The Mustang Moon brought home a banner from the Yearbook of the Year competition.
“There are five banners awarded in the state from the Iowa High School Press Association in Class A, B and C for school size and two for at large,” said yearbook advisor JoAnn Gage. “We won an at large banner.”
The conference was held at Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City Thursday, Oct. 23.
The yearbook also received a number of other individual awards. Those awards include:
First place finishes in: design/mugs of juniors for Caroline Rupe and Adeline Whisner; sports feature photo/caption for “Rolling into the Finals” for Renee Vig; feature photo with caption/student life-school related for “Sweet Rewards” for Kade Kaiser; sports action photo/caption for “Poised for Height” for Adeline Whisner; photo with caption/student life-out of school related for “Tiny Dancer” by Lydia Marshall; environmental photo/caption for “Choir Director Thad Wilkins” by Kade Kaiser
Second place finishes in: sports feature photo/caption for “Celebration” for Avery Thurn; feature photo with caption/student life-school related for “Add a Little Sparkle” for Adeline Whisner; yearbook innovation for “Trends” by Lydia Marshall, Alex Briesemeister, Porter Chatman, Cooper Krob and Gavin Plathe; sports action photo/caption for “State Champ” by Avery Thurn
Third place finishes in: reader services for Kade Kaiser, Emily Giel and Lydia Marshall; personality profile “Among the Crops” for Eva Bishop; design/mugs for senior parade for Caroline Rupe; infograph/mod for “Libby Dix” for Avery Thurn; environmental photo/caption for “Norah Weber” by Kade Kaiser
Honorable mentions in yearbook innovation “Football” by Adeline Whisner and Lucy Wischmeyer; sports action photo/caption for “Dive” by Lucy Wischmeyer; design/opening closing or division spread for Sports Division Spread for Kade Kaiser; infograph/mod for “What is something you accomplished this school year?” for Kendal Hoeppner; photo with caption/student life-out of school related for “Skateboarding” for Xander Dexter-Woodburn; photo with caption/student life-out of school related for “Let’s Dance!” by Kade Kaiser; design/January to June events for “Large Group Speech” by Lydia Marshall; theme “Lights, Camera, Roll Stangs” for Kade Kaiser, Lydia Marshall and Avery Thurn.