Neosho, MO –Crowder College Roughrider baseball team won the Region 16 tournament this past weekend. Kolton Reynolds was named Region 16 Player of the Year. Reynolds (Huntsville, AR) plays outfield for the Roughriders
Region 16 All-Defensive team honors were awarded to Swofford and Reynolds.
The Roughrider are 47-13 (ranked #8 in NJCAA polls) will continue play in the South Central District tournament May 16-19, versus Region 2 winner Seminole State in a best of three series. The winner will advance to the Alpine Bank NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, CO.
Neosho, MO – The winners of the annual contest for the Crowder Quill literary and art magazine of Crowder College have been announced and published in the 2024 edition.
For the 2024 contest, 694 entries were received, and 103 entries awarded and published. The Crowder Quill will be mailed to winning entrants, and the magazine is available at Crowder College campuses and in the community.
A digital copy of the Crowder Quill is available at www.CrowderQuill.com, as well as information about how to enter next year’s contest, which is already open. Updates are provided on Facebook and Instagram as digital media marketing students practice and provide digital and social media content.
Begun in 1980, the Quill is published each spring; the contest deadline is Feb. 1 each year, and divisions are high school, Crowder, and the community within 100 miles of any Crowder campus. The categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 2D art, 3D art, digital art, color photography, and black and white photography. The magazine and contest are both free.
The magazine was produced in the Digital Marketing Applied Graphics course by the following students: Hannah Allen, Joplin; Melody Burton, Anderson; Diana Enamorado, Carthage; Gavin Hollingshead, Joplin; Stacy Kern, Stotts City; Zackery Pierce, Pineville; Jaelyn Swaffar, Joplin; Saydee Wheeler, Goodman; Terri White, Joplin; and adviser Latonia Bailey, Neosho.
All published entrants receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention, as follows:
Lillyann
Bell
Poetry
Alba
MO
High School
Silver
Tears
Webb City
Maddie
Allison
Nonfiction
Anderson
MO
High School
Bronze
All-American Pressure
McDonald County
Lyriq
Bartley*
Fiction
Anderson
MO
High School
Gold
Lovely Garden
McDonald County
scholarship
Lyriq
Bartley*
Nonfiction
Anderson
MO
High School
Gold
Void in My Heart
McDonald County
scholarship
Sierra
Wilson
Color Photography
Anderson
MO
Community
Silver
Bridge to Paradise
Steve
Wilson
B&W Photography
Anderson
MO
Community
Bronze
Now
Tiffany
Blevins
3D Art
Anderson
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
Nvwoti
Kim
McCully-Mobley
Nonfiction
Aurora
MO
Community
Bronze
I Can Only Imagine
Carlito
Johnson
Color Photography
Blytheville
AR
Crowder
Honorable Mention
Sunset
Lydia
Churchill*
Poetry
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Gold
The Persistence of Dandelions
Carl Junction
scholarship
Olivia
Doss
3D Art
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
A Proposal
Carl Junction
Avari
Fifer
2D Art
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Silver
Overgrowth
Carl Junction
Lexi
Judy
B&W Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Bronze
The Night Sky
Carl Junction
Lexi
Judy
Color Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
True Blue
Carl Junction
Miya
Lawson
2D Art
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
Tension
Carl Junction
Brooklin
Leggett
Color Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Silver
Under the Sea
Carl Junction
Ezekiel
Murray
2D Art
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Bronze
Red Panda
Carl Junction
Jenna
Wells
B&W Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Silver
Unspoken Heights
Carl Junction
Cashton
Wheeler*
B&W Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Gold
Ghost Town Sadness
Carl Junction
scholarship
Cashton
Wheeler
Color Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Bronze
Crater Lake Summer
Carl Junction
Isabelle
Wheeler*
Color Photography
Carl Junction
MO
High School
Gold
Remembering a Dream
Carl Junction
scholarship
Elijah
Mazariegos
Color Photography
Carterville
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
Wavy
Sausha
Miller
Nonfiction
Carthage
MO
Crowder
Silver
One Country, Two Opinions
Ahuli
Dewolfe
Nonfiction
Cassville
MO
High School
Silver
Defining Disability
Cassville
Susan
Eschbach
Fiction
Cassville
MO
Community
Bronze
The Traveler
Prix
Gautney
Fiction
Cassville
MO
Community
Silver
Big Black Horse and an Apple Tree
Raylin
Gomen
3D Art
Cassville
MO
Crowder
Bronze
Journey of the Tree of Life
Lorenzo
Rogers
Poetry
Cassville
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
The Burnt Bridge
Cassville
Linda
Sartin
Nonfiction
Cassville
MO
Community
Gold
Our Comet
Linda
Sartin
Poetry
Cassville
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
In Memory
Megan
Schlotz
Nonfiction
Cassville
MO
Crowder
Bronze
My Rock
Kristen
Stough
Fiction
Cassville
MO
Crowder
Gold
The Reaper Meets a Frightened Child
