Plainfield High School Students Take Honors In Journalism Event

PLAINFIELD, IL – Student journalists from Plainfield's four high school were recently honored for their efforts after participating in the Southwest Prairie Conference journalism competition which was held virtually last month.

Plainfield East took third place in the competition while Plainfield High School, Central Campus, finished sixth followed by Plainfield North (seventh) and Plainfield South (ninth).

The following students placed in the competition in the following categories:

Plainfield High School – Central Campus

First Place:

• Raven Easterly, senior ­– Newspaper Design

Second Place:

• Emma Figlewicz, senior – Headline Writing
• Grace Leeth, sophomore – Advertising

Third Place:

• Erin Fagan, senior – News Writing
• Aaliyah Solano, sophomore – Review Writing

Fourth Place:

• Raven Easterly, senior ­– Advertising
• Michael Totosz, junior – Copy Editing

Fifth Place:

• Michael Totosz, junior – Sports Writing

Sixth Place:

• Raven Easterly, senior ­– Editorial Cartooning
• Miguel Cambray Jr., sophomore – Feature Writing

Plainfield East High School

First Place:

• Megan McDonough, senior, and Lindsey Schwerdlin, senior – Yearbook Theme Development

• David Enriquez, senior – Photo Story Telling
• Laine Cibulskis, junior – Review Writing

• Rayne Branch, sophomore – Broadcast News

Second place:

• Laine Cibulskis, junior – Copy Editing
• Eddie Burgin, junior – Infographics
• Adam Jackson, junior – Photo Story Telling

Fourth Place:

• Mikaela Ramirez, senior – Editorial Cartoon
• Ivy He, junior – Yearbook Copy Writing

Fifth Place:

• Eddie Burgin, junior – Headline Writing

Sixth Place:

• Savannah Downing, senior – Yearbook Caption Writing
• Laine Cibulskis, junior – Editorial Writing

Plainfield South High School

Second Place:

• Brooke Anderson, senior – Video News
• Delaney O’Sullivan, junior – Review Writing

Third Place:

• Mia Emerson, senior – Editorial Cartoon

Fourth Place:

• Ella Underwood, sophomore – Headline Writing

Sixth Place:

• Mia Emerson, senior – Advertising
• Noah Maldonado, senior - Infographics

Plainfield North High School

Third Place:

• Valerie Loeblich, senior – Video News

Fifth Place:

• Madalyn Mirallegro, senior – Editorial Writing
• Hailee Munno, sophomore – Review Writing