Central High School journalists take top awards

The staff of the Cape Central High School yearbook, Girardot, combined forces with the staff of the campus newspaper, The Tiger, to win the Sweepstakes Trophy for the third straight year at the Regional Southeast Missouri Student Press Association Workshop and Competition held at Southeast Missouri State University in September. The Sweepstakes Trophy is awarded to the school with the highest point total from all categories of competition. The Tiger advisor is Mrs. Pat Kuper and the current Girardot advisor is Cynthia Buerck who replaced former yearbook advisor Patti Whittington.

Pictured above are, left to right, front row, Kieran Adams, Kapri Thatch, Karla Gonzalez, Dustin Peetz, Garrett Arnold, Keke Fisher and Brooke Burge. Middle row, Alyssa Coots, Hannah Wiggs, Alan Jarvis, Ellie Kidd, Amie Condie, Amy Ennis, Jazmin Sadler, Susanna Hayward and Brandy Guinter. Top row, Neil Bradley, Andrea Anderson, Mariah Islas, Jake James, Abby Addleman, Joe Florian, Brittany Beveridge and Brandon Wells.

Competition Categories and results are: Yearbook Cover for 2011: third place; Yearbook Doublepage Spread: first place; Newspaper Front Page/Cover: first place; Newspaper Doublepage Spread: first place; Current Event Quiz: second place to Dustin Peetz; Write-Off Competition: first place to Ellie Kidd; Student Life Photography: third place to the Girardot.