Carrollton High School competitors in the West Georgia Technology Competition are pictured from left: (back row) Allan Lopez Chanax, Brylan Webb, Sam Duncan; (third row) Lucy Slappey, Carly Blakemore, Xavi Escarcega-Rodriguez; (second row) Juliet Browning, Venkata Koppireddy, Omar DeJesus; (front row) CHS computer science teacher Robby Blakemore, Aaron Ashlock, Alaina Dhople, and CHS Assistant Principal Austin Williams. Not pictured: Lomar Noel, Tanya Aggarwal, August Ochoa, and Hudson Hooten.
Carrollton High School students secured eight first-place wins at the West Georgia Technology Competition: Carly Blakemore (9-10 3D Modeling), August Ochoa (9-10 Animantion), Tanya Aggarwal (9-10 Digital Photo Production), Richard Ashlock and Allan Lopez Chanax (11-12 Physical Computing), Venkata Koppireddy (11-12 Programming), Brylan Webb and Sam Duncan (11-12 Robotics), and Lucy Slappey and Alaina Dhople (11-12 Web and Mobile Apps). All top finishers qualify for the state competition, which will be held March 14 in Henry County, Ga. Hudson Hooten won second place in 9-10 Graphic Design, and the team of Xavi Escarcega-Rodriguez and Lomar Noel placed second in 11-12 Video Production.
