Boyceville Science Olympiad opens 2024-2025 season at inaugural Unity Invite
THE BOYCEVILLE Science Olympiad team opened up their season this past weekend at the Unity Invite in Balsam Lake. The middle school team set a school record winning the tournament with only 32 points while the high school won Division 2 and placed second overall amongst all teams. —photo submittted
BALSAM LAKE – The Boyceville Science Olympiad program opened the 2024-2025 season in-person this past weekend at Unity with a tournament team championship at the middle school level and a Division 2 team championship at the high school level. Boyceville High School medal winners were as follows:
Gold medals were earned by the following:
Juniors Jon Madison and William Engel in both Electric Vehicle & Helicopters
Senior Delaney Olson and juniors Chelsi Holden and Zoey Hellendrung in Experimental Design
Olson and senior Emily Fetzer in Forensics
Juniors Johanna Antinucci and Anna Hafermann in Fossils
Juniors Karen Schaff and Loralie West in Geocaching
K. Schaff and sophomore Eleanor Farrell in Microbe Mission
Sophomores Brady Rasmussen and Kade Phillips in Robot Tour
Hellendrung and Holden in Towers
Senior Abigail Bauer and Hellendrung in Wind Power
Seniors Tayler Drinkman and Mackenzie Nelson in Fossils (JV)
Sophomores Isabelle Konsti and Sawyer Garbe in Write It, Do it (JV)
Sophomores Ava Dormanen and Emily Jackson in Forensics (JV)
Sophomores Devon Lee and Brooke Fenton in both Helicopters and Towers (JV)
Eighth grader Easton Lange and seventh grader Logan Monfort in Air Trajectory
Eighth grader Serenity Miller and seventh grader Aiden Feeney in Disease Detectives
Monfort and sixth grader Caleb Mrdutt in Ecology
Eighth graders Aubrie Humpal and Sara Hafermann in Fossils
Lange and eighth grader Clayton Score in Geocaching
A. Humpal and eighth grader Jillian Boesl in both Helicopters and Horticulture
Eighth grader Aren Halama and Hafermann in Meteorology
Ninth graders Eli Weber and Walter Schaff in both Optics and Wind Power
Monfort and A. Feeney in Robo Cross
Clayton Score and ninth grader Isabelle Feeney in Towers
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Holden and Engel in Air Trajectory
Rasmussen and E. Farrell in Astronomy
Hellendrung and Engel in Bungee Drop
Rasmussen and Phillips in Code Analysis
Rasmussen, K. Schaff, and Phillips in Codebusters
Antinucci and A. Hafermann in Entomology
Fetzer and Olson in Horticulture
Fetzer and Madison in Material Science
Phillips and K. Schaff in Optics
Schaff and West in Precision Medicine
E. Farrell and Antinucci in Write It, Do It
A. Humpal and S. Hafermann in Dynamic Planet
Halama and A. Humpal in Potions & Poisons
Halama and S. Hafermann in Reach for the Stars
Clayton Score and Lange in Scrambler
I. Feeney and Monfort in Write It, Do it
Eighth grader Robert Swenby and sixth grader Clyde Score in Helicopters (JV)
Sixth graders Harper Humpal and Stella Heifner in Towers (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Drinkman and Nelson in Entomology (JV)
Dormanen, Jackson, and D. Lee in Experimental Design (JV)
Dormanen and Jackson in Horticulture (JV)
Halama and I. Feeney in Anatomy & Physiology
W. Schaff and Weber in Entomology
Mrdutt and Boesl in Forestry
Mrdutt and Miller in Microbe Mission
Clayton Score, Lange, and Boesl in Picture This
A. Feeney and Monfort in Road Scholar
Ninth grader Ivan Farrell and eighth grader Payton Lee in Helicopters (JV)
Seventh grader Owen Lundreville in Optics (JV)
Clyde Score and Swenby in Scrambler (JV)
Seventh grader Samantha Bauer in Wind Power (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Clayton Score, Lange, and I. Feeney in Codebusters
Halama and S. Hafermann in Crime Busters
Ninth graders Arnold Sudbrink and Michael Warax in Helicopters (JV)
I. Farrell and P. Lee in Horticulture (JV)
“Our kids had a great first tournament of the year at Unity” said head coach Andy Hamm. “We have several new students, especially in the middle school, and it has been great to see the hard work of new members pay off this early in the season. It is always hard to fill so many new spots on a varsity team and our new members have done a great job of pulling everybody up and filling in the holes left from last year. Unity did a great job of hosting their first ever tournament and we were excited with the results”
Boyceville will next be in action at home at the Boyceville Invitational on December 7th. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Russ Riehbrandt, and Tony Pelikan.
Final Results of the 1st Annual Unity Science Olympiad Invitational
High School Results – Varsity Teams:
Rank School Division Score
1 Hudson 1 64
2 Boyceville 2 79
3 Rochester Mayo (MN) 1 83
4 Medford 2 85
5 Mounds View (MN) 1 92
6 East Ridge (MN) 1 121
7 Lakeland Union 2 138
8 Unity 2 154
9 Weyauwega-Fremont 2 182
10 Elmwood 2 183
11 St. Michael – Albertville (MN) 1 221
Middle School Results – Varsity Teams
Rank School Score
1 Boyceville 32
2 Menomonie 62
3 Unity 76
4 Elmwood 90
5 St. Michael – Albertville East (MN) 107
6 Cadott 130
7 Weyauwega-Fremont 148
8 St. Michael – Albertville West (MN) 166