A team of Wake Forest Rolesville High students was named state champions at the FFA State competitions. They finished first place in the North Carolina FFA Senior Division Horse Evaluation Competition in Williamston. 

The team members were Kendall Wolford, Sara Bickers, Taylor Fox and Ginsey Temple.  Wolford was the highest scoring individual in the entire competition.  The team now advances to compete for the national title at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana in late October.

The FFA Horse Evaluation CDE is a competitive activity that tests the student’s ability to select and evaluate horses and their riders. Event components include eight selection classes that consisted of four halter classes and four performance classes. Students also give two sets of oral reasons with one coming from each halter and performance classes.  The WFRHS students competed against more than 50 teams from across North Carolina. 

The school’s Junior Division team placed sixth in the competition.  They competed against 40 other teams from across the state. The team members were Bianca Bassnight, Lessie Hall, Mariah Jeter and Moriah Van Voorhis.  This is the first time half of this team’s members competed in a FFA event.

Thanks to Wake Forest-Rolesville High Agriscience Teacher and FFA Advisor Michael Johnson for sharing this story.

If you are a fan of Garner High student and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery, you probably have seen his new music video, The Trouble with Girls. It has been nominated by CMT/ Country Music Television for Breakthrough Video of the Year. You may find the background for the music video familiar. It was filmed at Garner High last fall.

You can vote for your favorite video, one time only, at CMT.com. The winner will be  announced on television at the CMT Awards show in Nashville at 8 p.m. on June 6.

Thanks to Garner High principal Drew Cook, a Scotty McCreery fan, for sharing this story.

Two members of the Holly Springs High School Band qualified and earned seats in the 2012 All-State Honor Band and the 2012 All-State Jazz Ensemble. 

Anson Carroll (Horn) earned a seat in the 11-12 All-State Band.  He will perform at UNC-Chapel Hill on May 6.

Eli Wittmann (Guitar) was named 1st Chair Guitar in the All-State Jazz Ensemble.  He performed on April 14, at the North Carolina School of Science and Math.

Eli was named 1st Chair Guitar in the Central All-Region Jazz Ensemble A, and Michael Bozdeck-Cubillos was named 2nd Chair Tenor Sax in the Central All-Region Jazz Ensemble B.  They performed on February 11, at Durham School of the Arts.

Five members of the band auditioned and earned seats in the 2012 Central All-District Band.

Anson Carroll (Horn) earned a seat in the 11-12 Wind Ensemble.

Isabella Kim (Clarinet), Kylo Balan (Trumpet), David Eastley (Horn), and Ben Krovetz (Tuba) earned seats in the 9-12 Symphonic Band.

They performed in concert on January 28 at Sanderson High School.

Thanks to Holly Springs High School Director of Bands Michael E. Biasi for sharing this story.

Conn Magnet Elementary students produce a weekly radio program that airs during arrival and dismissal. Parents listen in carpool on Fridays on their radios to the school’s own radio station at 95.5 FM. The school uses a small transmitter that reaches the carpool lane and the street in front of the school. The students report on school calendar events, tell jokes and riddles, interview special guests, and choose musical transitions. You can find the students’ work online here.

Thanks to Kellie Harris for sharing this story with GotNews.