The Kansas Scholastic Press Association is recognizing the work of hundreds of 6A students who qualified for the KSPA State Journalism Contests by placing in the organization’s Regional Journalism Contests.
From 6A schools, more than 400 entries earned the opportunity for their creators to compete at the next level by placing first through sixth in their regional. Students competed in writing, design, videography, multimedia and photography.
The 6A school earning the most points at state will take home a trophy. Individual students who finish in first through third place at state receive medals.
KSPA is adding one new state-only contest this year: Voiceover.
Upcoming dates:
- Feb. 24: Regional Contest results released.
- Feb. 26: Final corrections requests due at noon for certificates that will be printed and sent to your school.
- March 2: State Visual prompts are released.
- March 5: KSPA shares advice from the regionals judges with winning examples.
- March 12: Deadline for State Contest registration. Register for the entries you need. Refunds aren’t given for entries that aren’t submitted.
- March 23: State Writing contest prompts posted. Must be proctored.
- March 27: State Writing contests entries due at 5 p.m.
- April 2: State Visual contest prompts due at 5 p.m.
- May 2: Join us for an in-person celebration at KU with announcements of winners, games and more! Details coming in early March.
Resources for schools:
- Promote your winners: Use this press release to promote the accomplishments of your students to your school, community newspapers and school districts.
- Different view: Review all placing entries on this spreadsheet and see a breakdown of the top point-earning schools here.
- Corrections: Final corrections requests due at noon on Feb. 26.
- 1A/2A Winners Announcement Link: Check out students advancing from the 1A/2A regionals.
- 3A/4A Winners Announcement Link: Check out students advancing from the 3A/4A regionals.
- 5A Winners Announcement Link: Check out students advancing from the 5A regionals.
- 6A Winners Announcement Link: Check out students advancing from the 6A regionals.
Students placing in the Ad Astra Regional (6A)
ACADEMICS PHOTOGRAPHY Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Vivien Glenski, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Tyler Russell, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Korbyn Womack, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Charles Arias Mojica, Olathe East
5th Place — Emma Palmer, Maize Career Academy
6th Place — Macy Schroering, Blue Valley North High School
ADVERTISING DESIGN Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Libby Marsh, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Isabella Serrano, Blue Valley North High School
3rd Place — Mila Wilkinson, Blue Valley North High School
4th Place — Amariel Slater, Topeka High School
Copyediting Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Avni Bansal, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Christopher Long, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Adrienne Morrow, Topeka High School
4th Place — Paul Struby, Blue Valley North High School
5th Place — Olivia Moore, Blue Valley North High School
6th Place — June Schmidt, Wichita East High School
Cutline Writing (Captions) Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Maile Tormohlen, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Grace Deschaine, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Stella Breitenstein, Blue Valley North High School
4th Place — Kasey Manol, Olathe East
5th Place — Caroline Glenn, Blue Valley North High School
6th Place — Oliver Yeung, Olathe East
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Likhitha Vunnama, Blue Valley North High School
2nd Place — Tae Tran, Blue Valley North High School
3rd Place — Francesca Lorusso, Shawnee Mission East
4th Place — Ayla Agayeva, Blue Valley North High School
5th Place — Sylvie DeGalan, Shawnee Mission East
EDITORIAL CARTOON Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Francesca Lorusso, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Julia Campbell, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Maggie Goldberg, Blue Valley North High School
Editorial Writing Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Michael Yi, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Sasha Rusco, Wichita East High School
3rd Place — Grace Kwak, Blue Valley North High School
4th Place — Audrey Leen, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Mya Smith, Shawnee Mission East
6th Place — Ayla Agayeva, Blue Valley North High School
Feature Writing Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Audrey Leen, Maize Career Academy
2nd Place — Bridget Dean, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Sloane Henderson, Shawnee Mission East
4th Place — Lauren Chonko, Blue Valley North High School
5th Place — Wyatt Jones, Topeka High School
6th Place — Malia Taylor, Maize Career Academy
HEADLINE WRITING & DESIGN Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Sophia Brockmeier, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Hannah Markiewicz, Blue Valley North High School
