CLARK COLLEGE 62nd JAZZ FESTIVAL RESULTS (Photo) - 02/03/26

The Dale Beacock Memorial Sweepstakes Trophy Awarded to ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Portland, Oregon

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Clark College hosted three full days of big band jazz at the Annual Clark College Jazz Festival, where sixty middle and high school jazz ensembles from throughout Washington and Oregon performed in this year’s competition. Trophies were presented to the top three jazz ensembles for middle schools and division A through AAAA high schools. Individual outstanding musician and outstanding section awards were also presented at the end of each division’s preliminary competitions. 

At the end of Saturday’s program, the 2026 Dale Beacock Memorial Sweepstakes Trophy was awarded to Roosevelt High School, Portland, Oregon. The winning band will return for a special performance in the next year’s jazz festival held on the last weekend of January. This year, the 2025 Sweepstakes Band, Mountain View I High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Sam Ormson, was spotlighted on Saturday evening.

The 2026 outstanding musician awards were presented as following:

Middle School Silver Jazz Band finals results:

      1^st place – Leona Libby Middle School, West Richland, WA

      2^nd place – Beaumont Middle School, Portland, OR

      3^rd place – Sellwood Middle School, Portland, OR 

A Division Jazz Band finals results:       

      1^st place – South Whidbey High School, Langley, WA

      2^nd place – Seton Catholic High School, Vancouver, WA

      3^rd place – Eckstein Middle School, Seattle, WA

Outstanding Middle School Jazz Musician certificates were presented to:

      Ella Alcock – Chief Umtuch Middle School, Battle Ground, WA

      Scarlette Tenold – Chief Umtuch Middle School, Battle Ground, WA

      Cloe Barnes – Chief Umtuch Middle School, Battle Ground, WA

      Hudson Stose – Laurin Middle School, Battle Ground, WA

      Bella Wilson – Tukes Valley Middle School, Battle Ground, WA

      Jaxson Glover – Tukes Valley Middle School, Battle Ground, WA

      Bear Ricks – Hockinson Middle School, Brush Prairie, WA

      Keira Garrison – View Ridge Middle School, Ridgefield, WA

      Aurora Maayen – VSAA, Vancouver, WA

      Liam Derbin – VSAA, Vancouver, WA

      Joshua Walden – VSAA, Vancouver, WA

      Raul Becerril-Vargas – Wy’East Middle School, Vancouver, WA

      Heiver Mavarez Sivira – Wy’East Middle School, Vancouver, WA

      Natalie Lynch – Beaumont Middle School, Portland, OR

      Charlie Thrasher – Beaumont Middle School, Portland, OR

      Benny Zacks – Beaumont Middle School, Portland, OR

      Raphael Paglia-Brockman – Sellwood Middle School, Portland, OR

      Sam Loh-Menendez – Sellwood Middle School, Portland, OR

      Leo Camacho – Sellwood Middle School, Portland, OR

      Miles Kennedy – Leona Libby Middle School, West Richland, WA

      Andrew Kim – Leona Libby Middle School, West Richland, WA

      Emmy Black – Leona Libby Middle School, West Richland, WA

      Benjamin Larsen – Carmichael Middle School, Richland, WA

      Teagan Sams – Carmichael Middle School, Richland, WA

      Anthony Pfau – Carmichael Middle School, Richland, WA

Outstanding High School Musician awards for the A Division were presented to:

      Julia Vaughan – Eckstein Middle School, Seattle, WA

      Lucille Helms – South Whidbey High School, Langley, WA

      Liam Watkins– South Whidbey High School, Langley, WA

      Benjamin Jaimes – La Center High School, La Center, WA

      Jeremy Solis – Henrietta Lacks High School, Vancouver, WA

      Kyler Dixon – Seton Catholic High School, Vancouver, WA

Outstanding Middle School Jazz Section Awards were presented to:

