By Haley Yates
Juniors Haley Yates and Peter Mikhael competed in the journalism portion of UIL last Saturday. Yates placed first in Feature Writing, second in News Writing and fifth in Editorial Writing. Mikhael placed fourth in News Writing and fifth in Editorial Writing. Richardson won second place overall in the journalism portion. Yates will compete at Regionals in Waco next month.
“Whenever we write stories for our newspaper, we always strive to produce the best quality,” Mikhael said. “Placing second means that the judges recognized the work ethic our writers possess, even though only three of our staff members competed.”
Mikhael will join Yates in Waco as an alternate writer in the competition.
“I’m excited for regionals,” Yates said. “Last year I made it to regionals as an alternate, but i’m hoping this year we can make it all the way to State.”