Aubree
Chisam
3D Art
Crane
MO
Community
Bronze
Seashells and Stained Glass
Lindsey
Hobson
Fiction
Diamond
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
Hunted
Patti
Steel
B&W Photography
Fayetteville
AR
Community
Gold
Belly Dancer
Patti
Steel
Color Photography
Fayetteville
AR
Community
Honorable Mention
Bird on a Wire
Atlas
Imhof
Fiction
Galena
KS
High School
Silver
Earth’s Angel
Riverton High
Atlas
Imhof
Poetry
Galena
KS
High School
Bronze
Moving Away
Riverton High
Dawn
Kimmel
2D Art
Granby
MO
Community
Bronze
Under the Native Moon
Michelle
Pugh
2D Art
Irwin
MO
Crowder
Bronze
Nebulous
Michelle
Pugh
3D Art
Irwin
MO
Crowder
Silver
Green Bowl
Jace
Chaligoj*
3D Art
Joplin
MO
High School
Gold
Wheel Thrown Bowl
Carl Junction
scholarship
Amber
Davidson
2D Art
Joplin
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
Mountain Morning
Evelyn
Hudnall*
Digital Art
Joplin
MO
High School
Gold
Lincoln Monument
Carl Junction
scholarship
Max
Mitchell
Digital Art
Joplin
MO
Community
Gold
Ruin of the Coastal Monarch
Alexandra
Olson
Fiction
Joplin
MO
High School
Bronze
Young Dumb Love
Joplin High
John
Shiflett
2D Art
Joplin
MO
Community
Gold
The King of Sumatra
Billie Holladay
Skelley
Nonfiction
Joplin
MO
Community
Silver
Live Like the Violet
Billie Holladay
Skelley
Poetry
Joplin
MO
Community
Gold
A Neutral Life
Joshua
Weaver
Digital Art
Joplin
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
Music Has the Power
Joplin High
Lacey
Wilson
3D Art
Joplin
MO
High School
Silver
Speaking of Me
Carl Junction
Amber
Davidson
B&W Photography
Joplin
MO
Community,
Silver
Little Havana
Winnie
Jakaitis
Poetry
Joplin
MO
Crowder
Gold
What Keeps Me Awake
Dalton
Schlichting
Nonfiction
Lamar
MO
Crowder
Gold
FACT! Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie
Kira
Hickman
Digital Art
Lanagan
MO
High School
Silver
Dream Reality
McDonald County
Ron Reed
Smith
Fiction
Loma Linda
MO
Community
Gold
The Yarb Doctor’s Magic
Abbigail
Beaver
B&W Photography
Monett
MO
Crowder
Silver
Puppy Love
Tyler
Dallis
3D Art
Monett
MO
Community
Silver
Will I Ever Have a Family of My Own?
Cailey
Storms
Color Photography
Monett
MO
Crowder
Silver
Photography of Japan
Lori
Gibbs
Color Photography
Monett
MO
Crowder
Bronze
The Bus to the Barn
Abigail
Bremer
2D Art
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Gold
Auge
Amani
Firestone
2D Art
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Silver
Roots
David
Frisbie
Color Photography
Neosho
MO
Community
Bronze
Turret View, Great Wall
Emma
Giebler
Nonfiction
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Honorable Mention
Christmas Puppy
Venita
Henson
3D Art
Neosho
MO
Community
Gold
Skye Story Teller
Venita
Henson
Fiction
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Silver
Ghost
Suzanne
Johnson
Poetry
Neosho
MO
Community
Bronze
What Do You See?
Terrin
Mcilvaine
Fiction
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Bronze
Clipped
Terrin
Mcilvaine
Poetry
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Honorable Mention
Made for Sorrow
John
Mills
2D Art
Neosho
MO
Community
Silver
Neosho’s Big Spring Park
Cover
Rachel
Remington
Poetry
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Bronze
15 Years
Eden
Stewart
2D Art
Neosho
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
Coffee Maiden
Eden
Stewart
Digital Art
Neosho
MO
Community
Bronze
Billy the Goat
Brad
Stout
Digital Art
Neosho
MO
Community
Bronze
A Real Scorcher
Lalani
Yang
2D Art
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Honorable Mention
Nature’s Angel
Lalani
Yang
Digital Art
Neosho
MO
Crowder
Gold
Open Gate
Lacey
Nix
2D Art
Noel
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
Ferry Boat
McDonald County
Emi
Kuschel
Poetry
Ozark
MO
Community
Silver
I Think They Hear Me Whisper
Kaitlynn
Howell
Color Photography
Pineville
MO
Crowder
Gold
Lighting
Daniel
McGuffey
Nonfiction
Pineville
MO
High School
Honorable Mention
Find Yourself
McDonald County
David
Zacharias
B&W Photography
Pittsburg
KS
Community
Honorable Mention
Lower Fox Creek School
David
Zacharias
Color Photography
Pittsburg
KS
Community
Gold
Petrified Dunes
David
Zacharias
Digital Art
Pittsburg
KS
Community
Silver
Page AZ
Kaitlyn
Mustain*
2D Art
Powell
MO
High School
Gold
Nest Egg
McDonald County
scholarship
Cecilia
Monsalvo
3D Art
South West City
MO
High School
Bronze
Speckled Mugs
McDonald County
Joselyn
Lopez
B&W Photography
Springdale
AR
Crowder
Gold
Part of the World
Brock
Bearden
Nonfiction
Texarkana
TX
Crowder
Honorable Mention
A Brave Road Trip
Lives in the dorm
Janaya
Erwin
Poetry
Washburn
MO
Crowder
Silver
Lament of a Lost Soul
Jammie
Graves
Color Photography
Webb City
MO
Community
Honorable Mention
Works of Arc
Carsyn
Stephenson
3D Art
Webb City
MO
Crowder
Gold
Undone in Silence
* $500 scholarships are available to the high school gold winners for each category in the Crowder Quill literary/art contest. The one-time scholarship is for the top high school winner in each category: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, digital art, 2D art, and 3D art.
