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By Heather Bambeck, Eastern Journalism Student

The Statesman newspaper and Mountaineer yearbook staffs at Eastern Oklahoma State College recently earned high rankings at Journalism competitions sponsored by Northeastern State University and Oklahoma State University.

“Both staffs did well at the contests,” Erik Harris, editor of the Eastern Statesman, said. “I don’t think any of the awards would have been possible without the dedicated staff that each publication has working on it.

The NSU Media Day competition in Tahlequah saw the Wilburton college pitted against other Oklahoma two-year schools as well as a couple of four-year universities. Both the Statesman and the Mountaineer placed first in overall competition at NSU. They also swept most of the category awards there according to yearbook advisor, Steven Akins.

“I was proud to see these students making so many trips to the podium to pick up much-deserved awards,” he said.

The two publications garnered 12 first place, one second place and four third place category awards during NSU competition.

The Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association(OCPA) contest at OSU in Stillwater featured a larger competition with many judging categories open to not only two-year colleges but also four-year public and four-year private universities.

The Statesman was awarded an Honorable Mention in Overall competition at OCPA while the Mountaineer captured an Award of Merit. The Mountaineer yearbook also won two Category Awards of Excellence and two Category Awards of Merit during the Stillwater competition.

Individual student awards from both contests included:

Erik Harris from Hartshorne
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 3rd place News/Feature Photo, 3rd place Inside Page Newspaper Layout, 3rd place Front Page Newspaper Layout

Laura Butler from Stigler
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 1st place Yearbook Feature Photo, 1st place Newspaper Feature Article, 1st place Yearbook Page Layout

Richard Allen from Oleta
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 1st place In-depth Article, 1st place Newspaper News Story, 3rd place Original Cartoon

Amanda Ralls from Red Oak
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 3rd place On-Site Feature Writing Competition

Charles Chaney from Antlers
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA, 1st place Newspaper Sports Column NSU, 2nd place Newspaper Sports Story NSU, 3rd place Newspaper Sports Story OCPA

Jade Pickens from Haileyville
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 1st place Personal Opinion Column NSU

Heather Bambeck from Panola
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA

Kyle Bristow from Wilburton
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 1st place Newspaper Critical Review NSU

Brian Duncan from Wilburton
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 2nd Personal Opinion Column NSU

Erin Luke from Calera
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA

Rachel Johnson from Gowen
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA

Billy Russell from Hartshorne
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA

Lucy Moore from Kiowa
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA

Cassie Watkins from Panola
1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA

Lana Harmon from Rattan
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA

Justin Turney from McAlester
1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA, 1st place Yearbook Sports Article NSU

Matt Wilson from Chelsea
1st Overall Newspaper NSU, 1st Overall Yearbook NSU, 3rd place Overall Newspaper OCPA, 2nd place Overall Yearbook OCPA

Caption info: Eastern student publications staff members who attended Journalism contests at Northeastern State University and Oklahoma State University include from front left: Billy Russell, Hartshorne; Charles Chaney, Antlers; Brian Duncan, Wilburton, Heather Bambeck, Panola and Cassie Watkins, Panola. Back row: Kyle Bristow, Wilburton; Erik Harris, Hartshorne; Richard Allen, Oleta; Amanda Ralls, Red Oak; Jade Pickens, Haileyville and Laura Butler, Stigler.