Boyceville High School finishes 3rd overall, Middle School wins Science Olympiad Tournament at Menomonie
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ROBO TOUR is a Wisconsin Science Olympiad event with the spirit of Tesla in mind. Teams are tasked with building a self-driving robotic vehicle that is programmed to follow a path in a set amount of time. Boyceville junior Greg Moore (left) and senior Nathan Corr are shown watching how well their vehicle performs. —photo by Steve Duerst
WITH dozens of fossils to keep track of, Luke Becker (left) and Ella Holden are shown quickly searching their homemade field guide for the needed information in this test event. —photo by Steve Duerst
IN THE SOLAR Power event, the students’ score is based on a written test and on their estimate of how well their collectors will work. Shown making their final adjustments to the light are Levi Becker (left) and Parker Coombs. —photo by Steve Duerst
The Boyceville Middle and High School Science Olympiad teams competed at the virtual Menomonie (WI) Invitational this past weekend with the high school team finishing 3rd overall and the MS team winning the MS Satellite Tournament.
Boyceville High School’s varsity team earned medals in 18 out of 30 events, with tournament championship gold medals being earned in Boomilever (Brady Helland, Connor Sempf), Gravity Vehicle (Helland, Nathan Corr), Ping Pong Parachute (Corr, Grace Edlin), and Wright Stuff (Corr, Helland). Silver medals were earned in Boomilever (Madison Andrews, Lacota
Brown), Detector Building (Sempf, Corr), Forensics (Shiloh Wheeldon, Elliona Staves), Horticulture (Ali Ruhnke, Libby Bygd), Robot Tour (Corr, Greg Moore-Kamuti), and Virology (Luke Becker, Edlin). Bronze medals were earned in Astronomy (Helland, Luke Becker) and Virtual Geocaching (Corr, Sempf). Fourth place medals were earned in Anatomy & Physiology (Edlin, Helland), GeoLogic Mapping (Shiloh Wheeldon, Staves), Machines (Moore-Kamuti, Helland), Mystery Build (Elijah Farrell, Logan Windsor), Protein Modeling (Ella Holden, Bygd, Ruhnke), Solar Power (Luke Becker, Corr), and Water Quality (Corr, Shiloh Wheeldon).
Boyceville Middle School’s varsity team earned gold medals in 15 events and were led by Caden Wold and Peter Wheeldon earning seven event medals, Parker Coombs and Lauren Becker earning six medals, Becca Wyss, Delaney Olson, Levi Becker, Zoey Hellendrung, and Chelsi Holden earning five medals, Emily Fetzer and Chelsi earning four medals, Zach Kersten earning three medals, and Alison McRoberts, Hailey Hellendrung, Emma Hicks-Knowles, and Karen Schaff earning two medals.
“Our students have been working really hard this season and I am so proud of our students juggling all of their school work and preparations for Science Olympiad, which is clearly helping the team to continue to improve” said Boyceville Head Coach Andy Hamm. “We will continue to work hard with another tournament coming up right away next weekend in preparation for state next month.”
Boyceville High School will compete at their final invitational next weekend at the Marquette University High School Invitational in preparation for the state tournament on April 17th. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Jenna Willi, and Steve Duerst.
Final Results of the Slinger Invitational
HS Division (varsity teams only)
Rank / Team / Score
1 Marquette University (WI) 32
2 Menomonie (WI) 47
3 Boyceville (WI) 83
4 Belleville (WI) 89
5 Lake Central (IN) 95
6 Whiting (IN) 138
7 Hudson (WI) 155
8 Slinger (WI) 173
9 Maple Mountain (UT) 225
10 St. Croix Central (WI) 227
11 Kohler (WI) 231
12 Baldwin-Woodville (WI) 270
13 Bloomer (WI) 279
14 Riverton (UT) 299
15 New Richmond (WI) 368
MS Division (varsity teams only)
Rank / Team / Score
1 Boyceville (WI) 31
2 Menomonie (WI) 32
3 Janesville (IA) 83