Valentine students score most points at CSC Scholastic Contest

The school point totals are based on a formula that considers the number of entrants, placings and tests taken by students from each school.

The other division winners were Chadron in Division II, Crawford in Division IV and Cody-Kilgore in Division V.

This was the 21st time that Stevens has won Division I. Alliance was this year’s runner-up with 49.034 points.

Chadron has now won Division II nine times, but this was the first time since 1989. Sidney was this year’s runner-up. Chadron had 42.677 points and Sidney 42.344.

Prior to winning Division III last year, Valentine was the Division II winner in 1995 and 2006. O’Neill, which has been a division winner 18 times through the years, was second in Division III this year with 49.133 points.

This was Crawford’s first division title. Its students scored 47.069 points. Anselmo-Merna was the runnerup in Division IV with 44.736 points, followed closely by Creek Valley High at Chappell

Cody-Kilgore’s only other division championship was in 1998, although Cody High won three consecutive division titles in the mid-1960s before consolidating with Kilgore. This year, Cody-Kilgore finished with 39.974 points while Thedford was second with 37.944.

Each of the division winners receive plaques and the top three students in each test are presented medals. Seniors who win first in a test receive a Scholastic Achievement Award, which covers the in-state tuition to attend Chadron State for one year.

Individually, two students won medals in all three tests they took and three more earned two gold medals that are awarded to first place winners.

The triple medal winners are Lance Glunz of Perkins County High at Grant and Kristina Sorensen of Rapid City Central. Glunz was second in both Plane Geometry and Sociology and third in English Usage. Sorensen was first in Chemistry, second in Advanced Mathematics and third in Trigonometry.

The double gold medal winners were Robert Haveman of Rapid City Central , who was first in both Sociology and Vocabulary, and two students from Scottsbluff. The latter are Kari Holmes, who won both Information Literacy and Library Science/Educational Media, and Shelly Lienemann, who was first in both Animal Science and Veterinary Science.

Ten more students also won two medals in various tests. They are Sydney Brisco, Scottsbluff; Gabriel Connealy, Mullen; Amanda Elwess, Chadron; Paul Foster, Scottsbluff; Amber Knutson, Kadoka; Jace Lemmon, Valentine; William Reynolds, Sturgis; Brian Shobe, Rapid City Stevens; Ethan Simmons, Valentine; and Sterling Ziegler, Gering.

More information about the contest is available at its Web site, www.csc.edu/scholastic.

The school standings by division:

Division I—1, Rapid City Stevens, 50.727; 2, Alliance, 49.034; 3, Rapid City Central, 47.500; 4, Scottsbluff, 45.694; 5, Sturgis, 36.727.

Division II—1, Chadron, 42.677; 2, Sidney, 42.344; 3, Ogallala, 39.303.

Division III—1, Valentine, 50.740; 2, O’Neill, 49.133; 3, St. Thomas More (Rapid City), 47.289; 4. West Holt at Atkinson, 46.865; 5, Perkins County at Grant, 45.087; 6, Bridgeport, 42.444; 7, Ainsworth, 41.581; 8, Mitchell, 35.640; 9, Bennett County at Martin, S.D., 34.021; 10, Pine Ridge Job Corps Center at Chadron, 32.596; 11, Todd County at Mission, S.D., 31.207; 12, Gordon-Rushville, 30.948; 13, Lingle-Fort Laramie, Wyo., 30.607; 14, Newcastle, Wyo., 29.489.

Division IV—1, Crawford, 47.069; 2, Anselmo-Merna, 44,736; 3, Creek Valley at Chappell, 44.588; 4, Stuart, 42.194; 5, Morrill, 41.403; 6, Hemingford, 41.000; 7, Niobrara County at Lusk, Wyo., 40.864; 8, Leyton at Dalton, 40.701; 9, Garden County at Oshkosh, 40.327; 10, Minatare, 37.773; 11, Potter-Dix, 37.625; 12, Mullen, 37.550; 13, Banner County at Harrisburg, 35.344; 14, Hay Springs, 31.377.

Division V—1, Cody-Kilgore, 39.974; 2, Thedford, 37.944; 3, Hyannis, 36.765; 4, Rapid City Christian, 36.676; 5, Rock County at Bassett, 31.432.

Following are the medal winners listed by test. For a PDF document of medal winners listed by school, click here.

Accounting — 1, Kyra Townsend, Scottsbluff; 2, Casey Halstead, Anselmo-Merna; 2, Ashlee, Eller, Guernsey-Sunrise.

Advanced Mathematics — 1, John Stetson, Chadron; 2, Kristina Sorensen, Rapid City Central; 3, Sandra Shedd, Scottsbluff.

Agronomy and Range Management — 1, Benjamin Stout, Kadoka, S.D.; 2, Katrina Rotness, Hay Springs; 3, Beth Olson, Atkinson-West Holt; 3, Amber Knutson, Kadoka, S.D.

Algebra 1 — 1, Rylee Young, Atkinson-West Holt, Algebra I; 2, Kori, Clyde, Sturgis, S.D.; 2, Kendra Vanderbeek, Atkinson-West Holt.

Algebra II — 1, Michael Christen, Anselmo-Merna; 2, Kristin Hamer, Gering; 3, Madison Martinez, Gering.

American Government — 1, Seth Wallace, Scottsbluff; 1, Taryn Arbeiter, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Megan Dibbern, Rapid City Stevens.

American History — 1, Jamie Hageman, Lingle-Fort Laramie; 2, Ryan Butler, Valentine; 3, Connor Davis, O’Neill.

Animal Science — 1, Shelly Lienemann, Scottsbluff; 2, Taya Lembke, Hemingford; 3, Amanda Elwess, Chadron.

Art Drawing — 1, Jean Dobias, Atkinson-West Holt; 2, Brittnee Heddleson, Lingle-Fort Laramie; 3, Lindsay Reiber, Alliance.

Business Communications and Vocabulary — 1, Carrie Parker, Hay Springs; 2, Darcy Burton, Alliance; 3, Molly Meister, Scottsbluff.

Business Law — 1, Ethan Simmons, Valentine; 1, Michael O’Connell, Sidney; 1, Amanda Kirchner, Alliance.

Business Management Decision Making — 1, Sterling Ziegler, Gering; 2, Ben Christianson, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Scott Nelson, Scottsbluff.

Business Mathematics — 1, Casey Benner, Hyannis; 2, Brett Cross, Banner County; 2, Tom Schaff, Scottsbluff.

Chemistry — 1, Kristina Sorensen, Rapid City Central; 2, Andrew Howard, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Austin Hegert, Rapid City Stevens.

Cisco Networking — 1, William Reynolds, Sturgis, S.D.; 2, Kevin Zaro, Alliance.

Computer Science — 1, Daniel Balderson, O’Neill; 2, Ethan Simmons, Valentine; 3, Michael Minor, Rapid City Stevens.

Construction Technology — 1, Clayton Dichau, Atkinson-West Holt; 1, Chance Cunningham, Bridgeport; 3, Jace Lemmon, Valentine.

Consumer Issues — 1, Travis Engle, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Rochelle Hildwein, Scottsbluff; 3, Cierra Kracl, O’Neill.

Drafting & Graphic Communications — 1, Mason Cover, Alliance; 2, Mark Johnson, Sidney; 3, Jace Lemmon, Valentine.

Earth Science — 1, Tom Kadlecek, Chadron; 2, Michael Gipfert, Sidney; 2, Gabriel Connealy, Mullen.

Economics — 1, Amy Watson, Alliance; 2, Tyson Reuter, Kimball; 3, Gor Tovmasyan, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Andy Keech, Valentine.

English Usage — 1, Jeffry Lang, Rapid City Central; 2, Kaci Ritterbush, Scottsbluff; 3, Jacquie Godbe, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Lance Glunz, Perkins County.

General Anatomy and Physiology — 1, Eric Einsphar, Sidney; 2, Madeline Frost, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Jasmine Scripp, Sidney.

General Biology — 1, Ethan Andersen, Atkinson-West Holt; 2, Katie Berglund, Alliance; 2, Caleb Cornils, Kimball.

General Science — 1, Amy Harris, Alliance; 2, William Hanson, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Daniel Reneer, Gordon-Rushville; 3, Zachary Schultz, Morrill.

Health — 1, Sterling Cumpton, Garden County; 1, Lauren Weber, Ogallala; 3, Chance Hall, Bridgeport; 3, Kassi Shimek, Crawford, Health.

Human Development and Family Life — 1, Courtney Kisely, Rapid City Stevens; 2, Taylor Hill, Rapid City Central; 2, Katlin Moore, Chadron.

Information Literacy — 1, Kari Holmes, Scottsbluff; 2, Paul Foster, Scottsbluff; 2, Carson Crawford, Rapid City Stevens.

Library Science/Educational Media — 1, Kari Holmes, Scottsbluff; 2, Claire Tolstedt, Alliance; 3, Stephanie Floth, Gering; 3, Paul Foster, Scottsbluff.

Literature — 1, Louisa Burden, Hot Springs, S.D.; 2, Zach Stewart, Rapid City Stevens; 3, Britt Anderson, Hemingford; 3, Robert Placek, Alliance.

Manufacturing — 1, Tyson Springer, Anselmo-Merna; 2, Nick Jensen, Chadron; 2, Daniel Shedd, Scottsbluff.

Music — 1, Emily Lisko, Sturgis, S.D.; 2, Jordan Peterson, O’Neill; 3, Brian Shobe, Rapid City Stevens.

Nutrition and Family Health — 1, Morgan Devall, O’Neill; 2, Marci Lamont, Bennett County; 2, Keira Olvey, Alliance; 2, Sarah Counts, Creek Valley.

Physical Education Sports Knowledge — 1, Gabriel Connealy, Mullen; 2, Derrick Hanks, Crawford; 2, Treva Nutter, Thedford High School.

Physics — 1, Patrick Hallett, Leyton; 2, William Reynolds, Sturgis, S.D.; 3, Sydney Brisco, Scottsbluff; 3, Sterling Ziegler, Gering; 3, James Fowler, Rapid City Stevens.

Plane Geometry — 1, Travis Sweetser, Sidney; 2, Lance Glunz, Perkins County; 3, Jacy French, Ogallala; 3, Sarah Simmons, Valentine; 3, Bridget Overby, Rapid City Central; 3, Alec Lieneman, Sidney; 3, Dalton Dick, O’Neill.

Psychology — 1, Brian Shobe, Rapid City Stevens; 1, Joshua Smith, Rapid City Central; 3, Kate Makris, Sidney.

Sociology — 1, Robert Haveman, Rapid City Central; 2, Lance Glunz, Perkins County; 3, Katie Young, Valentine.

Teaching Module — 1, Megan Maxwell, Sturgis, S.D.; 2, Katheryn Wehmeyer, Ogallala.

Technology Challenge, 2 x Forum — 1, Cody Childers, Leyton; 2, Kirk Morse, Pine Ridge Job Corps.

Technology Challenge, High Mileage Vehicles — 1, Jeff Frei, Potter-Dix; 2, Andy Harwood, Crawford.

Trigonometry — 1, Liesbet Van der Smissen, Perkins County; 2, Rayna Waggener, Alliance; 3, Eric Fritz, Atkinson-West Holt; 3, Kristina Sorensen, Rapid City Central.

Veterinary Sciences — 1, Shelly Lienemann, Scottsbluff; 2, Amanda Elwess, Chadron; 3, Todd Wilson, Morrill.

Vocabulary — 1, Robert Haveman, Rapid City Central; 2, Madalyn Kavorik, St. Thomas More at Rapid City, S.D.; 3, Sydney Brisco, Scottsbluff; 3, Darcy McGuire, St. Thomas More at Rapid City, S.D.

Wildlife Ecology and Management — 1, Juliann Terry, Newcastle, Wyo.; 2, Tyler Gabel, Sidney; 3, Chet Kirkpatrick, Anselmo-Merna; 3, Amber Knutson, Kadoka, S.D.

Word Processing — 1, Arielle Hurd, Sidney; 2, Taylor Jespersen, Hemingford; 3, Karlene Wagner, Ainsworth.

World Geography — 1, Tim McGreer, Perkins County; 2, Tim Burge, Perkins County; 3, Joshua Akainda, O’Neill.

World History — 1, Matt Jones, Rapid City Stevens; 1, Dana Hicks, Rapid City Central; 3, Laura Nelson, St. Thomas More at Rapid City, S.D.