Boyceville Middle School Science Olympiad State Runner-Up, High School Places in 6th
THE BOYCEVILLE Middle School Science Olympiad team won the state runner-up trophy this past weekend at UW-Stevens Point. Front row (L to R): Isabelle Konsti, Ivan Farrell, Aiden Feeney, Logan Monfort, Easton Lange, Eleanor Farrell, Ava Dormanen, Emily Jackson, Tim Jackson, Noah Monfort, Taylor Warax, and Elizabeth Tegart. Middle row (L to R): Coach Hamm, Samantha Bauer, Jillian Boesl, Payton Lee, Isabelle Feeney, Clayton Score, Owen Lunderville, Sawyer Wirth, RJ Swenby, Charlie Chernak, and Amelia Henningfeld. Back row (L to R): Coach Riehbrandt, Sawyer Garbe, JB Mittlestadt, Chris Madison, Aubrie Humpal, Sara Hafermann, Brady Rasmussen, Kade Phillips, Walter Schaff, Eli Weber, Arnold Sudbrink, Devon Lee, Eli Cassellius, Myles Keck, and Coach Pelikan. —photo submittee
STEVENS POINT – The Boyceville Science Olympiad teams competed at the Wisconsin Science Olympiad state tournament at UW-Stevens Point this past weekend, with the middle school team finishing as the state runner-up team and the high school team earning the sixth place team trophy despite no divisions based on school size. This marks the fifteenth consecutive top six finish for the high school team at the state tournament and the twelfth consecutive top five finish for the middle school team at the state tournament.
Boyceville high school was by far the smallest team in the top six at the state tournament, with every other school having over (and sometimes well over) 1000 students. Boyceville Middle School was one of the smallest public schools to qualify for the state tournament.
THE BOYCEVILLE High School Science Olympiad team earned the sixth place trophy this past weekend at UW-Stevens Point. Front row (L to R): Coach Riehbrandt, Lexi Cole, Aryssa Scherer, Tayler Drinkman, Emily Fetzer, Pedro Fernandez, Kylie Luedtke, Johanna Antinucci, and Hannah Dunn. Second row (L to R): Coach Hamm, Olivia Robertson, Sydney Garbe, Anna Hafermann, Loralie West, Becca Wyss, Abigail Bauer, Zach Kersten, Karen Schaff, Delaney Olson, Zoey Hellendrung, and Coach Pelikan. Back row (L to R): Cora Leslie, Treylin Thorson, Parker Coombs, Peter Wheeldon, Jon Madison, Aidan Madison, William Engel, and Lucy Wheeldon. —photo submitted
With Boyceville High School’s fifteenth top six finish, they moved into fourth place among all schools in the state in the number of team awards earned at the state tournament, trailing only Madison West, Menomonie, and Racine Washington Park. Boyceville Middle School’s third state runner up finish places them in a tie for third overall in the number of state runner-up finishes and fourth alone in the number of state top three finishes, trailing only Menomonie, Milwaukee Morse, and Madison Hamilton.
Boyceville students earned state championship gold medals in eight different events, with each pair of students winning a $1,000 scholarship to UW-Stevens Point. All together, Boyceville students earned $16,000 in scholarships to UW-Stevens Point at the state tournament, adding to the $9,000 total earned at the 2022 state tournament for a total of $25,000 earned over the two years in academic scholarships.
