CHARLESTON — Uni High's 2007-08 yearbook has won top honors for best sports coverage and best theme development in Eastern Illinois University's annual competition.

Participating in the under-500 enrollment category, Uni High also won second place overall for last year's edition. Joel Beesley advised the staff, and 2008 graduates Frankie McFarland, Christopher Nixon, Mike Renner, and Suran Yoo edited the book.

The University of Chicago Lab School's U-Highlights won first place in the under-500 division. Carbondale Community's The Dial won top honors in the 500-1,200 division, and Grayslake North's A Knight's Tale won the over-1,200 title.

In all, Uni earned five awards in the 2008 Eastern Illinois High School Press Association yearbook contest:

• 2nd — Best Overall Yearbook
• 1st — Best Sports Coverage
• 1st — Best Theme Development
• 3rd — Best Layout and Design
• 3rd — Best Divider Pages

The honors are the latest in a string of successes for Uni's yearbook staff. Last year the 2006-07 book also won second place in the EIHSPA contest.

In April, yearbook staffers and Gargoyle staffers teamed up to win a sectional championship in the opening round of the IHSA journalism tournament and second place at the state meet.

Results from 2008 EIHSPA Yearbook Contest

Less than 500 enrollment

• Best Layout and Design
  1. University HS–Chicago
  2. South Central HS
  3. Uni High–Urbana

• Best Copy
  1. University HS–Chicago
  2. Cisne HS
  3. Newton Community HS

• Best Dividers
  1. Robinson HS
  2. Oblong HS
  3. Uni High–Urbana

• Best Use of Photography
  1. University HS–Chicago
  2. Robinson HS
  3. Evanston Roycemore HS

• Best Graphics
  1. Newton Community HS
  2. University HS–Chicago
  3. Robinson HS

• Best Sports Coverage
  1. Uni High–Urbana
  2. University HS–Chicago
  3. Newton Community HS

• Best Theme Development
  1. Uni High–Urbana
  2. Lovington HS
  3. Evanston Roycemore HS

• Best Coverage of School Year
  1. University HS–Chicago
  2. Cisne HS
  3. Newton Community HS

• Best Overall Yearbook
  1. U-Highlights, Univ-Chicago
  2. University HS-Urbana
  3. (tie) Nu-Kom-I, Newton
  3. (tie) The Robinillo, Robinson

500 to 1,200 enrollment

• Best Layout and Design
  1. Carbondale Community HS
  2. Taylorville HS
  3. Belvidere HS

• Best Copy
  1. Taylorville HS
  2. Mahomet-Seymour HS
  3. East Richland HS

• Best Dividers
  1. East Richland HS
  2. Carbondale Community HS
  3. Belvidere HS

• Best Use of Photography
  1. Carbondale Community HS
  2. East Richland HS
  3. Belvidere HS

• Best Graphics
  1. Carbondale Community HS
  2. Taylorville HS
  3. Belvidere HS

• Best Sports Coverage
  1. Carbondale Community HS
  2. East Richland HS
  3. Greenville HS

• Best Theme Development
  1. Belvidere HS
  2. East Richland HS
  3. Greenville HS

• Best Coverage of School Year
  1. Mahomet-Seymour HS
  2. Carbondale Community HS
  3. Greenville HS

• Best Overall Yearbook
  1. The Dial, Carbondale Community
  2. Olnean, East Richland
  3. (tie) The Drift, Taylorville
  3. (tie) The Belvi, Belvidere

More than 1,200 enrollment

• Best Layout and Design
  1. Glenwood HS
  2. Grayslake North HS
  3. Huntley HS

• Best Copy
  1. Glenwood HS
  2. Grayslake North HS
  3. Huntley HS

• Best Dividers
  1. LaSalle-Peru HS
  2. Glenwood HS
  3. Grayslake North HS

• Best Use of Photography
  1. Grayslake North HS
  2. Glenwood HS
  3. LaSalle-Peru HS

• Best Graphics
  1. Lasalle-Peru HS
  2. Grayslake North HS
  3. Glenwood HS

• Best Sports Coverage
  1. Glenwood HS
  2. Grayslake North HS
  3. Bloom HS

• Best Theme Development
  1. LaSalle-Peru HS
  2. Grayslake North HS
  3. Glenwood HS

• Best Coverage of School Year
  1. Huntley HS
  2. Grayslake North HS
  3. LaSalle-Peru HS

• Best Overall Yearbook
  1. A Knight’s Tale, Grayslake North
  2. Mnemosyne, Glenwood
  3. Ell Ess Pe, LaSalle-Peru