3rd Place — Mariah Brown, Topeka High School
4th Place — Sydney Eck, Shawnee Mission East
INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Sophia Brockmeier, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Bella Broce, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Anthony Sutcliffe, Blue Valley North High School
4th Place — Tae Tran, Blue Valley North High School
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Luciana Mendy, Lucy Stephens, Alex Harden, Katie Cook, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Lauryn O’Brien, Emma Palmer, Malia Taylor, Maize Career Academy
3rd Place — Hailey Blurton, Lance Schafer, Audrey Leen, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Greir Stewart, Emma Mengelkoch, Mallory Roberts, Maize Career Academy
5th Place — Lucy Swope, Avni Bansal, Ava Towner, Shawnee Mission East
NEWS PAGE DESIGN Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Lauren Chonko, Blue Valley North High School
2nd Place — Lucy Swope, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Sydney Eck, Shawnee Mission East
4th Place — Aaron Lane, Topeka High School
5th Place — Aivan Freeman, Blue Valley North High School
6th Place — Evelyn Bagley, Shawnee Mission East
News Writing Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Luciana Mendy, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Caroline Beal, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Safa Al Ameer, Blue Valley North High School
4th Place — Malia Taylor, Maize Career Academy
5th Place — Nyx Hepford, Wichita East High School
6th Place — Lia Bridgeforth, Olathe East
Newspaper Sports Writing Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Addy Newman, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Wyatt Jones, Topeka High School
3rd Place — Libby Marsh, Shawnee Mission East
4th Place — Carter Harper, Maize Career Academy
5th Place — Ava Howerton, Maize Career Academy
6th Place — Liam Finuf, Olathe East
Review Writing Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Christopher Long, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Alex Harden, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Areyonna Hoover, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Priest Zachry, Wichita East High School
5th Place — Aahil Hassan, Blue Valley North High School
6th Place — Amistad Aguilera, Blue Valley North High School
SOCIAL MEDIA Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Paige Bean, Michael Yi, Grace Pei, Caroline Clark, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Audrey Leen, Malia Taylor, Lauryn O’Brien, Maize Career Academy
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Molly Scott, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Addie Clark, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Korbyn Womack, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Sylias McCaffree, Wichita East High School
5th Place — Jonah Slack, Topeka High School
6th Place — Christine Landis, Olathe East
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Josie Mangine, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Ellie Moilanen, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Luke Merriam, Olathe East
4th Place — Isaac Fulks, Maize Career Academy
5th Place — Ava Doyle, Maize Career Academy
6th Place — Sylias McCaffree, Wichita East High School
SPORTS MEDIA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Will Griffith, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Ava Doyle, Maize Career Academy
3rd Place — Emma Palmer, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Patrick Barney, Olathe East
5th Place — Sylias McCaffree, Wichita East High School
STUDENT LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Sylvie DeGalan, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Isaac Fulks, Maize Career Academy
3rd Place — Charlotte Walton, Shawnee Mission East
4th Place — Emma Palmer, Maize Career Academy
5th Place — Ryder Telford, Wichita East High School
6th Place — Maira Parsons, Blue Valley North High School
VIDEO PSA Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Emma Weidman, Lexi Madden, Lucy Cattano, Anasten Schaefer, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Areyonna Hoover, Matthew Fairlie, Alec Westfahl, Jack Thomas, Maize Career Academy
3rd Place — Lucas Gordon, Isaac Fulks, Lance Schafer, Maize Career Academy
VIDEO SPORTS PROMO Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Ava Doyle, Maize Career Academy
2nd Place — Lexi Madden, Ana Schaefer, Hudson Terreros, Preston Hooker, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Andrew Scheffer, Maize Career Academy
VIDEO STORY PACKAGE Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Preston Hooker, Rowan McGill, Alex Harden, Hudson Terreros, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Matthew Fairlie, Jack Thomas, Alec Westfahl, Maize Career Academy
3rd Place — Hailey Blurton, Lauryn O’Brien, Maize Career Academy
4th Place — Lance Schafer, Mason Bauman, Maize Career Academy
