Boyceville HS finishes 3rd overall, MS wins Tournament at Marquette
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IN THIS event, Experimental Design, asks students to design an experiment, run it and write a lab report for it. Middle schoolers (from left to right) Chelsi Holden, Delanie Olson and Zoey Hellendrung are about to begin the activity. —photo by Steve Duerst
BOYCEVILLE junior Greg Moore (left) and Brady Helland are shown doing the calculations for the event, Machines. Competitors are asked to use principles of physics to answer various questions related to simple and compound machines. —photo by Steve Duerst
THE ELASTIC launch glider event has competitors build a lightweight glider and use a rubber band to launch it. The team that gets their aircraft to fly for the longest time is the winner. Bulldog 7th graders Will Engel (left) is preparing to release the plane, while partner Levi Becker is helping with the angle of the launch.
—photo by Steve Duerst
The Boyceville Middle and High School Science Olympiad teams competed at the virtual Marquette (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 16 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), Robot Tour (Corr, Greg Moore-Kamuti), and Wright Stuff (Corr, Helland). Silver medals were earned in Horticulture (Libby Bygd, Ali Ruhnke), Helicopters (Corr, Helland), and Water Quality (Shiloh Wheeldon, Corr). Bronze medals were earned in Astronomy (Helland, Luke Becker), Detector Building (Corr, Sempf), Forensics (Corr, Shiloh Wheeldon), Machines (Moore-Kamuti, Helland), and Protein Modeling (Ella Holden, Bygd, Ruhnke). Fourth place medals were earned in Solar Power (Luke Becker, Moore-Kamuti) and Virtual Geocaching (Sempf, Corr). A fifth place medal was earned in Experimental Design (Ella Holden, Bygd, Ruhnke).
Boyceville Middle School’s varsity team earned gold medals in 22 of the 30 events, scoring a near school record of 24 points. Boyceville Middle School earned individual medals in all 30 events, with the JV-Blue team earning medals in four events and the JV-Red team also earning medals in four events.
“I am really proud of all of the hard work the kids have been putting forth during this challenging stretch of tournaments” said Boyceville Head Coach Andy Hamm. “I have no doubt that all of this hard work will prepare the students well for the state tournament.”
Boyceville High School and Boyceville Middle School will compete at 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) 27
2 Menomonie (WI) 50
3 Boyceville (WI) 97
4 Belleville (WI) 97
5 Racine Prairie School (WI) 165
6 Medford (WI) 176
7 Slinger (WI) 193
8 Wausau West (WI) 215
9 Advanced Tech Academy (NV) 219
10 Beloit Turner (WI) 256
11 Evansville (WI) 286
12 Kohler (WI) 293
13 Pewaukee (WI) 309
14 Lakeland Union (WI) 309
15 Cambridge (WI) 326
16 Knox Central (KY) 326
17 St. Anthony’s (NY) 329
18 Marshall (WI) 350
19 Elk Mound (WI) 384
20 Westborough (MA) 392
21 Allen County-Scottsville (KY) 402
22 Bloomer (WI) 441
23 West Bend West (WI) 490
24 Bardstown (KY) 541
MS Division (varsity teams only)
Rank / Team / Score
1 Boyceville (WI) 24
2 STEAM Heat (TN) 44
3 Janesville (IA) 88