Armuchee wins Decathlon crown

The Armuchee High Academic Decathlon team was crowned champions in the Floyd County Schools Academic Decathlon competition held at the Floyd County Board of Education central office on Friday. Alexander Hammond of Model High was the highest scoring individual participant this year with 3,754 total points. The theme for questions in this year’s competition was 1960s.

As the first place finisher, Armuchee High will now represent Floyd County Schools in the state competition in February. Second place finisher, Coosa High will now wait to see if their point total will qualify them as a Wild Card entry. Wild Card entries are selected based on team point totals from local school system competitions across the state. The Model High team took Third Place and Pepperell High took Fourth Place.

The Academic Decathlon features three divisions of competition: Honors, Scholastic and Varsity. The academic contest features competitions in literature, math, economics, social science, science, music and art. Those who received awards were:

/ FCS Coosa team (alphabetical order): Jacobb Casterjon, Brianna Daughtry, Sean Ford, Phoebe Harley, Kacie Middleton, Kara Middleton, Rachel Murschel, Makayla Nichols, Patrick Ray, Zayden Sullins, Chloe Vann and Erin Vescovi.

/ FCS Model team (alphabetical): Tessa Carrol, Emily Gallman, Alexander Hammond, Bryson Kerr, Jacob Landers, Kamya Mayes, Jada McGill, Jake Payton, Camden Reynolds-Mosley and Zoe Wheat.

/ FCS Pepperell team (alphabetical order): Ridge Carden, Marli Clovarte, Dakota Davis, Morgan Davis, Hannah Edwards, Peyton Rhodes, Alex Rodriguez, Anwyn Shanahan, Nick Spranza, Makenzie Tarpley and Brian Wiggins.