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Year in Review: Local Doodler Makes Good

Second-grader Matteo Lopez put Monte Verde Elementary School on the map this year when his drawing won the Doodle 4 Google contest.

As part of South San Francisco Patch's year-end coverage, we're looking back at some of the biggest stories that unfolded over the course of 2011.

South City got a new hero this year, in the form of a second-grade drawing whiz. 

beat out 107,000 entries in the Doodle 4 Google contest and won the honor of having his depiction of the Google logo . He also won a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for .

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Back home, the accolades for Matteo didn't stop. He was awarded , and . His outer-space themed drawing even won him a trip to space camp.

Check out the headlines below to see how Matteo made South City proud in 2011.

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