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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 – Maddie Manning

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

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