TORRINGTON – Torrington middle schoolers know their history, sweeping the competition in the annual Regional History Day contest, March 16 at Wheatland Middle School.

Students selected their own topics and developed entries on this year’s theme, Conflict and Compromise in History. Of the 27 students competing, 22 of them qualified for the state contest, scheduled for Monday, April 9 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Sponsors of the group are Stephen Hart, Dave Burrill and Mary Perkins.

The following students qualified for the state contest.

Paper

First Place – Tyne Stokes: The Treaty of Versailles: The Compromise That Was Not

Second Place – Trisha Cates: Ho Poe Kaw: “May Our People Recover and Thrive”

Third Place – Jaydynn Pickens: Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Conflict and Compromise in History

Individual Performance

First Place – Bethany Wunibald: Nellie Bly: The Compromise of Women In Journalism

Individual Documentary

First Place – Ada Merrigan: The Peace That Was A Lie

Group Documentary

First Place – Adria Derby, Olivia Judkins: Chief Joseph: A Tale of Friendship, Tragedy, And Broken Promises

Third Place – Nolan Long, Ryan Baker, Bryant DeMott: Speed Sees No Color: The Story of Jesse Owens

Individual Website

First Place – Tabitha Douglass: Alice Paul And the Conflict For Women’s Rights

Second Place – Sebastian Pearson: 13 Days of Crisis: Cuban Missile Crisis

Third Place – Ben Firminhac: Prayer in Public Schools

Group Website

First Place – Klacie Groene, Carleigh Dugger: The Yellowstone River Compact of 1950

Third Place – Peyten Husted, Jacee Shields: Esther Hobart Morris: A Conflict and Compromise in History

Individual Exhibit

Second Place – Danielle Krueger: The Controversial Bus Ride: Emerson V. Board of Education

Group Exhibit

First Place – Allison Brummell, Chase Miller: Girls Can Play Too! The Effects of Title IX

Third Place – Mackenzie McIntosh, Jada Floyd: Jeannette Rankin: Riding the Roller Coaster Of Conflict Through Capitol Hill