Kingfisher High School’s photography students excelled again this year in the Oklahoma City Camera Club Youth Photo Contest, winning top placings in every category and earning slots in national competition for 13 photos.

All told, KHS student photographers, taught by Dr. A.J. Johnson, earned four of six first place awards, four of six second place awards and three of six third place awards in the print division and five of six first place, four of six second place and two of six third place awards in the digital division, as well as 20 of the 48 total honorable mentions awarded.

The contest drew 499 total entries from 10 high schools, which competed head-to-head, regardless of enrollment size.

Kingfisher’s Max Rayner earned best of show in the digital division with his first place winning photograph in the monochrome photographer’s choice category.

A print version of the same photo also placed first in the print division’s monochrome category and Rayner earned a second place in photographer’s choice in the digital division with a different photograph.

Other local photographers whose work was selected for entry in national competition included:

•Jeremiah Hill, who earned a first place in photographer’s choice and first in scapes in the digital division and two honorable mentions in photographer’s choice in the print division.

•Ashton Wensman, who earned first place and honorable mention in the photographer’s choice category and honorable mention in the monochrome photographer’s choice and scapes categories in the print division and second place in photojournalism and honorable mentions in monochrome photographer’s choice and scapes in the digital division.

•Priscilla DelaTorre, who earned second place in monochrome photographer’s choice and honorable mentions in photographer’s choice and people or animals in the print division and third in photographer’s choice and honorable mention in people or animals in the digital division.

•Rob Gruntmeir, who earned a second in photojournalism and a second in scapes in the print division.

•Emma Waltman, who earned a second in photojournalism, digital division, and honorable mention in photographer’s choice, print division.

•Olivia Wilcox, who earned a second in monochrome photographer’s choice and honorable mention in scapes in the digital division.

Other local student results included:

•Grace Stinnett – second and third, photographer’s choice; honorable mention, people or animals, print division.

•Jackson McCormick – first, photojournalism, print; honorable mention, photographer’s choice, both print and digital.

•Tim Clark – first, photojournalism; honorable mentions, architecture and scapes, digital, and third in photojournalism and scapes, print.

•Maddi Kamas – first, people or animals, digital; honorable mention, people or animals, print.

•Jessica Kincheloe – first, scapes, print.

•Logan Mills – honorable mention, photographer’s choice, digital.

•Itzel Velarde – honorable mention, photographer’s choice, digital.

•Braden Burns – honorable mention, people or animals, digital.

•Hayden Wittrock – third, scapes, digital.