On Saturday, March 3, Diamond Bar journalism and yearbook students competed in the annual Regional Write-offs at Schurr High School, along with eight or nine other schools. Overall, they finished 3rd in novice news, 3rd in newspaper sweepstakes and 3rd in the super sweepstakes competition.
The following students placed in the competition:
News: Brian Chang (1st, for the third straight year!), Catherine Liu (7th) and Christina Liu (8th)
Novice News: Elizabeth Peng (5th), Yewon (Grace) Lee (8th), Johnny Wang (20th)
Critical Review: Pauline Woodley (2nd), Amy Miyahara (4th), Amelie Lee (6th)
Newspaper layout: Hannah Lee (6th)
Features: Cindy Liu (6th)
Sports: Sophia Kim (3rd), Ryan Chae (7th)
Editorial cartoon: Megan Lee (1st)
Photo (feature): Samyuktha Yellaiyan (9th)
Yearbook layout: Jeremy Kim, Meilani Aguila, Megan Ly and Priscilla Franchino (10th)