Mid-Plains Community College’s 57th annual Inter-High Day brought together over 500 students from 22 area high schools to North Platte on Tuesday.

The scholastic contest was spread across both North Platte campuses.

Students competed for scholarships and other prizes while taking tests in everything from art, accounting and criminal justice to auto body, welding and diesel technology.

Schools earned points based on how well students placed in academic divisions.

In recent years, MPCC offered free credit hours for early-entry classes as prizes. Because all of the college’s early-entry classes are now free, MPCC awarded scholarships for the top three placers this year in each category. First place winners received $500 scholarships, with $250 for second place and $100 for third place.

The results:

Top Schools Division I

  • First – North Platte
  • Second – Perkins County
  • Third – St. Patrick’s

Top Schools Division II

  • First – Stapleton
  • Second – Maywood
  • Third – Sutherland

Top School Division III

  • First – McPherson County
  • Second – Thedford
  • Third – Wallace

Academic categories:

Art

  • First – Lauren Rousselle, McCook
  • Second – Myles Bishop, Perkins County
  • Third – Johanna Wyatt, North Platte

Biological Science

  • First – James Heinemann, Stapleton
  • Second – Morgan Krajewski, Sutherland
  • Third – Josie Christensen, Arnold

CEO Challenge

  • First – Dylan Heinemann, Stapleton
  • Second – Kloey DeNaeyer, Thedford
  • Third – Lindsey McIntosh, Thedford

Chemistry      

  • First – Xavier Pieper, St. Patrick’s
  • Second – Blake Rickertson, Gothenburg
  • Third – Spencer Mostek, St. Patrick’s

Crack the Code: Business Edition

  • First – Jesse Reyes, Brodee Brestel and Sydney Galaway, Maxwell
  • Second – Lindsey McIntosh, Grace Johnston and Kloey DeNaeyer, Thedford
  • Third – Korbyn Herrick, Cole Murdock and Ryan Murphy, Hershey

Criminal Justice

  • First –Kasen Manary-Schumer, North Platte
  • Second –Jackson Shepard, North Platte
  • Third – Jaden Hunt Most, Gothenburg

Dramatic Arts/Theater

  • First – Lauren Mead, Maxwell
  • Second – Isabella Frazier, North Platte
  • Third – Emmeline Lucas, Maxwell

Graphic Design

  • First – Hannah Goosey, McPherson County
  • Second – Ember Chavez, Sandhills
  • Third – Shelby Morain, Eustis-Farnam

Health Occupations

  • First – Christian Maurer, Eustis-Farnam
  • Second – Laney Dahlberg, Thedford
  • Third – Ellys Gosnell, Maxwell

Information Technology

  • First – Tyler Hetz, Gothenburg
  • Second – Colton Moore-Downs, North Platte
  • Third – Daniel Beauchamp, Garden County

Mathematics

  • First – Max Hanson, Wallace
  • Second – Chenney Dishman, Callaway
  • Third – Blake Rickertson, Gothenburg

Medical Terminology

  • First – Lexi Hagan, Stapleton
  • Second – Rachel Simonsen, Hershey
  • Third – Makenna Nelson, St. Patrick’s

Music

  • First – Blaise Moerke, North Platte
  • Second – Bennett Korensky, St. Patrick’s
  • Third – Jack Condon, St. Patrick’s

Music Theory and Ear Training

  • First – Diego Moreno, North Platte
  • Second – Bennett Korensky, St. Patrick’s
  • Third – Carter Barnason Foster, North Platte

NPCC Trivia

  • First – Emma Masheck, North Platte
  • Second – Faith Bennett, North Platte
  • Third – Cecilia Putnam, Perkins County

Poetry Writing

  • First – Savannah McCarty, McCook
  • Second – Rameja Somers-Dehaney, St. Patrick’s
  • Third – Graci Paterka, Maywood

Prose Writing

  • First – Henry Cline, North Platte
  • Second – Asher Strecker, North Platte
  • Third – Jack Cochran, McCook

Sociology

  • First – Madie Logsdon, Arnold
  • Second – Addy Holes, Hershey
  • Third – Madi Swesey, Perkins County

STEM/Engineering

  • First – Andrew Salomon, Gothenburg
  • Second – Blake Tonkinson, North Platte
  • Third – Jase Roberson, Garden County

Applied Technology:

Auto Body

  • First – John McNeel, Hershey
  • Second – Connor Sutton, Sandhills
  • Third – Patrick Eggleston, Callaway

Auto Mechanics

  • First – Trenton Schrader, North Platte
  • Second – Jasper Heil, North Platte
  • Third – Ashton Lambert, McPherson County

Building Construction Team

  • First – McCook
  • Second – Maywood
  • Third – Sutherland

Diesel Mechanics

  • First – Steven Werkmeister, Maywood
  • Second – Ethan Renner, Maywood
  • Third – Braxton Anderson, Callaway

Electrical

  • First – Tanner Paintin, Perkins County
  • Second – Levi Nolt, Perkins County
  • Third – Levi Goosey, McPherson County

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

  • First – Levi Goosey, McPherson County
  • Second – Riggin Hutchinson, Hershey
  • Third – Kaydan Kramer, Sutherland

Welding Division I

  • First – Noah Kammerer, Sutherland
  • Second – Brody Messersmith, North Platte
  • Third – Jasper Heil, North Platte

Welding Division II

  • First – Dominic Williams, Perkins County
  • Second – Colby Holm, Wallace
  • Third – Tanner Paintin, Perkins County

Top photo: High school students participate in a diesel mechanics activity Tuesday during the 57th annual Inter-High Day competition at North Platte Community College. Courtesy photo * NPCC

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