48 • Thursday, December 12, 2013
schools/sports
OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Mitchell’s Place Holds Seminar for Parents A recent event hosted by Mitchell’s Place sent parents and educators back to school. Mitchell’s Place, a comprehensive treatment center for Mitchell’s Place recently held a seminar for parents and educators. From left: children and families Patrick McGreevy, Nicole Mishkin, Gunter Owens and Troy Fry. affected by autism, Photo special to the Journal consultant to school districts, residential programs hosted a workshop and private schools in North America and Western in September to train and educate practitioners and Europe. parents on a new assessment and curriculum. Fry is a board certified behavior analyst who for Called “Essential for Living,” the curriculum is the past 22 years has worked in public and private available throughout the United States and in some schools, centers, clinics, home programs, hospitals parts of the U.K., Spain and France. and residential programs throughout North America. Two of the authors of “Essential for Living,” Through “Essential For Living,” McGreevy and Dr. Patrick McGreevy and Troy Fry, came from Fry say they aim to fill a critical gap for those who Florida and Minnesota respectively to conduct the work with children and adults with disabilities by workshop. providing practitioners, educators and parents with More than 30 participants, including speech a method for selecting and teaching functional skills therapists, board certified behavior analysts, and behaviors. psychologists, educators and parents, traveled from For more information about the authors and Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and from curriculum, visit http://behaviorchange.com/ across Alabama to attend. For more information about Mitchell’s Place and McGreevy is a board certified behavior analyst its programs, visit www.mitchells-place.com. who has spent the past 30 years serving as a
Eighth-grade Volleyball All Metro Players of the Year
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Eighth-grade volleyball players named All Metro Players of the Year were Marlee Johnson and Peyton Gober of Berry; Anna Gilstrap and Gabi Barron of Bumpus; Malorie McBride and Sam Hulsey of Bragg; Mekaila Hill and Darci Champion of Clay; Alaina Tinsley and Kaitlyn McDaniel of Hewitt-Trussville; Ellie Burkhalter and Taylor Gurram of Homewood; Merritt Cahoon and Holly McDaniel of Liberty Park; Layne Stone and Sydney Carlson of Mountain Brook; Caelis Wendel and Cameron Rueschenberg of Oak Mountain; Anna Langley and Sarah Cain of Pizitz; Katie Rosato and Jamie Gregg of Simmons; and Jenni Beth Cox and Suzanne Miller of Thompson. Jodie Ferguson from Oak Mountain and Bruce Henricks from Mountain Brook were named Coaches of the Year.
Little Rebels Place at State Cheer Contest
The Little Rebels cheerleading team placed fifth in a recent state youth cheer championship event in Vestavia Hills. Front, from left: Anna Carlisle Worrell, Madison McGill, Riley Graham, Katherine Arnold and Anne Lauren Ermert. Middle: Carlisle Barranco, Virginia Buchanan, Taylor Wisdom and Julia Kate Williams. Back: Olivia Durham, Kailey Swancey, Lucy Kracke, Abbie Bullock, Abby Ferguson and Emma Ledbetter. Photo special to the Journal
The fifth-grade Little Rebels cheerleading competition team recently won fifth place at a state event. The squad placed in the Universal Cheerleaders Association Alabama Youth Cheer Championships Nov. 17 at Vestavia Hills High School. In the individual competition, Riley Graham won first place, Anna Carlisle Worrell won fifth place and Madison McGill won seventh place. Other members of the team are Olivia Durham, Kailey Swancey, Lucy Kracke, Abbie Bullock, Abby Ferguson, Emma Ledbetter, Carlisle Barranco, Virginia Buchanan, Taylor Wisdom, Julia Kate Williams, Katherine Arnold and Anne Lauren Ermert.
Seventh-grade Volleyball All Metro Players of the Year
Seventh-grade volleyball players named All Metro Players of the year were Maddie Dease and Mallory Smith from Berry; Jade Skelton and Grace Harris from Bumpus; Savannah Pennington and Karlee Mayfield from Bragg; Taylor Burrell and Tori Pitts from Clay; Anna Virginia Fagan and Molly Cobb from Hewitt-Trussville; Amelia Davis and Audrey Nabors from Homewood; Grace Uldrich and Annabelle Bridges from Liberty Park; Caroline Decker and Ellen Dulin of Mountain Brook; Kirsty Mullaly and Maddie Moss of Oak Mountain; Mary Quinn Carter and Hannah Vines from Pizitz; Brooke Hoven and Mackenzie Martin from Simmons; and Mikayla Touhey and Kiara Booker of Thompson. Becky Boykin from Hewitt-Trussville was named Coach of the Year.
Eighth-grade Football All Metro Players of the Year
Seventh-grade Football All Metro Players of the Year
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The seventh-grade football players named 2013 Metro South Players of the Year were Daris Robinson, Brody Richey, Josh Wallace and Coby Gordon from Berry; Hunter Stokes, Jacob Wright, Tim Roberts and Andrew Whalen from Bragg; Daniel Swatek, Larry McCammon, Jacquez Allen and Peyton Wilson from Bumpus; DeMarcus Burris, Drew Heller, Logan Pruett and Alfred Thomas from Clay; Antonio Reed, Caden Kirk, Christian Renda and Daniel Harris from Hewitt-Trussville; Caleb Cunningham, Larkin Williams, David Robertson and Antoine McGhee from Homewood; Sean Smyth, Gaines Berry, Josh Silverman and Jack Silverman from Liberty Park; Price Pewitt, Colton Yeager, Robert Reed and Grant Griffin from Mountain Brook; Jackson Kimbrell, Dane Moody, Luke Percer and Noah Brown from Oak Mountain; Rob Barrentine, Johnathan Williams, Don’Tarrius Crenshaw and Cooper Bishop from Pizitz; Drew Grindle, Andrew Sasser, Ryan Lee and David Wrona from Simmons; and Shadrick Byrd, Eric Mizell, Derek Hussey and Kodie Robertson from Thompson.
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The eighth-grade football players named 2013 Metro South Players of the Year were Braxton Baker, D’Arie Johnson, Jake Long and Austin Muir from Berry; Michael Crowder, Austin Gooch, Peyton Godfrey and Stephen Lancaster from Bragg; Vonte Brackett, Michael Maye, Nick Davis and Khamari Brown from Bumpus; Demarkes Davis, Roderick McCloud, Jamarlin Sewell and Keyounte Moultrie from Clay; Davis Burgin, Lee Reagan, Grant Howard and Elliott McElwain from Hewitt-Trussville; CarDamien Daniels, Kamren Amerson, Trent Owens and Jackson Griggs from Homewood; Andrew Knight, Nick Thompson, Earl Bradberry and Mitchell Kundler from Liberty Park; Hamp Sisson, Aubrey Hart, Clay Stearns and Joe Bird from Mountain Brook; Ethan Duncan, Jackson Murphy, Ke’Lontae Varner and Nick Markus from Oak Mountain; William Schaffield, Coleman Petway, Asher Hamilton and Spencer Lawson from Pizitz; Nolan Hammonds, Marion Humphrey, Max Garvey and Warren Godwin from Simmons; and Joseph Ford, K.J. Robertson, Grant Bivins and Seth Whitlock from Thompson.
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