Boyceville MS finishes as team runner-up at regionals
THE BOYCEVILLE Middle School played host to the Science Olympiad Middle School Regional Tournament on Saturday, March 8, 2025. The Bulldogs’ varsity team placed second behind Menomonie, but beat back challenges from Sparta, Medford, Hudson, Eau Claire South and other teams. The team will be competing at the Science Olympiad State meet at UW-Stout, on Saturday, April 5, 2025. —photo submitted
BOYCEVILLE – The Boyceville Middle School Science Olympiad team competed at the regional tournament at home this past weekend, finishing as the regional runner-up team out of twelve schools. Boyceville Middle School medal winners were as follows:
Gold medals were earned by the following:
Air Trajectory – Eighth grader Easton Lange and seventh grader Logan Monfort
Helicopters – Eighth graders Aubrie Humpal and Jillian Boesl
Metric Mastery – Ninth graders Walter Schaff and Eli Weber
Mission Possible – Lange and Logan Monfort
Robo Cross – Logan Monfort and seventh grader Aiden Feeney
Towers – Lange and eighth grader Clayton Score
Wind Power – Schaff and Weber
Air Trajectory – Ninth graders Arnold Sudbrink and Tim Jackson (JV)
Towers – Eighth grader Robert Swenby and sixth grader Clyde Score (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Crime Busters – Eighth graders Aren Halama and Sara Hafermann
Entomology – Schaff and Weber
Experimental Design – Schaff, Weber, and Clayton Score
Horticulture – Aubrie Humpal and Boesl
Reach for the Stars – Halama and Hafermann
Helicopters – Swenby and Clyde Score (JV)
Wind Power – Seventh grader Samantha Bauer and sixth grader Stella Heifner (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Codebusters – Clayton Score, Lange, and Schaff
Ecology – Logan Monfort and sixth grader Caleb Mrdutt
Optics – Schaff and Weber
Picture This – Clayton Score, Lange, and Boesl
Helicopters – Ninth grader Ivan Farrell and eighth grader Payton Lee (JV)
Entomology – Swenby and Clyde Score (JV)
Robo Cross – Seventh graders Owen Lunderville and Noah Monfort (JV)
Towers – Heifner and sixth grader Harper Humpal (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Anatomy & Physiology – Halama and Boesl
Forestry – Mrdutt and Boesl
Fossils – Aubrie Humpal and Hafermann
Geocaching – Clayton Score and Lange
Microbe Mission – Mrdutt and eighth grader Serenity Miller
Road Scholar – Feeney and Logan montfort
Scrambler – Clayton Score and Lange
Horticulture – Farrell and Lee (JV)
“I am really proud of all of our middle school students.” said Boyceville head coach Andy Hamm. “We have a really challenging regional tournament, and our kids have worked really hard this year to do their best. l look forward to the students continuing to work hard to prepare for the state tournament in April.”
The state tournament is Friday-Saturday, April 4-5, 2025 at UW-Stout in Menomonie. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Russ Riehbrandt, and Tony Pelikan.
Final Results of the Boyceville
Middle School Regional Tournament
(varsity teams only ranked)
Rank School Score
1 Menomonie 45
2 Boyceville 57
3 Sparta Innovations STEM 103
4 Medford 106
5 Elmwood 108
6 Unity 128
7 Hudson 137
8 Eau Claire South 152
9 New Richmond 179
10 Stanley Boyd 194
11 Cadott 209
12 Tomah 299