Yearbook Copywriting Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Emmy O’Roark, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Claire Rosen, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Sasha Rusco, Wichita East High School
4th Place — Clare Ziegelmeyer, Blue Valley North High School
5th Place — Abigail Nichols, Topeka High School
YEARBOOK DESIGN Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — June Schmidt, Wichita East High School
2nd Place — Riddhi Gupta, Blue Valley North High School
3rd Place — Eden Pfeifer, Shawnee Mission East
4th Place — Abigail Nichols, Topeka High School
5th Place — Zoe Sherman, Blue Valley North High School
Yearbook Sports Writing Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Abigail Nichols, Topeka High School
2nd Place — Coco Reiser, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Aaliyah Yith, Wichita East High School
4th Place — Mia Irwin, Shawnee Mission East
5th Place — Jordan Kleeman, Wichita East High School
YEARBOOK THEME & GRAPHICS Ad Astra Regional (6A)
1st Place — Ellie Burgess, Grace Deschaine, Shawnee Mission East
2nd Place — Halle Klocke, Catherine Sullivan, Shawnee Mission East
3rd Place — Francesca Tartler, Sasha Rusco, Wichita East High School
Students placing in the I-70 Regional (6A)
ACADEMICS PHOTOGRAPHY I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — McAndre Collado, Manhattan High School
2nd Place — Macy Williams, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Michaela Polzer, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Shiloh Nelson, Shawnee Mission North High School
5th Place — Abbey Blasi, Blue Valley High School
6th Place — Rylee Patry, Blue Valley High School
ADVERTISING DESIGN I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Lyra Johnson, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Emma Flores, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Emme McGuire, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Lailah Pulley, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — Stephanie Neang, Manhattan High School
Copyediting I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Delaney Haase, Lawrence High School
2nd Place — Benjamin Werner, Blue Valley High School
3rd Place — Claire Lindemyer, Lawrence High School
4th Place — Beckett Hodes, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — Madison Springer, Manhattan High School
6th Place — Lizzie Westermayer, Shawnee Mission North High School
Cutline Writing (Captions) I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Delaney Haase, Lawrence High School
2nd Place — Malia Knight, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Lailah Pulley, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Lyra Johnson, Shawnee Mission North High School
5th Place — Zander Peterson, Manhattan High School
6th Place — Virginia Flickinger, Manhattan High School
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Rylie Hunter, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Cady Reynolds, Blue Valley High School
3rd Place — Jaidyne Means, Blue Valley High School
EDITORIAL CARTOON I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Elizabeth Westermayer, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Mike Leach, Blue Valley High School
3rd Place — Ana Varillas, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Jonathan Moon, Manhattan High School
Editorial Writing I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Emily Kozlowski, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Jonathan Moon, Manhattan High School
3rd Place — Lyra Johnson, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Stephanie Neang, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Karina Tuttle, Shawnee Mission North High School
6th Place — Cady Reynolds, Blue Valley High School
Feature Writing I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Juliet Outka, Lawrence High School
2nd Place — Elizabeth Thornley, Manhattan High School
3rd Place — Ashlyn Tell, Lawrence High School
4th Place — Kristen LeBeau, Shawnee Mission North High School
5th Place — Samantha Sandler, Blue Valley High School
6th Place — Lyra Johnson, Shawnee Mission North High School
HEADLINE WRITING & DESIGN I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Paige Faulkner, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Lea Cruz Ayala, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Benjamin Werner, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Ayavanth Natarajan, Manhattan High School
INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Tessa Sanders, Lawrence High School
2nd Place — Odelia Carter, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Emily Kozlowski, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Sami Sandler, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — Aijalon Thao, Shawnee Mission North High School
6th Place — Elizabeth Thornley, Manhattan High School
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Macy Williams, Kristen LeBeau, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Lucy James, Abbey Blasi, Shea Splittorff, Elke Brock, Blue Valley High School
