About
The Cougar Call is the award-winning student publication of Ada High School. Content is published weekly and updated, as necessary, by the journalism students of Ada High School. Questions and advertisement queries should be addressed to the adviser, Mrs. Jamie Weston, at [email protected].
2018-2019 Awards:
School Newspapers Online Awards:
Site Excellence Award
Audience Engagement Award
Individual Awards:
Best of SNO – Sophie Scroggins, Kaedin Daniels & Nyah Stephens
Oklahoma Scholastic Media Awards:
James F. Paschal Sweepstakes Winner
All-Oklahoman Award
Individual Awards:
1st place Online Opinion Column – William Whelchel
1st Place On Deadline Page Design – Monica Guajardo
1st Place Online Photo Gallery – Cheyene Howell & Delaney Beak
1st Place Online Multimedia Package – David Lewis
1st Place Online Page Design – Tyler Bailey
1st Place On Deadline Photo Gallery – Jillian Brassfield
1st Place On Deadline Audio/Video Feature – Sophie Scroggins, Kaedin Daniels & Nyah Stephens
1st Place On Deadline Promotional Radio/Audio Spot – Canaan Miller, Jose Feezel, Keely Machin & Addison McCortney
2nd Place Online Multimedia Package – Tyler Bailey
2nd Place On Deadline Page Design – Maddie Manning
3rd Place On Deadline Page Design – Delaney Beak
3rd Place On Deadline Blog Entry – Maddie Manning
3rd Place Online Multimedia Package – Maddie Manning
3rd Place Online Feature Writing – Tyler Bailey
3rd Place On Deadline Video Package – trey Richardson, David Lewis, Jagger Pedigo & Avery Brown
Honorable Mention Online Feature Writing – Tyler Bailey
Honorable Mention Online Blog Entry – Monica Guajardo
Honorable Mention Online News Writing – Monica Guajardo
Honorable Mention Online Opinion Column – William Whelchel
Visionary Oklahoma Women Award of Journalistic & Creative Excellence – Kaedin Daniels
Northeastern State University Media Day Awards
Superior Overall Newspaper
Individual Awards
Excellent News Writing – Delaney Beak
Excellent Feature Writing – William Whelchel
Excellent Feature Writing – Trinity Whitehead
Honorable Mention Feature Writing – Tyler Bailey
Honorable Mention Feature Photography – Cheyene Howell
2017-2018 Awards:
School Newspapers Online Awards:
Site Excellence Award
Audience Engagement Award
Story Page Excellence Award
Oklahoma Scholastic Media Awards:
All-Oklahoman Award
Individual Awards:
1st Place On Deadline Video Package – Heather Manuel, Emily Rhyne & Cheyene Howell
1st Place On Deadline Page Design – Emily Rhyne
1st Place On Deadline Multimedia Package – David Lewis
2nd Place On Deadline Multimedia Package – Heather Manuel, Emily Rhyne & Cheyene Howell
2nd Place On Deadline Photo Gallery – Kaelie Miller
2nd Place On Deadline Critical Review – Jacky Lopez
3rd Place On Deadline Page Design – Jacky Lopez
3rd Place On Deadline Photo Gallery – Garrett Rhynes
Honorable Mention On Deadline News – Emily Rhyne
Honorable Mention On Deadline Sports – Garrett Rhynes
Honorable Mention On Deadline Feature – Maddie Manning
1st Place Previously Published Feature Photo – Heather Manuel & Cheyene Howell
1st Place Previously Published Photo Gallery – Heather Manuel & Cheyene Howell
1st Place Previously Published Sports Photo – Razia Riaz
1st Place Previously Published Page Design – Emily Rhyne
1st Place Previously Published In-Depth Reporting – Emily Rhyne & Eric Crowell
1st Place Previously Published Critical Review – Eric Crowell
1st Place Previously Published Multimedia Package – Eric Crowell
1st Place Previously Published Sports – Garrett Rhynes
1st Place Previously Published News – Maddie Manning
