Humboldt High School journalism students brought home the gold in the 2026 Kansas Scholastic Press Association 1A/2A Bison Regional Contest. The Cubs accumulated a total of 233 points, finishing in first place, while the second- place competitor, Chase County Junior Senior High School, had 121 points. Third place went to Uniontown High School. Satanta High School finished in fourth, while Central Plains High School received fifth place.
“It’s always very exciting when you place in a contest and get to see all of your hard work paying off,” Karoline Covey Jr. said. “Our program has always worked hard, and it helps when we have an amazing adviser guiding us the whole way.”
HHS student journalists who placed at regionals, won awards, and are competing at the state level are: Brystal Hudlin, Academics photography, first place; Alexis McCullough, Academics photography, third place; Josey Ellis, Advertising design, third place; Victoria Melendez, Advertising design, fourth place; Kamry DeLaTorre, Copyediting, first place; Addy Borjas, Copyediting, third place; Alexis McCullough, Cutline writing, third place; Braydie Whitworth, Cutline writing, fourth place; Kamry DeLaTorre, Digital illustration, first place; Alexa Ellis, Digital illustration, second place; Carol Henderson, Editorial cartoon, second place; Carlin Hart, Editorial writing, second place; Braylynn Watson, Editorial writing, third place; Braylynn Watson, Feature writing, first place; Addy Borjas, Feature writing, second place; Jack Works, Headline writing and design, third place; Addy Borjas, Headline writing and design, fifth place; Gabi Vargas-Garcia, Infographic design, second place; Tennyson Nassir, Infographic design, fourth place; Ellie Carlson, Rey Jones, Carlin Hart, and Tennyson Nassir, Multimedia storytelling, first place; Mallory Sinclair, Rhylee Wilkerson, Blake Shrader, Multimedia storytelling, second place; Jack Works, News page design, first place; Addy Borjas, News page design, third place; Braylynn Watson, News page design, fifth place; Ellie Carlson, News writing, first place; Braylynn Watson, News writing, third place; Jack Works, Newspaper sports writing, first place; Connor Newman, Newspaper sports writing, second place; Kenton Nassir, Review writing, fourth place; Addy Borjas, Review writing, fifth place; Brystal Hudlin, Social media, first place; Maddie Comstock and Kinidy Ikehorn, Social media, third place; Brystal Hudlin, Sports action photography, third place; Karoline Covey, Sports action photography, sixth place; Brystal Hudlin, Sports feature photography, second place; Karoline Covey, Sports feature photography, fifth place; Kalyn Baughn, Sports media portrait photography, second place; Mallory Sinclair, Sports media portrait photography, fourth place; Karoline Covey, Student life photography, first place; Victoria Melendez, Student life photography, fourth place; Carlie Weilert, Karoline Covey, Willow LaCrone, and Broc Ivy, Video PSA, first place; Brystal Hudlin, Kamry DeLaTorre, Lakyn Meadows, and Kinley Hart, Video sports promo, second place; Bentley Kolb, Connor Newman, Kolton Hanson, Owen Works, Video sports promo, third place; Mallory Sinclair, Ella Schomaker, and Savannah Koch, Video sports promo, fourth place; Braylynn Watson and Piper Goss, Video story package, first place; Alexis McCullough and Ella Schomaker, Video story package, second place; Taevyn Baylor, Yearbook copywriting, second place; Ellie Carlson, Yearbook copywriting, third place; Victoria Melendez, Yearbook design, third place; America Sinclair, Yearbook design, fifth place; Jack Works, Yearbook sports writing, second place; Kolton Hanson, Yearbook sports writing, fourth place; Victoria Melendez, Yearbook theme and graphics, first place; and America Sinclair, Yearbook theme and graphics, fourth place.