      Outstanding Rhythm Section – Leona Libby Middle School

      Outstanding Saxophone Section – Beaumont Middle School

      Outstanding Trumpet Section – Sellwood Middle School

      Outstanding Trombone Section – Carmichael Middle School

Outstanding Section Awards for Division “A” were presented to:

      Outstanding Rhythm Section – Eckstein Middle School

      Outstanding Saxophone Section – Seton Catholic High School

      Outstanding Trumpet Section – South Whidbey High School

      Outstanding Trombone Section – South Whidbey High School 

Friday, January 30, 2026

AA and AAA Division High School Jazz Band finals results:

AA Division:  1^st place – Richland High School Jazz III, Richland, WA

               2^nd place – Mountain View High School Jazz II, Vancouver, WA

               3^rd place – Grant High School Jazz III, Portland, OR

AAA Division: 1^st place – Hockinson High School, Brush Prairie, WA

               2^nd place – Mt. Spokane High School Jazz I, Spokane, WA

               3^rd place – Mead High School Jazz II, Spokane, WA

Outstanding High School Musician Awards for the AA Division were presented to:

      Paxton Henry – Grant High School, Portland, OR

      Kelly Pfam – Richland High School, Richland, WA

      Benjamin Gomez – Richland High School, Richland, WA

      MJ Manano-Willis – Mt. Spokane High School, Mead, WA

      Asa Smith – Mt. Spokane High School, Mead, WA

      Asher Bolotski – Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle, WA

      Chet Martin – Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle, WA

      Zandy Owens – Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle, WA

      Luke Detert – Ingraham High School, Seattle, WA

      Asher Baughn – Ingraham High School, Seattle, W

      Levi Caldwell – Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, WA

      Thomas Eustice – Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, WA

      Furious Hill – Columbia River High School, Vancouver, WA

      Aiden Servino – Heritage High School, Vancouver, WA

      Cody Halley – Prairie High School, Vancouver, WA

      Brandon Felton - Prairie High School, Vancouver, WA

      Calle Rude – Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA

      Byron Jimenez – Mountain View High School, Vancouver, WA

      Penelope Griffin – Mountain View High School, Vancouver, WA

      Reginald Kellon – Mountain View High School, Vancouver, WA

Outstanding High School Musician Awards for the AAA Division were presented to:

      Danyyil Zelyanovskyy – Lake Oswego High School, Lake Oswego, OR

      Finn Frost – Grant High School, Portland, OR

      Iris Ruthruff – Grant High School, Portland, OR

      Charlie Moore – Mead High School, Spokane, WA

      Brayden Craft – Mt. Spokane High School, Mead, WA

      Elliot Cong – Mt. Spokane High School, Mead, WA

      Daniel Affeldt – Mt. Spokane High School, Mead, WA

      Gavin Gregort – Mt. Spokane High School, Mead, WA

      Parker Jisa – Richland High School, Richland, WA

      Andrew Lee – Kamiak High School, Mukilteo, WA

      Sylvie Sylvander – Ingraham High School, Seattle, WA

      Nathan Doyle – Ingraham High School, Seattle, WA

      Beckett Van Dyck – Ingraham High School, Seattle, WA

      Sarah Boehi – Hockinson High School, Brush Prairie, WA

      Oliver Armstrong – Hockinson High School, Brush Prairie, WA

      Parker Dunn – Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA

      Shane Ward – Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA

      John Cannon – Heritage High School, Vancouver, WA

      Adrian Baraiac – Union High School, Vancouver, WA

      Enzo Sander – Union High School, Vancouver, WA

      George Powell – VSAA, Vancouver, WA

      Harry Rosenberg – VSAA, Vancouver, WA

Outstanding High School AA Jazz Section Awards were presented to:

      Outstanding Rhythm Section –  Mountain View High School Jazz II

      Outstanding Saxophone Section – Grant High School Jazz III

      Outstanding Trumpet Section – Mt. Spokane High School Jazz II

      Outstanding Trombone Section – Richland High School Jazz III

Outstanding High School AAA Jazz Section Awards were presented to:

