Sophomore Chris Yoder won first place in sports writing as Uni High earned the state runner-up trophy at the IHSA journalism finals held Saturday at Eastern illinois University. Palatine Fremd won the title with 28 points, followed by Uni with 23. No other school reached 20 points in the 15-event contest. Sixty-seven schools advanced to the finals from the April 19 sectional round.

Competing in a division intended for schools up to eight times its size, Uni High placed second in Division 3AA at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics state contest held Saturday at the University of Illinois. Vernon Hills won the title with 779 points, followed by Uni with 709. The contest consisted of 14 events in such areas as algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, precalculus, and calculus. Fifty-two schools competed, having advanced from the March 1 regional round held at 19 locations around the state.