With four of the first six months judged we check in on the NPPA Region 4 Monthly Clip Contest results.
The usual suspects can be found among the winners in April. Barbara Perenic from the Springfield News-Sun placed first and second in Sports. Mike Ullery from the Piqua Daily Call placed first in Spot News with reigning Region 4 POY Marshall Gorby from Springfield placing second and third in the category.
Less than 90 points separate the top five photographers in the point standings with Ryan Garza from the Flint (MI) Journal in first place.
April Results
Spot News
1st – Mike Ullery, Piqua Daily Call, “Rescue”
2nd – Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun, “Fire Man”
3rd – Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun, “Lightning Fire”
General News
1st – Kendra Stanley-Mills, The Muskegon Chronicle, “Hearts broken”
2nd – Kendra Stanley-Mills, The Muskegon Chronicle, “Tax Day Tea Party”
3rd – Doug McSchooler, “Spreading Beauty”
Feature/Single Picture
1st – Dania Maxwell, Ohio University, “Jack Halbirt”
2nd – Aaron Borton, Freelance, “Balloon Glimmer”
3rd – Matt Detrich, The Indianapolis Star, “How Low Can You Go?”
Feature/Multiple Picture
1st – Kendra Stanley-Mills, The Muskegon Chronicle, “Shelter skelter”
2nd – Aaron Borton, Freelance, “Prom Proud”
3rd – Nick Dentamaro, The Jackson Citizen Patriot, “Kit Young Bulldogs”
Sports
1st – Barbara Perenic, Springfield News-Sun, “Safe at Third”
2nd – Barbara Perenic, Springfield News-Sun, “He “Nose” Tennis”
3rd – Ashley Conti, The Saginaw News, “High Jump”
Point standings through April
1st – Ryan Garza, The Flint Journal – 258
2nd – Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun – 250
3rd – Kendra Stanley-Mills, The Muskegon Chronicle -230
4th – Matt Detrich, The Indianapolis Star – 220
5th – Barbara Perenic, Springfield News-Sun – 170
6th – Chet White, The News and Advance -146
7th – John Tully, Concord Monitor – 134
8th – Nathaniel Morgan, The Midland Daily News – 126
9th – Nick Dentamaro, The Jackson Citizen Patriot – 96
10th – Tracy Boulian, Tracy Boulian Photography – 92