It was a day for academic competition Saturday, as local high school academic teams went head-to-head to see who would emerge as the district champions.
Teams from Hopkinsville High School, Christian County High School and University Heights Academy participated in numerous categories, tested in their knowledge of science, math, social studies, language arts, arts and humanities, composition and, of course, the quick recall portion.
While the competition lasted a good part of the day, ultimately, UHA emerged as the district champs, with an overall ranking of first place, followed by HHS in second and CCHS in third. Heritage Christian Academy did not have a team this year at the high school level, though the elementary teams are set to compete next.
In the individual rankings for UHA:
Science: 2nd-Alexis Pollard, 5th-Jillian McCourt
Math: 1st-Jeevan Poulose, 2nd-Katie Isaac
Social Studies: 1st-Jeevan Poulose, 2nd-Alexis Pollard, 4th-Jude Finch
Language Arts:1st-Prisha Shah, 2nd-Lennon Wyatt, 3rd- Katie Isaacs
Arts and Humanities:1st-Megan Long, 2nd-Teerth Shah
Composition: 3rd-Aashna Singh, 4th-Lennon Wyatt
Quick Recall-1st
For HHS:
Math: 4th place Isabella Callahan, 5th place Julius Grace
Science: 3rd Rebekah Payne, 4th Julius Grace
Social Studies: 3rd Barry Kinney
Language Arts: 4th Dylan Barrett, 5th Caleb Butler
Arts and Humanities: 3rd Hannah Wolfe, 4th Barry Kinney, 5th Barrett Wittenburg
Composition: 1st Kristen Hale, 2nd Hannah Wolfe
Quick Recall: 2nd place
And for CCHS:
Math: 3rd Sophie Sandifer
Science: 1st Rylan Murphy
Social Studies: 5th Tyler Finley
Composition: 5th Eddie McGill
Quick Recall: 3rd place
These scores are based on information from the Kentucky Association for Academic Competition.
