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2007-2008 RESULTS:

LAKEVIEW ACADEMY (GA).  1st place Public Forum Debate (John McWilliams and Adam Snodgrass); 1st place speaker (Adam Snodgrass); 2nd place speaker (John McWilliams); 1st place humorous interp (Connor Lyons); 1st place dramatic interp (Elizabeth Bruce); 2nd place duo interp (John McWilliams and Adam Snodgrass); 3rd place duo interp Amy Chiou and Connor Lyons); 4th place prose/poetry (Amy Chiou).

VESTAVIA HILLS NOVICE TOURNAMENT (AL).  1st place duo interp (Elizabeth Bruce and Josh Davis); 2nd place duo interp (Amy Chiou and Connor Lyons); 3rd place duo interp (Kyle Black and Chandler Jones); 4th place duo dramatic (Austin Collum and Victoria Snell); 6th place duo interp (Hans Kuberg and Hannah Strange); 1st place humorous interp (Connor Lyons); 5th place public forum debate [out of 39 teams] (Kristen Springer and Dustin Wear); 1st place speaker [out of 78 speakers] (Kristen Springer); 3rd place prose/poetry (Jessica Ly); 4th place prose/poetry (Amy Chiou); 5th place prose/poetry (Sarah Bailey).

FAYETTE COUNTY (GA).  1st place duo interp (John McWilliams and Adam Snodgrass); 2nd place duo interp (Amy Chiou and Connor Lyons); 2nd place impromptu (John McWilliams); 3rd place impromptu (Adam Snodgrass); 4th place impromptu (Wesley Collum); 5th place impromptu (Connor Lyons); 3rd place public forum debate (Wesley Collum and Brandon Sherrod); 6th place speaker (Brandon Sherrod); 7th place speaker (Wesley Collum); 9th place speaker (Rachel Berry).

2006-2007 RESULTS:
Two Academic All-Americans (Kelsey Sherrod and Wesley Arnold).

Kelsey Sherrod is the 2007 Alabama State Champion in Original Oratory, John McWilliams and Adam Snodgrass finished third in the state in Duo Interpretation, Rachel Berry and Cassidy White finished in the top 10 in novice public forum debating. Further congratulations to Kelsey Sherrod. She was named the state winner in the VFW "Voice of Democracy" Oratorical Contest. MHBS orators have won state titles and one third-place finish over the past four years.

DEBATE/FORENSICS ALUMNI NEWS:
Melody Ford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Dean Tays is a budget analyst for the state of Tennessee. John Webb also works for the state of Tennessee. Amber Barfield is a conservator for the Tennessee State Archives. Rebekah Webb is competing her masters degree in nutrition at the University of Memphis. Leslie Newton earned her master`s degree in business/accounting at Auburn. Craig Ramsay earned his MA in Civil Engineering from Ga. Tech and now works in Atlanta. Laura Beth Mitchell earned her degree in business/finance at UA and has been hired as a pharmaceutical rep by Pfizer--quite an honor for someone just out of college. Andy Gann received his degree in Bible/Missions from Harding. He is currently doing mission work and working on his Masters. Judith Waggoner Thompson has been named Teacher of the Year in the Rutherford County TN Schools. Tamara Mueller is in the Master`s program for health care administration at UAB. Nathan Guy completed his graduate work at Oxford University in London and is now on the faculty at Harding University in Searcy. Dusty Farned earned his bachelor`s degree from Harvard and hopes to enter UA Law School. Alan Baggett, Michael Hovater and Helen Ly are in Med School at UAB. Clint South is completing his doctorate in chemistry at Georgia Tech. Brooke Murphy earned her masters degree in legislative affairs from George Washington University and is in the doctoral program at the National University of Ireland at Galway. Susan Scott VanDyke earned her law degree from the University of Alabama. Kim Ramsey Plunk earned her Master of Accounting degree from Belmont University. Andy Newton earned his bachelors degree from Auburn. April Bates Brasheer is finishing her doctorate in economics and has been named to the faculty at Freed-Hardeman University. Lora Barfield earned her Master`s degree in Tax Accounting from UA and works for Warren-Averitt in Birmingham. Way to go, debaters and forensics alumni! PLEASE SEND INFO FOR THIS SITE TO DR. KENNY BARFIELD at kbarfield@mhbs.org or MRS. LAURIE MITCHELL at lmitchell@mhbs.org.