On Friday, April 12, 2024, high school students from the Westfall, Teays Valley, Logan Elm, and Logan-Hocking school districts gathered at the Pickaway County District Public Library for the regional Battle Over Books competition.
Prior to the event, the students had read from a list of ten books, including Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, 1984 by George Orwell, Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick, and Ruta Sepetys’ I Must Betray You. The questions created by the teams’ advisors for the competition were from the ten titles and formatted so that the answer was the title of one of the books.
On the day of the event, the teams competed against each other to see who could answer the most questions about the books quickly and correctly. After matches of an alternating question round and a lightning round each, whichever team had the most points moved on until there were two teams remaining who then battled it out.
Westfall High School took home the Battle Over Books championship trophy! Our team is comprised of Bailey Burke, Lidia Flowers, Morgan Wardell, Makalie Crabtree, Emma Dotson, Lauren Barnes, Ethan Medford, Kathryn Lockhart, Renae Brooks, and Allison Barnes.
Congratulations, Westfall High School Battle Over Books!