Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Buffalo - Wright County Journal-Press Entry Title: Bison stun No. 10 STMA Entry Credit: Robert LaPlante Judge Comment: Nice lede, caught my attention and made me want to read on. Tight writing, good description
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Alexandria - The Echo Press Entry Title: Winning one for Brady Entry Credit: Eric Morken Judge Comment: nice job. a mix of feature as well as game story weaved throughout. Nice job of setting visual at beginning of story.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Edina Sun Current Entry Title: Penalty shot sends Blake to state hockey tourney Entry Credit: John Sherman Judge Comment: Could have easily omitted the first paragraph. Love the penalty shot, and you set up the story well. Score!