Stadium High School led South Sound schools in its showing at the recent Washington State Solo and Ensemble Contest.

Here are South Sound music groups and students who placed in the top three of their categories:

 • TJ String Octect, Thomas Jefferson High, strings-large, first place.

 • Stadium Flute Quintet, Stadium High, woodwinds-large, second place.

 • Piccolo Party, Stadium High, brass-small, first place.

 • PHS Flute Horn Duet, Puyallup High, third place.

 • Men’s Quartet, Curtis High, men’s vocal-small, first place.

 • Deer Partridge, Curtis High, mixed vocal-small, second place.

 • Norselanders, Puyallup High, mixed vocal-large, second place.

 • A Cappella Choir, Spanaway Lake, mixed vocal-large, third place.

 • Greg Rufener, Enumclaw High, clarinet, second place.

 • Elliot Anderson, North Thurston High, oboe-English horn, third place.

 • Joseph Bozich, Emerald Ridge High, soprano-alto saxophone, first place.

 • Benjamin Roidl-Ward, Stadium High, bassoon, first place.

 • Daniel Higgins, Graham-Kapowsin High, alto-bass clarinet, first place.

 • Laura Strong, Stadium High, tenor-baritone saxophone, first place.

 • Neil Hulbert, Stadium High, trumpet-cornet, first place.

 • Nathan Bosen, Puyallup High, French horn, third place.

 • Jericho Urmenita, Auburn Mountainview High, snare drum, second place.

 • Joseph Williams, Stadium High, piano, third place.

 • Melanie Stambaugh, Emerald Ridge High, mallets, first place.

 • Evan Hulbert, Stadium High, string bass, first place.

 • Kenneth Shields, Foss High, string bass, second place.

 • Christina Johnson, Puyallup High, mezzo soprano, vocal-women, second place.

 • Stephanie Reagan, Bellarmine Preparatory, mezzo soprano, vocal-women, second place.

 • Gerianne Perkins, Spanaway Lake High, alto, vocal-women, second place.

 • John Marzano, Stadium High, tenor, vocal-men, third place.

Debby Abe, The News Tribune