Jared Peck of the Lexington Herald-Leader won first place in the 2024 Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the Division C High School Beat Writing category.
APSE contest winners will be honored at the 2025 APSE Summer Conference banquet at the Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown on June 28. Registration for the conference is now open.
Peck will receive a plaque. The second- through 10th-place finishers will receive frameable certificates.
Sports editors submitted 36 entries in the category. Contest chair Paul Barrett and APSE officers Dan Spears, Perryn Keys and Tony Maluso prepared the entries.
Contest results: Sections, digital, video | Writing and photography
In February, judges at the APSE Winter Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and remote judges around the country selected a top 10, with each judge ranking the entries in order from 1 to 10. The final 10 were given to a second judging group, which ranked the entries 1 to 10 in the same fashion. The final rankings are determined by tallying the ballots. Associated Press Photo Manager Mike Stewart helped choose finalists in the photo categories.
The top 10 are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses, along with links to the winning entries.
The contest is open to APSE members. Click here to join.
1. Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader (2) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
2. Taylor Eldridge, The Wichita Eagle (2) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
3. (tie) Darren Cooper, The Record (Bergen County, N.J.) (1) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
3. (tie) Dan DeLuca, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.) (1) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5. John Varlas, The Daily Memphian 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
6. Adam Duvall, Peoria Journal Star 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
7. Matt Case, The Roanoke Times 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
8. Amie Just, Lincoln Journal Star 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
9. Evan Gerike, Asheville Citizen Times 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
10. Treasure Washington, Evansville Courier & Press 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
