November 27, 2024 by
The 24-member 2024-25 Bearden High School dance team brought home first-place trophies in Large Varsity Pom and Large Varsity Game Day while competing in TSSAA Dance Championships Friday, Nov. 15, in Knoxville Convention Center. This is the team’s sixth consecutive win in Pom and third in a row for Game Day and marks the program’s 19th and 20th state titles, “making Bearden Dance one of the most successful dance programs in Tennessee history,” a BHS dance press release stated. Team members, front row from left, are Abigail Standifer, Ella McLaughlin, Lana Nelson, Cadance Eastman, Maclain Brown, Mallory Haskins, Mallory Simpson and Kelsi Wright. Middle row, from left, are Kaelyn Martinez, Ansley Brown, Whitley Sams, Brielle Pickett, Emily Carver, Addie Duggan, Cate Smithey and Avery Lemoncelli. Top row, from left, are Kaitlin Ramey, Sofie Lewis, Aubrynn Top, Addie Stimets, Stella Benevicz, Taryn Jenkins, Baylor Brown and Rachel Ho.
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