ANGOLA — Six students from Steuben County schools have qualified for the Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair.

Qualifiers were selected in judging at the Northeastern Indiana Tri-State Regional Fair at Trine University. Elementary and middle school projects were judged virtually. High school projects were judged in person in Best Hall.
Judging of the 34th annual state competition will be done in Zoom meetings.

Angola High School — Ava Budek (10) and Isabella Budek (11);
Ryan Park Elementary School — Lily Hoff (4), Cooper Leininger and Connor Reardon (5); and Fremont Middle School — Emma Creager (7).

They are among 20 students selected for the state competition from the regional entrants. The other 14, all from DeKalb County, are: DeKalb Central Schools — Abigail Todd (4); DeKalb High School — Olivia Woodcox (10), Christopher Schweitzer (10), Silas Refner (9), Gavin Kling (12), Matthias Hefty (10) and Olivia Rigby (11); DeKalb Middle School — Titus Refner (8); Garrett Middle School — Abby Thomas (8), Kylie Bergman (6), Sydney Suelzer and Bailey Hedges (8); Riverdale Elementary School — Olivia Lehrman (6); and St. Joseph Elementary School — Isaac Hefty (5).

Students from DeKalb, Steuben, Noble and LaGrange counties competed by entering their projects in the regional science fair.