Humboldt High School student journalists amassed 189 points and a second place finish in the 2025 Kansas Scholastic Press Association 3A/4A Prairie regional contest.
A total of 48 entries will now move on to the KSPA state contest.
HHS student journalists who placed at regionals and won awards are: Victoria Melendez, Academics Photography, second place Leah Carman, Academics Photography, fifth place Shelby Shaughnessy, Advertising Design, second place Sophia Barlow, Advertising Design, third place Brigg Shannon, Advertising Design, fifth place Shelby Shaughnessy, Copyediting, third place Anna Heisler, Copyediting, fourth place Sophia Barlow, Cutline writing, first place Anna Heisler, Cutline writing, third place Cooper Gillespie, Digital Illustration, first place River Johnson, Digital Illustration, third place Cooper Gillespie, Editorial Cartoon, second place Lillie Bingham, Editorial Writing, first place Teygan Ewing, Editorial Writing, second place Brystal Hudlin, Feature Writing, sixth place Jack Works, Headline Writing & Design, second place Addy Borjas, Headline Writing & Design, third place Jack Works, Infographic Design, fourth place Chanlynn Wrestler, Infographic Design, fifth place Cooper Gillespie, Mallory Sinclair and Teygan Ewing, Multimedia Storytelling, third place Addy Borjas, Jack Works, Brystal Hudlin and Kamry DeLaTorre, Multimedia Storytelling, fourth place Shelby Shaughnessy, News Page Design, second place Anna Heisler, News Page Design, third place Anna Heisler, News Writing, sixth place Addy Borjas, Review Writing, third place Lillie Bingham, Review Writing, fourth place Anna Heisler, Social Media, third place Jo Ellison, Social Media, fourth place
Teygan Ewing, Sports Action Photography, second place Bailey Croisant, Sports Action Photography, third place Victoria Melendez, Sports Action Photography, fifth place Bailey Croisant, Sports Feature Photography, third place Shelby Shaughnessy, Sports Writing, third place Brystal Hudlin, Sports Writing, fifth place Karoline Covey, Student Life Photography, second place Adrian Smoot, Piper Goss, Alexis McCullough and Lizzie Black, Video News, first place Colden Cook, Brigg Shannon and Layne Ellison, Video PSA, third place Karoline Covey, Brystal Hudlin, Kamry DeLaTorre and Leah Carman, Video PSA, fourth place Kyler Isbell and Keith Gomez, Video Sports Promo, fourth place Colden Cook, Brigg Shannon and Brody Gunderman, Video Sports Promo, sixth place Sophia Barlow, Yearbook Copy Writing, first place Taevyn Baylor, Yearbook Copy Writing, second place Sophia Barlow, Yearbook Design, first place Victoria Melendez, Yearbook Design, second place Shelby Shaughnessy, Yearbook Sports Writing, second place Jack Works, Yearbook Sports Writing, fifth place Sophia Barlow, Yearbook Theme & Graphics, first place Victoria Melendez, Yearbook Theme & Graphics, second place “It is difficult to put into words how incredibly proud I am of all my student journalists. Their dedication to producing top quality work is admirable,” said Hailey Phillips, HHS journalism teacher and adviser.
“They are so deserving of this recognition and awards they received in the regionals contest. We now look forward to the state competition. Congratulations to all the HHS student journalists and a job well done.”
The Cubs finished one point behind first place finisher and a 4A private school, Bishop Miege Catholic High School, which had 190 points.
Girard High School finished in third place with 47 points. Eudora High School had 33 in fourth place and Caney Valley High School scored 28 in fifth place. Sixth place went to Winfield High School (27 points) and Beloit High School finished in seventh place with 4 points.
