MIEA 2002 High School
Newspaper Contest Results
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
1, Kate Tiskus, Polson High School; 2, Kristin Schmidt, Missoula Big Sky High
School; 3, Cassi Carr, Libby High School
PACESETTER (best high school newspaper)
Class AA: 1, Great Falls High School "Iniwa" 2, TIE: "The
Hellgate Lance," Missoula Hellgate High School; and "The Sentinel
Konah," Missoula Sentinel High School.
Class A: 1: Libby High School "Tamarack"; 2, Polson High
School "Salishian"; 3, Custer County High School "Signal Butte"
Class B:1, Jefferson High School "Panther Press"; 2, Cascade
High School "Ketochi"; 3, No award
Class C: 1, Sheridan High School "Passamari"; 2, Hysham High
School "Cutlass"; 3, Medicine Lake "Bda Wauka""
STUDENT FREE PRESS AWARD
1, Great Falls High School; 2, Libby High School. Special Mention: Lodge Grass
High School "Aashbacheeitche"
OPINION WRITING
Class AA: 1, Travis Kavulla, Great Falls High School; 2, Eric Taylor,
Billings Skyview High School; 3, Ashley Murray, Billings Senior High School.
Class A: 1, Kate Tiskus, Polson High School; 2, Cassi Carr, Libby High
School;3, Meagan Sorenson, Sidney High School
Class B: 1, Marie Franko, Cascade; 2, Brady Smith and Sally Carey,
Jefferson High
Class C: 1, Beth Hansen, Bainville; 2, Angela Monroe, Sheridan; 3,
Laura Rabenberg, Medicine Lake
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Class AA: 1, Ashley McKee, Missoula Sentinel High School; 2, Lynsey
Bourke, Missoula Hellgate High School; 3, Andy McKittrick, Great Falls High
School
Class A: 1, Kayla Arneson, Polson High School; 2, Heather Eisele, Custer
County High School; 3, Tiffany Hanson, Sidney High School.
Class B: 1, Brady Smith, Jefferson High School, Boulder; 2, Christa
Sprout, Cascade High School; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Angie Monroe, Sheridan High School; 2, Louise Torgerson,
Medicine Lake High School; 3, No award.
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Class AA: 1, Jordon Webber, Billings Senior High School; 2, Dan Pedry,
Missoula Sentinel High School; 3, Lynsey Bourke, Missoula Hellgate High School.
Class A: 1, Alicia Torgerson, Sidney High School; 2, Heather Eisele
and Jenn Janvold, Custer County High School; 3, Dylan Shorter, Park High School.
Class B: 1, Brady Smith, Jefferson High School; 2, Matt Weakland, Cascade
High School; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, LaRae Porta, Bainville High School; 2, Angela Monroe, Sheridan
High School; 3, Sandi Nelson, Medicine Lake High School
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Class AA: 1, Josh Varney, Billings Senior High School; 2, Hollie Rupert,
Missoula Hellgate High School; 3, Amanda Rapstad, Great Falls High School.
Class A: 1, Maggie Liebschutz, Polson High School; 2, Heather Eisele,
Custer County High School; 3, Kassidee Kilsclonk, Sidney High School.
Class B: 1, No award; 2, Marie Franko, Cascade High School; 3, No award
Class C: 1, Ashley Berwick, Bainville High School; 2, Michael Reuter,
Medicine Lake High School; 3, Patrick Maddison, Sheridan High School
NEWS WRITING
Class AA: 1, Kayla Patterson, Billings Senior High School; 2, Erika
Beck and Mike Nugent, Missoula Sentinel High School; 3, Angela Person, Great
Falls High School
Class A: 1, Terra Willson, Custer County High School; 2, Megan Christiansen
and Lorenn Moore, Libby High School; 3, Nicole Wood, Polson High School.
Class B: 1, Anthony Harden, Jefferson High School, Boulder; 2, Travis
Greer, Cascade High School. 3, No award.
Class C: Beth Hansen, Bainville High School; 2, Brenda McNaney, Hysham
High School; 3, Shanda Wivholm, Medicine Lake High School
FEATURE WRITING
Class AA: 1, Max Loskutoff and Shanley Swanson, Missoula Hellgate High
School; 2, Mike Nugent and Ashley Sporano, Missoula Sentinel High School;
3, Tamara Olson, Great Falls High School.
Class A: 1, Kate Tiskus, Polson High School; 2, Rachel Kinkie, Park
High School; 3, Heather Eisele, Custer County High School
Class B: 1, Jody Myers, Salley Carey, Bill Stubblefield, Jefferson
High School; 2, Will Milburn, Cascade County High School; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Will Gross, Hysham High School; 2, Beth Hansen, Bainville
High School; 3, Denise Miller, Sheridan High School.
SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE
Class AA: 1, Mike Nugent, Missoula Sentinel High School; 2, Eric Taylor,
Billings Skyhview High School; 3, Chase Mohney, Great Falls High School.
Class A: 1, Bryn Flager, Polson High School; 2, Rebekah Huskamp, Sidney
High School; 3, Myers Reece, Park High School.
Class B: 1, Christina Sprout, Cascade County High School; 2, Sarah
Jessen, Jefferson High School; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Bridget Sievers, Hysham High School; 2, Patrick Maddison,
Sheridan High School; 3, Louise Torgerson, Medicine Lake High School.
SPORTS FEATURE WRITING
Class AA: 1, Peter Bulger, Missoula Hellgate High School; 2, Emily
Bulger, Great Falls High School; 3, Selena Cintron and John Nugent, Missoula
Sentinel High School
Class A: 1, Rebekah Huskamp, Sidney High School; 2, Bryn Flager, Polson
High School; 3, Myers Reece, Park High School.
Class B: 1, Sarah Jessen, Jefferson High School; 2, Matt Weakland,
Cascade County High School, 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Bridget Sievers, Hysham High School; 2: TIE: Sandi Nelson,
Medicine Lake High School, and Beth Hansen, Bainville High School
NEWSPAPER DESIGN
Class AA: 1, Sentinel High School "Konah"; 2, Billings High
School "Bronc Express"; 3, Hellgate High School "Lance"
Class A: 1, Sidney High School "Spokesman"; 2, Amanda Herauf,
Park High School "Geyser"; 3, Libby High School "Tamarack"
Class B: 1, Marie Franko, Cascade High School "Ketochi";
2, Jefferson High School "Panther Press"; 3, No award.
Class C: 1, Beth Hansen, Bainville "Blue’s News"’;
2, Medicine Lake High School "Bda Wauka"; 3, Hysham High School
"Cutlass"
ADVERTISING DESIGN
Class AA: 1, Jason Kunz, Great Falls High School; Selena Cintron, Missoula
Sentinel High School; 3, Nik Campfield, Missoula Hellgate High School
Class A: 1, Ashley Anvile, Sidney High School; 2, Sarah Martin, Polson
High School; 3, Jenn Hanvold, Custer County High School
Class B: 1, No award; 2, No award; 3, Tiffany Rosling, Jefferson High
School.
Class C: 1, Stephanie Bingham, Sheridan High School; 2, Laura Rabenberg,
Medicine Lake High School; 3, No award.
BEST WEB SITE
Class AA: No award.
Class A: 1, Nathan Martin, Polson High School. 2 &3: No award
Class B: 1. Cascade High School
Class C: No award