Twenty District 202 high school student journalists will participate in the state journalism competition on Friday, April 22, 2022, in Normal.
Plainfield High School-Central Campus, Plainfield South High School, Plainfield North High School, and Plainfield East High School competed April 9, 2022, at the Illinois High School Association sectional held virtually this year.
PEHS took second overall and PSHS took third overall.
These students participated in the sectional event. Names marked with * will take part in the IHSA state competition.
Plainfield High School-Central Campus
First place
- Michael Totosz, senior – Sports Writing *
- Anesa Nevzadi, senior – Video News *
- Abby Timm, junior – Yearbook Copy Writing *
Fourth place
- Michael Totosz, senior – Copy Editing
- Maddy Veghts, junior – Editorial Cartooning
Plainfield South High School
First place
- Alondra Rosales, senior – Copy Editing *
- Alexis Ortega, junior – Advertising *
- Ricky Meyer, sophomore – Photo Story Telling*
Second place
- Layla Davis, junior – Editorial Cartooning *
- Sara Weyand, sophomore – Info Graphics *
- Rachel Mackey, sophomore – Review Writing *
Third place
- Ella Underwood, junior – Headline Writing *
- Alexis Ortega, junior – Yearbook Copy Writing *
- Angelia Alvarado, sophomore -News Writing *
Fourth place
- Caitlin Carrasco, sophomore, and Isabelle Davis, freshmen – Yearbook Theme Development
Fifth place
- Alondra Rosales, senior – Sports Writing
- Ella Underwood, junior – Newspaper Design
Sixth place
- Alyssa Carino, sophomore, Orianna D’Landazuri, junior, and Victoria Camarda, junior – Video News
- Delaney O’Sullivan, senior – Yearbook Caption Writing
Plainfield North High School
Third place
- Dylan Budd, sophomore – Sports Writing *
Plainfield East High School
First place
- Eddie Burgin, senior – Editorial Cartooning *
- Laine Cibulskis, senior – Review and Editorial Writing *
- Mia Graske – sophomore – Feature Writing *
Second place
- Ivy He, senior – Yearbook Copy Writing *
- Khadijah Halim – junior, Headline Writing *
- Malika Syeda, junior – Copy Editing *
Third place
- Rayne Branch, junior – Broadcast News *
Fourth place
- Ethan Delwood, senior – Photo Story Telling
- Ivy He, senior – Yearbook Caption Writing
Fifth place
- Mia Graske – sophomore – News Writing
- Jayda Johnson-Hayes, junior – Yearbook Layout Double-Page Spread
- Alyssa Kotara and Courtney Pincuspy, juniors – Yearbook Theme Development
Sixth place
- Eddie Burgin, senior – Info Graphics
- Emily Mendez, freshman – Newspaper Design
- Zaara Syeda, freshman – Advertising