1st Place Previously Published Feature – Tyler Mitchell
1st Place Previously Published Opinion Column – Karla Charqueno
2nd Place Previously Published Photo Gallery – Razia Riaz
2nd Place Previously Published Opinion Column – Emily Rhyne & Heather Manuel
2nd Place Previously Published In-Depth Reporting – Emily Rhyne
2nd Place Previously Published Page Design – Eric Crowell
2nd Place Previously Published Opinion Column – Eric Crowell
2nd Place Previously Published Blog – Eric Crowell
2nd Place Previously Published Sports – Garrett Rhynes
2nd Place Previously Published Page Design – Karla Charqueno
2nd Place Previously Published Critical Review – William Whelchel
3rd Place Previously Published Critical Review – William Whelchel
3rd Place Previously Published Page Design – William Whelchel
3rd Place Previously Published Feature – Jacky Lopez
3rd Place Previously Published In-Depth Reporting – Karla Charqueno
3rd Place Previously Published Sports – Kaelie Miller
3rd Place Previously Published Feature Photo – Heather Manuel & Cheyene Howell
Honorable Mention Previously Published Page Design – Garrett Rhynes
Honorable Mention Previously Published Sports – Garrett Rhynes
Honorable Mention Previously Published Blog- Kaelie Miller
Honorable Mention Previously Published Critical Review – William Whelchel
Honorable Mention Previously Published News – Tanner Davis
2016-2017 Awards:
School Newspapers Online Awards:
Site Excellence Award
Oklahoma Scholastic Media Awards:
All-Oklahoman Award
First Place Front Page Design, Division III
Individual Awards:
First Place Previously Published Online Video Package – Heather Manuel, Kaelie Miller & Jersey Gregory
First Place Previously Published Online News – Heather Manuel
First Place Previously Published Online News – Aaron Compton
First Place Previously Published Online Page Design- Jersey Gregory
First Place Previously Published Online Photo Gallery- Mackenzee Crosby
First Place Previously Published Online Inside Page Design- Jersey Gregory
First Place Previously Published Online Blog- Mackenzee Crosby
First Place Previously Published Online Multimedia Package- Jacky Lopez
First Place On-Deadline News – Becky Robnett
First Place On-Deadline Feature- Malli Pingleton
First Place On-Deadline Blog- Mackenzee Crosby
First Place On-Deadline Photo Gallery- Mackenzee Crosby
First Place On-Deadline Page Design- Malli Pingleton
First Place On-Deadline Page Design- Jersey Gregory
First Place On-Deadline Audio News Report- Iris Arredondo
First Place On-Deadline Video/Audio/TV/Web Promotion- Malli Pingleton
First Place On-Deadline Multimedia Paclage- Kaelie Miller
First Place On-Deadline In-Depth Reporting- Angelle Nazareno
Second Place Previously Published Online Video Package- Malli Pingleton, Heather Manuel & Jersey Gregory
Second Place Previously Published Online Opinion Column- Kenzie Tabor
Second Place Previously Published Online Page Design- Kelly Stilwell
Second Place Previously Published Online Photo Gallery- Mackenzee Crosby
Second Place Previously Published Online Inside Page Design- Kelly Stilwell
Second Place Previously Published Online Multimedia Package- Jackson Southard, Nik Newby & Jacob Nowlin
Second Place On-Deadline Sports- Jackson Southard
Second Place On-Deadline Critique- Kelly Stilwell
Second Place On-Deadline Page Design- Becky Robnett
Second Place On-Deadline Page Design- Tyler Mitchell
Second Place On-Deadline Blog- Jersey Gregory
Third Place Previously Published Online Video Package- Malli Pingleton
Third Place Previously Published Online News- Rachel Thompson
Third Place Previously Published Online Opinion Column- Mackenzee Crozby
