The U.S. District Court in Idaho named six high school students as winners of a civics contest.
Ben Moody, a homeschooled senior in Kuna, won first place and $1,000, while Isaac Reitz, a Fruitland High School sophomore, won second place and $500. The third place winner was Teresa Fong, a sophomore at Meridian Technical Charter High School and won $250.
The three students competed in the essay category.
Winners of the video category were: Meridian Technical Charter High School junior Braxton Smith, first place; Blackfoot High School senior Georgette Cardiel, second place; and Meridian Technical Charter High School junior Carter Spencer, third place.
The 9th Circuit takes in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, the U.S. territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
