Miss Hughesville, Madalyn Gordner, center, is pictured after being crowned the 2025 Flaming Foliage Queen. Also pictured, in no particular order, are First Runner Up Miss St. Mary, Olivia Lenze; Second Runner Up, Miss North-Penn-Mansfield, Elena Hazelton; Miss Congeniality, Miss St. John Neuman, Breanna Nixon; Miss Photogenic, Miss Penns Valley, Callie Riddle; Mr. Congeniality, Mr. Austin, Cayden Trumpie; and escort dance-off winner Mr. Jersey Shore, Tucker Janna. TIM WEIGHT/SPECIAL TO THE SUN-GAZETTE

RENOVO — The cloudy skies outside of Bucktail Middle/High School certainly couldn’t dampen one young lady’s spirits at the conclusion of the annual Flaming Foliage Festival weekend in Renovo.

Miss Hughesville, Madelyn Gordner, was crowned Flaming Foliage Queen for 2025 during a ceremony held in the school’s gymnasium on Sunday afternoon.

The day included naming a variety of titles to the dozens of young ladies and their escorts that included Miss and Mr Congeniality, Miss Photogenic and a dance off between the escorts.

The following young women and men were able to take home a title over the weekend:

— FFF Queen First Runner Up: Miss. St. Mary, Olivia Lenze

— FFF Queen Second Runner Up: Miss North-Penn-Mansfield, Elena Hazelton

— Miss Congeniality: Miss St. John Neuman, Breanna Nixon

— Miss Photogenic: Miss Penns Valley, Callie Riddle

— Mr. Congeniality, Mr. Austin, Cayden Trumpie

— Escort Dance-Off Winner: Mr. Jersey Shore, Tucker Janna

— Alex Rauch Memorial Award: Miss Bucktail, Eva Sockman