MANHATTAN — Hays High broadcast students performed well at this week’s state Kansas Student Technology Leadership Digital Media Competition in Manhattan.

Members of the 489News team traveled to the K-State campus on Wednesday, with instructor Dan Balman to compete in presentations of projects from this year against other schools from around the state. All groups attending from Hays High placed at the event in the categories they entered in.

The following are the results from the competition:
1st Place – Amber Klaus & Rylie Rowland –Interactive Media
1st Place – Kali Pitcock & Brooke Russell –Video Production News Story
3rd Place – Brooks Barber & Alexis Gonzalez – Website Design
4th Place – Caden Cunningham – Graphic Design
4th Place – Ana Goodlett & Kara Brooks – Video Public Service Announcement
5th Place – Kylie Brown – Graphic Design
5th Place – Jenna Luebbers – Video Production News Story

In addition to this, the students also performed well at the Kansas Association of Broadcaster Awards. The following are the results from this competition:
1st Place – Kali Pitcock, Brooke Russell, Jacob Alexander – Public Affairs Program
2nd Place – Brooks Barber, Brandon Wise, Trenton Henningsen, Jake Dechant – Sports Play-by-Play
2nd Place – Rachael Arthur – Entertainment Program
HM – Brooks Barber & Jacob Alexander – Station Promotion Announcement
HM – Amber Klaus, Jenna Luebbers, Rylie Rowland – Enterprise News Package
HM – Jacob Alexander – Entertainment Program
HM – Brooks Barber – Station Website

For more information on the Hays High Broadcast department, you can view their website at www.489news.com.