LAWRENCE Humboldt High Schools journalism students may have been on cloud nine Saturday, or at least a higher stratosphere than pretty much any other school in the state.
Humboldts student journalists easily outdistanced all others in winning the Kansas Scholastic Press Association Class 2A state contest, the ninth straight state crown for HHS.
Students are rated in 22 different categories. Humboldt earned 63 points for the title. (The second place school earned 24.)
This year marks the 23rd state sweepstakes championship title during the programs existence.
Individual results follow:
Sydney Barker, first place in yearbook sports writing.
Taylor Beeman, first place in online photo gallery and in photo illustration and honorable mention in student life photography.
Marisha Collins, honorable mention in copy editing and news page design.
Alayna Johnson, second place in yearbook copy writing and honorable mention in yearbook layout.
Emma Johnson, third place in infographics and honorable mention in news page design.
Teryn Johnson, honorable mention in sports writing.
Hannah Krone, honorable mention in editorial cartoon.
Aricah McCall, honorable mention in advertising.
Alex Melendez, second place in online photo gallery and honorable mention in academics photography, cutline writing and sports photography.
Samuel Neely, second place in copy editing.
Madison Riebel, second place in photo illustration.
Nikki Turner, second place in headline writing and design and in infographics.
Tori White, first place in student life photography.
