The Orange County  Journalism awards were held this past Tuesday, May 22 at Fullerton College.  For two consecutive years, Brea Olinda High School Alex Koers, School Newspaper Advisor/English Teacher, and his very talented wildcat newspaper staff,  won "Best Overall Newspaper."

Awards were also presented to:

• Paul Lee ("Reporter of the Year", and his April 5 cover story on the contract ratification placed 1st in the county for outstanding News writing)
• Kellie  Galentine (4th place for Opinion writing)
• Matt  Schade (1st place in Sports writing...for the third year in a row)
• Nathan Yoo (2nd place for Feature writing)
• Noelle  Gracia (3rd place for Feature writing)
• Brandon  Kim (1st and 2nd place for Sports photography, 2nd place for News photo, and 2nd for Feature photo)
• Amorette  Valero (1st place for News photo)