Spring storm cuts attendance at CSC Scholastic Contest
Blowing snow greatly reduced the number of schools and students at the 46th annual Inter-High School Scholastic Contest at Chadron State College on Friday, but more than 800 students from 34 schools did take the tests. Most of the 18 schools that could not enter the event were from the south and southeast.
As has become their custom, three Rapid City schools were class winners. Rapid City Stevens won Class I for the 18th time in the past 22 years, St. Thomas More captured Class III for the 11th time in the last 12 years and Rapid City Christian won Class IV for the fourth consecutive year.
The other winners were Valentine in Class II and Mullen in Class V. Valentine also won Class II in 1995. Mullen also won Class V in 2003.
The contest had two double gold medal winners. Chang Liu of Rapid City Central, was first in both Physics and Trigonometry and Sara McCue of Alliance was first in both Library Science/Educational Media and Economics.
Thirteen additional students won two medals. The medals are awarded to students who place among the top three in each of the 46 tests that were administered by CSC faculty members.
Other double medal winners:
Dustin Harris, Alliance, 1st in Business Communications and Vocabulary, 2nd in English Usage.
Bradley McCune, Alliance, 1st in CISCO Networking, 3rd in Computer Science.
Jacob Beshaler, Anselmo-Merna, 1st in Manufacturing, 3rd in Construction Technology.
Lyle Shearer, Stuart, 2nd in American Government, 3rd in Physics.
Trent Harris, Valentine, 1st in World History, 2nd in Business Management Decision Making.
Gabriel Rensch, Rapid City Central, 1st in Chemistry, 2nd in Advanced Mathematics.
Joshua Swanson, Rapid City Central, 1st in Computer Science, 2nd in Physics.
Dustin Chacon, Rapid City Stevens, 1st in Spanish as a Second Language, 2nd, English Usage.
Danielle Dixon, Rapid City Stevens, 1st in American History, 2nd in Chemistry.
Robert Karl, Rapid City Stevens, 2nd in American Government, 3rd in Economics.
Alan Stewart, Rapid City Stevens, 1st in American Government, 2nd in Economics.
Mitchell Rodriquez, St. Thomas More, 3rd in both Advanced Mathematics and World Geography.
Lizzie Eckhardt, Rapid City Christian, 2nd in both Plane Geometry and Spanish as a Second Language.
The school rankings and points by division:
Class I—1, Rapid City Stevens, 19.86; 2, Rapid City Central, 17.83; 3, Alliance, 11.56.
Class II—1, Valentine, 9.73; 2, Chadron, 8.69; 3, O’Neill, 5.88; 4, Pine Ridge Job Corps, 1.07.
Class III—1, St. Thomas More, 12.66; 2, West Holt, 9.27; 3, Ainsworth, 6.78; 4, Gordon-Rushville, 1.95; 5, Bennett County, S.D., 1.94.
Class IV—1, Rapid City Christian, 9.63; 2, Anselmo-Merna, 7.13; 3, Stuart, 5.78; 4, Crawford, 5.47; 5, Wall, S.D., 5.29; 6, Niobrara County, Wyo., 5.27; 7, Upton, Wyo., 3.12; 8, Morrill, 2.89; 9, Cody-Kilgore, 1.87; 10, Minatare, 0.69.
Class V—1, Mullen, 2.40; 2, Edgemont, S.D., 1.63; 3, Thedford, 1.39; 4, Hay Springs, 1.19.
The medal winners in each test:
Accounting—1, Matthew Peterson, Guernsey-Sunrise; 2, Kayla Friesen, Alliance; 3, Amanda Olson, Stuart.
Advanced Mathematics—1, Joey Statz, St. Thomas More; 2, Gabriel Rensch, Rapid City Central; 3, Erin Beisner, Rapid City Stevens, Steven Cai, Gordon-Rushville, and Mitchell Rodriquez, St. Thomas More.
Agronomy, Natural Resources and Range Management—1, Evan Suhr, Valentine; 2, Joshua Lee, Rapid City Central; 3, Emily Helms, Wall.
Algebra I—1, Michael Christen, Anselmo-Merna; 2-3, Chris Locke, Rapid City Christian, Jacob Parsons, Anselmo-Merna, Christina Wang, Rapid City Stevens, and Danika Young, West Holt.
Algebra II—1, Vanessa Hostick, Anselmo-Merna; 2, Ethan Simmons, Valentine; 3, Sarah Griffin, Crawford.
American Government—1, Alan Stewart, Rapid City Stevens; 2-3, Robert Karl, Rapid City Stevens, and Lyle Shearer, Stuart.
American History—1-2, Danielle Dixon, Rapid City Stevens, and Tim Witt, Crawford, 3, Katrina Bucknell, Rapid City Stevens, and Harrison Hagg, St. Thomas More.
Animal Science—1, Casey Schuhmacher, Chadron; 2, Wanda Maude, Rapid City Central; 3, Gus Hanson, Cody-Kilgore.
Art Drawing—1, Jacob Reitzel, Rapid City Central; 2, Trey White, Mullen; 3, Andrew Hawkins, Wall, and Felicia Jones, Rapid City Stevens.
Business Communications and Vocabulary—1-3, Amy Applegarth, Alliance, Dustin Harris, Alliance, and Tessa Huizenga, Niobrara County.
