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Ransom Middle Academic Teams Heading To Nationals
May 5, 2016
Ransom Middle School’s Academic Team will compete in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments(NAQT) Middle School National Championship Tournament this weekend in Atlanta.
Ransom team members headed to nationals are Braden Boutwell, Maggie Brown, Ravyn Brown, Chris Espy, Natalie Holt, and Elizabeth McConnell. Alternates: Katie-Rose Haley, Emmalei Miller, and Lili Rollin, along with coaches Clarissa Brown and Lucinda Bateman.
To qualify for the trip to nationals, Ransom teams competed twice in April. In the first tournament in Valparaiso, Team A — Maggie Brown , Braden Boutwell, Chris Espy and Elizabeth McConnell — won five matches, while Team B — Natalie Holt, Lili Rollins, Victoria Long — won two. Brown, Boutwell and Hold were the top three players out of 72 total.
At their second tournament last month, held at Pensacola High School, Ransom participants were:
- Team A: Maggie Brown, Braden Boutwell, Chris Espy and Kendal Russell
- Team B: Ravyn Brown, Lili Rollins and Emmalei Miller
- Team C: Katie-Rose Haley, Carter Pitts, Tristan Espy and Abby Gryskiewicz
- Team D: Taji Williams , Victoria Long and Owen Painter
Team members winning individual awards were Brown in fine arts, Espy in language arts and Haley in both math and fine arts.
Pictured top: (L-R) Victoria Long, Chris Espy, Natalie Holt, Lili Rollins, Elizabeth McConnell, Braden Boutwell, Maggie Brown. Pictured inset: Individual first place medals were earned by Maggie Brown in fine arts and Chris Epsy in language arts. Pictured below: (L-R) Lili Rollins, Kendal Russell, Abby Gryskiewicz, Emmalei Miller, Katie-Rose Haley, Taji Williams, Maggie Brown, Chris Espy, Ravyn Brown, Victoria Long, Braden Boutwell, Tristan Espy, Carter Pitts and Owen Painter. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Ransom Middle Academic Teams Heading To Nationals”
WAY TO GO RANSOM TIGERS..GO FORTH AND CONQUER! SPECIAL THANKS GO TO THEIR ADVISORS..MS. BROWN AND MS BATEMAN.
Congratulations Ransom Middle Academic teams! Very proud of your hard work and achievements!
Dude i love these people LOL! – James (7th grade)
Great job Ransom now go and take national with a storm. All of you have put in the time and effort that is needed to compete at this level and I know you will show the other schools that you deserve to be there. Thanks Ms. Brown and Ms. Bateman for taking your time to assist this great group of young people to live their dream.