3rd Place — Paige Faulkner, Sami Sandler, Michael Leach, Blue Valley High School
NEWS PAGE DESIGN I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Jonah Wanklyn, Manhattan High School
2nd Place — Karina Tuttle, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Aijalon Thao, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Emily Kozlowski, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — Jaidyne Means, Blue Valley High School
News Writing I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Eliza Powell, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Lane Lewison, Manhattan High School
3rd Place — Emme McGuire, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Paige Faulkner, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — Jonah Wanklyn, Manhattan High School
6th Place — Joselyn Contreras Ballesteros, Shawnee Mission North High School
Newspaper Sports Writing I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Kristen LeBeau, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Michael Leach, Blue Valley High School
3rd Place — Lane Lewison, Manhattan High School
4th Place — Ayavanth Natarajan, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Lea Cruz Ayala, Shawnee Mission North High School
6th Place — Shea Splittorff, Blue Valley High School
Review Writing I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Lucy James, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Delaney Haase, Lawrence High School
3rd Place — Jonathan Moon, Manhattan High School
4th Place — McKenna Mallean, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Carlos Barajas, Shawnee Mission North High School
6th Place — Ana Varillas, Shawnee Mission North High School
SOCIAL MEDIA I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Benjamin Werner, Emme McGuire, Emily Kozlowski, Lailah Pulley, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Jennifer Arcia-Ramos, Olathe North HS
3rd Place — Lucy James, Paige Faulkner, Sami Sandler, Beckett Hodes, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Jennifer Arcia, Olathe North HS
5th Place — Aijalon Thao, Carlos Barajas, Shawnee Mission North High School
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Mila Van Hoecke, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Stella Mages, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Ana Buezo Zamora, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Ian Donaldson, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — McAndre Collado, Manhattan High School
6th Place — Emma Freeman, Olathe North HS
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Stella Mages, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Landon Batten, Olathe North HS
3rd Place — John Gasca, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Xavier Martinez-Ayala, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Kaylana Gray, Olathe North HS
6th Place — Ava Perez, Blue Valley High School
SPORTS MEDIA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Ryan Rutto, Olathe North HS
2nd Place — Mimi Rosado-Schmitt, Lawrence High School
3rd Place — Shiloh Nelson, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Macy Williams, Shawnee Mission North High School
5th Place — Bella Wombolt, Blue Valley High School
6th Place — McAndre Collado, Manhattan High School
STUDENT LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Jesus Casas, Wichita North High School
2nd Place — Logan Wallace, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Macy Williams, Shawnee Mission North High School
4th Place — Mattie Burleigh, Blue Valley High School
5th Place — Kaden Orona, Wichita North High School
6th Place — McAndre Collado, Manhattan High School
VIDEO PSA I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Dean Owens, Daniel Hernandez, Syd Peal, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Torin Yung, Addison Holmberg, Logan Kohart, Lawrence High School
3rd Place — Rem Mitchell, Lawrence High School
4th Place — Ares Hoeting, Jackson Bulthaup, Jayden Suggs, Manhattan High School
VIDEO SPORTS PROMO I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Raiden Walker, Michael Lafosse, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Peyton Nguyen, Malachi Schmitz, Joshua Green, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Elizabeth Thornley, Akash Gomes, Jayden Chaney, Lake Rodriguez, Manhattan High School
VIDEO STORY PACKAGE I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Kylee Dennis, Stella Davis, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Elizabeth Thornley, Decker Mosier, Richard Adams, Lake Rodriguez, Manhattan High School
Yearbook Copywriting I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Kristen LeBeau, Shawnee Mission North High School
2nd Place — Ava Perez, Blue Valley High School
3rd Place — Madison Springer, Manhattan High School
4th Place — Stephanie Neang, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Joselyn Contreras Ballesteros, Shawnee Mission North High School
6th Place — Rylie Hunter, Shawnee Mission North High School