Business Law—1, James Patrick, Alliance; 2, Cassandra Sherlock, Alliance; 3, Dan Lindvall, Valentine.
Business Management Decision-Making—1, Travis Gardner, Chadron; 2, Trent Harris, Valentine; 3, Brandi Simonson, Mullen.
Business Mathematics—1, Cheryl Madison, Crawford; 2, Rachael Witt, Anselmo-Merna; 3, Jonathan Straetker, Morrill.
CISCO Networking—1, Bradley McCune, Alliance; 2, Logan McDonald, Alliance; 3, Abe Young, Hay Springs.
Drafting/Graphic Communications—1-2, Dan Hess, Gordon-Rushville, and Lacy Liebhart, Anselmo-Merna; 3, Bryan Horn, Chadron.
Earth Science—1, Mason Cover, Alliance; 2-3, Eric Bray, Rapid City Stevens, and Eric Fritz, West Holt.
Economics—1, Sara McCue, Alliance; 2, Alan Stewart, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Robert Karl, Rapid City Stevens, Jacob Lloyd, Alliance, and Daniel Raetz, Niobrara County.
English Usage—1, Brent Fannin, Rapid City Christian; 2-3, Dustin Chacon, Rapid City Stevens, and Dustin Harris, Alliance.
Family Economics and Resource Management—1, Amber Leider, Alliance; 2, Nicole Trautman, Niobrara County; 3, Sharlet Starck, Niobrara County.
General Anatomy and Physiology—1, Jamie Myers, Stuart; 2, Jacob Peterson, West Holt; 3, Thomas Rutkowski, Rapid City Central.
General Biology—1, Katherine Heupel, Alliance; 2, Madalyn Kovarik, St. Thomas More; 3, Theodore Nichols, Chadron.
General Science—1, Katie Berglund, Alliance; 2, Kelly Troester, Crawford; 3, Taylor Hill, Rapid City Central.
Health—1, Danni Glenn, Ainsworth; 2, Deidra Newbrough, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Mark Jensen, Alliance.
Human Development and Family Life—1, Sara Krumwiede, West Holt; 2-3, Tamara Closson, O’Neill, and Kalli Lundquist, Rapid City Stevens.
Library Science/Education Media—1, Sara McCue, Alliance; 2-3, Kelly Garwood, Alliance, and Abby Schrunk, West Holt.
Literature—1, Kelsye Gould, St. Thomas More; 2-3, Johnna Hjersman, and Zach Kloppenborg, O’Neill.
Manufacturing—1-2, Jacob Beshaler, Anselmo-Merna, and Todd Thompson, Anselmo-Merna; 3, Joseph Mann, Chadron.
Music—1, Becca Longhenry, Rapid City Stevens; 2-3, Jordan Peterson, O’Neill, and Andrew Smyth, Niobrara County.
Nutrition and Family Health—1, Christopher Cassiday, Chadron; 2-3—Alida Oegema, Rapid City Christian, and Jessica Raymer, West Holt.
Physical Education Sports Knowledge—1, Rob Cunningham, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Kyle Donner, Upton; 3, Derrick Reinhart, West Holt.
Physics—1, Chang Liu, Rapid City Central; 2, Joshua Swanson, Rapid City Central; 3, Lyle Shearer, Stuart.
Plane Geometry—Kristina Sorensen, Rapid City Central; 2-3, Lizzie Eckhardt, Rapid City Christian, and Bryant Huether, Wall.
Psychology—1, Dani Doran, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Katie Rice, Morrill; 3, Mallory Schwan, Rapid City Central.
Sociology—1, Catlin Walker, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Austin Butterfield, Chadron; 3, Chelsey Colburn, Valentine.
Spanish as a Native Language—1, Osvaldo Perrigrino, Ainsworth; 2, Julio Vasquez, Pine Ridge Job Corps; 3, Vincente Nauenberg, O’Neill.
Spanish As a Second Language—1, Dustin Chacon, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Lizzie Eckhardt, Rapid City Christian; 3, Christopher Rivera, Rapid City Central.
Technology Challenge (2xforum)—1-2, Cody Staab, Crawford, and Jason Burke, Crawford; 3, Molly Vukelich, Rapid City Stevens.
Technology Challenge (High Mileage)—1, Jacob Knaub, Banner County; 2, Cameron Kolling, Crawford; 3, Korey Thompson, Crawford.
Trigonometry—1, Chang Liu, Rapid City Central; 2, Cao Yu, Thedford; 3, Blake Alberts, Rapid City Stevens.
Vocabulary—1, Mike Zavitz, St. Thomas More, 2, Becca Longhenry, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Jordan Hanson, Valentine.
Wildlife Ecology and Management—1, Foster Bartholow, Rapid City Stevens; 2-3—Corey Benson, O’Neill, Tom Emerson, Crawford, and D.J. Kubik, Stuart.
Word Processing—1, Allison Crown, Wall; 2, Tessa Burk, Niobrara County; 3, Lucas Kaup, Stuart.
World Geography—1, Ryan Butler, Valentine; 2, Joshua Akainda, O’Neill; 3, Mitchell Rodriquez, St. Thomas More.
World History—1, Trent Harris, Valentine; 2, Dani Hanson, St. Thomas More; 3, Makayula Hipke, Stuart, Benjamin Redinius, Rapid City Central, and Wesley Sufficool, Rapid City Stevens.
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