Third Place Previously Published Online Page Design- Aaron Compton & Kenzie Tabor
Third Place Previously Published Online Photo Gallery- Mackenzee Crosby
Third Place Previously Published Online Inside Page Design- Aaron Compton & Kenzie Tabor
Third Place Previously Published Online Multimedia Package- Malli Pingleton
Third Place On-Deadline Sports- Darren Hawkins
Third Place On-Deadline Critique- Jersey Gregory
Third Place On-Deadline Blog- Jersey Gregory
Third Place On-Deadline Photo Gallery- Jacky Lopez
Third Place On-Deadline Page Design- Jackson Southard
Third Place On-Deadline Sports- Kaelie Miller
Honorable Mention On-Deadline Critique- Taylor Russell
Honorable Mention On-Deadline Page Design- Taylor Russell
Honorable Mention On-Deadline Page Design- Kelly Stilwell
Northeastern State University Media Day Awards
Superior Overall Newspaper
Individual Awards
Second Place On-Site Sports Writing – Becky Robnette
Second Place On-Site Digital Photography – Mackenzee Crosby
Superior News Writing – Becky Robnette
Superior News Writing – Kelly Stilwell
Superior News Writing – Malli Pingleton
Superior News Writing – Tyler Mitchell
Superior News Writing – Jacky Lopez
Superior News Writing – Jersey Gregory
Superior Feature Writing – Jacky Lopez
Excellent Feature Writing – Becky Robnette
Excellent Feature Writing – Malli Pingleton
Excellent Feature Writing – Tyler Mitchell
Excellent Feature Writing – Jersey Gregory
Excellent Feature Writing – Taylor Russell
Excellent Feature Writing – Angelle Nazareno
Honorable Mention Feature Writing – Kaelie Miller
2015-2016 Awards:
Oklahoma Scholastic Media Awards:
All-Oklahoman Award
Lois A. Thomas Adviser of the Year
First Place Front Page Design, Division III
Individual Awards:
First Place Previously Published Online Page Design – Heather Manuel
First Place Previously Published Multimedia Package – Malli Pingleton
First Place On-Deadline Blog – Tiyanna Melendez
First Place Previously Published News – Angelle Nazareno
First Place Previously Published In-Depth Reporting – Angelle Nazareno
First Place On-Deadline In-Depth Reporting – Angelle Nazareno
First Place On-Deadline News Writing – Aaron Compton
First Place On-Deadline Page Design – Aaron Compton
First Place Previously Published Video Package – Mackenzee Crosby
First place On-Deadline Photo Gallery – Mackenzee Crosby
First Place On-Deadline Video – Mackenzee Crosby, Aaron Compton, & Heather Manuel
Second Place On-Deadline Infographic – Heather Manuel
Second Place Previously Published Feature Writing – Heather Manuel
Second Place On-Deadline Blog – Malli Pingleton
Second Place Previously Published Multimedia Package – Tiyanna Melendez
Second Place Previously Published Online Page Design – Aaron Compton
Second Place On-Deadline Photo Gallery – Becky Robnett
Second Place On-Deadlin Critique Column – Chris Henry
Second Place Previously Published Photo Gallery – Wil Rowe
Third Place Previously Published Sports Writing – Becky Robnett
Third Place On-Deadline Critique Column – Kelly Stilwell
Third Place On-Deadline Sports Writing – Darren Hawkins
Honorable Mention Previously Published News Writing
Honorable Mention Previously Published Photo Gallery
2014-2015 Awards:
Oklahoma Scholastic Media Awards:
All-Oklahoman Award
Individual Awards:
First Place Previously Published News Writing – Aaron Compton
First Place On-Deadline Critique Column – Ashley Worth
First Place On-Deadline News Writing – Aaron Compton
Second Place On-Deadline Sports Writing – Darren Hawkins
Second Place Previously Published News Writing – Aaron Compton
