2024 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests

Best Sports Story (Multi-day) ( Class IV) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Iowa Falls - Times Citizen
    Entry Title: Vision for Success: Walkingstick eager to build culture at IF-A
    Entry Credit: Justin Ites
    Judge Comment: Interesting profile of an interesting coach. Well written.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Newton - Newton News
    Entry Title: Newton Girls State Track
    Entry Credit: Troy Hyde
    Judge Comment: Making track interesting is hard, but the writer carried that out very well.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Atlantic - Atlantic News-Telegraph
    Entry Title: Exceeding Expectations
    Entry Credit: Brian Rathjen
    Judge Comment: When you have 3 subjects in a story it can be hard to keep things straight, but I had no problem following the story. Good writing.