Monthly News Clip Contest

Monthly News Clip Contest

Jul 2009: Region 7
1st Place Sports: “First Round Knockout”
John Schreiber/Reno Gazette-Journal/Reno Gazette-Journal

Fedor Chudinov of Siberia, Russia, right, delivers a first-round knockout punch to Shawn Kirk of Lexington, Ky. during the Summer Showdown boxing match at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nev. Friday, July 10, 2009.

Judges’ comments for the category

The first and second place were great moments and technically flawless. Not a lot of creativity in this category.

Ken Klotzbach, Elizabeth Nida Obert, Jerry Olson. Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin

View results from region: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

R7 regional point tally

(year to date; the top 10 places are shown, plus ties)

700
J Forbes/Saint Louis Post -Dispatch
510
Rick McFarland/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
468
David Carson/St. Louis Post Dispatch
442
Stephen Thornton/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
400
EMILY RASINSKI/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
316
Benjamin Krain/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
252
Larry Singer/The El Dorado News-Times
240
Eric Keith/Saint Joseph News-Press
Michael Woods/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
220
Tanner Spendley/Texarkana Gazette