Congratulations to the Richland High School Rebellaires on their recent success at the American Classics Madrigal and Chamber Choir Festival in San Antonio. In addition to scoring all superior ratings, the Rebellaires were awarded a “Performance of Distinction” award. Because of this award, the Rebellaires will be featured on The Best of The American Classics Madrigal and Chamber Choir Festival CD (Vol. 5), which will be sold nationally late this spring.
Congratulations to Jennifer Strawn, Richland High School student, for being selected as Dale Hansen’s Scholar Athlete of the Week. She will be recognized on WFAA channel 8 at 10:35 p.m. April 19.
Birdville and Richland high schools’ bowling teams have advanced to regional play in Amarillo on March 1. Clayton Heinold, Richland High bowler, rolled a perfect 300 game in competition recently. He finished the season leading the district with a 229 average. Heinold is the only BISD bowler to advance in singles to regionals. Richland’s team members are: Katie Weiss, Nolan Johnson, Chase Shortt, Matt Haas, Parker McDonald, Mitchell Heinold, Travis Guynn and Clayton Heinold. Richland’s bowling coach is David Bowman. Birdville’s team members are: Jaden Sims, Larry Holland, Sarah Young, Christian Miller, Sean Crazier, Logan Perrin and Austin Perrin. Birdville’s bowling coach is Mike Miller.
Congratulations to the BISD high school artists who recently competed in the regional level of the Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE). Besides numerous superior ratings, a number of students’ artworks have been selected to compete at the state-level competition at the end of April. These students are:
Birdville High – Emerson Brakeley, Macy Brown (two artworks), Katelyn Carlson, Valentin Correa, Haley Evans (two artworks), Hannah Fitch, Salma Garcia, Jennifer Houtchens, Macy Koontz, Dao Nhan (two artworks), Emperetriz Petit, Miranda Shaw (two artworks) and Meagan Watkins;
Richland High – Helen Le, Patricia Moreno, Nayzak Najm, Kacey Quiroz-Contreras and Oscar Valenzuela (two artworks); and
Haltom High – Colton Arellano (two artworks), Justin Bishop (two artworks), Paige Cabra, Brandy Isarraras, Jaden Jensen (two artworks), Kierrany Johnson, Lasamy Sarawichitr, Phimvaly Sarawichitr, Yamilette Soto and Arnaud Yubahwe.
Congratulations to the student athletes from BISD who have signed letters of intent to continue their education and athletic participation at the collegiate level. They are:
Birdville High
Football
Brandon Wilson – Midwestern State University
Baseball
Jordan Martinson – Dallas Baptist University
Robert Salazar – Navarro Junior College
Girls Basketball
Brittany Perraut – University of Texas at Tyler
Gabby Nelson – Yale University
Girls Soccer
Jaiden Brown – Delta State University
Meagan Kurosky – Abilene Christian University
Melody Hagen – John Brown University
Victoria Martinez – Bethel College
Richland High
Baseball
Trent Clark – Texas Tech University
Riley Pittman – Arkansas Little Rock University
Football
CJ Hicks – Lyon College
Adrien Itoka – Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Girls Soccer
Morgan Pendleton – Colorado Mesa University
Softball
Lauren Oatman – Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Destiny Deaton – University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Congratulations to the Richland High School Dixie Belles Drill Team on their recent success at the American Dance/Drill Team North Texas Regionals Contest in Rockwall. Highlights include:
· Best in Class – Medium Ensemble (RHS Elite)
· Best in Class – Officers
· Best in Class – Team
· Outstanding Team of the Day
· Best of the Best – Second place for entire contest
· Bonni Boyga – First-place solo
