NEWPORT BEACH
A pair of Newport Beach students prevailed over hundreds of their peers in a weekend countywide academic competition. Buck Evans, a sixth-grader at Newport Heights Elementary School, and Shannon Woodruff, a seventh-grader at Ensign Intermediate School, each won a blue ribbon Saturday in the Orange County Scholastic Foundation’s second annual contest.
Buck and Shannon each took first-place honors in their respective grade levels in the subject of U.S. history. Students in the one-day competition took tests covering 12 subjects, including U.S. history, math, Greek mythology and cultural literacy.
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