The Tatanka Yearbook and Hoofprint.net were awarded All-State Gold honors and The Hoofprint took All-State Silver at the Minnesota High School Press Association (MHSPA) Convention held at the University of Minnesota on October 20. All school publications are invited to participate in the competition. Of the 30 categories, Buffalo was mentioned 15 times. The 2009 Tatanka yearbook, Origin, received 8 awards out of the 9 categories. The Hoofprint received 7 awards out of 12 newspaper categories. The Hoofprint.net won a general excellence award.
Senior Sophie Jundt wrote about swimming for the yearbook and won the “Sports Copy” award.
MHSPA also gave awards to the design aspect of publication. Joel Morehouse received an award for a photograph he took.
“I took that photo in Montana with a f-stop of 1.8, and a 50 mm lens” said Senior Joel Morehouse.
The following awards were given.
3rd Place – Best In Show – Tatanka Yearbook
3rd Place – Best In Show – Hoofprint Newspaper
1st Place – Web Site General Excellence – Hoofprint.net
1st Place – Best In Show – Hoofprint.net
1st Place – Yearbook Feature Copy – Monica Shoberg
1st Place – Yearbook Sports Copy – Sophie Jundt
1st Place – Yearbook Academic Copy – Tom Polzine and Jake Dooley
2nd Place – Yearbook Academic Copy – Minnie Ostvig
2nd Place – Yearbook Design – Dani Krolak
2nd Place – Yearbook Sports Photo – Joel Morehouse
3rd Place – Yearbook Sports Photo – Matt Ebeling
3rd Place – Magazine Design – Matt Ebeling
3rd Place – Hoofprint Center Spread Design – Miranda Cole
3rd Place – Hoofprint Page One Design – Joel Morehouse and Brad Palmer
Honorable Mention – Hoofprint Sports Photo – Dan Hanson
