Gainesville High School  recently won the 8-AAAAAA Region Literary Tournament with 72 points.

GHS had seven first-place individual and team winners advancing to the state AAAAAA Literary Championship on March 18: Sophia Casey in Personal Essay, Pratyusha Karnati in Rhetorical Essay, Ramiro Salinas in Humorous Interpretation, Izzy Pate in Dramatic Interpretation, Ramiro Salinas and Izzy Pate in Duo Interpretation, Jameson Murray in Boys Solo and Jameson Murray, Ras Boone, Gus Kaufman and Herve Aklotsoe in Boys Quartet.  

Placing second in the region meet were David Davenport in Argumentative Essay, David Davenport in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, Boone Alexander in International Extemporaneous Speaking, Stephanie Ortez-Cayla Adams-Yuriana Moran in Girls Trio.

Ortez placed third in Girls Solo.