Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Cambridge/North Branch-County News Review Entry Title: Parnell is ‘mane’ man for C-I boys hockey Entry Credit: John Wagner Judge Comment: A well-crafted feature. Writer does a good job of using quotes to move the story along.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: St. Peter Herald Entry Title: Retiring Sports Editor Beck spent decades at the heart of the local sports community Entry Credit: Philip Weyhe Judge Comment: Story gives the reader a real sense of who the subject is. Some really great details in there.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Cambridge/North Branch-County News Review Entry Title: Cambridge-Isanti’s Nelson closes book on storied wrestling career Entry Credit: John Wagner Judge Comment: Writer uses a great detail to hook the reader in and does a good job of coming back to it later in the story.
