On Saturday April 23 the journalism students competed in the IHSA journalism sectionals at Naperville Central High School. As a team the Cougars finished six out of 12 places, and they placed in 12 out of 16 individual categories. Two seniors, Brandon Smith and Alyssa Pometta, qualified for state in the Yearbook Theme Development category.

“I was absolutely flabbergasted by how well I worked with my partner to take second place at sectionals,” senior staff writer Brandon Smith said.

Among the student places include Matt Hehl in six^th place for Ad Design, Mitch Schoener in 4^th place for Broadcast News, Kaitlyn Shreffler in 6^th place for Copy Editing, Joe Crump in 6^th place for Editorial Writing, Kaitlin Darche in 5^th place for Info Graphics, Maddy Wheaton in 5^th place for Newspaper Design and in 6^th place for Yearbook Layout, Peyton Allen in 5^th place for Review Writing, Ryan Murray in 4^th place in Yearbook Caption Writing and in 6^th place in Yearbook Copy Writing.

Alyssa Pometta, senior staff writer, is also shocked that she qualified due to the fact that she is not in yearbook.