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Local homeschooler wins reading contest

Farragut ninth-grade home-schooler Brextyn Poetze recently won Tennesseans for Student Success’ Tristar Reads summer reading contest for this year.

“We’ll be presenting Brextyn with a $1,000 scholarship later this month in Nashville,” a state press release stated.

Brextyn spent 26,613 minutes reading during the contest, it continued.

For Brextyn, the Tristar Reads win “means a lot for me,” the ninth-grader said. “I’ve always enjoyed reading, and it feels amazing to get recognized for the amount of time I spend reading.

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