High School Journalists Bring Home Several Competition Awards

PLAINFIELD, IL — Student journalists across all four Plainfield School District 202 high schools brought home many awards following the annual Southwest Prairie Conference Journalism Competition Feb. 26.

At the competition, which was held at Oswego East High School, Plainfield East High School earned third place overall. Plainfield South and Central high schools also placed overall, earning fourth and sixth place, respectively.

Here's a look at students at each of the four high schools who placed individually:

Plainfield Central High School

• First place
  • Michael Totosz, senior - Copy Editing
  • Anesa Nevzadi, senior, and Jayden Johnson, senior - Video News
• Third place
  • Miguel Cambray, junior - Newspaper Design
  • Michael Totosz, senior - Sports Writing
• Fifth place
  • Abby Timm, junior - Copy Editing
  • Joe Defano, junior - Feature Writing
  • Maddy Veghts, junior - Editorial Cartooning

Plainfield South High School

• First place
  • Orianna D’Landazuri, junior - Photo Storytelling
  • Layla Davis, junior - Editorial Cartooning
• Second place
  • Ella Underwood, junior - Headline Writing and Newspaper Design
  • Alexis Ortega, junior - Advertising
• Third place
  • Rachel Mackey, sophomore - Review Writing
• Fourth place
  • Emma Puckett, freshman - Editorial Writing
  • Angelia Alvarado, sophomore -News Writing
• Fifth place
  • Layla Davis, junior - Advertising
• Sixth place
  • Nick Christiansen, senior - Yearbook Caption Writing
  • Rachel Mackey, sophomore - Headline Writing

Plainfield North High School

• First place
  • Dylan Budd, sophomore - Sports Writing
• Second place
  • Dylan Budd, sophomore - Review Writing
• Sixth place
  • Hailee Munno, junior - Review Writing

Plainfield East High School

• First place
  • Laine Cibulskis, senior - Review Writing
  • Ivy He, senior - Yearbook Copy Writing
• Second place
  • Ethan Delwood, senior - Photo Storytelling
  • Edwin Burgin, senior - Infographics
  • Rayne Branch, junior - Broadcast News
  • Alyssa Kotara, junior, and Courtney Pincuspy, junior - Yearbook Theme Development
  • Kaitlyn Rogers, junior - Yearbook Copy Writing
• Third place
  • Laine Cibulskis, senior - Editorial Writing
  • Edwin Burgin, senior – Editorial Cartooning
  • Dana Rowe, senior, and Jayda Johnson-Hayes, junior - Yearbook Theme Development
• Fourth place
  • Ivy He, senior - Yearbook Caption Writing
  • Khadijah Halim - junior, Headline Writing
  • Mia Graske, sophomore - Feature Writing
  • Zaara Syeda, freshman - Advertising and Editorial Cartooning
• Fifth place
  • Maya Flores, sophomore – Yearbook Caption Writing
• Sixth place
  • Malika Syeda, junior - Copy Editing