Boyceville High School medal winners were as follows:
State Championship gold medals were earned by the following:
Juniors Emily Fetzer and Delaney Olson in Horticulture
Sophomores Jon Madison and William Engel in Mystery Architecture (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Seniors Becca Wyss and Zach Kersten in Flight
Wyss and Kersten in Mystery Architecture
Senior Parker Coombs and Fetzer in Towers
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Senior Peter Wheeldon and Coombs in Scrambler
Seniors Hannah Dunn and Alison McRoberts in Horticulture (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Senior Kylie Luedtke and sophomore Karen Schaff in Precision Medicine
Senior Cora Leslie and Dunn in Towers (JV)
Madison and Engel in Flight (JV)
Fifth place medals were earned by the following:
Wheeldon and Schaff in Geocaching
Kersten and Wheeldon in Robot Tour
Senior Treylin Thorson and Engel in Wind Power (JV)
Sixth place medals were earned by the following:
Coombs and Kersten in Air Trajectory
Coombs and Wheeldon in Wind Power
Madison and Engel in Scrambler (JV)
Dunn and Leslie in Write It, Do It (JV)
Boyceville Middle School medal winners were as follows:
State Championship gold medals were earned by the following:
Ninth graders Ava Dormanen and Emily Jackson in Horticulture
Eighth graders Walter Schaff and Eli Weber in Mystery Architecture
Ninth grader Kade Phillips and seventh grader Clayton Score in Robo Cross
Seventh grader Easton Lange and Score in Roller Coaster
Eighth grader Ivan Farrell and seventh grader Payton Lee in Flight (JV)
Sixth graders Aiden Feeney and Logan Monfort in Robo Cross (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Dormanen and E. Jackson in Crime Busters
Ninth graders Brady Rasmussen and Eleanor Farrell in Ecology
Rasmussen and seventh grader Sara Hafermann in Reach for the Stars
Eighth grader Isabelle Feeney and Score in Towers
Phillips and Lange in Wheeled Vehicle
Seventh graders Aubrie Humpal and Jillian Boesl in Flight (JV)
Ninth graders Devon Lee and Myles Keck in Geocaching (JV)
Ninth graders Isabelle Konsti and Sawyer Garbe in Write It, Do It (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Lange and Phillips in Air Trajectory
Dormanen, Rasmussen, and E. Farrell in Experimental Design
Score and Lange in Flight
W. Schaff and Weber in Optics
W. Schaff and Weber in Wind Power
A. Feeney and Monfort in Mystery Architecture (JV)
Boesl & Humpal in Horticulture (JV)
Seventh graders Eli Cassellius and RJ Swenby in Roller Coaster
D. Lee and Keck in Towers
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Rasmussen and E. Farrell in Road Scholar
Humpal and Boesl in Towers (JV)
Cassellius and Swenby in Wheeled Vehicle (JV)
Seventh grader Charlie Chernak and sixth grader Elizabeth Tegart in Robo Cross (JV)
Fifth place medals were earned by the following:
E. Farrell and E. Jackson in Disease Detectives
Dormanen, E. Jackson, and E. Farrell in Picture This
Phillips and I. Feeney in Write It, Do It
Konsti and Garbe in Horticulture (JV)
Sixth place medals were earned by the following:
Score and Lange in Geocaching
Cassellius & Swenby in Flight (JV)
Eighth graders Tim Jackson and Arnold Sudbrink in Air Trajectory
“This was one of the most successful state tournaments I have ever participated in” 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 finishes at state. It was a really exciting day and our kids did an outstanding job of representing Boyceville. Our kids have had an amazing season capped by an outstanding state tournament. The excitement was unparalleled during the awards ceremony and I could not be more proud of our kids.”
Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Russ Riehbrandt, and Tony Pelikan.
Final Results of the Wisconsin Science Olympiad State Tournament
High School Results
Varsity Teams Only
Rank School Score
1 Marquette University HS 39
2 Madison West 72
3 Hudson 144
4 Slinger 162
5 Menomonie 178
6 Boyceville 263
7 Belleville 313
8 Medford 316
9 Wausau West 358
10 Brookfield East 364
11 Middleton 373
12 Pewaukee 375
13 Madison Country Day 382
14 New Richmond 403
15 Beloit Turner 409
16 Brookfield Central 415
17 Cambridge 435
18 Sheboygan North 439
19 Baldwin-Woodville 478
20 Kohler 481
21 Marshall 490
22 Shell Lake 495
23 Mount Horeb 496
24 Madison La Follette 498
25 Unity 500
26 Waunakee 503
27 Franklin 507
28 Wautoma 530
29 Racine Prairie 547
30 Lakeland Union 559
31 Platteville 560
32 Westfield Area 561
33 Campbellsport 572
34 Elmwood 581
35 Weyauwega-Fremont 586
36 Colfax 630
37 Poynette 632
38 St. John’s NW Academy 714
39 West Bend 747
40 Elk Mound 761
41 Denmark 770
42 Horicon 782
43 Pittsville 816
44 Neenah 840
45 Evansville 854
46 Madison Edgewood 858
47 Eleva-Strum 953
Middle School Results
Varsity Teams Only
Rank School Score
1 Madison Hamilton 28
2 Boyceville 103
3 Menomonie 125
4 Eau Claire South 154
5 Platteville 156
6 Madison Eagle 174
7 Brookfield Pilgrim Park 177
8 Evansville JC McKenna 193
9 Sparta STEM 195
10 Hudson 197
11 Waunakee 201
12 Unity 218
13 Monona Grove Glacial Drumlin 223
14 Madison Country Day 235
15 Beloit Turner 289
16 Cambridge Nikolay 332
17 Elmwood 333
18 Westfield Area 349
19 Campbellsport 352
20 Mount Horeb 372
21 Hartford University 388
22 Cadott 420