Black River team wins 2015 Battle of the Books!

Congratulations to the Black River Spirit Readers, who took first place at the 2015 North Country Battle of the Books! Thirteen teams duked it out on Saturday, May 30, at St. James School in Gouverneur, and even though this was only the second time the Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library has sent a team to the event, their team took home the trophy.*

The Black River Spirit Readers, with mascot.

Canton Free Library's SLEJ Hammers took home the (soon-to-be-traditional?) second prize pizza, and Carthage Free Library's Mystic Elements finished in third place.

The complete list of teams and their libraries is as follows:

SLEJ Hammers - Canton Free Library
Mystic Elements - Carthage Free Library
Novel Ninjas - Depauville Free Library
Comprehension Conquerors - Hepburn Library of Lisbon
Hot Head Readers  - Hepburn Library of Madrid
Star Readers - Hepburn Library of Waddington
The Wave Readers - Macsherry Library
Boundless - Massena Public Library
The Mysterious Pandas - Ogdensburg Public Library
MYPD - Potsdam Public Library
Rockin' Readers - Reading Room Association of Gouverneur
The Nerds - Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library
Black River Spirit Readers - Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library

Thanks to all the teams, coaches, parents, library staff and volunteers who made this such a great event. Look for next year's reading list in the fall! 

*Well, technically, I took home the trophy, to get it engraved with their team info. But they took it home in spirit.