Westover High School’s literary team won the 1-AAA region literary championship last week at Darton College. Westover students placed first in six of 10 events; second in three events; and third in one event. Westover will compete for the state title on March 19 in Houston County. Team members and their events are: (first place) Jennifer John — girls solo; (first place) Chris Massey, Austin Moody, Evan Nelson and Curtis Peterson — boys quartet; (first place) Marlene Gordon, Ariel Green and Jennifer John — girls trio; (first place) Meera Kuntawala, girls extemporaneous speaking; (first place) Cole Hankins — boys extemporaneous speaking; (first place) William Childs, boys dramatic interpretation; (second place) Ellen Roberts — girls essay; (second place) Max Moye — boys essay; (second place) Breanna Browner — girls dramatic interpretation; (third place) Evan Nelson — boys solo; and team alternates Fredric Bembry, Othellious Cao, Lyman Chen, Alex Donnan, Nathan McDonald, Shemia Patterson and Mills Pickett. The team’s coaches are Selina Bentley and Polly Stadnik.
