Abraham Lincoln HS
Nicky Ervin
1st Place: Editorial Cartooning
Political correctness
Albert HS
Casey Erixon
Honorable Mention: Columns
Boone HS, Boone
Hallie Cook
2nd Place: Editorial
HS students need to improve writing
Chris Burke
3rd Place: Editorial Cartooning
Winter in the BHS boiler room
Alex Bazis
1st Place: Feature Story
New club meets around the board
Cedar Falls HS
Monica Clark
2nd Place: Columns
3rd Place: Feature Story
What’s cookin?
Katie Dexter
1st Place: Editorial Cartooning
Lord of the flies?
3rd Place: Editorial Cartooning
I can’t see the road
Alex Entz
1st Place: News Story
Day of silence expected to bring controversy
Arlene Freudenberg
2nd Place: News Story
Relatively minor Hell Week ends in major prank
Kristen Hammer
1st Place: Feature Story
Students feel impact of their volunteerism
2nd Place: Personality Profile
Miller Aces ACT
Honor Heindl
1st Place: Layout and Design
Photography; Drawing with Light
Honor
1st Place: Illustrations
Guys & Dolls
1st Place: Sports Photo
Battle of the grades
2nd Place: Illustrations
Scrambled eggs
2nd Place: Feature Photo
Extreme makover
3rd Place: In-depth Reporting
Students share experiences with powerful words
3rd Place: Illustrations
Forget firearms
3rd Place: Sports Photo
Chelsea Hilpipre All State Dancer
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
Senior Dalton Ford hand tosses some dough
Kellie Petersen
1st Place: In-depth Reporting
Changes in curriculum aim to increase rigor
2nd Place: In-depth Reporting
CFHS, HJH on schools in need
Chris Pierce
2nd Place: Sports Photo
Morris pile drive
Ben Sadkowski
Honorable Mention: General News Photo
Deanna explains…
Staff
2nd Place: Graphics
Issues 5 & 9
Staff
1st Place: Graphics
Issues 6 & 16
Vincent Stigliani
2nd Place: Editorial
Hi-Line endorses Obama for presidency
3rd Place: Columns
Linden Terpstra
2nd Place: Feature Story
Pressin’ on
Central Elkader HS
Staff
3rd Place: Graphics
1/28/09 & 11/26/08
Central HS
Chelsea Rink
2nd Place: Personality Profile
Former student killed in Afghanistan
Tatler Staff
2nd Place: Layout and Design
The Tatler
City HS
Cody Grodell
Honorable Mention: Sports Story
The Long Road
Abby Jessen
Honorable Mention: Editorial
Roosevelt running against the wind
Rachel Jessen
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo
Sumo-bots battle for glory
Mary Mallampalli
2nd Place: Feature Photo
Taking care of two
Honorable Mention: Personality Profile
Taking care of two
Ian
Stewart
1st Place: Feature Story
Rethinking the American Story
2nd Place: Graphics
10/22/08
3rd Place: Columns
Shut up the phone
Laurel Tippe
3rd Place: In-depth Reporting
Fas trac
Davis Vonk
3rd Place: Layout and Design
Water page
Thomas Whittington
3rd Place: Feature Story
Cancer
Davenport Central HS
Andrew Hance
1st Place: Illustrations
Lift every political voice
Emmelie Rydder
1st Place: General News Photo
Former student killed
Lindsay Whalen
2nd Place: General News Photo
Fire destroys area building
Exira HS
Christi Dubiel
1st Place: Feature Photo
Cooling off
Alex Hackwell
3rd Place: Feature Photo
Senior Dillon Frum
Clint Johnson
Honorable Mention: Editorial Cartooning
Wikipedia cartoon
Honorable Mention: Illustrations
Twilight characters
Nick Johnson
2nd Place: General News Photo
Hands everywhere
Sarah Madsen
3rd Place: Personality Profile
Capital One Bowl
Josh Meighan
1st Place: General News Photo
Step carefully
Courtney Peppers
3rd Place: General News Photo
Carefully wrapped
Honorable Mention: Sports Photo
Football boys at bonfire
Staff
Honorable Mention: Graphics
10/13/08 & 9/19/08
Ann Walker
Honorable Mention: Feature Story
