Peyton Parker is a senior at Gretna East and this is his second year on the Wingspan staff. He serves as a reporter. Parker originally joined the staff to write stories about sports, but he hopes that he is able to write any kind of story.

Last year, he won first place in Sports Newswriting at the NSAA High School State Journalism competition and third place at the UNO High School Media Conference in Long-Form Audio.

He hopes to achieve victory at State again this year, write great stories and create fun, informative podcasts. In school, he is also involved in National Honor Society, and outside of school, he loves to play video games like Rocket League and Rainbow Six Siege.

Three words, he would describe himself as are funny, handsome and intelligent. His greatest goal in life is to make people laugh and smile. When he graduates, he hopes to write about sports in college and is planning to go to UNL.

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