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Oklahoma Voice welcomes Ylleana Berryhill as its summer intern
Ylleana Berryhill has joined Oklahoma Voice as a summer intern. (Photo by Barbara Hoberock/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY – Ylleana Berryhill has joined Oklahoma Voice as its summer intern. Part of the Inasmuch Foundation's Community Fellowship Class, Berryhill, 20, finished her sophomore year at Rose State College in Midwest City, working as associate editor of the campus newspaper. A graduate of Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Berryhill plans to attend University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond this fall and pursue a degree in professional media. 'I like shedding light on things that people otherwise wouldn't have known about, giving people a voice as well and uplifting issues and uplifting people,' she said. After graduation, she plans to pursue a career in statehouse reporting. 'We're excited to partner with Inasmuch Foundation to give Ylleana an opportunity to strengthen her state government reporting skills,' said Janelle Stecklein, Oklahoma Voice editor. 'She's a great asset to our newsroom.' Berryhill's internship runs from June 2 until Aug. 1. 'Oklahoma Voice is really focussed on state government reporting,' she said. 'And that was something I was really, really interested in learning about and exploring.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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19-02-2025
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Claremore cinches state Academic Bowl title
Claremore High School's Academic Bowl team won the Class 5A state championship Feb. 1, beating last year's winners for the title. The championship took place at Rose State College in Midwest City. Claremore High School won its first three rounds, defeating Booker T. Washington High School from Tulsa, Classen School of Advanced Studies from Oklahoma City and El Reno High School. The team lost to last year's Class 5A state champions, Tulsa's Bishop Kelley High School, in the next round — but Claremore's subsequent victory over Bishop Kelley in the final round won the Zebras the state title. Senior Campbell Crum, the team captain, said he didn't expect to win until the last 30 seconds. The team placed second last year and fourth the year before. "To be honest, it hasn't been too close the past few years, but it was great going out on a win," Crum said. Another senior, Christian Holland, said he expected to win because Claremore had beaten some of the other teams at the state championship earlier in the season. "It was amazing, and I carry my medal everywhere for fun now," Holland said. "I knew we could do it if we had the right combination of people." Drew Cummings, the team's coach, said the competition was possibly the most stressful professional experience he's had, but it paid off to see his team win. He said it reflected the hard work the students put in preparing for the competition throughout the year. Each Academic Bowl match has four quarters, Cummings said. The first and third quarters are "toss-up" rounds, in which the moderator reads a question and both teams get one chance to answer it correctly. The second and fourth quarters are lighting rounds, in which a team gets a minute to answer as many questions as possible from three categories. Cummings said questions cover a broad variety of topics, from school subjects such as math, science, English and history to pop culture and current events. "If it's a subject that can be learned, it's a subject they will ask questions about," Cummings said. "For some reason, NASCAR comes up more often than you think it should." Claremore High School offers Academic Bowl as a class, which Kreps said was a blessing that allowed the students to have enough time to practice while staying on top of their other school work. Holland said the students spend the class period researching subjects that come up often, such as literature and geography, and squaring off in practice matches. "The team is very friendly, and that makes everyone more confident," Holland said. "Seeing each other win makes us feel strong." Crum said one pivotal moment of the competition came when freshman Nathan Howard correctly answered all 10 questions in a category during a lightning round. Crum said another came when Holland used his chemistry knowledge to boost the team through a round that required students to provide the element directly to the left of a given element on the periodic table — "They were all easy," Holland said. Kreps said Crum saved the team early in the competition when he won a sudden-death showdown against Classen. The question asked which Roman leader transitioned Rome from a republic to an empire, and Crum correctly answered "Julius Caesar." Kreps said it took the whole team's contributions to win the state championship. "I am extremely grateful to have been a part of a team that made CHS history," Kreps said.
