R.M. Moore team members are, from left: Mallory Seibert, Audrey Mullen, Drake Dunham, Garrett Mayo, Melina Rowin and Sean Brubaker. Coaches are Penny Jackson, left, and Rebecca Thurman.
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Creekland team members are, from left, front row: Alex Kaye, Ann Blakey, Gillian Brown, Savannah Chambers; second row: Emily McGhee; and back row: Jasmine Avecilla, Jacob Schwarzman, Kelsey Henson, Hannah Oliver. Coaches are Anne West, left, and Debbie Gregory.
Teasley team members are, from left, front row: Aaron Albright, Stephanie Bradley, Jalen Austin, Kaitlyn Carson, Kamal Charania; back row: Marty Marankie, Sarah Rak, Edith Loarca, Ashlyne Dobson, Matthew Wilson, Morgan Baker and James Perdue. Coaches are Beth Dulong and Graham Penniman.
Woodstock team members are, from left, front row: Rachel Sprouse, Chloe Heidt, Casey Heidt; second row: Bailey Paschal, Edwina Osaghae, Brooke Burris; and back row: Ethan Brock, Bradley Stephenson, Mathew Johnson and Katy Townsend. Coaches are Carrie Sprouse, left, and Heather Bolt.
The Cherokee County School District was well represented at the Regional Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Competition last week in Gainesville, with two schools taking top honors and four advancing to the next level of competition.
R.M. Moore Elementary School placed first in the elementary school division, and Creekland Middle School placed first in the middle school division.
Both will advance to the divisional competition, which will be on Feb. 23 in Cobb County.
Teasley Middle School won second place in the middle school division and Woodstock High School won second place in the high school division. Both advance to the divisional competition.
River Ridge High School placed third at the regional competition.
The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is a reading competition open to teams of students in grades four through 12. Teams are required to read selections from the Georgia Peach Teen and Georgia Book Awards lists prior to competing in an academic bowl format.
The Cherokee County-level reading bowls were in January, and the winners were: elementary school, R.M. Moore, first place, and Chapman, second place; middle school, Creekland, first place, and Teasley, second place; and high school, Woodstock, first place, and River Ridge, second place.
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