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Local Students Place In District History Fair

Over 200 students took part in the District History Fair on February 10-11.  Students who advanced from school level competitions had 141 entries which competed in a variety of categories including exhibits websites performances documentaries and historical papers.  The first and second place winners in the junior and senior categories will advance to compete in the State History Fair slated for this May.

Special awards were given out by various community organizations including Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Fiesta of Five Flags Fort Pickens Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution West Florida Historic Preservation Inc. the Pensacola Heritage Foundation Escambia PTAs/PTSAs and the Pensacola Historic Preservation Society.

The Junior League sponsors the J. Earle Bowden Young Historian Award for Outstanding Senior Entry which was presented to Nick Krostag from Tate High School for his Senior Individual Documentary “The Legacy of Landis: The Rights and Responsibilities of Baseball’s First Commissioner and the Black Sox Edict.”

The Katherine Pomeroy Memorial Award for Best Junior Entry in 2014 was awarded to Alexander Pope from Brown Barge Middle School for his website entitled “Andrew Jackson: Breaking Rights or Following Responsibilities.”

Historical Performance Awards

• Elementary Individual Division-1^st Sam Bradley (Molino Park); 2^nd place Grace Stanley (NB Cook); 3^rd Aaron Smith (NB Cook).
• Elementary Group Division- 1^st Amanda Mills Riley Easton Charlotte Calvert Marley Crawford Aundrea Jordan (NB Cook); 2^nd Anna Gorton Landon Caraway Brooke Bradley Ella Morris and Ryan Worley (NB Cook); 3^rd Brad Adams Nyasia Legg J’la Thompkins Jakaylin Donson Payton Daniels (NB Cook).
• Junior Individual Performances- 1^st Georgia Rogers (St. Paul’s Catholic);  2^nd Ellie Rose (Bailey Middle School).
• Junior Group Performances-1^st Allyson Shumpert and Logan Reeder (Episcopal Day).

Historical Website Awards

• Junior Individual Websites- 1^st Alexander Pope (Brown Barge); 2^nd Triston Long (Ernest Ward); 3^rd Camille Macks (Bellview Middle School).
• Junior Group Websites- 1^st Chris Bougher and Riley Laggan (Creative Learning Academy); 2^nd Vanessa Welch and Wally Odom (Creative Learning Academy).
• Senior Individual Website Division- 1^st Kirsten Telhiard (Pensacola High School); 2^nd Eric Masterson (Pensacola Catholic); 3^rd Jamie Malsberger (West Florida).
• Senior Group Website Division- 1st Sarah Fuller and Drew Anderson (Pensacola Catholic); 2^nd Alexa McKnight and James Videau (Pensacola Catholic).

Historical Paper Awards

• Junior Division-1^st Gorham Partington (Episcopal Day); 2^nd Sara Buchanan (Bellview).
• Senior Division- 1^st Kelly Wu (Pensacola High School); 2^nd Madison Michles (Pensacola High School); 3^rd Case Wagner (Pensacola Catholic).

Historical Documentary Awards

• Junior Individual Documentary Division- 1^st Quin Baker Jr. (St. Paul Catholic); 2^nd Parker Beverly (Creative Learning Academy).
• Junior Group Documentary Division- 1^st Drew Jimenez Robert McGhee and Parker Kotlarz (Episcopal Day); 2^nd Rachel Nguyen and Macy Peaden (Episcopal Day); 3^rd Virginia Remington and Claire Wilson (Episcopal Day).
• Senior Individual Documentary Division- 1^st Nick Krostag (Tate); 2^nd Maggie Byrd (West Florida).
• Senior Group Documentary Division- 1^st Alexa Haines and Kelly Donahue (Pensacola Catholic); 2^nd Grace Mosier and Hannah Branstetter (Pensacola Catholic).

Historical Exhibit Awards

• Elementary Individual Division-1^st Freedom Hinkson (McArthur); 2^nd Chase Throckmorton (Lipscomb); Tie 3^rd Rachel Curran (Blue Angel); Tie 3^rd Sidney Stojak (Lipscomb).
• Elementary Group Division-1^st Meghan McCarthy and Hannah Faulkner (McArthur); 2^nd Caitlin Sarfert and Tram Doan (Lipscomb); 3^rd Ariel Ward and Kenley Brown (Molino Park).
• Junior Individual Division-1^st Mary Elizabeth Galloway (St. Paul’s Catholic); 2^nd Kate Reagan Costello (Episcopal Day); 3^rd Ronnie Plenkers (Newpoint Academy).
• Junior Group Division- 1^st Louise Harris and Kate Owens (Episcopal Day); 2^nd Anna Jordan Luth and Kasey Page (Episcopal Day); 3^rd Christopher Stockton Jacob Powell and Lethan Peaden (Bellview).
• Senior Individual Division- 1^st Emily Washler (Tate); 2^nd Holly Gorton (Pensacola High School).
• Senior Group Division-1^st Peter Jutras and Mary Jutras (Pensacola Catholic); 2^nd Macauley Haferkamp and Jodee Flurry (Pensacola Catholic); 3^rd Audrey Ussery and Victoria Warren (Pensacola High School).