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1st Place, News Brief<\/strong>
2024-25, Division 1, News Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Samantha Erwin<\/strong>
The Eagle’s Eye
Eisenhower HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Utica Community Schools (UCS) Superintendent Robert Monroe held a groundbreaking ceremony at Swinehart stadium, welcoming incoming renovations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think one of the things that I\u2019m most proud of today is that our focus is around what we can do for our students in the future, making sure that we give them the best not only of academics, which I think Utica schools do but also gives them state of the art facilities as well,\u201d Monroe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swinehart will undergo changes, including replacing pavement, Improving the fan experience and updating the press box and home and visitor bleachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just providing the quality of space that matches the quality of student athletes and students in the school. You had good teams, you had great teams, and your facilities didn\u2019t represent it, and all these [renovations] do,\u201d Principal designer Mark Reeves said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monroe emphasized the importance of all present and future sports teams that have or will play on Swinehart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most exciting part is that future athletes will have a stadium now to call home,\u201d senior Lacrosse player Luke Masternardi said. \u201cAnd will have the top facilities to make new memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NW-04. News Brief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

News briefs should be 150-200 word stories<\/strong> that report on events and issues that have news value and timeliness to the publication\u2019s readers. Coverage should include quotes or other attributed information from at least one human source. Submit a PDF of the print page(s) on which the news brief was published or the URL to the story on an online news site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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