YEARBOOK DESIGN I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Madison Wang, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Emma Flores-Ross, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Mimi Rosado-Schmitt, Lawrence High School
4th Place — McKenna Mallean, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Zella Allyn, Blue Valley High School
6th Place — Eliza Powell, Shawnee Mission North High School
Yearbook Sports Writing I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Ayavanth Natarajan, Manhattan High School
2nd Place — Kristen LeBeau, Shawnee Mission North High School
3rd Place — Mila Van Hoecke, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Jonah Wanklyn, Manhattan High School
5th Place — Brooke Williams, Blue Valley High School
6th Place — Lily Baldwin, Shawnee Mission North High School
YEARBOOK THEME & GRAPHICS I-70 Regional (6A)
1st Place — Mila Van Hoecke, Blue Valley High School
2nd Place — Thurston Saint Onge, Lawrence High School
3rd Place — Caleigh Richardson, Brooke Williams, Blue Valley High School
4th Place — Macy Williams, Shawnee Mission North High School
5th Place — Emma Flores-Ross, Sophia Campbell, Shawnee Mission North High School
Students placing in the Limestone Regional (6A)
ACADEMICS PHOTOGRAPHY Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Nathan Kramer, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Nate Willems, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Sophie Debes, Maize High School
4th Place — Molly Numrich, Blue Valley Northwest
5th Place — Jocelyn Henry Henry, Blue Valley Northwest
6th Place — Madyson McKenna, Shawnee Mission South High School
ADVERTISING DESIGN Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Shaylee Hare, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Sri Trikona, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Anna Fowler, Olathe South High School
4th Place — Chester Kitchen, Olathe South High School
Copyediting Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Danielle Croom, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Meredith Shryock, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Eli Hemphill, Shawnee Mission South High School
4th Place — Isabel Levine, Blue Valley Northwest
5th Place — Natalia Blas, Olathe South High School
Cutline Writing (Captions) Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Molly Numrich, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Cecilia Bennett, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Blaine Leyden, Olathe South High School
4th Place — Madyson McKenna, Shawnee Mission South High School
5th Place — Stella Stiles, Shawnee Mission South High School
6th Place — Jordyn Johnson, Blue Valley Northwest
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Dani Hufford, Olathe South High School
2nd Place — Harper Medlin, Olathe South High School
3rd Place — Ava Talbott, Lawrence Free State High School
4th Place — Claire Elley, Blue Valley Northwest
5th Place — Kouri Demelash, Lawrence Free State High School
6th Place — Sri Trikona, Blue Valley Northwest
EDITORIAL CARTOON Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Jillian Arnold, Olathe South High School
2nd Place — Jordyn Johnson, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Iqra Nadeem, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Lucas Smith, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Bella Lylo, Lawrence Free State High School
Editorial Writing Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Andrea Lucas, Olathe South High School
2nd Place — Lauren Rosen, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Emily Olm-Shipman, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Natalia Blas, Olathe South High School
5th Place — Levi Robertson, Shawnee Mission South High School
6th Place — Arianna Waller, Lawrence Free State High School
Feature Writing Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Adria Heinauer, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Kyla Meikle, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Danielle Croom, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Katelynn Travis, Olathe South High School
5th Place — Evie Chancy, Lawrence Free State High School
6th Place — Andrea Lucas, Olathe South High School
HEADLINE WRITING & DESIGN Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Natalie Davis, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Sri Trikona Headline Writing & Design, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Allison McCall, Lawrence Free State High School
4th Place — Katelynn Travis, Olathe South High School
INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Claire Elley, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Maddi Hupe, Shawnee Mission South High School
3rd Place — Damien Courtney, Olathe South High School
4th Place — Iqra Nadeem, Blue Valley Northwest
5th Place — Ryan Wiley, Olathe South High School
6th Place — Katelynn Travis, Olathe South High School
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Shaylee Hare, Avery Davenport, Jocelyn Henry, Gabby Johnson, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Rishitha Bonthu, Iqra Nadeem, Ainsley Gatoff, Elsa Schalekamp, Blue Valley Northwest
