State’s best high school broadcasters compete

Carmel, Martinsville take top overall honors at University of Indianapolis 

Carmel, Martinsville and Franklin Central high schools were among the big winners Monday in the annual Indiana Association of School Broadcasters’ High School Broadcasting Competition and Conference, conducted each year in the radio and television facilities of the University of Indianapolis.

Reprising last year’s results, Carmel High School was named the state’s Radio School of the Year, and Martinsville High School was named Television School of the Year. Carmel claimed 16 group and individual awards, 13 of them in radio, and Martinsville took six awards in TV categories.

Other top contenders included Franklin Central High School, with 10 awards, and Ben Davis High School and J. Everett Light Career Center, which claimed eight each.

Nearly 500 students from throughout the state attended the event, which also included information sessions on media-related topics. Professional broadcasters served as speakers and competition judges.

Entries in some categories were submitted as recordings and judged in advance, but the finals in key TV and radio categories were conducted live Monday at UIndy. The radio finals were broadcast to the public on UIndy station WICR-FM/HD, whose general manager, communication instructor Scott Uecker, is president of the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters

The top competitors in each category were: 

RADIO 

Radio Interview
1. Brian Bondus, Carmel High School
2. Taylor Earles, Ben Davis High School
3. Pat Boylan, Carmel High School 

Radio Sportscast
1. Pat Boylan, Carmel High School
2. Adam Derengowski, Richmond High School
3. Con Sullivan, Franklin Central High School 

Radio Spot Production
1. Andrew Sims and Kaitlyn Rauch, Homestead High School
2. Robert Colcord, Alan Czerwinski, Greg Thompson, Ben Davis High School
3. Kayla McCarty, Franklin Central High School

Radio Imaging
1. Griffin McHaffie, Carmel High School
2. Alex Anderson, Pendleton Heights High School
3. Andrew Brindley, J. Everett Light Career Center 

Radio In-Depth
1. Brian Bondus, Carmel High School
2. Kelli DuBois and Mallory Kirby, Franklin Central High School
3. Steven Thompson, J. Everett Light Career Center 

Radio Drama
1. Matt Kraft, Carmel High School
2. Scott Kennedy and Tommy Rockey, Franklin Central High School
3. Colin Byard and Griffin McHaffie, Carmel High School 

Radio Football and Other Play-by-Play
1. Pat Boylan, Carmel High School
2. Sam Agee, Carmel High School
3. Zach Sherwood, Franklin Central High School 

Radio Basketball Play-by-Play
1. Pat Boylan, Carmel High School
2. Ben Cronk, Pendleton Heights High School
3. Collin McCracken, Homestead High School 

Radio Copywriting
1. Kelli DuBois, Franklin Central High School
2. Mallory Kirby, Franklin Central High School
3. Katie Dawson, J. Everett Light Career Center 

Radio News Anchor
1. Pat Boylan, Carmel High School
2. Kelli DuBois, Franklin Central High School
3. Robert Colcord, Ben Davis High School

Radio Air Personality
1. Brendon Lewis, J. Everett Light Career Center
2. Pat Boylan and Brian Bondus, Carmel High School
3. Sam Agee and Matt Kraft, Carmel High School 

Radio School of the Year
Carmel High School  

TELEVISION 

Television Spot Production
1. Erik Thein, Franklin Central High School
2. Sam Evenson, Kokomo Area Career Center
3. Lyinda Lacks and Danielle Woodard, Ben Davis High School  

Music Video
1. Zac Sowinski and Korey Loudermilk, Merrillville High School
2. Pete Williams and Jordan Moody, Western Boone High School
3. Kyra Harvey, J. Everett Light Career Center 

Television News Magazine
1. Ben Davis High School
2. Merrillville High School
3. Martinsville High School 

Television News Package
1. Mike Carney, Martinsville High School
2. Zach Elliott, J. Everett Light Career Center
3. Alyssa Brindley, Zac Sowinski, Pete Paskash, Merrillville High School 

Television School Newscast
1. Ben Davis High School
2. Jeffersonville High School
3. Martinsville High School 

Video In-Depth
1. Spencer Redding and Nick Paradosi, Evansville Bosse High School
2. David Sheets, Porter County Career Center
3. Lizzy Halberstadt, J. Everett Light Career Center

Television Sports Play-by-Play
1. Pat Boylan, Carmel High School
2. Kyle Borcherding, Carmel High School
3. Adam Derengowski, Richmond High School  

Other Live Telecast
1. Adam Hagy and Nathan McDaniel, Kokomo Area Career Center
2. Marcus Sperzel, Jeffersonville High School
3. James Rundle, Carmel High School 

Corporate Video
1. Emily Habbel and Stephanie Diller, Martinsville High School
2. Liz Hendrix, Martinsville High School
3. Jordan Little, Taylor Earles and Damon Jones, Ben Davis High School 

Entertainment Feature
1. Jordan Moody and Pete Williams, Western Boone High School
2. Tyler Roark, Andrew Gryzbowski and Matt McClindon, Merrillville High School
3. Sam Evenson, Kokomo Area Career Center 

Video Open/Close
1. David Sheets, Porter County Career Center
2. Hannah Lange, Martinsville High School
3. Zac Sowinski, Merrillville High School 

Television Copywriting
1. Jeremy Torres, Franklin Central High School
2. Lauren Kruger-Patchin, Ben Davis High School
3. Tyler Roark, Merrillville High School 

Television News Anchor
1. Kelsey Williams, J. Everett Light Career Center
2. Adam Derengowski, Richmond High School
3. Natalie Russell, Western Boone High School 

Television School of the Year
Martinsville High School