YSU English festival

High-school and middle-school students from throughout Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania competed in the Youngstown State University’s English Festival. The names of winners for the three-day event, their schools and categories:

Candace Gay Award

Zoe Johnson, Maplewood High School; Siena Larrick, Boardman Center Middle School; and Charles A. Woodrum Jr., Maplewood High School, all first; Logan Sayre, Maplewood High School; Nadine Buckley, Shenango Area Jr/Sr High School; and Rebecca Hoffman, Chalker High School, all second; Rowan Mentzer, Greenville Jr/Sr High School; Tess Wieser, Boardman Glenwood Middle School; Caroline R. Smith, Cardinal Mooney High School, all third; Eli Cless, Maplewood High School; Sarah Baka, New Castle Christian Academy; Erin Sherry, Saegertown High School, all fourth; and Aubree Melic, Champion Middle School; Ethan David Ball, Willow Creek Learning Center; Alexander Ugolini, Cardinal Mooney High School, all fifth.

Festival Art

Sarah Dixon-Feldman, W.S. Guy Middle School, and Kasey Fries, Fort LeBoeuf High School, both first; Emma Brainard, Champion Middle School, and Craig Blose, Shenango Area Jr/Sr High School, both second; Allison Ariza, Boardman Glenwood Middle School, and Amanda Blank, Niles McKinley High School, both third.

Impromptu

Rowan Mentzer, Greenville Jr/Sr High School; Gabrielle Lucas, Reynolds Jr/Sr High School; and Benjamin Wilcox, Reynolds High School; all first; Jacob Snyder, Poland Middle School; Sydney Jones, Boardman Glenwood Middle School; and Lindsey Druschel, Springfield Local High School, all second; Jennifer Smith, Canfield High; Sophia McGee, Boardman Glenwood Middle School; and Olivia Girdano, Butler High School; all third; Ashley Fabian, W.S. Guy Middle School; Maxamum Masaki, Poland Middle School; Pranav Padmanabhan, Boardman High School; Maddie Stears, Girard Junior High School; Mary Katherine Klinko, Butler High; and Sarah Montag, Butler High School; all fourth; and Emma Payton, Western Reserve School; Emily Steeves, Liberty High School; Myrissa Donaldson, West Middlesex Jr/Sr High School; Emily Reebel, Lakeview Local Middle; Alexis Eddy, John F. Kennedy High School; and Tara Rogers, Canfield High School; all fifth.

Journalism

Brooke Harvey, St. Patrick School (Kent); Eva Lamberson, Canfield High; Moira Armstrong, Howland High; Siena Larrick, Boardman Center Middle; Victoria Johngrass, Mohawk Senior High; Jacqueline Vega, Jackson-Milton High; all first; Charlotte Crouch, Maplewood High; Ke’Shyra Saunders, Discovery Program at East High; Ethan Deemer, Howland Middle; Hunter Dickson, Lakeview High; Natalie Eusebio, South Range High; and Emily Kiraly, Cardinal Mooney High; all second; Courtney Hughes, Springfield Local High; Jenna Smith, Champion Middle; Sarah Baka, New Castle Christian Academy; Gavin Los, St. Stephen School in Pennsylvania; Christopher Julian, Niles McKinley High; and Annabelle Morrill, Greenville High; all third.

Not So Trivial Pursuit

Delaney Baber, Struthers Middle; Keeyanna Curley, Akros Middle; John Felice, Mars Area Middle; Kate Folkenroth, Springfield Intermediate; Ariel Kimak, Bristol Middle; Joanna Klika, Canfield Village Middle; Mitchell Lagaras, Champion High; Galena Lopuchovsky, Poland Middle; Liam Martin, Montessori; Micah Paige, Akros Middle; Erika Pallante, Poland Middle; Vijay Perry, Greenville Jr/Sr High; Audra Pesko, Canfield Village Middle; Kasie Rogers, Youngstown Early College; Zach Russo, Canfield Village Middle; Zachary Schenk, Lowellville High; Eva Sparks, Champion Middle; Drew Squire, St. Joseph School (Cuyahoga County); Cindy Troyer, Bristol Middle; Becky Wahlenmayer, Girard High (Pa.); Laura Angle, St. Hilary School; Alyssa Carne, Conneaut Valley Middle; Fiona Fortney, Southington Middle; Sophia Geving, St. Michael School; Bridget Hahn, St. Hilary School; Aubrie Hargenrader, Wilmington Area Middle; Bryson Harris, Boardman Center Middle; Kirk Messner, New Castle Christian Academy; George Morar, Boardman Center Middle; Kate Morelli, Hermitage Middle; Bret Nabonowski, Conneaut Lake Middle; Joseph Neider, St. Nicholas School; Megan Ordakowski, Northwestern Middle; Alex Papa, New Castle Christian Academy; Lily Popa, South Range Middle; Sam Puleo, St. Stephen School (Pa.); Kaitlyn Royal, Conneaut Lake Middle; Justin Smeraglia, Sharpsville Middle; Claudia Swauger, Niles Middle; Haile Weir, Salem Junior High; Lydia Avery, Girard High; Darby Barnovsky, Lakeview High; Jesse Bolling, Fort LeBoeuf High; Kelsey Bryant, Ursuline High; Abigail Caisullo, Greenville High; Carina Caruso, South Range High; Gabriel Cofield, LaBrae High; Haylee Cozadd, Mineral Ridge High; Michael Eggiman, Cardinal Mooney High; Catelyn Frantz, David Anderson High; Kaitlyn Gage, Saegertown High; Aimee Ho, Niles McKinley High; Taylor Hopkins, Howland High; Casey McGivern, Sharon High; Myklyn Reakes, Trumbull County Technical Center; Carli Reitz, Aurora High; Aimee Smith, Springfield Local High; Emily Wagner, Boardman High; and Kayla Welton, Boardman High, all first.

