2008 CLASS A STATE LITERARY & MUSIC COMPETITION Thursday, March 13, 2008 Valdosta State University, Valdosta

GIRLS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY 1st KYLI LAMAR, WESTWOOD 184 2nd Anna Marie Channell, Nathanael Greene 167 3rd Alicia Hauseler, Fullington Academy 154 4th Hannah Byars, Oak Mountain Academy 150

BOYS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY 1st J.R. WHETSELL, DAVID EMANUEL 165 2nd Jack Butts, Nathanael Greene Academy 164 3rd Taylor High, Westwood School 146 4th Trey Hill, John Hancock Academy 141

PERSONAL ESSAY 1ST VICTORIA McDONALD, OAK MOUNTAIN 186 2nd Christina Jones, Monsignor Donovan 184 3rd Alex Cheves, Nathanael Greene Academy 178 4th Julie Bergen, Flint River Academy 172

SPELLING 1st CASEY COX, WESTWOOD SCHOOL 72 2nd Patrick Steele, First Presbyterian Christian 65 3rd Jason Gold, Brandon Hall School 63 4th Jim Arnold, Terrell Academy 52

HUMOROUS ORAL INTERPRETATION 1st TYLER THOMPSON, WESTWOOD SCHOOL 188 2nd Kathleen Stewart, Nathanael Greene Academy 182 3rd Jamie Mathis, Crisp Academy 178 4th Ben Phillips, Thomas Jefferson Academy 175

DRAMATIC ORAL INTERPRETATION 1st HANNAH BYARS, OAK MOUNTAIN 184 2nd Trey Harrison, Westwood School 179 3rd Laura Leigh Carter, Crisp Academy 178 4th Katelyn Battle, Thomas Jefferson Academy 176

U.S. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING 1st J.R. WHETSELL, DAVID EMANUEL 168 * 2nd Grace Ann Bostick, Westwood School 157 3rd Jackie Long, Nathanael Greene Academy 156 4th Luke Lukert, Oak Mountain Academy 155

INT’L. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING 1st ANDREW STARGEL, WESTWOOD SCHOOL 162 * 2nd Ryan Moseley, Oak Mountain Academy 157 3rd Devon Scalf, David Emanuel Academy 150 4th Rebecca Cheves, Nathanael Greene Academy 134

PIANO 1st CAROL LU, OAK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY 189 2nd Emily Selph, Fullington Academy 185 3rd Sarah Jin, Lafayette 167 4th Annika Sinha, Robert Toombs Christian 165

GIRLS' SOLO 1st CHRISTINA SCHOERNER, OAK MOUNTAIN 189 2nd Gillian Ford, Westwood School 185 3rd Abigail Jackson, Covenant Academy 183 4th Morgan Calhoun, Robert Toombs Christian 181

BOYS' SOLO 1st BRIAN ANDERSON, LAFAYETTE CHR. 188 * 2nd R.J. Gipaya, Flint River Academy 181 3rd Alex Cheves, Nathanael Greene Academy 180 4th John Sanders, Fullington Academy 175

GIRLS' TRIO 1st ROBERT TOOMBS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 175 Morgan Calhoun; Ala Bishop; Collin Kimmons 2nd LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 174 Chelsea Brown; Susanna Cipolla; Kathryne Scott 3rd OAK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY 173 Bekah Knotts; Christina Shoerner; Sarah Young 4th CITIZENS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 172 Savannah Brown; Katie Holliday; Tiffany Crosby 4th WESTWOOD SCHOOL 172 Jillian Ford; Jan Jones; Sarah Holton

BOYS' QUARTET 1st ROBERT TOOMBS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 170 Kyle Findley; Jackson Sharpe; Weston Robison; Kevin Horne 2nd OAK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY 163 Nur Chernett; Robert Knotts; Jack Wall; Collin Wilson 2nd WESTWOOD SCHOOL 163 James Ealum; Trent Hesler; Jamie Carnegie; Andrew Gay 4th NATHANAEL GREENE ACADEMY 161 Jack Butts; Alex Cheves; Jordan McGee; Zack Pomeroy

