Students cleaning band trophies

Carroll County High School’s athletic and academic teams as well as the Band of Gold have accumulated a number of trophies over the years.

So many, in fact, that the trophy cases are a bit jumbled and disorganized.

A group of seniors in the Project-Based Learning pilot are working to remedy that situation. Two different teams have taken on the projects. One is focusing on the band trophy case near the band room while the other is focusing on the cases and Wall of Fame near the gymnasium.

Emmaline McCollum, one of the leaders on the band trophy case project, said they want to organize the case and make a mural depicting the history of the band. “A lot of people don’t know where our band cases are so we will tell them that too,” she said in explaining their plan.

The crew has cleaned and polished all the band trophies and organized them by year. They admit to being surprised the band had so many trophies and did not know the marching band and winter guard participated in competitions and won quite a few.

“We also want to organize and downsize so we can put a uniform on display there,” said Quenton Wilson. He said some of the trophies are duplicates and removing them will allow for a more varied display.

“It will take a while because there’s so much work to do,” Quenton said, noting they will consult with the band director before making any major changes.

The band trophy case team includes Emmaline McCollum, Quenton Wilson, Ashley Nopal, Cristian Roque and Mateo Romero. 

On the other end of the school, another group has tackled the five trophy cases near the gymnasium entrance.

“We saw the trophy cases were all scattered. We didn’t think it looked as good as it could,” said Garrison Brumback.

Eventually, this team also wants to partner with the carpentry class at the Carroll County Area Technology Center to build new frames for the uniforms and stat sheets posted above the trophy cases. But, first, they want to review the entrants and update all of the information as well as include sports that are not recognized on the existing Wall of Fame.

“I want to see the entire history of Carroll County,” said Landon Groves. “We still care today what they accomplished” he said, gesturing to those featured on the Wall of Fame.

A number of other teams, some of which didn’t exist when the Wall of Fame was begun, will be added to the recognition. The group envisions creating plaques for baseball and softball players to be hung on their dugouts rather than inside the school. The same would hold true for soccer, cross country, track and football, which they propose to post on the concession stand at Panther Field.

“The main goal is to create a sense of pride,” said Aaron Knoff.

The Wall of Fame project will also involve revisiting the application process to nominate someone for this honor. Presently, people who have been out of high school for more than five years are eligible for nomination.

This group includes Garrison Brumback, Aaron Knoff and Coleton Sellers. Landon Groves helped as well, though he’s not in the PBL class.

The students are taught by Kevin States and Joseph Creager. Work-Based Learning Coordinator Jeff Fremin advises the PBL students.

(Some photos provided by the CCHS Yearbook and Robin Dillard.)