STN 2009 SPRING NATIONAL
CONTEST WINNERS
HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORIES
Animation
First Place
Lake Weir High School, Ocala, FL
Patrick Maher, Desirae Robles
Second Place - TIE
Vanguard High School, Ocala, FL
Heather Foster
Second Place – TIE
Voorhees High School, Glen Gardner, NJ
James Fiorillo
Third Place
Shawnee Mission High School, Overland Park, KS
Jack Hochman, Wes Creaden
Honorable Mention
Coral Shores High School, Tavernier, FL
Josh Redmond
Honorable Mention
Maui High School, Kahului, HI
John Damo
Announcements/Daily News Shows
First Place
Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
Staff
Second Place
Allen D. Nease High School, Ponte Vedra, FL
Wired Crew 2008-2009
Third Place
Timber Creek High School, Orlando, FL
Staff
Honorable Mention
Canyon Springs High School, Las Vegas, NV
Maverick Gorny, Esteban Hernandez, Tyrone Cooper, Breanna Lebsack
Honorable Mention
Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA
Staff
Bi-Monthly News Show
First Place
Central High School, Springfield, MO
Mary Katherine Byrne, Will Pearson, Felix Chang
Second Place
Blue Valley USD 229, Overland Park, KS
Staff
Third Place
Washington High School, Washington, MO
Staff
Honorable Mention
Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, TX
Michelle Trickel, Katie Cook, Davis Manoushagian,
Chase Pemberton,
Coulter Galvan
Commercial
Middle School Commerical
(Note: (Note: Per the official contest rules and due to a low number of
entries in the middle school contest, high school and middle school
entries were judged together.)
First Place
Timber Creek High School - Wolf TV, Orlando, FL
“Hot Sauce”
J. Eric Deangelo, Mitchell Durden, Eric Crihfield.
Second Place
Glenwood High School – GCNN, chatham, IL
“Mexican Food”
Scott Vennell
Third Place
Lake Gibson Middle School – The Shark Zone, Lakeland, FL
“School Supplies”
Staff
Honorable Mention
Saint Francis Borgia Regional High School, Washington, MO
“Car Raffle”
DoHyun Lee, Nathan Calvert, Jared Kleekamp
Honorable Mention
Southwest Middle School - Southwest Broadcasting Network, Lakeland, FL
“Dude Donuts”
Justin Wolf, Jazz Biel, Jacob Briggs
Daily Taped or Edited Show
First Place
Stratford High School, Goose Creek, SC
Real TV
Staff
Second Place
Lake Weir High School, Ocala, FL
Hurricane Cable Network
Kathleen Dempsey, Travis Bennett, Doug Carter, Mike Rodriguez,
Emo Chowdhury, Sarah Mangum
Third Place
Bartow Senior High School, Bartow, FL
Yellow jacket Productions
Joshua Whitaker, Christopher Thornburg, Kayla Goff,
Kyle Olmstead, Craig Witt
Honorable Mention
Saint Francis Borgia Regional High School, Washington, MO
Video Production
Alyssa Hurtig , Jared Kleekamp, Nathan Calvert,
DoHyun Lee, Callie Blatt
Daily Live Show
First Place
Novi High School, Novi MI
Cat Eye News Staff
Second Place
Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, OH
Steele News Live Staff
Third Place
Vanguard High School, Ocala, FL
Staff
Honorable Mention
Eastview High School, Apple Valley, MN
Tyler Carter, Hayley Trace, Molly Placeway
Honorable Mention
Saugus High School, Saugus, CA
Steven Seals, Daina Tagavi, Josh Morton, Nick Patterson, Kirsten Lunt
Documentary
First Place
Shawnee Mission High School, Overland Park, KS
Thomas Hadden, Kyle Little
Second Place
West Ranch High School, Stevensons Ranch, CA
Holly Hein, Rachel Jacobs
Third Place
Norwood High School, Norwood, MA
Alistair Brockmeyer
Honorable Mention
Blue Valley Northwest, Overland Park, KS
“Maggie M”
Celeste Ellis, Lindsey Walker
Honorable Mention
Clearview High School, Mullica Hill, NJ
