Students compete in history contest

Three Hillsboro Middle School students competed March 5 at the Kansas History Day regional competition in Manhattan.

Sixth-grader Lanna Wagner competed in the junior division individual exhibit and won with her project on “Gaining Women’s Suffrage.”

Abi Hurst and Kalen Moss, seventh-grade students, competed in the junior division group exhibit, earning third with their project “Cowboy Diplomacy.”

All three qualified for the state competition in April in Topeka.