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Fountain Lake High School wins sweepstakes award at 75th Annual ASU Communications Day

JONESBORO, Ark. — High school students from all over the state of Arkansas visited the campus at Arkansas State University and competed Saturday (March 2) at the 75^th Annual Communications Day. Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs took home the overall sweepstakes award.

Wynne High School came in second, followed by Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators and Nettleton High School. All students competed in 20 events involving the Internet, video, newspapers, radio, television and debate.

Here is a list of the winners:

BROADCAST NEWS WRITING

3^rd – (TIE) Brianna Rivera – Fountain Lake  and Cheslea Andrews of Wynne

2^nd – Kendrick Smith – Fountain Lake

1^st – Miranda Keys – Fountain Lake 

FEATURE WRITING

3rd – Mandy Martin – Wynne High School

2nd – Aneshah Washington – Wynne High School

1st – Nate Johnson – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

PRINT NEWSPAPER

HM – Fountain Lake High School “The Venom”

3^rd –Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators “The Eagle Eye”

2^nd – Marion High School “The Patriot Expressions”

1^st – Wynne High School “Yellowjacket”

ONLINE NEWSPAPER

2^nd – Marion High School “The Patriot Express”

1^st – Buffalo Island Central “Hoof Prints”

NEWS WRITING

HM – Ashlyn Pace – Buffalo Island Central

3^rd – Maddie Dulin - Wynne

2^nd – Kayla Prince – Fountain Lake

1^st –  Chelsea Jones – Marion High School

NEWSPAPER COPY READING

HM – Kayla Kellar - Wynne

3^rd – (TIE)  Jeremy Hopper – Fountain Lake AND Deanna Baggett – Nettleton

2^nd – Seth Price – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

1^st – Kirsten Brooks – Nettleton

IMPROMPTU DEBATE

HM – Jared Smith – Fountain Lake High School

3^rd – Dylan Kinkade – Fountain Lake High School

2^nd – Timothy Johnson – Fountain Lake High School

1^st – Dakota Morgan – Fountain Lake High School

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

3^rd  – Taylor Jeffress – Fountain Lake High School

2^nd –Jarred Smith – Fountain Lake High School 

1^st – Nate Johnson – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

EDITORIAL WRITING

HM – Katie Bibb – Buffalo Island Central

3^rd  - Deanna Baggett - Nettleton

2^nd – Chelsea Jones - Marion

1^st – Jillian Key – Buffalo Island Central

SPORTS WRITING

HM – Mandy Martin - Wynne

HM—Alexis Hayes – Fountain Lake

HM – Dakota Weatherford – Fountain Lake

HM – Brianna Rivera – Fountain Lake

HM – Marybeth Norris - Wynne

3^rd –Kendrick Smith – Fountain Lake

2^nd – Seth Price – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

1^st – Jared Smith – Fountain Lake

SPORTS NEWS REPORTS

3^rd –Taylor Morgan, Greene County Tech:  Overlooking the Bullseye

2^nd – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators – Lady Eagles Volleyball

1^st – Hannah William – Wynne:  Jacket Football

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

3^rd – Fountain Lake:  Fountain Lake Nutrition

2^nd –  Wynne:  150 Years of Cross County

1^st – Greene County Tech:  Inside TV Tech

MUSIC VIDEO

HM – NEA Christian Home Educators:  Senior High Lade Eagles Basketball 2013

HM – Fountain Lake:  Shooting Star

3^rd – Wynne: Bring on the Reign

2^nd –  Greene County Tech:  Eagle Gonna Fly Now

1^st – Nettleton:  The Right Stuff

HEADLINE WRITING

HM – Darian Darnell – Marion High School

3^rd –  Nate Johnson – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

2^nd – Seth Price – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

1^st – Jared Smith – Fountain Lake

EDITORIAL CARTOONING

2^nd – Timothy Johnson – Fountain Lake

1^st – Braxton Hobbs - Wynne

RADIO ANNOUNCING

HM – Hana Williams – Wynne High School

HM – Austin Adams – Greene County Tech

3^rd – Daniel Tripp – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

2^nd – Dakota Morgan – Fountain Lake High S chool

1^st – Hanna Dailey - Nettleton

SPORTS PROGRAMMING

2^nd – Wynne High School:  Kendall Hobbs, Johnny Ratliff and Jeffrey Vong

1^st – Greene County Tech

TV ANCHORING

3^rd – Dakota Morgan – Fountain Lake

2^nd – Hanna Dailey - Nettleton

1^st – Austin Adams – Greene County Tech

TV COMMERCIAL

HM – Fountain Lake: The Prank

HM – Fountain Lake:  Fountain Lake Schools

3rd – Fountain Lake:  National Archery in the Schools Program

2nd – Greene County Tech: Sandy Door Stop

1st – Nettleton:  Raider Pride is Justified

PHOTOGRAPHY

HM – Lyndsey Moore - Nettleton

HM – Frederikke Joergensen – Fountain Lake

3^rd –Sarah Thompson – Greenbrier High School

2^nd – Ariana Brown – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

1^st – Katie Bibb – Buffalo Island Central

PUBLIC RELATIONS PLANNING

HM – Jennifer Furnas – Fountain Lake High School

HM – Alec Tripp – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

HM –  Ally Ungerank – Wynne High School

3^rd – Markeysha Collins – Wynne High School

2^nd – Jillian Key – Buffalo Island Central

1^st – Brianna Rivera – Fountain Lake

VIDEO PROMOTION

3^rd – Fountain Lake:  Miranda Keys

2^nd – Wynne: Kayla Bolden, Jeffrey Vong and Haley Cothern

1^st – Greene County Tech: Wesley Reddick, Taylor Morgan and Austin Adams

AD COPY/LAYOUT

HM – Mandy Martin - Wynne

HM – Tyler Youngblood – Fountain Lake

3^rd – Matias Grady - Nettleton

2^nd – Sarah Thompson - Greenbrier

1^st – Daniel Tripp – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

2^nd – Greene County Tech:  Investing in the Future

1^st – Wynne :  Breast Cancer Awareness

TV REPORTING

3^rd –Chris Burchell, Brittan Rowland and Taylor Isom – Nettleton: Nettleton’s New Principal

2^nd – Franklin Settles – Wynne:  Topix – the Worst Form of Cyberbullying

1^st – Nick Bolin – Greene County Tech:  GCT has Spirit

BEST TWEETER/TWEET OF THE DAY

Jasmine Kimble – Nettleton High School

SWEEPSTAKES

3^rd runner-up – Greene County Tech

2^nd runner-up – Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators

1^st runner-up – Wynne High School

Overall winner – Fountain Lake High School