* Denotes Defending State Champ

2008 CLASS A STATE LITERARY TEAM CHAMPION WESTWOOD SCHOOL 50.5

1st Runner-Up: OAK MOUNTAIN 42 2nd Runner-Up: NATHANAEL GREENE 26

Crisp FPCA Terrell Twiggs Covenant Fullington

A LaGrange Westwood Flint River GA Christian Brandon Hall Oak Mountain Oak John Hancock David Emanuel David Robert Toombs Robert Citizens Christian Thomas Jefferson Nathanael Greene Nathanael Lafayette Christian Monsignor Donovan

Girls' Solo 3 71 5 Boys' Solo 5 1 7 3 Spelling 3 5 17 Boys' Argumentative 7 1 5 3 Girls' Argumentative 3 5 1 7 Personal Essay 1 5 3 7 Humorous Oral Interp. 3 5 1 7 Dramatic Oral Interp. 3 715 Piano 53 71 U.S. Extemporaneous 7 3 1 5 Int'l. Extemporaneous 3 1 5 7 Trio 0.5 5 3 7 0.5 Quartet 147 4

TOTAL LITERARY 3 0.5 3 6 17 5 6 9 0 1 15 0 5 26 42 16 1 2 0 50.5

POINTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LITERARY 7531

Class A State Champs Westwood School 50.5 1st Runner-Up Oak Mountain 42 2nd Runner-Up Nathanael Greene 26 4th Place David Emanuel 17 5th Place Robert Toombs 16 6th Place Lafayette Christian 15 7th Place Fullington 9 8th Place Crisp 6 8th Place Flint River 6 10th Place FPCA 5 10th Place MDCHS 5 12th Place Brandon Hall 3 12th Place Covenant 3 14th Place Thomas Jefferson 2 15th Place John Hancock 1 15th Place Terrell 1 17th Place Citizens Christian 0.5 2008 CLASS AA STATE LITERARY & MUSIC COMPETITION Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Valdosta State University, Valdosta

GIRLS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY 1st NICOLE WILSON, PIEDMONT ACADEMY 175 2nd Blair Brown, Holy Spirit Preparatory School 170 3rd Chelsea Williams, 160 4th Vanessa Caceres, The Heritage School 158

BOYS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY 1st MICHAEL SAPP, BULLOCH ACADEMY 177 2nd Justin Brown, Piedmont Academy 164 3rd Thomas Danner, Brookwood School 159 4th Brendan Boyle, Holy Spirit Preparatory School 153

PERSONAL ESSAY 1st MARY RICHARDS, ARLINGTON CHRISTIAN 179 2nd Jessie Querin, Valwood School 168 3rd Kate Martin, Bulloch Academy 164 4th Taylor Meadows, Edmund Burke Academy 163

SPELLING 1st SAM McCLELLAND, WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN 83 2nd Christopher Opperman, Holy Spirit Prep 75 3rd Rachel Hunt, Arlington Christian School 67 4th Tyler Goodson, Valwood School 65

HUMOROUS ORAL INTERPRETATION 1st MARIA BOWEN, ARLINGTON CHRISTIAN 183 2nd Rachel Wilkerson, Piedmont Academy 182 3rd Michaelyn Newberry, Southwest Georgia Academy 177 4th Laila Chamma, Brentwood School 167

DRAMATIC ORAL INTERPRETATION 1st WILL MURDOCK, SOUTHWEST GA ACADEMY 190 2nd Emily Ouellette, Arlington Christian School 189 3rd Lydia Morgan, Piedmont Academy 186 4th Sarah Biehler, Valwood School 181

U.S. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING 1st NICOLE WILSON, PIEDMONT ACADEMY 198 * 2nd Evan Karanovich, Arlington Christian School 185 3rd Rob Horton, Gatewood Schools 176 4th Troy Poulin, Bulloch Academy 147 4th Grayson Copeland, Valwood 147

INT’L. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING 1st TREVOR WILSON, PIEDMONT ACADEMY 195 2nd Lucy Tucker, Arlington Christian School 170 3rd Meghan Livermore, Holy Spirit Preparatory School 166 3rd Jacob Lewis, Brookwood School 166

PIANO 1st ROB MALLARD, BULLOCH ACADEMY 177 2nd Sara Ko, Arlington Christian School 169 3rd Taylor Intaphan, Monroe Academy 163 4th Lucy Mitchell, Brookwood School 158

GIRLS' SOLO 1st MAGGIE BRIDGES, SOUTHWEST GEORGIA 181 2nd Kathryn Price, Trinity Christian School 173 2nd Ashley Laramore, Brookwood School 173 4th Jennifer Morey, Briarwood Academy 166