NEWS PAGE DESIGN Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Claire Elley, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Hailey Heckman, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Elizabeth Owusu Addo, Shawnee Mission South High School
4th Place — Abbie Veeder, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Ariza Noscal, Lawrence Free State High School
6th Place — Brady Gilmore, Shawnee Mission South High School
News Writing Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Phoebe Morris, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Maria Mosconi, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Inaya Zaman, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Morgan Sponholtz, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Madison Kraft, Blue Valley Northwest
6th Place — Camille Carrington, Olathe South High School
Newspaper Sports Writing Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Rakshan Ossen, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Renee Lundy, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Xavier Bitter, Olathe South High School
4th Place — Griffin McDonnell, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Levi Robertson, Shawnee Mission South High School
6th Place — Josh Sopha, Olathe South High School
Review Writing Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Isla Hartman, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Rishitha Bonthu, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Penny Coleman, Lawrence Free State High School
4th Place — Stella Dorssom, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Kennedy Smith, Olathe South High School
6th Place — Alice Keeling, Shawnee Mission South High School
SOCIAL MEDIA Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Katie Campbell, Julia Andrade, Owen Gerrish, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Jocelyn Henry, Gabriella Johnson, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Inaya Zaman, Rishitha Bonthu, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Carson Fox, Izaiah Rivera, Shawnee Mission South High School
5th Place — Maya Friedman, Nathan Kramer, Lawrence Free State High School
6th Place — Naomi Rodriguez, Olathe South High School
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Cody Arenholz, Olathe South High School
2nd Place — Carter Braden, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Sophie Hartley, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Sydney Brozik, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Jordyn Johnson, Blue Valley Northwest
6th Place — Madyson McKenna, Shawnee Mission South High School
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Cody Arenholz, Olathe South High School
2nd Place — Parker Cobb, Shawnee Mission South High School
3rd Place — Sophie Hartley, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Dylan Gad, Olathe South High School
5th Place — Madyson McKenna, Shawnee Mission South High School
6th Place — Lauren Yonke, Blue Valley Northwest
SPORTS MEDIA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Miles Thomas, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Lauren Yonke, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Nathan Friedman, Lawrence Free State High School
4th Place — Cody Arenholz, Olathe South High School
5th Place — Nathan Kramer, Lawrence Free State High School
6th Place — Carson Thoendel, Olathe South High School
STUDENT LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Julia Velasco, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Lauren Yonke, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Madyson McKenna, Shawnee Mission South High School
4th Place — Nora Greeson, Lawrence Free State High School
5th Place — Mila Roberts, Olathe South High School
6th Place — Anna Hellstern, Blue Valley Northwest
VIDEO PSA Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Inaya Zaman, Rishitha Bonthu, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Gabriella Johnson, Jocelyn Henry, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Kouri Demelash, Lawrence Free State High School
VIDEO SPORTS PROMO Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Joseph Kariuki, Lauren Nielsen, Shawnee Mission South High School
2nd Place — Carson Thoendel, Cooper Pruett, Olathe South High School
3rd Place — Nolan Kruske, Shawnee Mission South High School
4th Place — Brendan Klein, Shawnee Mission South High School
5th Place — Miles Thomas, Sophie Hartley, Blue Valley Northwest
6th Place — Owen Gerrish, Lawrence Free State High School
VIDEO STORY PACKAGE Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Inaya Zaman, Samuel Nagy, Anna Hellstern, Shriya Shah, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Maia Chhatriwalla, Shawnee Mission South High School
3rd Place — Olivia Moody, Shawnee Mission South High School
Yearbook Copywriting Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Savannah Crenshaw, Blue Valley Northwest
2nd Place — Ebi Hegeman, Lawrence Free State High School
3rd Place — Isabel Levine, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Claire Heinritz, Lawrence Free State High School
