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's club president is Brett Hogan. Fairview is coached by Eric Vest.

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 and won a tournament at Calhoun Community College in 1994. Fairview has not competed in ASCA competitions since the end of the 1990s.

Coaches

Brenda Scott coached Fairview's first quizbowl team in 1981; the following year it was taken over by Dianne Bailey, who coached for a number of years through the 1980s. Vicki Skelley maintained a long stint as the team's coach until her retirement in May 2014.

Eric Vest became the team's coach in 2014. He, with a lot of help from team captain Brett Hogan, was able to turn the program around and had Fairview competing in more tournaments than ever before.

Tournament Attendance

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. However, the team has lately been attending most tournaments held in the immediate area due to the persistence and funding of team captain Brett Hogan.

Club Improvement and Return to Form

An extreme lack of good quizbowl ensued until from roughly the end of 2010 (which was Fairview's last Snead State Scholars Bowl attendance until 2017) 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.

Brett Hogan hosted cram sessions at his house during the 2016-2017 academic year with top-scoring team members which further attributed to the team's rising force.

Tournament Results

Fairview finished in a three-way tie for 9th of 33 teams with a 4-1 record at Snead State Scholars Bowl on 28 March 2008. Players unknown.

Fairview finished 21st of 35 with a 3-2 record at Snead State Scholars Bowl on 26 March 2010. Players unknown.

Farview finished 3rd of 6 with a 3-2 record at the 2014 Cullman County Scholar Bowl on 5 December 2014. Players were: Daniel Chaviers, Brett Hogan, Will Hicks, and Harley Willis. Daniel Chaviers was the tournament's top overall scorer and Brett Hogan was 4th.

Fairview finished 2nd of 6 with a 4-1 record at the 2015 Cullman County Scholar Bowl on 4 December 2015. Players were: Brett Hogan, Taylor Dover, Will Hicks, and Harley Willis. Brett Hogan was the tournament's 3rd highest scorer.

Fairview finished 14th of 16 with a 1-6 record at West Point Rainwater Invtational on 14 May 2016. Players were: Brett Hogan, Ally Grund, and Tori Hall.

Fairview finshed 11th of 22 with a 4-3 record at West Point's SMART II held on 24 September 2016. Players were: Brett Hogan, Richard Stwewart, Ally Grund, and Sarah Laney.

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 1987

Byron Cornett (Sophomore)

Peter Dube (Senior)

Michelle Thornton (Senior)

Greg French (Senior)

Angel Strong (Sophomore)

Former Players 1988

Angel Strong (Junior)

Tammy Grigsby (Junior)

Julie Grimes (Sophomore)

Trella Meherg (8th)

Kim Sowell (Sophomore)

Patrick Bates (8th)

Jason Wampler (Junior)

Byron Cornett (Junior)

Andy Weldon (Freshman)

Former Players 1989

Tony Dyson (Senior)

Kim Sowell (Junior)

Angel Strong (Senior)

Tammy Grigsby (Senior)

Jimmy Loyd (Senior)

Byron Cornett (Senior)

Patrick Bates (Freshman)

Jason Wampler (Senior)

Phillip Whatley (Senior)

Trella Meherg (Freshman)

Julie Grimes (Junior)

Former Players 2008

Sara Walker

Derek McElroy

Gabriel Martin

Nick Turner

Mark Creel

Weston Moon

Cody Woodall

Camelia Bryant

Former Players 2009-2013

Alex Martin

Logan Thomas

Megan Walker

Logan Allen

Former Players 2014

Terrence Maze (Senior)

Isaiah Martin (Senior)

Katie Noriega (Senior)

Sawyer Vernon (Senior)

Cody Barnhart (Senior)

Daniel Chaviers (Junior)

Makayla Patterson (Sophomore)

Brett Hogan (Freshman)

Grace Martin (Freshman)

Former Players 2015

Will Hicks (Junior)

Makayla Patterson (Junior)

Brett Hogan (Sophomore)

Harley Willis (Junior)

Daniel Chaviers (Senior)

Former Players 2016

Brett Hogan (Junior)

Ally Grund (Junior)

Taylor Dover (Junior)

Will Hicks (Senior)

Harley Willis (Senior)

Makayla Patterson (Senior)

Katie Tucker (Sophomore)

Tori Hall (Junior)

External Links

• NAQT Results page