Boyceville MS & HS Science Olympiad teams win State Championships in inaugural Division 2
THE BOYCEVILLE Science Olympiad teams competed at the Middle School and High School State Meet in the Small School Division this past weekend. The Middle School squeaked out a first-place win over runner-up Eagle School of Madison by 8 points. The High School Bulldogs bested the competition and won the first-place trophy by 90 points over second-place Baldwin-Woodville. The Bulldogs also were awarded the Spirit Award for sportsmanship. —photo by Steve Duerst
MENOMONIE — The Boyceville Science Olympiad teams competed at the Wisconsin Science Olympiad state tournament at UW-Stout this past weekend, with a second division based on school size being introduced for the first time. The BHS team won the state championship over Baldwin-Woodville, while the team from BMS won the state championship in a competitive tournament over the EAGLE School of Madison.
Boyceville High School and Middle School became the first ever state champions in the two division era, with divisions being based on school size. The largest half of teams in the state were placed in Division 1, while the smaller half of teams were placed in Division 2.
With Boyceville Middle School finishing as the state runner-up team overall regardless of division, they have been nominated as an alternate team for the National Science Olympiad tournament next month at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. While it is unlikely Boyceville Middle School team will actually be invited to compete it is an honor to simply qualify as an alternate overall despite coming from Division 2.
Boyceville High School also won the Team Spirit Award as voted on by the event supervisors for their outstanding show of team sportsmanship, spirit, and high character.
Boyceville High School medal winners were as follows:
State Championship gold medals were earned by the following:
Juniors Zoey Hellendrung and William Engel in Bungee Drop
Engel and junior Jonathan Madison in both Electric Vehicle and Helicopters
Senior Delaney Olson, Hellendrung, and junior Chelsi Holden in Experimental Design
Juniors Karen Schaff and Loralie West in Geocaching
Fetzer and Olson in Horticulture
Sophomores Kade Phillips and Brady Rasmussen in Robot Tour
Hellendrung and Holden in Towers
Sophomores Devon Lee and Lucy Wheeldon in Helicopters (JV)
Devon Lee and Madison in Duct Tape Challenge (Trial Event)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Holden and Engel in Air Trajectory
Rasmussen and sophomore Eleanor Farrell in Astronomy
Fetzer and Olson in Forensics
Phillips and Karen Schaff in Optics
Senior Abigail Bauer and Hellendrung in Wind Power
Sophomores Ava Dormanen and Emily Jackson in both Forensics and Horticulture (JV)
Devon Lee and Wheeldon in both Electric Vehicle and Towers
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Juniors Anna Hafermann and Johanna Antinucci in Entomology
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Karen Schaff, Rasmussen, and Phillips in Codebusters
Boyceville Middle School medal winners were as follows:
State Championship gold medals were earned by the following:
Eighth grader Easton Lange and seventh grader Logan Monfort in both Air Trajectory and Mission Possible
Lange and eighth grader Clayton Score in both Geocaching and Scrambler
Eighth graders Aubrie Humpal and Jillian Boesl in Helicopters
Clayton Score, Lange, and Boesl in Picture This
Logan Monfort and seventh grader Aiden Feeney in Robo Cross
Clayton Score and ninth grader Isabelle Feeney in Towers
Ninth graders Eli Weber and Walter Schaff in Wind Power
Eighth grader Robert Swenby and sixth grader Clyde Score in Towers (JV)
Boesl and eighth grader Payton Lee in Duct Tape Challenge (Trial Event)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Sixth grader Caleb Mrdutt and Logan Monfort in Ecology
Ninth graders Tim Jackson and Arnold Sudbrink in Air Trajectory (JV), Helicopters (JV), and Robo Cross (JV)
Swenby and Clyde Score in both Metric Mastery (JV) and Scrambler (JV)
Sixth graders Harper Humpal and Stella Heifner in Towers (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Weber and Walter Schaff in both Entomology and Optics
Eighth grader Aren Halama and Sara Hafermann in Reach for the Stars
Aiden Feeney and Logan Monfort in Road Scholar
Swenby and Clyde Score in Helicopters (JV)
Seventh grader Samantha Bauer and Heifner in Wind Power (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Clayton Score, Lange, and Isabelle Feeney in Codebusters
Halama and Sara Hafermann in Crime Busters
Weber, Walter Schaff, and Isabelle Feeney in Experimental Design
Ninth grader Ivan Farrell and Payton Lee in Helicopters (JV)
“Our kids had an historic day” 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 is so exciting to win a state team championship with not only one team but both teams. The kids have worked so hard this year and I could not be more proud of each and every student – all of whom had an important part in making a team state championship possible!”
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 – Division 1 Results
Rank School Score
1 Marquette University HS 38
2 Madison West 41
3 Menomonie 153
4 Hudson 202
5 Slinger 240
6 Medford 244
7 Madison La Follette 300
8 Brookfield Central 307
9 Waunakee 318
10 Brookfield East 391
11 Middleton 405
12 Lakeland Union 415
13 Pewaukee 419
14 Sheboygan North 422 15 Franklin 452
16 Wausau West 466
17 Mount Horeb 521
18 Monona Grove 561
19 Madison East 604
20 Sun Prairie East 676
21 Oregon 769
22 Portage 917
High School Results – Division 2 Results
Rank School Score
1 Boyceville 303
2 Baldwin-Woodville 393
3 Racine Prairie 402
4 Marshall 422
5 Madison Country Day 458
6 Shell Lake 461
7 Cambridge 464
8 Beloit Turner 467
9 Unity 530
10 Belleville 530
11 Wautoma 580
12 Kohler 584
13 Weyauwega-Fremont 598
14 Johnson Creek 608
15 Colfax 609
16 Horicon 625
17 Poynette 642
18 Black River Falls 652
19 Madison Edgewood 653
20 Wayland Academy 696
21 St. John’s NW Academies 749
22 Elmwood 819
23 Platteville 869
24 Pittsville 871
25 Eleva Strum 966
26 Elk Mound 1042
27 Mosinee 1090
Middle School Results – Division 1 Results
Rank School Score
1 Madison Hamilton 41
2 Menomonie 156
3 Eau Claire South 182
4 Medford 197
5 Waunakee 226
6 Hudson 240
7 Brookfield Pilgrim Park 252
8 Platteville 261
9 Evansville JC McKenna 267
10 Monona Grove Glacial Drumlin 267
11 Beloit Turner 272
Middle School Results – Division 2 Results
Rank School Score
1 Boyceville 144
2 EAGLE School of Madison 152
3 Sparta Innovations STEM 205
4 Elmwood 217
5 Madison Country Day 217
6 Weyauwega-Fremont 229
7 University School of Milwaukee 250
8 Unity 251
9 Cambridge Nikolay 310
10 Cadott 348
11 St. John’s Northwestern Academies 368