'Sled Zeppelin': Winners Of MassDOT Plow Naming Contest Revealed

MASSACHUSETTS — Someday, Sled Zeppelin, Plower Ranger or Luke Snowalker might come to your rescue.

MassDOT on Friday revealed the winners of a snowplow naming contest launched last year. The state challenged elementary and middle school students to come up with their best snow puns to name 12 MassDOT plows used to clear state roads and highways in winter.

The 12 winning names came from classrooms across the state, from Pittsfield to Boston. Each winning class will get a $100 gift card for supplies, and a visit from the plow they named, according to MassDOT.

The Massachusetts contest took a cue from Vermont, which has been letting students name plows for the past two winter seasons, bestowing about 250 plows with names like Super Plow Snow Pants, Lord Snowdemort and Fast and Flurrious.

MassDOT employees picked the winning names, with two winning classrooms for each of the six MassDOT highway divisions. The contest was open to two grade levels: kindergarten through 4th, and 5th through 8th.

Here are the winning schools and names from MassDOT's contest:

• 4th graders from Crosby Elementary School, Pittsfield — Flurry Fighter
• 3rd graders from Munger Hill School, Westfield — Luke Snowalker
• 1st graders from Reingold Elementary School, Fitchburg — Plower Ranger
• 4th graders from John F. Kennedy School, Somerville — Sherlock Snowmes
• Kindergarteners from Wilkins Elementary School, Stoughton — Snowdrop
• 2nd graders from JFK Elementary School, Canton — Arctic Beast
• 6th graders from Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School, Shelburne Falls — Sled Zeppelin
• 5th graders from Hadley Elementary School — Snow day, No Way
• 8th graders from Tahanto Middle-High School, Boylston — Blizzard Wizard
• 5th graders from TEC Connections Academy Online School, Malden — Snow Big Deal
• 7th graders from Wamsutta Middle School, Attleboro — Snow Time to Lose
• 5th graders from James F. Condon School, Boston — Blizzard of Oz