Literary Region Champions!!!
Congratulations to our Literary Team and their coaches Ms. Kari Callaway, Mrs. Mayre Langford '75 Gibson and Mr. Brinkley Bradshaw '99 on bringing home the region trophy. Briarwood took first place in all but two events!! Below you will find a list of events and who participated in them!!
First place finishes:
GIRLS SOLO
freshman Taylor Newton
BOYS SOLO
freshman Newt Powell
GIRLS TRIO
sophomores Shannon Newsome
(parents: Mike '79 and Lisa Russell '81 Newsome) and Taylor Rabun,
junior Mary Ashley Gibson
(mom: Mayre Langford '73 Gibson)
BOYS QUARTET
seniors Eric Johnson
(dad: Dodge Johnson '81),
Adam Hardy and
Matthew McElveen
(parents: Chris '74and Faith Mitchell '74 McElveen),
8th grader Dalton Banks
(dad: Ken Banks '84)
**interesting tidbit: Ken sang in the quartet in high school and sang the very song our quartet sang this year**
PIANO
freshman Adam Rutkowski
(parents: Greg '79 and Robyn Dupree '81 Rutkowski)
NATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AND ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
senior Eric Johnson
INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
senior Adam Hardy
RHETORICAL ESSAY
junior Emily Henderson
PERSONAL ESSAY
junior Maggie Keene
Second place finishes:
SPELLING
senior Lizzie Keen
DRAMATIC DUO
juniors Sierra Havrilla and Savannah Carani
**The team dedicated this victory to
Mr. Bob Warren** |