Historical creature
Glenwood HS
Shelby Cronk
3rd Place: Feature Story
Veterans share stories with students
Zach Martin
1st Place: In-depth
Reporting
Students, faculty support new instructional levy
Chelsea Taggart
2nd Place: Personality Profile
A day in the life of a basketball star
Hudson HS
Haley Berry
Honorable Mention: Feature Story
New country, new experiences, new home
Jordan Ehlers
2nd Place: Sports Story
Smashed: Tennis courts hinder performances
Honorable Mention: Layout and Design
December feature page
Maddy Jones
3rd Place: Columns
Marion HS
Lauren Jilek
Honorable Mention: Personality Profile
Gaffney-Paige has reason to be thankful
Sam Kiburz
1st Place: Layout and Design
Individuality Center Spread
Hannah Melby
3rd Place: Illustrations
Favorite kids TV shows
Jenna Shirley
1st Place: General News Photo
You Tube Nerds
Lindsie Smith
3rd Place: In-depth Reporting
PE teacher explains benefits of testing
Staff
1st Place: Graphics
March ‘09 & December ‘08
Justi Uden
3rd Place: Sports Story
Decision time
Honorable Mention: Sports Story
Chicks with stix
Taylor Wheeler
2nd Place: In-depth Reporting
Hungry for change
Jefferson HS
Alicia Kramme
2nd Place: Editorial Cartooning
Student athlete cartoon
2nd Place: Illustrations
Driving age
2nd Place: Layout and Design
“Lovebug”
Honorable Mention: Editorial Cartooning
Tanning coffin
Allie Koolbeck
1st Place: News Story
War for the Whitehouse
Tyler Koolbeck
2nd Place: Sports Story
Staph scare haunts again
Amanda Burger
3rd Place: Sports Story
From first to second to last
Johnston HS
Brittany Deal
2nd Place: News Story
Buller runs for board
3rd Place: Editorial
School shootings require response
Kallen Kramer
1st Place: In-depth Reporting
Procrastination
Julia Manning
1st Place: Sports Story
Work it…
Kiera Morrill
2nd Place: Sports Photo
Tucker Vasey
Staff
3rd Place: Graphics
12/2008 & 2/2009
Kennedy HS
Amanda Boyer
1st Place: Sports Photo
Under the basket
Reid Galbraith
2nd Place: Columns
The comeback kid
Elise Krivit
2nd Place: Feature Photo
Overwhelmed
Emma Lehmann
1st Place: Layout and Design
Is Gay OK?
2nd Place: Feature Story
‘Til death do us part
Cassie Milks
3rd Place: Sports Photo
Slam Dunk
Honorable Mention: Sports Photo
The Dream Catch
Megan Neilsen
Honorable Mention: Graphics
2/20/09
Andrea Nemecek
2nd Place: In-depth Reporting
Legal literature
Lewis Central HS
Sanjula Mahathantila
2nd Place: Editorial
Not pumped for PEP
Montezuma HS
Zach James
1st Place: Columns
Open mind on an open trail
PCM HS
Monica Ehn
1st Place: Personality Profile
Babcock brings positive approach
Honorable Mention: Columns
Honorable Mention: Editorial
Quick to criticize
Kelsey Little
2nd Place: Sports Story
Myers looking to NFL draft
Erin Rouse
Honorable Mention: News Story
Money disappears from activity fund
Kayla Van Gorp
Honorable Mention: Personality Profile
Improvements to high school made during Nelson’s tenure
Margot Van Houweling
2nd Place: Editorial Cartooning
Has my pedestal cracked yet
Taylor Van Roekel
1st Place: Sports Story
A lot of good comes from a simple gesture
3rd Place: News Story
Extended day welcomed by most
Pella HS
Megan Card
1st Place: Personality Profile
Klein remembers 7 grandchildren…
2nd Place: Feature Story
Seekamp recalls experience,
Cameron Downing
1st Place: Illustrations
Local business
2nd Place: Illustrations
Drive safely
2nd Place: Layout and Design
Influential People/Events
Nathan Kooker
1st Place: Editorial
Staff Editorial
Eric Moore
1st Place: Editorial Cartooning
Santa feels strain of economy
Ben Muller
3rd Place: Feature Photo
Shot
Jaime Ruisch
1st Place: Sports Photo
The Champ!