Renga Riot

Hannah Burbick, Crestview High; Kaitlyn Burrows, Canfield Village Middle; Alex Clark, Maplewood High; Eli Cless, Maplewood High; Katlyn Hartman, Pymatuning Valley Middle; Sydney Kinkade, Canfield Village Middle; Maria Leeser, St. Joseph School (Cuyahoga); Faith Marscio, Austintown Middle; Megan Mayle, Austintown Middle; Brianna Phillips, Springfield Intermediate; Gillian Pirone, Struthers Middle; Nadia Reddish, Rayen Early College Middle; Natalie Rizzo, Poland Middle; Matthew Rossi, Holy Family School; Caitlyn Sapp, St. Christine School; Morgan Tenney, Champion Middle; Shiree Wilson, Chaney STEM/VPA; Darby Allen, West Middlesex Jr/Sr High; Moira Armstrong, Howland High; Riley Britt, Beaver Local Middle; Miranda Canacci, Boardman High; Angelina Cook, Willow Creek Learning Center; Samara Henderson, Jefferson K-8 School; Caroline Hoovler, St. Michael; Aubrey Jones, Niles Middle; Irini Liodakis, Campbell Memorial High; Mary Nyers, South Side Middle; Connor O’Neil, Conneaut Area Senior High; Angelica Park, Girard Junior High; Victoria Wellington, Willow Creek Learning Center; Alyssa Blosser, Mahoning County CTC; Constance Clauss, Warren G. Harding High; Caroline Driscoll, Cardinal Mooney High; Kaitlin Garzanich, Columbiana High; Alexis Goberish, Bristol High; Alexa Highland, Grove City Area High; Anna Irwin, Trumbull County Technical Center; Brianna Ledsome, Niles McKinley High; Carol Michalek, Kennedy Catholic High; Maile Mizuba, Girard High (Pa.); Michelle Noell, Blackhawk High School; Damon Pucci, Wellsville High School; Destinee Ryan Girard High School (Pa.); Kristin Springer, Wellsville High School; Daniel Sylak, Canfield High School; and Kassi Tofani, Reynolds High School, all first.

Salvner Music

Rowan Mentzer, Greenville Jr/Sr High School; and John James Martin, Western Reserve High School, both first; Tori Gaskins, homeschool; Alyssa Leone, homeschool; James Harker, Boardman High; Pranev Padmanabhan, Boardman High; Danny Svenson, Boardman High; and Rohun Vangal, Boardman; all second; Roy Wilt, Greenville Jr/Sr High; and Anastasia Monrean, Ursuline High, both third.

Writing Games

James Barganier, Struthers Middle; Hannah Burbick, Crestview High; Josie Mayle, Poland Middle; Maria Poppenhouse, St. Joseph School (Cuyahoga); Kathy Weaver, Liberty High; Noah Amrhein, Sharpsville Middle; Lauren Fricker, St. Hilary School; Brendon McEvoy, Mathews High; Thomas Morelli, Hermitage Middle; Trevor Wintermantel, Southern Local Jr/Sr High; Nikki Ciavarella, Poland Seminary High; Jenna Cummins, Struthers High; Kaylee Scarnati, Niles McKinley High; Alyssa Scarpaci, Niles McKinley High; and Lauren Slusher, Bristol High, all first.

Book Drive

Wednesday: Wilmington Area High School; Thursday: Beaver Local Middle School; and Friday: Laurel Jr/Sr High School. The festival collected 3,354 books, bumping the four-year total to 10,000 books.