Congratulations to all of the State Contest Participants!
Results will be posted under Contest Info/State and National Contest Results
2023 State Winners
JUNIORS
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Junior Individual Exhibit
First Place
The Beeps that Built America
Hunter Lackey
Lourdes Central Catholic School, Nebraska City
Wendi Buggi, Teacher
Second Place
Stonewall Riots of 1969
Vivian Golembiewski
Chadron Middle School, Chadron
Cathy Kaus, Teacher
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Junior Group Exhibit
First Place and National Museum of American History Exhibitor
Solomon Butcher: Capturing the New Frontier---One Glass Plate at a Time
Miranda Betson and Garett Tollman
Crawford High School, Crawford
Moni Hourt and Nathan Kackmeister, Teachers
Second Place
Horses of Power on the Great Plains
Amelia Betson, Jenna Holmgren, and Skyler Edelman
Crawford High School, Crawford
Nathan Kackmeister and Moni Hourt, Teachers
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Junior Individual Performance
First Place
Arbor Day: Greener Frontier in Nebraska's Environment
Addilyn Doke
Ainsworth Middle School
Nichole Flynn, Teacher
Second Place
The Pony Express: Delivering a New Frontier to the American Frontier
Brooklyn Guenther
St. Rose of Lima School, Crofton
Ginger Schieffer, Teacher
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Junior Group Performance
First Place
The Orphan Trains: Laying Down Tracks for New Frontiers
Cecilia Wortmann and Kaden Arens
St. Rose of Lima School, Crofton
Ginger Schieffer, Teacher
Second Place
The Coffins Rescue
Katie Neuharth and Lauren Loecker
Johnson-Brock Public Schools, Auburn
Mitch Roberts, Teacher
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Junior Individual Documentary
First Place
Federal Highway Act of 1956: Changing the Face of America
Garrett Main
Ralston Middle School, Omaha
Lynn Behounek and Mindy Podraza, Teachers
Second Place
Frontiers in Baseball: Women's Struggle For Their Place in the Lineup
Morgan Gabel
Gabel Learning Lab, Lincoln
Jodi Gabel, Teacher
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Junior Group Documentary
First Place
Jackie Robinson: Frontier of Baseball Integration
Morgan Radenmacher, Emily Peters, and Jenna Heil
Loup City High School, Loup City
Kim Henry, Teacher
Second Place
Crossing Into Space: Frontiers Crossed During the Space Race
Ezley Jones, Xonya Jones, and Hattie Hindley
Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School, Omaha
Rachel Howe, Teacher ​
Junior Individual Website
First Place
Farm Machinery
Will Simon
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Public Schools, Syracuse
Sarah Burr, Teacher
Second Place
Pikachu Virus: Friends to your End
Cillian Kerrigan
Ralston Middle School, Omaha
Lynn Behounek and Mindy Podraza, Teachers
Junior Group Website
First Place
Frontiers in Organized Crime: How Prohibition Shaped the Mafia
Samuel Kahl and Matthew Sorenson
Chadron Middle School, Chadron
Cathy Kaus , Teacher
Second Place
Indian Boarding School: Cultural Destruction on the American Frontier
Kaily Kurtzhals and Grace Augustyn
Loup City High School
Kim Henry, Teacher
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Junior Historical Paper
First Place and Nebraska Press Foundation Award
A New World Brought Into the Light: Christine Jorgensen
Finn Blacketer
Crete Middle School, Crete
Melissa Frans and Janet Jeffries, Teachers
Second Place
Amelia Earhart, the Pioneer of Aviation
Amelia West
Platteview Central Junior High School, Omaha
Andrew Soneson, Teacher
SENIORS
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Senior Individual Exhibit
First Place
Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the Western Frontier
Lauren Buban
Westside High School, Omaha
Shelby Sedlacek, Teacher
Second Place
Chief Standing Bear: The Ground Breaking Debate for Native American Rights
Jacob Jones
Loup City High School, Loup City
Kim Henry, Teacher
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Senior Group Exhibit
First Place
Hip-Hop: How the Movement Defined Black America
Emma von Scheliha, Mirabelle Hesse, and Kya Branch
Lincoln Southeast High School, Lincoln
Noa Craft and Kyle Beacom, Teachers
