Trigg County High School’s Class of 2024 walked the stage in front of a loud, fiery, passionate, standing-room-only crowd Tuesday night at Wildcat Gymnasium — each step taken, just that much closer to adulthood.
As the recessional played and the stairwells filled with excited graduates scrambling to get back with their families, one unnamed student screamed to another: “Can you believe that [expletive] really happened?”
Well, it did.
Just ask Salutatorian Laura Kate Thomas.
Superintendent Bill Thorpe, leaving for the same position in Marshall County July 1, delivered the words every high schooler yearns to hear — permission to turn the tassel, and a nod to toss the cap.
These seniors decided to add an explosive popping off of confetti cannons.
One particular student, multi-sport star Jhaden Vaughn, took it upon himself to land a flip before accepting his diploma — a physical display of perhaps many internal emotions.
Jacey Delaney Holmes, this year’s valedictorian, noted she and her classmates began high school in virtual learning, masked with six feet of social distancing.
Things are much different now, post COVID-19, but she said some things will never change.
Both Thomas and Holmes had prepared, emotional remarks for outgoing Principal Tim Bush — who is bound for the district’s Department of Transportation this fall. Both comments received ovations.
Bush, meanwhile, lauded a class that earned more than $3 million in academic and athletic scholarship opportunities. And as a former baseball coach, he urged students to watch for the possibility of curveballs ahead.
Bush also introduced Guidance Counselor Janay Futrell, another face soon bidding farewell.
As good students and high promoters of the district, the 2024 Wildcats of the Year are Rhett Hunter Plymale and Jessica Avery Ethridge.
The Clyde Doyle Award, given to a student who has worked hard to overcome some difficulties, went to William Adams.
Of Trigg County’s 120-plus diplomas awarded, 38 were for honor graduates — all of which maintained a 94 grade-point average, have taken at least six weighted courses with benchmarks in English, math and reading, and have finished a capstone.
Jacey Delaney Holmes
Laura Kate Thomas
Howard Ian Humphries
Jessie Taylor Paulter
Landi Leann Rogers
Riley Owen Thompson
Luke Nelson Terrell
Walker Owen Wadlington
Jessica Avery Ethridge
Karson Lacy Bush
Sadie Marie Utter
Amy Paulina Roberts
Brayden Kyle Jones
Brandon Michael Moser
Sara Elizabeth Butts
Devin Mae Mackey
Lania Grace Hite
Rhett Hunter Plymale
McKenna Paige Chaney
Camryn Lee Boone
Zoe Ann Miller
William Blake Chambers
Keely Shay Broadbent
TayShaun Jerral Linton
Peyton Wesley Moore
Rylee Shane Hendricks
Ciarrah Cheyenne Lynne Burchnell
Clayton Demp Litchfield
Anna Leigh Sink
Aniston Brooke Stewart
Tyler James Adcock
Kerra Michelle Johnson
Riley Shannon Miller
Addison Jayce Cabbage
Charles Raymond Dannelly
Chloe Abigail McGraw
Rachel Anne Price
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