Coosa High held off a strong charge from Pepperell High to win the school’s sixth consecutive Floyd County Schools Academic Decathlon. The Coosa High team continued the winning tradition in the local academic competition that started with the team representing CHS in 2003.  Coosa High will now represent Floyd County Schools in the state competition in February.  The Coosa High team was led by coaches Bill Daughtry and Randy Vice in the competition held on Friday, January 11, 2008. Pepperell High finished second just 40 points behind the Coosa team, Model High was third, and Armuchee High finished fourth.

Luke Weeks, Coosa High, was the top individual performer in the Academic Decathlon. He tied for the top honor in last year’s Academic Decathlon.  Weeks was also the top individual scorer in three individual categories in the competition.

Overall individual category high scorers in the competition were: 

The first place team members from Coosa High included: Luke Weeks, Kyrstain Allaire, Beth Angel, Jessi Burgess, Patrick Blankenship, Ariel Watson, Ashley Jones, Alyssa Davidson, Jonathan Davidson, Sam Porterfield, Brandin Miller, and Alex Turner.