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NSPA Winners

NSPA Best of Show Winners
2003 JEA/NSPA Spring National
High School Journalism Convention
Portland, OR

Total number of entries: 289

Newspaper 1-8 pages

1. The Warrior
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi, CA

2. The Octagon
Sacramento Country Day School
Sacramento, CA

3. Green & Gold
Narbonne High School
Harbor City, CA

4. Blue & Gold
Findlay High School
Findlay, OH

5. The Stagg Line
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Stockton, CA

6. The Matador
San Gabriel High School
San Gabriel, CA

7. The Academy Times
Charles Wright Academy
Tacoma, WA

8. Taft Tribune
William Howard Taft High School
Woodland Hills, CA

9. Cat Tales
Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, WA

10. Flight
Capital High School
Boise, ID

Newspaper 9-12 pages

1. The Bruin Voice
Bear Creek High School
Stockton, CA

2. Stampede
Burges High School
El Paso, TX

3. The King's Courier
El Camino Real High School
Woodland Hills, CA

4. Drops of Ink
Libertyville Community High School
Libertyville, IL

5. Knights Herald
Thomas Downey High School
Modesto, CA

6. Viking Vanguard
Puyallup High School
Puyallup, WA

7. The Portlight
Banning High School
Wilmington, CA

8. Bear Tracks
Blair High School
Blair, NE

9. Spartan Scroll
Schurr High School
Montebello, CA

10. Northern Lights
North Central High School
Indianapolis, IN

Newspaper 13-16 pages

1. The Bruin
McMinnville High School
McMinnville, OR

2. Blue & White
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield, CA

3. Wolf Pack Press
Woodcreek High School
Roseville, CA

4. The Casa Chronicle
Casa Roble High School
Orangevale, CA

5. The Epitaph
Homestead High School
Cupertino, CA

6. Mount Carmel Sun
Mount Carmel High School
San Diego, CA

7. The Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, KS

8. Rocky Mountain Highlighter
Rocky Mountain High School
Fort Collins, CO

9. Sandstorm
Richland High School
Richland, WA

10. Excalibur
McQueen High School
Reno, NV

Newspaper 17 or more pages

1. The Epic
Lynbrook High School
San Jose, CA

2. The Prospector
Cupertino High School
Cupertino, CA

3. The Gazette
Granite Bay High School
Granite Bay, CA

4. The A-Blast
Annandale High School
Annandale, VA

5. The North Star
J.W. North High School
Riverside, CA

6. The Little Hawk
City High School
Iowa City, IA

7. The Register
Central High School
Omaha, NE

8. The Falconer
Torrey Pines High School
San Diego, CA

9. Iniwa
Great Falls High School
Great Falls, MT

10. The Blue and Gold
Center High School
Antelope, CA

Newspaper Special Edition

1. The Bulldog Press
Judge Memorial Catholic High School
Salt Lake City, UT

2. Ahlahasa
Albert Lea High School
Albert Lea, MN

3. The Stagg Line
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Stockton, CA

4. The Blue and Gold
Center High School
Antelope, CA

5. The Little Hawk
City High School
Iowa City, IA

6. JagWire
Emerald Ridge High School
South Hill, WA

7. Knights Herald
Thomas Downey High School
Modesto, CA

8. Entry withdrawn

9. Westside Story
Skyline High School
Idaho Falls, ID

10. The Mustang
San Dieguito Academy
Encinitas, CA

Newsmagazine

1. Verde
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, CA

2. Ahlahasa
Albert Lea High School
Albert Lea, MN

3. Featherduster
Westlake High School
Austin, TX

4. Woodcreek Magazine
Woodcreek High School
Roseville, CA

5. The Portlight
Banning High School
Wilmington, CA

6. JagWire
Emerald Ridge High School
South Hill, WA

7. The Messenger
Garfield High School
Seattle, WA

8. The Blazer
