Echo Press honored with 30 state awards
The Echo Press won 11 first place, 10 second place awards and nine third place honors across all facets of the newspaper – news, sports, opinion, photography, advertising and design. Written By: Al Edenloff | Celeste Edenloff | 2:28 pm, Feb. 1, 2021 ×
Echo Press photographer Lowell Anderson won first place in the news photo category with this shot taken at the Cool School Plunge at Discovery Middle School last March.
The Echo Press received 30 awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s 2019-2020 Better Newspapers Contest – tying the most awards it has ever received.
Results were revealed at the MNA’s annual award ceremony through a recorded YouTube video on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Conference Record: 6-0 West Central
At State: Team runner-up in Class A, 11 state entrants, six placewinners
Key Graduates: Tanner Berghuis (43-4, fifth at state at 285 pounds, section champion, all-conference); Kelvin Andrade-Ponce (37-7, sixth at state at 120 pounds, section champion, all-conference); Ramzee Molinaro (32-8, state entrant at 132 pounds, section runner-up, all-conference); Jesus Cardenas (12-21, state entrant at 195 pounds, section runner-up)
Key Returners: Cole Holien, jr. (40-8, fifth at state at 113 pounds, section runner-up, all-conference); Brady Holien, jr. (39-10, fourth at state at 126 pounds, section runner-up, all-conference); Jevon Williams, fr. (40-9, fifth at state at 106 pounds, section champion, all-conference); Jaxon Behm, jr. (33-15, state entrant at 160 pounds, section champion); Hayden Straumann, sr. (28-17, state entrant at 138 pounds, section runner-up); Logan Sherwood, sr. (27-9, fifth at state at 220 pounds, section runner-up); Taylor Fester