      Outstanding Rhythm Section – Hockinson High School

      Outstanding Saxophone Section – Hockinson High School

      Outstanding Trumpet Section – Mt. Spokane High School

      Outstanding Trombone Section – Grant High School

Saturday, January 31, 2026

AAAA Division High School Jazz Band finals results:

       1^st Place – Garfield High School Jazz I, Seattle, WA

        2^nd Place – Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR

        3^rd Place – Mead High School Jazz I, Spokane, WA

Outstanding High School Musician Awards for the AAAA Division were presented to:

      Eliot Kim – Westview High School, Portland, OR

      Luka Schrock – Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR

      Zyler Modderman – Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR

      Sari Isreb – Grant High School, Portland, OR

      Elaina Stuppler – Lakeridge High School – Lake Oswego, OR

      Josue Sanzhez Badillo – A.C. Davis High School, Yakima, WA

      Bryan Sanchez-Martinez – A.C. Davis High School, Yakima, WA

      Sawyer Lohrmann – Bothell High School, Bothell, WA

      Kayla Ang – Bothell High School, Bothell, WA

      Sean Calkins – Bothell High School, Bothell, WA

      Lucjan Brant-Zawadski – Kamiak High School, Mukilteo, WA

      Ian Park – Kamiak High School, Mukilteo, WA

      Johnathan Yven – Henry Jackson High School, Everett, WA

      Lucas Adams – Henry Jackson High School, Everett, WA

      Andrew Bae– Henry Jackson High School, Everett, WA

      Ronan Scott – Richland High School, Richland, WA

      Cole Roxburgh – Richland High School, Richland, WA

      Kylie Forston – Lake Stevens High School, Lake Stevens, WA

      Cameron Proff – Lake Stevens High School, Lake Stevens, WA

      Greyson Stainbrook – Lake Stevens High School, Lake Stevens, WA

      Dominick Weckerly – Sherwood High School, Sherwood, WA

      Elliott Beck – Garfield High School, Seattle, WA

      Elijah King – Garfield High School, Seattle, WA

      Hank Sebnhg – Garfield High School, Seattle, WA

      Jace Samaha – Mead High School, Spokane, WA

      Valin Gabriel – Mead High School, Spokane, WA

      Caroline Beaulieu – Camas High School, Camas, WA

      Elijah Lenneck – Battle Ground High School, Battle Ground, WA

      Temperance Gillis – Battle Ground High School, Battle Ground, WA

      Natalie Costello – Union High School, Camas, WA

      Aubrey Grier – Prairie High School, Vancouver, WA

Outstanding High School Section Awards for the AAAA Division were presented to:

      Outstanding Rhythm Section – Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR

      Outstanding Saxophone Section – Lake Stevens High School Jazz I, Lake Stevens, WA

      Outstanding Trumpet Section – Richland High School Jazz I, Richland, WA

      Outstanding Trombone Section – Mead High School Jazz I, Spokane, WA

About the Annual Clark College Jazz Festival

Clark College Music program offers a dynamic curriculum in theory, performance, appreciation, and history. Designed for both music majors preparing for advanced study, and non-majors seeking a deeper cultural connection, the program blends academic rigor with hands-on performance opportunities. Faculty bring professional experience to guide students in building skills and confidence for future careers in the arts. Students can explore pursuits in concert band, jazz ensemble, orchestra, and choir. Learn more about Clark’s Music program.

For complete information about the Clark College Music Department concerts including the orchestra, concert band, jazz ensemble, and choirs, visit: http://www.clark.edu/campus-life/arts-events/music/music-concerts.

For a full roster of Clark College music events, visit www.clark.edu/cc/music. 

Founded in 1933, Clark College is Southwest Washington’s largest public institution of higher education. Clark College provides residents of Southwest Washington with affordable, high-quality academic and technical education. This public community college offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs, including bachelor’s and associate degrees; professional certificates; high school diplomas and GED preparation; and non-credit community and continuing education. Clark serves almost 10,000 students including high school students, veterans, displaced workers, multilingual and mature learners. About three-quarters of its students are the first in their families to attend college.  

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