Timberline High School
Lacey, WA

9. Knight Beat
Bishop Kelly High School
Boise, ID

10. Tiger Rag
Chaffey High School
Ontario, CA

Yearbook 1-224 pages

1. Aquin
Saint Thomas High School
Houston, TX

2. Hoofbeats
Burges High School
El Paso, TX

3. Silvertip
Wichita Northwest High School
Wichita, KS

4. El Leon
Mansfield High School
Mansfield, MO

5. Wings
Arrowhead Christian Academy
Redlands, CA

6. Legend
Kickapoo High School
Springfield, MO

7. El Capitan
Thomas Jefferson High School
El Paso, TX

8. Lion Tracks
Cottage Grove High School
Cottage Grove, OR

9. Kougar Pride
Kankakee Valley High School
Wheatfield, IN

10. Behemoth
Skyline High School
Idaho Falls, ID

Yearbook 225-274 pages

1. Classic
Tremper High School
Kenosha, WI

2. El Camino Real
San Gabriel High School
San Gabriel, CA

3. Chieftain
Westwood High School
Mesa, AZ

4. The Viking
Puyallup High School
Puyallup, WA

5. The Spud
Idaho Falls High School
Idaho Falls, ID

6. Excalibur
Hillcrest High School
Idaho Falls, ID

7. Accolade
Newport High School
Bellevue, WA

8. Highlander
Bel Air High School
El Paso, TX

9. The Pegasus
Homestead High School
Cupertino, CA

10. Red & White
City High School
Iowa City, IA

Yearbook 275-324 pages

1. Hi-S-Potts
Pottsville Area High School
Pottsville, PA

2. Shield
Thomas Downey High School
Modesto, CA

3. Epic
Center High School
Antelope, CA

4. Roundup
Great Falls High School
Great Falls, MT

5. Compendium
Santa Teresa High School
San Jose, CA

6. Horizons
Salpointe Catholic High School
Tucson, AZ

7. Equus
Dobson High School
Mesa, AZ

8. Eugenean
South Eugene High School
Eugene, OR

9. Historian
McClintock High School
Tempe, AZ

10. El Lobo
Chandler High School
Chandler, AZ

Yearbook 325 or more pages

1. Volsung
Downey High School
Downey, CA

2. Odyssey
Chantilly High School
Chantilly, VA

3. Rampages
Casa Roble High School
Orangevale, CA

4. Freeflight
Torrey Pines High School
San Diego, CA

5. The Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, KS

6. Decamhian
Del Campo High School
Fair Oaks, CA

7. Indian
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, KS

8. El Paisano
Westlake High School
Austin, TX

9. Etruscan
Glenbrook South High School
Glenview, IL

10. Facets
Emerald Ridge High School
South Hill, WA

Junior High/Middle School Yearbook

1. Eagle
Maize Middle School
Maize, KS

2. Windward
C.E. Utt Middle School
Tustin, CA

3. Paragon
Daniel Webster Middle School
Stockton, CA

Junior High/Middle School Newspaper

1. Scuttlebutt
Orangevale Open K-8 School
Orangevale, CA

2. The Pipeline
Bernice Ayer Middle School
San Clemente, CA

3. The Spectrum
Harvard-Westlake Middle School
Los Angeles, CA

Literary Magazine

1. Reflections
Salpointe Catholic High School
Tucson, AZ

2. Stylus
Stillwater High School
Stillwater, MN

3. Expressions Through Creativity
Pottsville High School
Pottsville, PA

4. Ikon
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield, CA

5. Ascent
Emerald Ridge High School
South Hill, WA

Broadcast Program

1. Husky Headlines
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, KS

2. Blue Jay Journal TV
Washington High School
Washington, MO

3. HTV Magazine
Hillcrest High School
Springfield, MO

4. GHS Inside Out
Glendale High School
Springfield, MO

5. Conquest Journal
Del Valle High School
El Paso, TX

6. AL Insider
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council Bluffs, IA

7. WBUC News
Hoover High School
Hoover, AL

8. Searider News
Waianae High School
Wai'Anae, HI

9. 2AToday
Findlay High School
Findlay, OH

10. Kickapoo News Network
Kickapoo High School
Springfield, MO