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.