YEARBOOK DESIGN Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Julia Andrade, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Natalie Davis, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Vielka Corrales, Shawnee Mission South High School
4th Place — Elizabeth Owusu Addo, Shawnee Mission South High School
5th Place — MaKayla Edmondson, Olathe South High School
6th Place — Daniel Volovoy, Blue Valley Northwest
Yearbook Sports Writing Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Jonah Frye, Lawrence Free State High School
2nd Place — Myla Gorman, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Lucas Sherwood, Lawrence Free State High School
4th Place — Ali Dahl, Blue Valley Northwest
5th Place — Barrett Yahn, Olathe South High School
YEARBOOK THEME & GRAPHICS Limestone Regional (6A)
1st Place — Vielka Corrales, Shawnee Mission South High School
2nd Place — Sienna Gabbert, Leah Carmichael, Blue Valley Northwest
3rd Place — Shaylee Hare, Avery Davenport, Blue Valley Northwest
4th Place — Collin House, Shawnee Mission South High School
Students placing in the Pioneer Regional (6A)
ACADEMICS PHOTOGRAPHY Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Alexandra Powell, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Ella Brown, Blue Valley West High School
3rd Place — Sophia Sharma, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Evie Tindell, Mill Valley High School
5th Place — Gabriel Larkin, Shawnee Mission Northwest
6th Place — Ali Albertson, Shawnee Mission Northwest
ADVERTISING DESIGN Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Avery Clement, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Winter DeHaven, Mill Valley High School
Copyediting Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Maddie Martin, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Sadie Babler, Shawnee Mission Northwest
3rd Place — Madelyn Mulryan, Mill Valley High School
Cutline Writing (Captions) Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Marlee Wallace, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Alexandra Powell, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Lila Gill, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Lexa Opp, Blue Valley West High School
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Emery Kimbrough, Blue Valley West High School
2nd Place — Quinlyn Peters, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Abby Mahony, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Greta Grist, Shawnee Mission Northwest
5th Place — Avery Clement, Mill Valley High School
EDITORIAL CARTOON Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Quinlyn Peters, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Oliver Feiring, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Elsa Ratliff, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Bri Henderson, Wichita Southeast High School
Editorial Writing Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Annabel Hall, Shawnee Mission Northwest
2nd Place — Varun Koduri, Blue Valley West High School
3rd Place — Kayla Chege, Shawnee Mission Northwest
4th Place — Aneesah Jameel, Shawnee Mission West
5th Place — Maddie Martin, Mill Valley High School
6th Place — Natalia Castillejos Ramirez, Mill Valley High School
Feature Writing Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Quinlyn Peters, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Annabel Hall, Shawnee Mission Northwest
3rd Place — Harper Ward, Shawnee Mission Northwest
4th Place — Alex Flores, Derby High School
5th Place — Kennedy Botkin, Mill Valley High School
6th Place — Starlan Bryant, Derby High School
HEADLINE WRITING & DESIGN Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Quinlyn Peters, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Doreen Mahugu, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Julia Varner, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Aliyah Carter, Shawnee Mission Northwest
5th Place — Maddy Mullins, Blue Valley West High School
INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Oliver Feiring, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Avery Clement, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Oishee Ghosh, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Joey Lentz, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Gracyn Schreiber, Mill Valley High School
6th Place — Shelby Johnson, Shawnee Mission West
MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Evan LeRoy, Avery Clement, Jason Sweany, Kennedy Botkin, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Maddie Martin, Doreen Mahugu, Eva Hernandez, Emma Lee, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Varun Koduri, Brooke Carter, Mukta Apte, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Maddy Mullins, Kayla Rawson, Mallory Love, Blue Valley West High School
NEWS PAGE DESIGN Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Quinlyn Peters, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Avery Clement, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Greta Grist, Shawnee Mission Northwest
