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WV High School Journalism Competition winners announced

The WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism hosted its annual West Virginia High School Journalism Competition April 6 and 7, bringing more than 100 high school students from across the state to Morgantown to compete in live competitions.

Students competed in broadcast, writing, design and photojournalism competitions. The event is co-sponsored by the West Virginia Press Association. Winners in the competitions were announced at the April 7 awards luncheon and are listed below.

Broadcast News
Divisions I & II
First Place: Chad Gruber, Bridgeport 
Second Place: Nick Sellas, Bridgeport 
Third Place: Emily Mullin, Greater Latrobe

Critical Review 
Division I
First Place: Tegan Lucchetti, Greater Latrobe 
Second Place: Emily Mullin, Greater Latrobe 
Third Place: Nicholas Rader, Richwood

Division II
First Place: Jessica McClure, St. Marys 
Second Place: Parker Lawrence, Bridgeport 
Third Place: Marc Basham, Shady

Editorial Writing 
Division I
First Place: Cecily Wu, Morgantown 
Second Place: Angela Wiley, Morgantown 
Third Place: Katherine Schmidt, Morgantown

Division II *
First Place: Brian Warman, Shady 
Second Place: Matt Hough, Shady 
Third Place: Colin Thorn, Braxton

Feature Writing 
Division I
First Place: Liz Pamfilis, Parkersburg 
Second Place: Cecily Wu, Morgantown 
Third Place: Eric Thomas, Richwood

Division II
First Place: Emily Barksdale, St. Marys 
Second Place: Matt Hough, Shady 
Third Place: Blair Ellison, Shady

News Writing 
Division I
First Place: Susan Lace, Greater Latrobe 
Second Place: Emily Stewart, Greater Latrobe
Third Place: Alix Kunkle, Greater Labtrobe

Division II
First Place: Mary Plymale, Braxton 
Second Place: Emily Barksdale, St. Marys 
Third Place: Amber Dubberke, Bridgeport

Photojournalism 
Division I II
First Place: Kendall McCaughtery, Bridgeport
Second Place: Kayla Jett, Robert C. Byrd 
Third Place: Erin Graziani, Morgantown

Sports Writing 
Division I
First Place: Geoff Reinhardt, Parkersburg 
Second Place: Jared Ramsey, Morgantown 
Third Place: Michael Berrebi, Morgantown

Division II
First Place: Amanda Fischer, Bridgeport 
Second Place: Jeremy Sheppard, Bridgeport 
Third Place: Maria Given, Braxton

Layout/Design 
Division I II
First Place: Kayla Queen, Wayne 
Second Place: Zachary Roberts, Wayne 
Third Place: Zeb Nottingham, Braxton

Newspaper Layout/Design 
Division I
First Place: Liz Pamfilis, Parkersburg 
Second Place: Jon Fields, Parkersburg 
Third Place: Geoff Reinhardt, Parkersburg

Division II*
First Place: Elyse Pierson, Braxton 
Second Place: Maria Given, Braxton 
Third Place: Rachel Cochenour, Wayne