By Mary Byrne, APSE Second Vice President
The Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.) tied for first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2013 contest in the multimedia category for under 500,000 visitors.
Both entries will be presented with a first-place plaque at the 2014 APSE banquet June 28 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va.
Santa Cruz Sentinel staffers Andrew Matheson, Jim Seimas and Tony Solis' winning entry (https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=-fsgqlr-4Zs) consisted of the Double Coverage football team tracking every program in the county for the 2013 season, producing nearly 50 episodes that included season outlooks plus thrice weekly shows for all 13 weeks of the season. Each video ranged from 7-12 minutes.
Northwest Herald staffers Dan Mott, Les Johnson, Joe Stevenson, Jaso Pfrommer and Erick Ward created "The Fastest Four Minutes" _ a prep football highlights video package.
Daily Chronicle staffer John Sahly's piece about Zach Darcy, a 5-year-old battling leukemia, tackling NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch (http://www.nwherald.com/video/?videoid=2715091487001) finished third.
The top 10 is listed below with links, when available, to each entry.
In early March, preliminary judges at the APSE Winter Conference in Indianapolis selected a top 10.
The contest is open to APSE members. Go to this link to join.
Multimedia, Under 500,000 unique visitors
1. Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.): Andrew Matheson, Jim Seimas,Tony Solis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fsgqlr-4Zs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H7JeYyun8w
http://bit.ly/1kf1tiT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jBALXFa5GA
1. Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.):
Dan Mott, Les Johnson, Jason Pfrommer, Erick Ward
The Fastest Four Minutes: Prep football highlights video package
3. Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Ill.): John Sahly
"Zach Dacy tackles Leukemia, Lynch" Zach Darcy, a 5-year-old battling leukemia was able to tackle NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch
http://www.nwherald.com/video/?videoid=2715091487001
4. Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times: Kenny Ryan
(Instagram video as a red-zone cam; video packages and interactive state title map, all behind pay wall)
4. Columbia Missourian: Timmy Huynh and Katie Alaimo
"Upward Bound: More than winning" _ Calvary Baptist Church hosts a youth basketball league to teach kids that sports are about more than just the final score
6. The Island Packet (Hilton Head, S.C.): Delayna Earley
http://bit.ly/1fRgD9O
7. Yakima (Wash.) Herald Republic: Madison McCord
Game of the Week: Prosser preps for Othello video package
8. Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.): Dan Mott, Les Johnson, Jason Pfrommer, Joe Stevenson, Erick Ward
2013 Northwest Herald All-Area Team video package
9. Columbia Missourian: Roxana Pop and Meredith Turk
10. Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne): Robert Gagliardi
