Fairview (AL)

Fairview
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Location: Cullman, AL
Club Presidents	Brett Hogan
Coaches	Eric Vest
State Championships	None
National Championships	None
National Appearances	None
Program Status	Active
School Size	550
NAQT Page	link

General Information

Fairview High School is a 9-12 public high school in rural Cullman County, Alabama. Fairview is coached by Eric Vest. The quizbowl club president is Brett Hogan.

History

Fairview's first quiz bowl team was organized in 1981. The team acquired a vast amount of titles and trophies at area community college tournaments throughout the 1990s. Fairview won its ASCA district in 1993, but the team did not compete in ASCA tournaments again until February 2017.

Dianne Bailey was the coach of Fairview's inaugural scholar's bowl team. Vicki Skelley maintained a long stint as the team's coach in recent years, but after her retirement in August 2014 coaching duties were put on Eric Vest, who at first showed an extreme disinterest in the role but later became receptive to A-team captain Brett Hogan's requests to give the team more opportunities to play. Thus, Fairview rivaled Lee Henry's dominant West Point teams in the years that followed.

Currently, Fairview is for the most part only active in the low-level Cullman County Scholar Bowl, but it has attended Snead State Scholars Bowl in 2008 and 2010. The last time Fairview won the Cullman County Scholar Bowl was in 2008.

Unfortunately an extreme lack of good quizbowl ensued until Brett Hogan became team captain around late 2015, and he convinced his coach and teammates to attend the second iteration of West Point Rainwater Invitational on 14 May 2016 as well as to begin competing at numerous tournaments outside of the county circuit, thus causing the team to improve drastically.

Fairview attended the aforementioned tournament with a team consisting of Brett Hogan, Ally Grund, and Tori Hall which had a dreadful performance and went 1-6 on the day but gained the invaluable experience of playing an actual NAQT-style invitational tournament. It was the first time that Fairview had competed outside Cullman County Scholar Bowl in over six years.

Brett Hogan hosted cram sessions at his house with top-scoring team members which further attributed to the team's rising force.

Current Players

Starting Roster

2016-2017 Fairview A:

Brett Hogan - Senior (CAPTAIN)

Taylor Dover - Senior

Richard Stewart - Senior

Ally Grund - Senior

JV Reserves

Caleb Miller - Sophomore

Elivia Jones - Sophomore

Sarah Laney - Freshman

Morgan Haynes - Freshman

Jeremy Flippen - Freshman

Former Players

2008 County Championship Team

Sara Walker

Derek McElroy

Gabriel Martin

Nick Turner

Mark Creel

Weston Moon

Cody Woodall

Camelia Bryant

2009 onwards

Logan Thomas

Megan Walker

Logan Allen

Terrence Maze

Isaiah Martin

Katie Noriega

Sawyer Vernon

Cody Barnhart

Daniel Chaviers

Will Hicks

Harley Willis

Makayla Patterson

Grace Martin

Katie Tucker

Tori Hall

External Links

• NAQT Results page