Sandy Creek High School sophomore Doug Niggley submitted an English

project and came out a $2,500 scholarship winner in a

contest sponsored by Home Box Office. His entry, a

Monopoly-type game, renamed "Negropoly,"

took second place in a nationwide creative expression

competition held in conjunction with Spike Lee's

documentary "Four Little Girls." The movie aired

on HBO this past spring and recalled the Alabama church

bombing in 1963 which took the lives of four young girls.

Niggley said he was surprised that he won, but got a

hint that he was in the running for a top prize when he was

contacted by an HBO representative and asked for his

Social Security number. He later received a book, a certificate

signed by Lee and a check which he has deposited into a mutual

fund account.

Niggley said he anticipates a civil engineering career:

"I like to create things and solve problems," which is

exactly what he did with his prize winning game.

"I made the board and the money and community

chest cards," Niggley said. "I wanted to do more, but I just ran out

of time."

The Negropoly game incorporates various challenges

and obstacles encountered during the fight for civil rights

during the turbulent '60s. Niggley admitted he didn't know

much about the period until he got involved in the project.

Niggley is the son of Richard and Joyce Niggley of Tyrone.

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