2016 Six-Man Heaven Contest Winners!
FILM CONTEST
1st Place: Bryson, ISD
($1000 donation)
Teacher: JR Stearns
Student filmmakers: Tim Henderson, Braden Houser, Nick Stubblefield, Brandy Larance
The goal of the SIX-MAN HEAVEN ARTS CONTEST is to engage rural Texas students in documenting their communities while employing tools of powerful storytelling. Students become historians, sharing their perspectives about six-man football and community life. The competition provides a creative endeavor that reinforces the acts of learning, discovery, process, and completion.
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST – COLOR
1st PLACE: THROCKMORTON ISD
($300 donation)
STUDENT: LAUREN KING
TEACHER: RHONDA RILEY
HONORABLE MENTION: BRYSON ISD
($50 DONATION)
STUDENT: ELIDA RAMOS
TEACHER SPONSOR: JR STEARNS
‘Big Brother’
HONORABLE MENTION: SANDS CISD
($50 DONATION)
STUDENT: BRYCE HAMLIN
TEACHER SPONSOR: GLENDA KENNEDY
HONORABLE MENTION: RANKIN ISD ($50 DONATION)
STUDENT: GRADY JACKSON TEACHER SPONSOR: SUSAN NETOPSKI
‘Dog in the Oilfield’
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST – BLACK & WHITE
1st PLACE: ROPES ISD
($300 donation)
STUDENT: KUTTER PARTINGTON
TEACHER: MELISSA BRATCHER
HONORABLE MENTION: BLANKET ISD
($50 DONATION)
STUDENT: BETHANY WIGHAM
TEACHER SPONSOR: EW BURT
‘We Lost’
‘Defense in the Danger Zone’
HONORABLE MENTION: BLANKET ISD
($50 DONATION)
STUDENT: DAKOTA SMITH
TEACHER SPONSOR: EW BURT
HONORABLE MENTION: RANKIN ISD
($50 DONATION)
STUDENT: MACKENZIE PREWOZNIAK
TEACHER SPONSOR: KENDRA DAVIDSON
WIKIPEDIA CONTEST
1st PLACE: Woodson ISD
($1000 donation)
Student: McKENZIE GRIFFITH & JOALE GROOTE
TEACHER: BRI THOMAS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodson,_Texas
SNAPCHAT CONTEST
1st PLACE: RANKIN ISD
($300.00 Donation)
STUDENT: K’LEE PACE
TEACHER: SUSAN NETOPSKI
HAIKU POETRY CONTEST
1st PLACE: THROCKMORTON ISD
($200.00 Donation)
STUDENT: ADAM DENNIS
TEACHER: RHONDA RILEY
Six-Man;
relaxes Animated minds of men.
“Win baby win.”
PODCAST CONTEST
1st PLACE: Bryson ISD – Bailey Pippin Podcast
($500.00 Donation)
CREATED BY: JESSICA KELLEY, ELIDIA RAMOS, LAYLA COLWELL, KLOWIE MOORE
TEACHER: JR STEARNS
MOZI ESSAY
1st PLACE: BLANKET ISD
($1000.00 Donation)
STUDENT: BAILEY HOOD
TEACHER: EW BURT
Winner of the Micro 3D printer: MEADOW ISD
We’d like to thank our six-man schools for their participation! The Texas six-man students and teachers each year reward all of us through their creativity and imagination. We greatly appreciate your thoughtful, heartfelt illustrations of your six-man towns. Hope to see you again next year!
Contest judges: Granger Huntress, Alan Barber, Leman Saunders, Dorothea Scott Fundling, Jane Patterson, Kate Gale, and Teresa Burkett Bourgoise.