Emily Best, Caroline Maccherone
Human Interest/Feature Story
First Place
Central High School, Springfield, MO
Felix Chang, Destiny Pettus
Second Place
BECON, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Taylor Slingerland, Monica Berra
Third Place
Broward Teen News – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Jessica Alpern, Brittany Reeber
Honorable Mention
Texas High School, Texarcana, TX
Kelsey Meadows, Amelie Karam
Honorable Mention
Parkhill South High School, Riverside, MO
Kaela Schuetz, Kelly Bowen
Humorous Production
First Place
Lake Weir High School, Ocala, FL
Travis Bennett, Lauren Kelton, Doug Carter
Second Place
Calvary Christian Academy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Katie Agarth
Third Place - TIE
Valencia High School, Valencia, CA
Justin Crissman, Deeanne Ferraro, Sungmoon Cho, Karina Garrett
Third Place - TIE
Shawnee Mission West, Overland Park, KS
Danny Neely, Cameron Volker
Honorable Mention
Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, TX
Joe Kostiha, Chloe Worlow
Honorable Mention
Arlington High School, Arlington, TN
Graham Shelton, Alex Brewer
Monthly Show
First Place
Bellevue High School - BHS Video Productions, Bellevue, WA
“School Zone”
Taylor Moe, Sharwin Karande, Alex Belfiglio, Matt Watts
Second Place
Vanguard High School - Knightly News, Ocala, FL
“It’s Your Sheriff’s Office”
Staff
Third Place
Broward Teen News, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Staff
Honorable Mention
Saint Francis Borgia Regional High School, Washington, MO
“Knightline ‘09”
Jared Kleekamp, Nick Brehe, Alyssa Hurtig, Kayla Unnerstall,
Nathan Calvert, DoHyun Lee
Music Video
(Note: Per the official contest rules and due to a low number of
entries in
the middle school contest, high school and middle
school entries
were judged together.)
First Place
Maui High School, Kahului, HI
Melatia Cabrera, Anna Dela Cruz
Second Place
Bartow Senior High School, Bartow, FL
Joshua Whitaker, Justen Lavasseur, Taylor Dorman, Donald Wood,
Andrew Carter, Craig Witt
Third Place
Lake Gibson Middle School, Lakeland, FL
Staff
Honorable Mention
Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL
Daniel LeVine, Mhariel Summers, Naquan Reese, Rasheed Hall
Honorable Mention
Norte Vista High School, Riverside, CA
Manuel Torres
News Story
First Place
Lake Weir High School, Ocala, FL
“Cheating”
Mike Rodriguez, Emo Chowdhury, Amy Gonzalez
Second Place
Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, OH
“School Levy”
Lindsey VanSparrentak
Third Place
Blue Valley USD 229, Overland Park, KS
“Texting/Driving”
Brittyn Fuller, Ty Grosshuesch
Honorable Mention
Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA
“Anosmia”
Erin Smith, Stephanie Oberto, Francie Kaplan, Jessica Abell
Honorable Mention
Washington High School, Washington, MO
“Alternative Education”
Johanna Mayer, Beth Curran, Jennifer Hemmer
Original Short Film
First Place
Clearview High School, Mullica Hill, NJ
“Long Distance”
Staff
Second Place
Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA
“Unfortuna”
Stephanie Oberto
Third Place
Eastwood High School, El Paso, TX
“Danny”
Danny Rios, Sydny Gonzales, Brianna Barcena
Honorable Mention
Wadsworth High School, Wadsworth, OH
“Gretchen”
Tiffany Schleigh, Josh Cox, Amanda Russell, Macy Burdohan,
Joe Harter, Phoenix Ramsey
Honorable Mention
Maui High School, Kahului, HI
“Night Vision”
Brandon Haros
PSA or Promo
(Note: Per the official contest rules and due to a low number of
entries in the middle school contest, high school and middle school
entries were judged together.)