Second Place
Alan Turing and the First Artificial Intelligence
Emily Browning and Kate Beran
Mercy High School, Omaha
Brooks Humphreys, Teacher
Senior Group Performance
First Place
The Matchstick Girls
Johannah Bohling, Laney Knippelmeyer, Kinsley Oestmann, and Trinity Grant
Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson
Daniel Gossman, Teacher
Second Place
Nicodemus: The Frontier of New Beginnings
Chole Gooden, Ryleigh Tidyman, Emma Strand, Annaka Wasenius,
and Jordan Holstein
Arapahoe Public Schools, Arapahoe
Marcia Foley, Teacher
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​Senior Individual Documentary
First Place and Michael Berg Memorial Award
The Carnival that Pioneered the NICU
Cori Barwick
Hastings High School, Hastings
Ann Mays, Teacher
Second Place
How Pathbreaking Native Doctor, Susan La Fiesche Picotte Crossed Frontiers in Nebraska History
Allison Lone Elk
Loup City High School, Loup City
Trysta Asche, Teacher
Senior Group Documentary
First Place
The Gold Rush: Shaping Modern California
Lincoln Cosby, Eli Allen, Asher Robinson, Evan Clark, and Jay Schneider
Lincoln Southeast High School
Kyle Beacom and Noa Craft, Teachers
Second Place
The Dark Lady of DNA: A Scientific Frontier
Tatum Kapustka, Samantha Augustyn, and Landri Loos
Loup City High School, Loup City
Trysta Asch, Teacher
Senior Individual Website
First Place
World War II POW Camps: Enemy on the Home Frontier
Jaymeson Gappa
Loup City High School, Loup City
Kim Henry, Teacher
Second Place
All American Girls Professional Baseball League: Sliding Into
the Male Dominated Frontier
Paige Stanczyk
Loup City High School, Loup City
Kim Henry, Teacher
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Senior Group Website
First Place
Striking a Change in History: Match Girls Strike of 1888
Eva Jaixen and Olivia Fitzgerald
Loup City High School, Loup City
Trysta Asche, Teacher
Second Place
Bessie Coleman: Defeating Adversity to Create Frontiers in History
Hannah Groth and Rylie Beethe
Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson
Daniel Gossman, Teacher
Senior Historical Paper
First Place and Nebraska Press Foundation Award
Crossing Frontiers, Both Literal and Invisible with the Bracero Program
Sofia Torres-Salvador
Marian High School, Omaha
Jillian Roger, Teacher
Second Place
The Making of a Nation: The Pioneering of the US Constitution
Kaitlyn Drake
Hastings High School, Hastings
Ann Mays, Teacher
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SPECIAL PRIZES​
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NEBRASKALand FOUNDATION
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Junior Division
First Place
Junior Individual Performance
Arbor Day: Greener Frontier in Nebraska's Environment
Addilyn Doke
Ainsworth Middle School, Ainsworth
Second Place
Junior Individual Exhibit
Oh Yeah! America's Game Changing Drink
Lorelei Riva
G Stanley Hall Elementary School, Papillion
Honorable Mention
Junior Group Exhibit
Picturing the Frontier: William Henry Jackson's Yellowstone
Henry Htay and James Murry
G Stanley Hall Elementary School, Papillion
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Junior Group Website
Indian Boarding School: Cultural Destruction on the American Frontier
Grace Augustyn and Kaily Kurtzhals
Loup City High School, Loup City
Senior Division
First Place
Senior Individual Exhibit
Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the Western Frontier
Lauren Buban
Westside High School, Omaha
Second Place
Senior Individual Documentary
How the Burlington Route Changed Lincoln
Andrew Swanson
Lincoln Southeast High School, Lincoln
Honorable Mention
Senior Individual Documentary
The REA: An Innovative Frontier That Conquered the Darkness
Alexa Tollman
Crawford High School, Crawford
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Senior Group Exhibit
The Pony Express
Elissa Kipp, Garrett Keith, Hector Estrada, and Michael Starr
Loup County Public School, Taylor
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TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Junior Division
Teacher from Crete Middle School
Janet Jefferies
Senior Division
Teacher from Crawford High School
Nathan Kackmeister