign marking the Lakota East Theater. (Emma Vernon)

Location

MLE will be held in the theater at Lakota East High School (6840 Lakota Ln). It will be held on February 13th from 7:00 to 9:00.

Junior participant and star football player, PJ MacFarlane. (Photography by Gabrielle Troutman, graphic by Will Huelskamp) (Will Huelskamp)

Voting

Audience members will be asked to vote online for the best act of the night in order to determine the winner of the MLE 2025!

A sign labeled “Locker Bay C”. (Emma Vernon)

Concessions, Bathrooms, & Raffle Baskets

Concessions will be right outside the theater on Main Street. Prices will be listed at the booth and can be purchased with cash only.

The designated bathroom is in Lockerbay C, down the first hallway to the right.

Raffle basket ticket sales will be held on Main Street and announced at the end of the show.

Spark staff at the Ohio Scholastic Media Association conference posed with former Journalism teacher, Dean Hume. (Amy Mahaffey)

Other Information

All the money made will go towards funding future Spark issues, website fees, and promoting the growth of East's journalism program.

We thank everyone who is participating in MLE this year and for everyone's continual support of the program!

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Our Goal

Your donation will support the student journalists of Lakota East High School. Your contribution will allow us to cover our annual website hosting costs!