Five journalism students brought home medals from the NSAA State Journalism Competition Monday, April 25, helping the school finish seventh in the State Competition.
The competition provides an avenue for journalism students across the state to compete in timed competitions to determine top finishers in 21 events.
The publications department had nine students qualify to compete in the competition with five bringing home medals in four different categories including a State Champion and State Runner-up.
Tanner Novotny brought home the gold in Sports News Writing and Mary Lawrence finished runner-up in Photo Illustration. In addition to these top two performances, Paige Patton finished third in Yearbook Feature Writing; Shaye Stall placed fourth in Newspaper Layout; and Partrick Ondrak finished fifth inSports News Writing.
Along with the five medalists, seniors Michaela Bartels, Brooke Eisenhauer, and Halle Knigge qualified for the State Competition helping the school finish seventh in the team sweepstakes.
