Academic Team Wins District!

By: Landon Block & Samara Stewart

Congratulations to our academic team on a fantastic Governor’s Cup District Competition last Saturday! Owensboro High School hosted the local schools, and won first place overall for the second consecutive year, with an astounding 73 points- almost doubling Daviess County (second place)!!! They also placed first in quick recall, a team-based contest similar to quiz-bowl, as well as second in future problem-solving.

Owensboro had twelve students compete in individual written assessment and composition competitions. They will compete in the regional competition on February 18th at Daviess County High School.

   Seniors:

• Mya Kelly – 1st place in Language Arts with a perfect score

   Juniors:

• David Daniel – 1st place in Science, 2nd place in Math
• Jacob Ladwig – 1st place in Math, 2nd place in Science
• Beckett Gilmore – 1st place in Social Studies, 1st place in Arts and Humanities
• Gunny Howard – 2nd place in Social Studies

   Sophomores:

• Kaden Blankenship – 2nd place in Arts and Humanities
• Georgia Calhoun – 2nd place in Language Arts, 4th place in Arts and Humanities
• Landon Block – 3rd place in Science, 4th place in Math
• Izzy Tipmore – 2nd place in Composition

   Freshman:

• Abby Ladwig – 4th place in Language Arts
• Sam Busse – 4th place in Social Studies
• Savannah Bellamy – 5th place in Composition

Quick Recall Members:

• Mya Kelly
• David Daniel
• Beckett Gilmore
• Kaden Blankenship
• Landon Block
• Orion Brey
• Khoa Ta
• Sam Busse

Future Problem-Solving Members:

• Jacob Ladwig
• Tiara Campbell Newton
• Kaden Blankenship
• Abby Ladwig