By NATALIE MOORE

About 200 students from Los Angeles and Orange counties competed in the state write-offs hosted by the Southern California Journalism Education Association.

The all-day event was held Saturday at Rancho Dominguez Prep School in Long Beach.

Students were given a topic and were required to write a story in their category, which included news, sports, editorial and features, on the spot. Other categories also included news, feature and sports photography as well as newspaper and yearbook layout.

Prestige Yearbook editor Ana Perez placed second for her sports photo of a water polo player, which the judges called “stunning.” The Pearl Post reporter and editorial cartoonist Sheena Gonzalez placed seventh in editorial cartoon for her drawing of the new law Assembly Bill 1266, which gives transgender students equal access to school facilities. Staff writer Irene Feher placed 11th in sports writing for a story on concussions among high school athletes.