First Place
Highland Park High School, Dallas, TX
“Never Drink and Drive”
Marco Bottiglieri, Nicole Williams, Elliot Stapleton
Second Place
El Camino High School, Oceanside, CA
Teen Pregnancy
Bobby Taylor, Nate Strong
Third Place
Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA
“Don’t Litter”
Erin Smith, Jessica Abell, Stephanie Oberto, Francie Kaplan
Honorable Mention
Lake Weir High School, Ocala, FL
“Texting & Driving”
Kara Tydings, Sarah Mangum
Honorable Mention
Turner High School, Kansas City, KS
Stop Stereotypes
Alex Brotherton
Show Opening
First Place
West Ranch High School – WRTV, Stevenson Ranch, CA
Jake Becker
Second Place
Glenwood High School – The Rush, Chatham, IL
Matt Hartzler, Zach Wienhoff, Nate Kuehnel, Ben Kwedar
Third Place
Ladue Horton Watkins High School - Ladue View, St. Louis, MO
Tom Ostertag, Liz Solomon
Honorable Mention
Timber Creek High School – Wolf TV, Orlando, FL
Nathan Weatherford
Honorable Mention
Central High School – Central Intellegence, Springfield, MO
Drew Mittman, Drew Sampson, Will Pearson, Evan Melgren
Sports News Story
(Note: These 2 categories were combined due to low entries)
First Place
Central High School, Springfield, MO
“Bassketball”
Halli Bruton, Pazsley Looney
Second Place
Broward Teen News, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Sailing”
Jessica Alpern
Third Place
Hillcrest High School, Springfield, MO
“Wrestler”
Rob Lyons, Curtis Thomas, Chase Neff
Honorable Mention
Bellevue High School, Bellevue, WA
“Bellevue Basketball”
Tyler Grisdale, Mike Bohdanowicz, Kamen Fattorusso
Honorable Mention
Del Valle High School, El paso, TX
Cheerleaders
Lorenzo Rodriguez, Sergio Duarte, Cindy Ochoa
Sports Feature Story
First Place
Hillcrest High School, HTV Magazine, Springfield, MO
Fran Olive, Sarah Skinner
Second Place
Blue Valley Northwest – Husky Headlines, Overland Park, KS
Hannah Hayes, Lindsey Walker
Third Place
Mira Costa High School – Mustang Morning News, Manhattan Beach, CA
Jonele Conceicao
Honorable Mention
Timber Creek High School – Wolf TV, Orlando, FL
Eric Crihfield
Honorable Mention
Bartow Senior High School – Yellow Jacket Productions, bartow, FL
Christopher Thornburg, Justen Levasseur, London Cobb
Weekly Show
First Place
Arlington High School – Arlington TigerVision, Arlington, TN
Staff
Second Place
Timber Creek High School – Wolf TV, Orlando, FL
Staff
Third Place
Cypress Bay High School – CBTV, Weston, FL
Aftershock Crew
Honorable Mention
Lakewood High School – Catcom, St Petersburg, FL
Amanda Culp, Colby Marsh
Honorable Mention
Castaic Middle School -Castaic, CA
CMStv
MIDDLE SCHOOL CATEGORIES
Middle School Daily, Weekly, Bi-Monthly or Monthly Show
First Place
Lake Gibson Middle School, Lakeland, FL
The Shark Zone
Staff
Honorable Mention
Southwest Middle School, Lakeland, FL
Southwest Broadcasting Network
Meagan Humanes, Madesyn Hipple, Justin Wolf, Ronnie Berry,
Jazz Biel, Bri Langley
Honorable Mention
Castaic Middle School, Castaic, CA
CMStv
Middle School Human Interest/Feature, News or Sports Story
First Place
Castaic Middle School, Castaic, CA
Amanda Hernandez, Nick Gastaldo, Cameron Crawford, Kyle Cosme
Second Place
Southwest Middle School, Lakeland, FL
Bri Langley, Jazz Biel
Third Place
Lake Gibson Middle School, Lakeland, FL
Staff
Honorable Mention
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School, Lihue, HI
Cascade Mayer, Kiana Okino
Honorable Mention
Calavera Hills Middle School, Carlsbad, CA
Nathan Mann