BOYS' SOLO 1st D.J. GROOMS, BROOKWOOD SCHOOL 187 2nd Clay Young, Trinity Christian School 177 2nd Thanos Skouteris, The Heritage School 177 4th Sims Tillirson, Brentwood School 174

GIRLS' TRIO 1st CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 187 Phebe Griffin; Laura Griffin; Ellen Bacon 2nd SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ACADEMY 181 Camille Whitaker; Kimber Henley; Maggie Bridges 3rd TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 174 Kathryn Price; Brittany Knight; Lauren Mimbs 4th BRIARWOOD ACADEMY 168 Whitney McTier; Brittany Ray; Jessica House

BOYS' QUARTET 1st TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 171 Jonathan Johnson; Clay Young; James Hobbs; Dean Hester 2nd BROOKWOOD SCHOOL 169 Will Hanna; Davis Flowers; Chase Clayton; D.J. Grooms 3rd SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ACADEMY 167 Beau Clenney; Blake Shepard; Ben Burkett; Will Murdock 4th CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 165 Matt Gilmer; Mario Rodriguez; Will Helms; Matt Luke

2008 STATE LITERARY TEAM CHAMPION ARLINGTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 37

1st Runner-Up: PIEDMONT ACADEMY 34 2nd Runner-Up: Southwest Georgia Academy 25

Bulloch Monroe Windsor Heritage Valwood

AA Piedmont Briarwood Gatewood Brentwood Brookwood Southwest GA Southwest Edmund Burke Trinity Christian Holy Spirit Prep Holy Calvary Christian Westminster Chr. Arlington Christian Randolph Southern Randolph

Girls' Solo 1 4 7 4

Boys' Solo 1 7 4 4

Spelling 3 5 1 7

Boys' Argumentative 3 7 1 5

Girls' Argumentative 3 1 5 7

Personal Essay 7 3 1 5

Humorous Oral Interp. 7 1 5 3

Dramatic Oral Interp. 5 371

Piano 5 1 7 3

U.S. Extemporaneous 5 0.5 3 7 0.5

Int'l. Extemporaneous 5 2 2 7

Trio 1 7 5 3

Quartet 5 1 3 7

TOTAL LITERARY 37 2 2 22 20.5 8 1 3 5 13 3 34 0 25 18 7.5 7 0

POINTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LITERARY 7531

State Champion Arlington Christian School 37 1st Runner-Up Piedmont Academy 34 2nd Runner-Up Southwest Georgia Academy 25 4th Place Brookwood School 22 5th Place Bulloch Academy 20.5 6th Place Trinity Christian School 18 7th Place Holy Spirit Preparatory School 13 8th Place Calvary Christian School 8 9th Place Valwood Schoool 7.5 10th Place Westminster Christian Academy 7 11th Place The Heritage School 5 12th Place Gatewood School 3 12th Place Monroe Academy 3 14th Place Brentwood School 2 14th Place Briarwood Academy 2 16th Place Edmund Burke Academy 1 Randolph Southern School Windsor Academy 2008 CLASS AAA STATE LITERARY & MUSIC COMPETITION Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Valdosta State University, Valdosta

GIRLS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY 1st AMY SCHWARTZ, 172 2nd Amanda Clausen, First Presbyterian Day School 168 3rd Katherine Shaw, North Cobb Christian School 167 4th Kimberly Campbell, Westfield Schools 164

BOYS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY 1st GIDEON PALTE, WEBER SCHOOL 169 2nd Nick Maskell, Mount de Sales Academy 162 3rd Bradley Newton, Westminster Schools 160 4th Jacob Parnell, Westfield Schools 157

PERSONAL ESSAY 1st RACHEL SCHLESINGER, STRATFORD 179 1ST ELIZABETH MASHBURN, ATLANTA GIRLS’ 179 3rd Anna Claire Freel, Mount de Sales Academy 163 4th Alex Floyd, Pinewood Christian Academy 148

SPELLING 1st MAXINE ANDERSON, MT DE SALES 86 * 2nd Dora Gordon, Weber School 76 3rd Becca Wiggins, Westminster Schools 74+ 4th Stephen Crooke, Pinewood Christian 74-

HUMOROUS ORAL INTERPRETATION 1st LOGAN BUTLER, STRATFORD ACADEMY 186 2nd Chris Freeman, Mount de Sales Academy 185 2nd Rosie Arkin, Weber School 185 4th Kelly O’Neill, George Walton Academy 184