Josh Van Ec
3rd Place: Editorial
Staff Editorial
Madison Vander Well
1st Place: Feature Photo
Hick Chicks
2nd Place: General News Photo
Opening Night
Hannah Vollmar
2nd Place: Sports Photo
Force
St.
Ranier Worstell
1st Place: Columns
Tessellations
Southeast Polk HS
Margarita Diaz
Honorable Mention: General News Photo
Picasso Painter
Colton Heller
Honorable Mention: Illustrations
O-Bam-a!
Abby Huffman
1st Place: Feature Photo
He’s my gyro
Chris Jessen
1st Place: Columns
Out on a whim
Max Steininger
3rd Place: Feature Photo
One little girl
3rd Place: General News Photo
Barack says hello
Keaton Stoos
3rd Place: Editorial Cartooning
New building cartoon
Washington HS
Katie Gaughan
2nd Place: Columns
Katie Martins
3rd Place: Graphics
3/19/08
3rd Place: Layout and Design
Rubiks Cubers
Honorable Mention: Illustrations
Vistase el departamento de espanol
Andrew Schneider
Honorable Mention: General News
Photo
Jim Peterson gives blood
West HS
Jenna Broghamer
3rd Place: News Story
Clouds of controversy
Honorable Mention: News Story
To change?
Thomas Ewing
1st Place: Editorial
18 year old drinking age…
Matt Penney
Honorable Mention: Editorial
Teen pregnancy
Claire Perlman
Honorable Mention: Feature Story
Teenage depression
Daria Kieffer
1st Place: Graphics
4/18/08 & 5/21/08
Olivia Leacox
Honorable Mention: In-depth Reporting
Do AP courses make the grade?
Claire Perlman
1st Place: Personality Profile
Making sense through paper
Baylee Rees
3rd Place: Illustrations
Sweeps
3rd Place: Personality Profile
A day with ‘Mama Manders’
Jaime Rosenthal
3rd Place: News Story
Clouds of controversy
Kerri
Sorrell
Honorable Mention: Columns
One year later
Saranya Subramamian
3rd Place: News Story
Clouds of controversy
Kayla Trail
Honorable Mention: Layout and Design
Love Language
West Branch HS
Katie Donovan
2nd Place: Editorial Cartooning
Fruit haunted houses
Mention: Editorial Cartooning
Hey what’s wrong with you?
Haley Hopkins
Honorable Mention: News Story
Buzz about permit changes
Megan O’Neil
2nd Place: News Story
Student upset about retaking standard tests
Staff
2nd Place: Graphics
Issues 10 & 11
West Delaware HS
Kelly Boekenstedt
1st Place: News Story
Deleting classroom texting
Andy Curtis
1st Place: Sports Story
Crunched for time
Joanna Demkiewicz
3rd Place: General News Photo
Plasma table donation
Rebeka Hahn
3rd Place: News Story
Safe at school
Michelle Klein
3rd Place: Personality Profile
A teen other’s cautions
Sheila McCusker
Honorable Mention: In-depth Reporting
Dropout decisions
Staff
3rd Place: Sports Photo
Anchoring the team
Staff
Honorable Mention: Graphics
4/2008 & 5/2008
Staff
Honorable Mention: Sports Photo
Woodbine HS
Kim Leaders
3rd Place: Editorial
Woodbine Betterment
Danielle Peterson
3rd Place: Layout and Design
Homecoming Week
Cayde Sprecker
1st Place: Editorial
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