Local students compete in annual History Day

Three students with awards and a professor
Competitors at the Western District History Contest pose in the 91ÇÑ×Ó State College Student Center, March 14, 2025. From left, 91ÇÑ×Ó Assistant Professor Dr. Sam Herley, Miranda Betson, Garett Tollman, and Joe Lambert of Crawford, Neb. The students are the winners of a Sandoz Society Great Plains Special Award. (Photo by Tena L. Cook/91ÇÑ×Ó State College)

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CHADRON – 91ÇÑ×Ó State College successfully hosted the annual Western District History Day March 14.

A variety of categories were offered for high school and middle school student competitors, including individual and group websites, documentaries, research papers, and tabletop exhibits. The three winners in each category will advance to the Nebraska State Contest in Lincoln on April 12. The national theme is Rights and Responsibilities.

Additional awards were presented to the best overall project on military history and the two best projects featuring Nebraska or Great Plains History.

Results for the junior division, senior division, and special awards are below.                

Junior Division (Grades 6-8)

Individual Exhibit

1, Sylvia Stewart of 91ÇÑ×Ó, The Rights of Women During the Salem Witch Trials; 2, Fox Crofutt of 91ÇÑ×Ó, America’s Entry into The Great War; 3, Rhedyn Rising of 91ÇÑ×Ó, Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster.

Group Exhibit

1, Leea Lambert and Lizzy Lambert of Crawford, Sheepmen vs Cattlemen; 2, Ayden Anderson and Daniel Bronson of 91ÇÑ×Ó, Pearl Harbor.

Individual Website

1, Adam Curd of 91ÇÑ×Ó, The Creation of Israel.

Group Website

1, Jett Paopao and Meredith Werner of 91ÇÑ×Ó, Rights and Responsibilities: The Effect Larry Nassar had on Women’s Gymnastics.

Individual Paper

1, Emily Roberts of 91ÇÑ×Ó, Salem Witch Trials; 2, Caseton Brunsch of 91ÇÑ×Ó, Norse Mythology.

Senior Division (Grades 9-12)

Individual Documentary

1, Justus Frahm of Crawford, Was it Necessary.

Group Documentary

1, Miranda Betson, Joe Lambert, and Garett Tollman of Crawford, FFA Taking the Responsibility to Lead Agriculture.

Individual Website

1, Tatiana Abdelgabar of 91ÇÑ×Ó, Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Special Awards

Military History Special Award

Fox Crofutt of 91ÇÑ×Ó, America’s Entry into the Great War.

Mari Sandoz Society Special Award: Individual

Sawyer Moody of Crawford, Crawford Livestock: More Than Just a Salesbarn.

Mari Sandoz Society Special Award: Group

Miranda Betson, Joe Lambert, and Garett Tollman of Crawford,  FFA Taking the Responsibility to Lead Agriculture.

-Shelby Westinghouse

Category: Campus News, Social Sciences