DRAMATIC ORAL INTERPRETATION 1st CHRISTIAN NEAL, WESTMINSTER 189 2nd Katie Bernhardt, Deerfield-Windsor School 187 3rd Katie Beth Stubbs, Westfield Schools 185 3rd Kaylee Gonzalez, Mount de Sales Academy 185

U.S. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING 1st JACOB PARNELL, WESTFIELD SCHOOLS 190 2nd Andrew Whittaker, Westminster Schools 176 3rd Joanna Malcom, George Walton Academy 168 4th Trey Smith, Mount de Sales Academy 159

INT’L. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING 1st RICHARD MIN, STRATFORD ACADMY 181 1ST KIMBERLY CAMPBELL, WESTFIELD 181 3rd Drew Meloan, Westminster Schools 170 4th Emily Gutierrez, George Walton Academy 166

PIANO 1st CURT SMITH, MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY 198 2nd Jair Crawford, Augusta Preparatory Day School 186 3rd Kaitlyn Davidson, Stratford Academy 184 4th Kelly Franklin, Westfield Schools 178

GIRLS' SOLO 1st KATHRYN PEACOCK, AUGUSTA PREP 184 2nd Ashley William, Westfield Schools 181 3rd Megan Johnson, Stratford Academy 179 3rd Kelly O’Neill, George Walton Academy 179

BOYS' SOLO 1st CHRIS FREEMAN, MOUNT DE SALES 190 2nd Grey Henson, Stratford Academy 188 3rd Garrett Baker, Westfield Schools 185 4th Butler Stoudenmire, Deerfield-Windsor 179

GIRLS' TRIO 1st AUGUSTA PREPARATORY DAY SCHOOL 187 * Kathryn Peacock; Faelyn Bilodeau; Nicole Abbott 2nd DEERFIELD-WINDSOR SCHOOL 179 Caroline Davis; Katie Newsome; Annaliese Ashley 2nd MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY 179 Amanda Edge; Liz Nieves; Diamond Odell 4th NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 178 Sarah Moore-Ragusin; Mary Catherine Richmond; Brianna Westland

BOYS' QUARTET 1st MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY 190 Chris Freeman; Colin Holder; Jeremy Radkins; Chris Freeman 2nd WESTFIELD SCHOOLS 177 John McCord; Nicholas Kennebrew; Will O’Neal; Garret Baker 3rd STRATFORD ACADEMY 171 Grey Henson; Nathan Carter; William Fickling; Logan Butler 4th SOUTHLAND ACADEMY 169 Logan Hanley; Chandler Collver; Jonathan Beckum; Chuck McIllrath

* Denotes Defending State Champ

2008 AAA STATE LITERARY TEAM CHAMPION MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY 47

1st Runner-Up: Stratford Academy 39 2nd Runner-Up: Westfield Schools 31 Weber Stratford

AAA Westfield Southland Westminster Atlanta Girls' Augusta Prep John Milledge George Walton George Tattnall Square Mount de Sales Deerfield-Windsor Pinewood Christian Pinewood North Cobb Christian Cobb North Mt Vernon Presbyt. First Presbyterian Day

Girls' Solo 7 2 2 5

Boys' Solo 1 7 5 3

Spelling 7 1 5 3

Boys' Argumentative 5 7 1 3

Girls' Argumentative 5 3 7 1

Personal Essay 6 3 1 6

Humorous Oral Interp. 1 4 7 4

Dramatic Oral Interp. 5 2 2 7

Piano 5 7 3 1

U.S. Extemporaneous 3 1 7 5

Int'l. Extemporaneous 1 6 6 3

Trio 7 4 4 1

Quartet 7 1 3 5

TOTAL LITERARY 61910570470421390163121

POINTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LITERARY 7531

AAA State Champions Mount de Sales Academy 47 1st Runner-Up Stratford Academy 39 2nd Runner-Up Westfield Schools 31 4th Place Westminster 21 5th Place Augusta Prep 19 6th Place Weber 16 7th Place Deerfield-Windsor 10 8th Place George Walton 7 9th Place Atlanta Girls' 6 10th Place First Presbyterian Day 5 11th Place North Cobb Christian 4 12th Place Pinewood Christian 2 13th Place Southland 1