Congrats to February monthly contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the February 2017 KSPA monthly contest.

Winning five awards each, Blue Valley Southwest, Mill Valley and Shawnee Mission East tied for the most awards in the February contest. Hot on their tracks was Shawnee Mission South who received four awards.

Deadline for March submissions is March 31.

Sports Writing

1st Place: Braden Shaw and Joe McClain of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/zes4jl7
2nd Place: Kaegan Cowan of Kapaun Mt. Carmel http://tinyurl.com/jzk8yjq
3rd Place: Jacob Clanton of Manhattan http://tinyurl.com/zogpmdp

Features Writing

1st Place: Sadie Ast and Lizzie Bell of Maize http://tinyurl.com/jcoco7d
2nd Place: Sophia Belshe of Shawnee Mission South http://tinyurl.com/hfc9bno
3rd Place: Lauren Fischer of Blue Valley Northwest http://tinyurl.com/hyzn9vc

News Writing

1st Place: Alison Booth and Abby Layton of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/jzy7nml
2nd Place: Alex Freeman of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/j2ycbgz
3rd Place: Kansas Gibler of Lawrence http://tinyurl.com/htvywzf

Opinion Writing

1st Place: Gracie Kost of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/gwasugb
2nd Place: Emma Wittmer of Holton See Writing here
3rd Place: Savannah Cherms of Manhattan http://tinyurl.com/zw2m59n

Academics Photo

1st Place: Savannah Morgan of Shawnee Mission South

2nd Place: Savannah Jones of Pittsburg

3rd Place: Katherine Edmunds of Blue Valley West

Infographic

1st Place: Margaret Mellott of Mill Valley

2nd Place: Kaitlin Yu of Blue Valley

3rd Place: No award given

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Courtney Carpenter of Blue Valley

2nd Place: Justin Lehtinen of Blue Valley Northwest

3rd Place: Lizzie Bell and Abby McCoy of Maize

Multimedia News

1st Place: Alison Booth, Bella Italiano and Raya Lehan of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/zg74y4t
2nd Place: Cole Conderman of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/j3emzap
3rd Place: Jake Merino and Jourdan Bridgette of Lansing http://tinyurl.com/zogb2w8

Sports Photo

1st Place: Lizzie Bell of Maize

2nd Place: Savannah Jones of Pittsburg

3rd Place: Caelen Lovell of Shawnee Mission South

Student Life & News Photo

1st Place: Avery Pollitt of Blue Valley Southwest

2nd Place: Aubrey Bolinger of Pittsburg

3rd Place: Lauren Haught of Blue Valley Southwest

KSA

Video News

1st Place: Crandall Blake and Lauren Golec of Blue Valley Southwest http://tinyurl.com/hd3xzj9
2nd Place: Evie Peterson and Becca Cannon of Blue Valley Southwest http://tinyurl.com/jn57d2a
3rd Place: Drake Woods of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/jq4c5nm