The Battle of the Books

 

Here are the winners from our 2011 Battle of the Books tournaments.

 

Grades 3-5

1st place Gallaher Giants (Gallaher 3-4-5)
Jack Clouse (spokesperson)
Mary Margaret Clouse
Armaan Karimpour
Evelyn Meadows
Hunter White

2nd place Stolen Wizards (Gallaher 3-4-5)
Lilly Spence (spokesperson)
Neil Loftus
Salem Mattscheck
Winnie Mayes
Kayleigh Vance
James White

3rd place The Hounds of Barboursville (B'ville 3-4-5)
Bilen Zerie (spokesperson)
Garrett Blake
Noah Chapman
Joshua Roten
Jessica Salmons

 

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Grades 6-8

 

Big Purple Spock Cake Hippos 1st place (Milton)
Jordyn Bryson - Spokesperson
Kellen Appleton
Emily Shivley
Josh Shivley

The Wangos 2nd place (Main)
Mary Piaskowski - Spokesperson
Rhi Brewer
Alex Conley
Evan Gooding
Beth Anne Nilles
John Piaskowski
Jozlend Tucker
Zadokite Wood

Haddixxxx 1 & 2 - 3rd place (Barboursville)
Grace Kinder - Spoksperson
Cassie Bacon
Jonathan Bacon
Samuel Burdette
Emily Kuhn
Rachel Lake
Hannah Picklesimer
Corton Rider

 

Each student team read 10 pre-selected books. Once a week, teams of students had fun competing against each other to see who could answer questions about the books. At the end of the summer, students competed in the grand tournament.