CFB Divers Swim Past Grand Prairie
On Nov. 7, swimmers and divers from all CFB schools managed to swim past Grand Prairie in competition. Swim meet participants came from Creekview, Ranchview, Smith, and Turner High Schools as well as from Grand Prairie and South Grand Prairie High Schools. Results are as follows:
Girls
First place
Gabby Peters
Ranchview
111.20
Second place
Sarah Lukich
Creekview
108.20
Third place
Blythe Lybbert
Ranchview
105.55
Fourth place
Emma Arntfield
Creekview
91.90
Fifth place
Deana Popovic
Newman Smith
76.70
Sixth place
Casandra Lopez
Turner
64.25
Seventh place
Amanda Lemus
Turner
64.15
Eighth place
Sridevi Gundimeda
Ranchview
61.00
Ninth place
Elizabeth Feezor
Creekview
31.15
Boys
First place
Nate Phillips
Turner
153.90
Second place
Carlos Prudhomme
Turner
123.45
Third place
Bailey Ngugen
SGP
122.50
Fourth place
Napolean Ferrer
Newman Smith
109.55
Fifth place
Jack Texada
Newman Smith
102.55
Sixth place
Steven Fry
Newman Smith
93.45
Seventh place
Juan Palomo
Turner
93.25
Eighth place
Miguel Videl
Ranchview
85.95
Ninth place
Sangmteong Lee
Creekview
75.80
Tenth place
Austin Zercher
Ranchview
70.25
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Trojans – meet Newman Smith High School’s new principal, Michael Arreola. Arreola is not new to education or to CFB. He began his CFB career teaching Social Studies at Polk Middle School for 3 years. He then served as the Assistant Principal for R. L. Turner High School for 4 years. For the past 4 years, he has been the principal of Early College High School. Arreola says of Newman Smith High School, “this is a community school. This is the heart of Carrollton-Farmers Branch.” In speaking of the NSHS students, he said, “I want them to know everything we do is for them.”