{"id":25697,"date":"2025-10-27T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/25697\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:40:08","slug":"long-beach-students-spook-us-during-scary-stories-contest-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/25697\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach students spook us during Scary Stories Contest \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach students succeeded in their mission \u2014 they frightened us, disturbed us, creeped us out.<\/p>\n<p>The Press-Telegram\u2019s annual Scary Stories Contest was another spooky success, with hundreds of Long Beach students submitting terrifying tales and dreadful drawings.<\/p>\n<p>The Halloween tradition asks students to compete to tell the best stories or create the most compelling artwork across three divisions: elementary school, middle school and high school. Today, we present the top three stories and drawings in each division. To read all of the stories, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/tag\/scary-stories-contest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2025\/10\/27\/and-the-press-telegrams-2025-scary-stories-contest-winners-for-elementary-school-are\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elementary school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stories:<\/p>\n<p>First place: \u201cThe Floating Book\u201d by Story Baughfman, fourth grade, Los Cerritos Elementary School.<br \/>\nSecond place: \u201cCamp Murder\u201d by Isabella Torres Brava, fifth grade, Kettering Elementary School.<br \/>\nThird place: \u201cThe Mysterious Building\u201d by Savannah Grace Hopkin, third grade, Minnie Gant Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Drawings:<\/p>\n<p>First place: Evan Baughfman, fourth grade, Los Cerritos Elementary School.<br \/>\nSecond place: Griffin Taucher, 10 years old, Lowell Elementary School.<br \/>\nThird place: Madison Frazee, fifth grade, St. Joseph Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2025\/10\/27\/and-the-press-telegrams-2025-scary-stories-contest-winners-for-middle-school-are\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Middle school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stories:<\/p>\n<p>First place: \u201cThe Lullaby\u201d by Lillian Calvario, eighth grade, St. Joseph Catholic School.<br \/>\nSecond place: \u201cAnother Act\u201d by Hazel Ivie-Valle, eighth grade, Leland Stanford Middle School.<br \/>\nThird place: \u201cWhy you Should be Afraid of Spiders\u201d\u00a0 by Leah Payne, eighth grade, Leland Stanford Middle School.<\/p>\n<p>Drawings:<\/p>\n<p>First place: Janet Yim, seventh grade, Nelson Academy.<br \/>\nSecond place: Victor Cardona, seventh grade, Stephens Middle School.<br \/>\nThird place: Max Salgado, sixth grade, Stephens Middle School.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2025\/10\/27\/and-the-press-telegrams-2025-scary-stories-contest-winners-for-high-school-are\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stories:<\/p>\n<p>First place: Aaron Lim, 12th grade, Poly High.<br \/>\nSecond place: Isabella Acosta, 10th grade, Poly High.<br \/>\nThird place: Francisco Morales, 10th grade, Poly High.<\/p>\n<p>Drawings:<\/p>\n<p>First place: Zion Hontiveros, 14 years old, Renaissance High School For The Arts.<br \/>\nSecond place: Emily De La Rosa, 12th grade, St. Anthony High School.<br \/>\nThird place: Lyric Transfiguracion, 11th grade, California Academy of Math and Science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach students succeeded in their mission \u2014 they frightened us, disturbed us, creeped us out. 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