Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Recorder Entry Title: Sports Writing Entry Credit: Mark Pifer Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Farmville Herald Entry Title: Sports writing Entry Credit: Brian Carlton Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Tidewater News Entry Title: DeBruyne, A Duke and a captain Entry Credit: Titus Mohler Judge Comment: None
Competition Comment: This was easy to pick the winner as the top entry had catchy ledes, was concise and precise.
Better lede writing would help the other entrants tremendously. Don't feel the need to tel the entire story in the first two or three paragraphs.
