From the February 7, 2001 edition of The Forest-Blade:
Big winner
Weston Wilkes was the big winner in The Forest-Blade’s Super Bowl contest. The winning entry was taken to the second tie-breaker, but Wilkes came out the winner and collected his $250 prize.
Competing at the state level
Emanuel County Institute competition cheerleading squad finished eight among 73 Class A teams competing in the state cheerleading finals. Competition was held Saturday, Feb. 3, at Savannah Civic Center. Team was Brandi Warnock, Krystal Robinson, Kayla Chester, Amy Neal, Jodi Johnson, Amy Lane, Alicia Baird, Sarah Hullander, Janna Gay, Brandy Butler, Holly Ray, Tiffany Hine, Allison Cone, Brittany Butler, and Randi Mercer. They were coached by Barbara Mosses.
Tigers dominate all-region team
Rayvan Teague was named Region Coach of the Year as Swainsboro dominated the 2-AAA All-Region football team. Titus Peebles was named Defensive Player of the Year while Brandon Andrews was named the Overall Player of the Year. Swainsboro had 9 of the 325 positions on the first team roster, three on the second team and eight honorable mentions.
SPS ‘Kharacter Kids’ announced for January
Kindergarten – Lance Curry, Heather Screws, Ariel Jordan, Whitney Tarver, Kim Cheeks, Ja’Sannea Brown, Hunter Whitaker, Quan harper, Dustin Sutton, Hunter Bargeron, and Taliyah Brewton.
First grade - LaShawn Tarver, Annissa Eastman, Martavius Bynum, McKinney Ricks, Alicia Krise, Kyle Henry, Cassidy Dismuke, Seth White, Charis Clark, Olivia Polliman, Rashon Riddles, Sam Jones, and Alfred Johnson.
Second grade – Jonquez Williams, Kory Thomas, Sara Tapley, Katie Wells, Juan DelaCruz, Jared Screws, Justin Thompson, Anna Johnson, Demetrius Jones, Wesley Moore, Jordan Drew, and Steven Chrysosferidis.
Staff Spotlight – Teresa Martin, Maribeth Clark, Debra Fordham, Pat Sanders, Mary Huston, and Leon Gilmore.
Emanuel residents included on Georgia Southern list
Thirty-one Georgia Southern University students from Emanuel County have been included on the fall semester dean’s list: Curry Brazzell, Patrina Carswell, Richard Clark, Jessica Collins, Gidget Durden, Krystal Hodges, Jessica Johnson, J]Heather Kehr, Anna Kersey, Kristin Livingston, Michael McGee, Julie Morris, Angela Ogburn, Jennifer Reddish, Brooke Riner, Leo Royer, Donna Stroud, Alexander Tillman, Mary Yeomans, Lacie Atkinson, Erin Brown, Jennifer Davis, Daniel Hall, Kimberly Caldwell, Meredith Rundle, Christina Williams, Monica Woods, Jess Bush, Angela Cheatwood, Theodosha Forman, and Amy Greenway.
