Building off their momentum from yesterday’s Golden Eagle win at the Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association Conference, the Fielder Staff earned third place overall at the sectional competition. Several Staff Members placed, with the top three in each category qualifying for state.

Hannah Kopek, junior – 1st for Advertising and 4th for editorial cartooning

Stephanie Wallace, junior – 2nd for yearbook copy writing and 5th for infographics

Iris Wright, senior – 2nd for copy editing and 4th for  feature writing

Isabel Taylor, junior – 3rd for yearbook layout: double-page spread and 6th for news writing

Elizabeth Hsieh, senior – 3rd in Editorial writing and 4th in Newspaper design

Abbey Dissette, senior – 4th in sports writing and 5th in review writing

Paige Gieseke, junior, and Jude Mendoza, senior – 2nd in video news

Hannah Darbro, senior – 3rd in broadcast news writing

Kaitlyn Husak, junior, and Raven Easterly, sophomore – 5th in yearbook theme development