by Rick Peoples on 2015-02-19
West Valley High School emerged victorious at the 2015 Riverside County Academic Decathlon on Saturday, Feb. 7. Students from 19 high school teams were honored following the final competition that included the Super Quiz held at Heritage High School.
Second place honors went to Elsinore High School and third place went to Hemet High School. West Valley High School won the Super Quiz—where spectators watched teams answer questions and immediately view their scores. Elsinore and Hemet high schools placed second in the Super Quiz and Temecula Preparatory School was third.
West Valley High School will go on to compete at the California Academic Decathlon in Sacramento to be held March 19 through the 22.
Approximately 200 Riverside County high school students competed in the 32nd Annual Academic Decathlon by writing essays, delivering prepared and impromptu speeches, and interviewing with judges. The theme for 2015 was “New Alternatives in Energy: Ingenuity and Innovation.”
The annual event is sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education and includes competitors from grades nine through twelve that compete over two weekends as individuals and as team members.
Each team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three honor (GPA 3.75-4.00), three scholastic (GPA 3.00-3.74), and three varsity (GPA 0.00-2.99) students. Students accumulate individual and team points in written events in mathematics, economics, art, music, language/literature, social science and Super Quiz.
Complete list of winners on following pages:
Overall highest scoring student based on 10 events:
First: Michael Martin, West Valley High School
Second: Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School
Third: Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School
Fourth: Princess Tarabishi, Elsinore High School
Fifth: Nynna Le, Elsinore High School
Overall Super Quiz winners:
First: West Valley High School
Second: Elsinore and Hemet High Schools (*tie)
Third: Temecula Preparatory School
Fourth: Valley View High School
Fifth: Beaumont High School
Interview
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Martiana Browning, West Valley High School
Silver – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School
Gold – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Alejandro Crespo, Heritage High School
Silver – Esteban Yacuta, Tahquitz High School
Gold – Alton Huang, Great Oak High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Jaelynne Noble, Heritage High School
Silver – Michael Martin, West Valley High School
Gold – Olivia Lewke, Palm Springs High School and Alexandra Voigt, Beaumont High School (*tie)
Speech
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School
Silver – Daniel Ramirez, Valley View High School
Gold – Yvette Relles-Powell, West Valley High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Garrett Patterson, Hemet High School and Zack Balderrama, Beaumont High School (*tie)
Silver – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School
Gold – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School
Silver – Christian Klug, Hemet High School and Elisha Dayag, West Valley High School (*tie)
Gold – Joseph Hernandez, Elsinore High School
Essay
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Brandon Spradling, Tahquitz High School
Silver – Daniel Varvello, Elsinore High School
Gold – Naz Chowdbury, Corona High School (Red)
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Mc Crae Remudaro, West Valley High School
Silver – Abigail Costelow, Beaumont High School
Gold – Kyle Hardie, Palm Springs High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Holly Huang, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School
Gold – Maddy Nguyen, Corona High School (Gold)
Mathematics
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Alec MacLennan, Palm Desert High School
Silver – Daniel Varvello, Elsinore High School
Gold – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School
Silver – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School
Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Joseph Hernandez, Elsinore High School, Princess Tarabishi, Elsinore High School, and Kaini Chen, John W. North High School (* 3-way tie)
Silver – Patrick Benito, Valley View High School
Gold – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School and Michael Martin, West Valley High School (* tie)
Music
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School
Silver – Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School and Martiana Browning, West Valley High School (*tie)
Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School
Silver – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School
Gold – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Isabel Michel, West Valley High School
Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Michael Martin, West Valley High School (*tie)
Gold – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School
Science
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School and Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School (*tie)
Silver – Martiana Browning, West Valley High School
Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Garrett Patterson, Hemet High School
Silver – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School
Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Alena Dinh, Hemet High School
Silver – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School, Isabel Michel, West Valley High School, and Michael Martin, West Valley High School
Gold – Christian Klug, Hemet High School
Language and Literature
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School and Martiana Browning, West Valley High School (*tie)
Silver – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School
Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School and Brandon Spradling, Tahquitz High School (*tie)
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Garrett Patterson, Hemet High School and Nynna Le, Elsinore High School (*tie)
Silver – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School
Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Princess Tarabishi, Elsinore High School (*tie)
Silver – Alena Dinh, Hemet High School
Gold – Michael Martin, West Valley High School
Economics
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School
Silver – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School and Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School (*tie)
Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School
Silver – Matthew Ferguson, Elsinore High School and Nynna Le, Elsinore High School (*tie)
Gold – Mc Crae Remudaro, West Valley High School and Mario Blanco, West Valley High School (*tie)
Honors Division:
Bronze – Christian Klug, Hemet High School and Alena Dinh, Hemet High School (*tie)
Silver – Michael Martin, West Valley High School
Gold – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School (*tie)
Art
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School
Silver – Yvette Relles-Powell, West Valley High School
Gold – Martiana Browning, West Valley High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Kalina Vitela, Hemet High School and Connor Hildebrand, Hemet High School (*tie)
Silver – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School
Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School
Honors Division:
Bronze – Christian Klug, Hemet High School and Elisha Dayag, West Valley High School (*tie)
Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School, Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School, and Isabel Michel, West Valley High School (*3-way tie)
Gold – Michael Martin, West Valley High School
Social Science
Varsity Division:
Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School, Darian Bess, Elsinore High School, and Martiana Browning, West Valley High School (* 3-way tie)
Silver – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School
Gold – Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School
Scholastic Division:
Bronze – Hajer DaWoody, Valley View High School
Silver – Mc Crae Remudaro, West Valley High School
Gold – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School and Mario Blanco, West Valley High School (*tie)
Honors Division:
Bronze – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School
Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Michael Martin, West Valley High School (*tie)
Gold – Alena Dinh, Hemet High School