Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Eden Prairie News Entry Title: Eden Prairie News - Eden Prairie boxing gym making Parkinson's disease its punching bag Entry Credit: Daniel Huss Judge Comment: No extraneous words in this story, mirroring the punching bag storyline for this feature. Interesting topic, good punchy writing (forgive me for that) and descriptive moments. Nice work!
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Alexandria - The Echo Press Entry Title: That's just Tuck Entry Credit: Jared Rubado Judge Comment: Compelling story about an athlete overcoming obstacles others can't see. Great descriptive writing.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Alexandria - The Echo Press Entry Title: A chance to say thank you Entry Credit: Jared Rubado Judge Comment: Nice storytelling and good description taking the reader into a sport most don't know this much about.
