Boyceville Science Olympiad teams place at challenging state tournament
MILWAUKEE – The Boyceville Science Olympiad teams competed at the Wisconsin Science Olympiad state tournament at UW-Milwaukee this past weekend, with the high school earning the fourth place team finish out of 56 teams and the middle school team placing third out of 47 teams with no division based on school size. This marks the fourteenth consecutive top four finish for the high school team at the state tournament and the eleventh consecutive top five finish for the middle school team at the state tournament.
Boyceville edged Slinger in the tie-breaker first criteria of most gold medals (five to zero) and narrowly beat Hudson and Medford. Boyceville was the only school with under 1000 students in the entire top six. Boyceville Middle School was one of the smallest public schools to qualify for the state tournament.
State Championship gold medals were earned by the following: Juniors Parker Coombs and Caden Wold in Bridges; Juniors Zach Kersten and Becca Wyss in Flight; Sophomores Emily Fetzer and Delaney Olson in Horticulture; Coombs and Wold in Robo Cross; Coombs and Kersten in Trajectoy; Freshmen Jonathan Madison and Aiden Brown in Flight (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following: Kersten and junior Peter Wheeldon in Geocaching; Juniors Hannah Dunn and Alison McRoberts in Horticulture (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following: Junior Cora Leslie and Dunn in Bridges (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following: Senior Kaianna Banyai and junior Treylin Thorson in Scrambler (JV)
Fifth place medals were earned by the following: Coombs and Wyss in Detector Building; Sophomore Abigail Bauer and freshman Loralie West in WIFI Lab
Sixth place medals were earned by the following: Wheeldon and Wold in Scrambler
Boyceville Middle School medal winners were as follows:
State Championship gold medals were earned by the following: Freshman Karen Schaff and eighth grader Eleanor Farrell in Bio-Process Lab; Freshmen Zoey Hellendrung and Chelsi Holden in Bridge; Schaff and freshman Samantha Stoveren in Horticulture; Eighth grader Ava Dormanen and E. Farrell in Road Scholar; Freshman William Engel and Holden in Storm the Castle; Sixth graders Clayton Score and Easton Lange in Geocaching (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following: Engel and eighth grader Devon Lee in Flight; Eighth grader Brady Rasmussen and sixth grader Sara Hafermann in Solar System; Schaff and Rasmussen in Sounds of Music; Engel and Hellendrung in Wheeled Vehicle; Seventh grader Isabelle Feeney and sixth grader Payton Lee in Bridges (JV); Score and Lange in Flight (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following: S. Stoveren, Hellendrung, and Holden in Picture This; S. Stoveren and seventh grader John Stoveren in Roller Coaster; Score and Lange in Bridge (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following: Eighth grader Sawyer Garbe and S. Stoveren in Forestry; Sixth graders Aubrie Humpal and Jillian Boesl in Flight (JV)
Fifth place medals were earned by the following: Rasmussen and Engel in Meteorology; Seventh grader Ivan Farrell and P. Lee in Flight (JV)
Seventh graders Walter Schaff and Eli Weber in Sounds of Music (JV); Humpal and Boesl in Wheeled Vehicle (JV)
“Our students had a monster day on Saturday” said Boyceville Science Olympiad coach Andy Hamm. “I was so impressed with all of the hard work so many kids put in all year long and it definitely paid off with the team and individual finishes at state. It was a really exciting day and our kids did an outstanding job of representing Boyceville. Our kids have had an outstanding season capped by an outstanding state tournament.”
Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Russ Riehbrandt, Steve Duerst, and Ian Carter.
THE BOYCEVILLE Science Olympiad teams competed at the State Tournament this past Saturday, April. The high school varsity team squeaked past Slinger for a 4th place finish. Both teams tied with 218 points, but Boyceville won the tiebreaker on criteria. Shown in the front row (L to R): Parker Coombs, Peter Wheeldon, Dawson Standaert, Caden Wold, Delaney Olson and Coach Steve Duerst. Middle row (L to R): Sydney Garbe, Abby Bauer, Loralie West, Kylie Luedtke, Becca Wyss and Head Coach Andy Hamm. Back row (L to R): Coach Russ Riebrandt, Emily Fetzer, Anna Hafermann, Aryssa Scherer, Zach Kersten and Coach Ian Carter. —photo submitted
Final Results of the Wisconsin Science Olympiad State Tournament
High School Results – Varsity Only
Rank School Score
1 Marquette University HS 41
2 Madison West 49
3 Menomonie 131
4 Boyceville 208
5 Slinger 208
6 Hudson 215
7 Medford 217
8 Belleville 253
9 Brookfield Central 290
10 Wausau West 318
11 Cambridge 341
12 Madison Country Day 345
13 Racine Prairie 349
14 Marshfield 363
15 Beloit Turner 366
16 Sheboygan North 391
17 Lakeland Union 396
18 Marshall 397
19 Baldwin-Woodville 410
20 Unity 416
21 Pewaukee 432
22 Shell Lake 443
23 Westfield Area 482
24 Evansville 484
25 Elmwood 506
26 Almond-Bancroft 523
27 Elk Mound 544
28 Brookfield East 575
29 Colfax 575
30 West Bend 596
31 Mount Horeb 602
32 Denmark 606
33 Kohler 624
34 Platteville 640
35 Neenah 691
36 Cadott 699
37 Sparta 721
38 Horicon 722
39 Oregon 768
40 Campbellsport 789
41 Tomah 798
42 Eleva-Strum 989
THE BOYCEVILLE Middle School Science Olympiad varsity team secured a 3rd place finish at the State Tournament held April 1 with a score of 115 points. The middle school teams may have some freshmen on them. Shown in the front row (L to R): Zoey Hellendrung, Chelsi Holden, Karen Schaff, Samantha Stoveren, Will Engel and Coach Steve Duerst. Middle row (L to R): John Stoveren, Ava Dormanen, Sawyer Garbe, Devon Lee and Head Coach Andy Hamm. Back row (L to R): Coach Russ Riebrandt, Eleanor Farrell, Emily Jackson, Brady Rasmussen, Sara Hafermann and Coach Ian Carter. —photo submitted
Middle School Results – Varsity Only
Rank School Score
1 Madison Hamilton 55
2 Menomonie 94
3 Boyceville 115
4 Waunakee 150
5 Madison Country Day 155
6 Sparta STEM Academy 171
7 Platteville 181
8 Eau Claire South 182
9 Hudson 194
10 Unity 220
11 Madison Eagle 229
12 Beloit Turner 252
13 Evansville JV McKenna 257
14 Brookfield Pilgrim Park 259
15 Monona Grove Glacial Drumlin 275
16 Campbellsport 276
17 Hartford University 323
18 Cambridge Nikolay 333
19 New Richmond 341
20 Mount Horeb 344
21 Elmwood 409
22 Medford 529
