Fourteen student entries placed in KSPA’s April Story of the Month contest. SM East took the most points overall with each one of their entries receiving first places. BV West and SM South followed with a tie for second.
The students and their award-winning stories are below:
News
- 1st—Sophie Tulp, SM East, “A Look at Poverty in Johnson County”
- 2nd—Carly McDonald and Lauren Hansen, BV West, “Shootings at JCC”
- 3rd—Anna Wonderlich, Hailey McEntee and Meghan Kennedy, BV High, “Remembering Reat”
Feature
- 1st—Sarah Berger, SM East, “Keeping Calm”
- 2nd—Carly McDonald, BV West, “Why We Wore White”
- 3rd—Raine Andrews, BV High, “Star in the Making”
Opinion
- 1st—Morgan Krakow, SM East, “Hitting Close to Home”
- 2nd—Bethanne Elliott, Pittsburg, “A not-so Cinderella fairy tale”
- 3rd—Meghan Kennedy, BV High, “‘When you really think about it, high school is a lot like baseball'”
Sports
- 1st—Morgan Twibell, SM East, “Leading the Pack”
- 2nd—Greg Woods, Manhattan, “Baseball clobbers its way to sweep of Topeka West”
- 3rd—AnnaKate Kleibohmer, Lawrence, “Team Pushes for success”
Yearbook Copy
- 1st—Caleb Hasenleder, SM South, “Boys Track”
- 2nd—Jacob York, SM South, “Boys of Summer”
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