4th Place — Maddy Mullins, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Lilly Macormac, Derby High School
News Writing Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Madelyn Mulryan, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Emmersyn Bonebrake, Derby High School
3rd Place — Sophia Rogers, Derby High School
4th Place — Mallory Love, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Mya Franco, Mill Valley High School
6th Place — Finley Johnson, Blue Valley West High School
Newspaper Sports Writing Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Maddy Mullins, Blue Valley West High School
3rd Place — Noah DeVault, Derby High School
4th Place — Joan Valdovinos-Munoz, Wichita Southeast High School
5th Place — Harper Ward, Shawnee Mission Northwest
6th Place — Maddie Martin, Mill Valley High School
Review Writing Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Cal Bierl, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Madelyn Mulryan, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Samuel Shulda, Derby High School
4th Place — Maggie Mahaffie, Shawnee Mission West
5th Place — Ryan Kelly-Allen, Shawnee Mission West
SOCIAL MEDIA Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Olivia Meyers, Caitlynn Fowles, Blue Valley West High School
SPORTS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Evie Tindell, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Delainey Stephenson, Derby High School
3rd Place — Molly Hillner, Mill Valley High School
4th Place — Isabella Webb, Derby High School
5th Place — Mari Anderson, Blue Valley West High School
6th Place — Bryce Norris, Blue Valley West High School
SPORTS FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Gabriel Larkin, Shawnee Mission Northwest
2nd Place — Myles Brown, Wichita Southeast High School
3rd Place — Bree Stuhlsatz, Derby High School
4th Place — Taylor Wright, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Aisha Shariff, Blue Valley West High School
6th Place — Finn Bedell, Shawnee Mission Northwest
SPORTS MEDIA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Evan LeRoy, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Symone Williams, Shawnee Mission West
3rd Place — Evie Tindell, Mill Valley High School
4th Place — Bryce Norris, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Finn Bedell, Shawnee Mission Northwest
STUDENT LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Bryce Norris, Blue Valley West High School
2nd Place — Molly Hillner, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Gabriel Larkin, Shawnee Mission Northwest
4th Place — Adelaide Lanigan, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Evie Tindell, Mill Valley High School
6th Place — Ali Albertson, Shawnee Mission Northwest
VIDEO PSA Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Brooke Carter, Blue Valley West High School
2nd Place — Ben Houdek, Maddox Niedzwiecki, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Katie Davis, Nicole Cooper, Mill Valley High School
VIDEO SPORTS PROMO Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Brooke Carter, Blue Valley West High School
2nd Place — Allison Shultz, Addison Moeller, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Hadley Doyle, Reece Reidel, Mill Valley High School
VIDEO STORY PACKAGE Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Dan Nguyen, Wichita Southeast High School
2nd Place — Jazmine Snyder, Wichita Southeast High School
3rd Place — Zach McDowell, Scarlett Weiss, Blue Valley West High School
4th Place — Biti Hasabu, Faith Pittenger, Mill Valley High School
5th Place — Sophie Van Inwegen, Ava Mendez, Mill Valley High School
Yearbook Copywriting Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Zoe Nixon, Shawnee Mission Northwest
2nd Place — Gracie Pollicita, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Aniston Crabtree, Mill Valley High School
4th Place — Hadley Nelson, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Korbin Gasperino, Shawnee Mission West
6th Place — Olivia Meyers, Blue Valley West High School
YEARBOOK DESIGN Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Alexandra Powell, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Gracie Pollicita, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Elise Powell, Shawnee Mission West
4th Place — August Reeves, Mill Valley High School
5th Place — Aliyah Carter, Shawnee Mission Northwest
6th Place — Leila Thach, Wichita Southeast High School
Yearbook Sports Writing Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Aniston Crabtree, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Gracie Pollicita, Mill Valley High School
3rd Place — Noah DeVault, Derby High School
YEARBOOK THEME & GRAPHICS Pioneer Regional (6A)
1st Place — Gracie Pollicita, Alexandra Powell, Mill Valley High School
2nd Place — Leila Thach, Wichita Southeast High School
3rd Place — Aliyah Carter, Shawnee Mission Northwest
4th Place — Taylor Wright, Blue Valley West High School
5th Place — Elise Powell, Miley Truong, Shawnee Mission West
6th Place — Ava Brown, Kayla Flynn, Blue Valley West High School