King and Queen are Isaac Sims and Camryn Wolff; Prince and Princess are Karim Landeros and Aubrey Colvis
By Jim Beers
CHESTER – Chester High School Prom was Saturday April 11. The event was held at Juergens Gymnasium at CHS. Doors opened to the Dance at 7:00 p.m. Music was provided by D.J. Aiden Blechle. The theme was, “Be Our Guest”, of Disney fame.
The CHS Student Council sponsored the event and had the gym beautifully decorated. CHS staff members Adrianne Kern and Erin Conley are Co-Sponsors of the group and supervised 2026 Prom Week activities.
Upon arrival at the dance, attendees entered the event through the breezeway doors where they checked-in by CHS staff member Vickie Hoskin. They were then screened by two friendly Chester Policemen with bretherlizers.
Supervising the back hallway throughout the evening was CHS Assistant Principal Robin Barton. Principal Jeremy Blechle and teacher Dwight Lochhead were present in the gymnasium throughout the evening to supervise the dancing.
An annual highlight of the affair was the coronation of the 2026 Prom Royalty. Retiring 2025 Prom Royalty were on hand to turn over their positions to the newly elected 2026 Royalty. A popular vote of all students selected the 2026 CHS King and Queen as well as the 2026 Prince and Princess.
The Coronation took place at 9:00 p.m. with the doors opening to the public at 8:30 p.m. By 9:00 p.m. the entire bleachers were filled with both CHS students and parents and friends of the attendees.
From 7:00 p.m. until the actual coronation, the lights were dimmed and D.J. Aiden Blechle entertained with popular music. At 8:30 p.m. parents, family, and interested community members began to enter Juergens Gymnasium and anxiously awaited the announcement of the 2026 Prom Royalty.
All contestants were introduced one-by-one as they entered the gymnasium. the female contestants entered from the right side of Juergens Gym Stage hallway, and the male contestants entered from the left side of Juergens Gym hallway. The pairs of contestants entered via a red carpet walkway from each side and met center stage where they were introduced.
The first candidates to be introduced were the four Junior Prince and Princess Candidates, including Zane Eggemeyer & Aubrey Colvis and Karin Landeros & Aleah Eggemeyer.
King and Queen Contestants included six senior Candidates including Ethan Colvis & Addison Gottschammer, Brayden Juenger & Annah Helvey-Ahring, and Isaac Sims & Camryn Wolff.
All candidates were nominated for the 2026 Court by their peers and then a school-wide vote determined the winners of the 2026 Prince and Princess and the 2026 King and Queen.
As is customary at prom time, the retiring King and Queen from the previous year’s prom returned to crown the current year’s King and Queen and Prince and Princess.
Last Year’s 2025 CHS Prom King and Queen were Max Blechle and Mirra Krieg. Blechle was available to return and crown the 2026 CHS Prince and King, however, Mirra Krieg was unable to return to crown the 2026 Princess and Queen.
Krieg is a member of the McKendree University Dance Team and was competing at the 2026 National Collegiate Dance Championships. In her place to crown the 2026 CHS Princess and Queen was Callie Davis, last year’s CHS 2025 Princess.
Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Chester High School student, Kanon Jany. Jany is a member of the CHS Student Council. He introduced the winners of the 2026 Chester High School Prom Royalty.
The 2026 CHS Prince and Princess are junior students, Karin Landeros and Aubrey Colvis. The 2026 CHS Prom King and Queen are senior students, Isaac Sims and Camryn Wolff.
Following the coronation, there was plenty of time for picture taking as the bleachers were evacuated and the entire group of students and parents, family and friends of the candidates met on Juergens Gym floor to meet and greet the candidates and Royalty.
The 2026 Prom ended at 10:00 p.m. without any issues. Sunday afternoon Student Council members and Co-Sponsors met at Juergens Gym to clean-up the area for the start of school Monday morning!
2026 CHS Prom Junior Prince and Princess Candidates Zane Eggemeyer & Aubrey Colvis. Jim Beers Photo
2026 CHS Prom Junior Prince and Princess Candidates Karim Landeros & Aleah Eggemeyer. Jim Beers Photo
2026 CHS Prom Senior King and Queen Candidates Ethan Colvis & Addison Gottschammer. Jim Beers Photo
2026 CHS Prom Senior King and Queen Candidates Brayden Juenger & Annah Helvey-Ahring. Jim Beers Photo
2026 CHS Prom Senior King and Queen Candidates Isaac Sims & Camryn Wolff. Jim Beers Photo
JIM BEERS NOTE: THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES AS THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO THE CROWD PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL CORONATION!!!!
The 2026 Chester High School Prom Court poses for a photo following the Coronation Ceremony. CHS Prom took place Saturday April 11 at CHS Juergens Gymnasium with a Disney Theme of, “Be Our Guest”. Pictured (left to right) are Junior Prince and Princess Candidates Zane Eggemeyer and Aleah Eggemeyer; 2026 CHS Prom Prince and Princess, Karim Landeros and Aubrey Colvis; 2026 CHS Prom Queen and King Camryn Wolff & Isaac Sims; Retiring 2025 CHS Prom King Max Blechle and Retiring 2025 CHS Prom Princess Callie Davis (Davis was filling-in for retiring 2025 CHS Prom Queen Mirra Krieg who was unable to attend the 2026 coronation due to the fact that she is a member of the McKendree University Dance Team which was competing at the 2026 Collegiate Dance Championships); Addison Gottschammer & Ethan Colvis, senior King and Queen Candidates; and Annah Helver-Ahring & Brayden Juenger, senior King and Queen Candidates. Jim Beers Photo
The 2026 Chester High School Prom King and Queen are seniors Camryn Wolff and Isaac Sims. Jim Beers Photo
The 2026 Chester High School Prom Prince and Princess are juniors Karim Landeros and Aubrey Colvis. Jim Beers Photo
Pictured are Max Blechle and Callis Davis who were on hand to crown the 2026 Chester High School Prom Royalty. Max is the retiring 2025 CHS Prom King and Callie is the 2025 CHS Prom Princess. She is now a Class of 2026 senior. Davis filled in for retiring 2025 CHS Prom Queen Mirra Krieg. Krieg was unable to attend the 2026 Prom Coronation due to the fact that she is a member of the McKendree Dance Team. Her squad was competing at the 2026 Collegiate Dance Championships. Jim Beers Photo