Winners were announced this week by David Moore, chairman of the APA Better Newspaper Contest Committee.
McCarthy’s story on the Cedar Bluff High School football team’s win over Westbrook Christian won first place in best sports single event story for Division D, which is non-dailies of 4,000 or less.
Seventy-six newspapers submitted 2,913 entries in the annual contest. The entries were judged by the Florida Press Association.
The awards will be presented July 24 at APA’s 133rd annual summer convention at Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach





