PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - More than 160 students competed in the 2012 President?s Cup Academic Bowl held at West Kentucky Community and Technical College on January 5.
Lone Oak took home the top prize with Marshall and Calloway Counties and Paducah Tilghman winning second-fourth place trophies, respectively.
?It was very competitive with lots of schools and smart people participating,? said Lone Oak co-captain Ricky Grewelle.? ?We are proud of our accomplishment.?
Other participating schools include: Ballard Memorial, Dawson Springs, Fulton County, Graves County, Madisonville-North Hopkins, Murray, St. Mary and Todd County Central.
?We are very happy to see so many schools participating in our President?s Cup this year.? There are just so many outstanding students and this gives them an opportunity to show their academic strength,? said Gary Goodaker, professor of mathematics at WKCTC and vice-president of the West Kentucky Academic Association. ?We also like to see the students continue to compete in the written assessment for those who specialize in one subject.? The goal is to have as many students participate as possible and we?re so glad to have them all on our campus.?
WKCTC faculty and staff moderated the competition, which consisted of written assessments in mathematics, science, social studies, language arts and arts/humanities; and each team played three quick recall matches.
The top five written assessment winners were chosen from each category. First place winners include:
- Arts/Humanities ? Cody Bergman, Calloway County
- Language Arts ? Lauren Benson, Calloway County
- Mathematics ? Nikolas Anderson, Lone Oak
- Science ? Ricky Grewelle, Lone Oak
- Social Studies ? Robert Kaltenbach, Lone Oak
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