CLARION – State College High School and DuBois Middle School lead nine teams advancing to the Pennsylvania Science Olympiad following the Northwest Regional Science Olympiad competition held at Clarion University.
DuBois Middle School won Division B for junior high school teams. Rounding out the state advancing junior high teams in order were: Laurel Junior High School, Park Forest Middle School of State College, and North East Middle School. Completing the top 10 in order were: Clarion, last year’s Northwest Regional winner, Indiana, Neshannock, Penns Valley, Wattsburg, and Brookville.
State College won Division C for high school teams, ahead of second place Clarion, last year’s Northwest Region winner. The other three high school teams to advance to state’s in order were: North East, Warren, and Oil City. The rest of the top 10 in order were: Indiana, Neshannock, Laurel, Seneca, and North Clarion.
The five high school teams and four junior high teams will advance to the Pennsylvania Science Olympiad April 25 at Juniata College. The winners from that event advance to the national competition May 30-31 at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Northwest Regional Science Olympiad coordinator Dr. Bruce Smith, professor of science education at Clarion University, presided over the awards ceremonies. The advancing teams all received trophies. The top four place winners in each of the events received individual medals.
Twenty-three teams in Division C and 16 teams in Division B, featuring over 600 students, entered the Northwest Regional.
Events in Division C included: astronomy, boomilever, cell biology, chemistry lab, circuit lab, disease detectives, ecology, electric vehicle, experimental design, Fermi questions, five star science, food science, forensics, health science, herpetology, oceanography, physics lab, remote sensing, robot ramble, rocks and minerals, sounds of music, Wright stuff and write it do it.
Events in Division B included: amphibians/reptiles, anatomy, balloon launch glider, bio-process lab, crave the wave, disease detectives, ecology, food science, meteorology, metric mastery, oceanography, reach for the stars, road scholar, robo-cross, rocks and minerals, science crime busters, science word, scrambler, simple machines, tower building, trajectory and write it do it.
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Nearly 5,500 middle school and high schools participate in Science Olympiad; with up to 30 participating students per school, approximately 165,000 students take part. Additionally, 9,000 elementary school participants, coaches, teachers, parents, volunteers, experts, scientists, business leaders, and all of the people at the host sites amount to more than two million people involved in the event each year.
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The coaches, teams, and event results are:
DIVISION C (HIGH SCHOOL)
BROOKVILLE – Coach, Richard Wallace; team, Trevor Klatko, Brian Douglass, J. William Sarvey, Nicholas Carrier, Kyle Galbraith, Alex Beatty, Scott Wallace, Zachery Bedee, Chad Schuckers, Elaina Meratons, Anthony Knapp, and Anthony Bilan. Top four event finishes: fourth, food science.
CAMERON COUNTY – Coaches, Jen Olivett, Bill Faulk; team, Zac Tilburg, Matt Melott, Ashley Lupro, Joey Botera, Helen Blacksford, Nick Thwing, Grant Vassallo, Joey Holjencin, Matt Bailey, Mitch Ream, Charlie Holjencin, Michael Fragale, Jourdan Britton, Meredith Caldwell, and Brian Carlson. Top four event finishes: fourth, circuit lab.
CLARION AREA – Coaches, Sue Zamzow, William Kocher; team, Grace Baschnagel, Jon Deitz, Eddie Eberhart, Dylan Foltz, Mitch Gatesman, Hannah Radecki, Elizabeth Bailey, Joel Matticks, Greta Kiser, Anthony Sansone, Matt Turner, Matt Bauer, Matt Radecki, Caitlin Rankin, and Bill Warren. Top four event finishes: first, Firmi questions, food science; second, boomilever, circuit lab, health science, herpetology, oceanography, and robot ramble; third, write it do it; fourth, disease detectives, electric vehicle, rocks and minerals.
DUBOIS – Coaches, Doug Brennan, Mike Mancuso; team, Alex Reasinger, Kayla Smith, Anna Rutledge, Jessie Doan, Paige Rishell, Zack Kennedy, Wei Guo, Feng Guo, Susmita Patel, Jesse Schindledecker, Zack Weisner, Emily DeLarme, Patrick Yoha, Kacey Tapper, and Ashley Springer. Top four event finishes: fourth, health science.
FORD CITY – Coach, Kristen Reitter; team, Sheila Davis, Tyler Riggle, Rachel Johnson, Clarissa Garay, Samantha Brocious, Will Armentrout, Sara Klingensmith, Shenin Headland, Allison Abbey, Lynsey Walker, Eric Cunningham, Laura Milanak, Beth Long, and Samantha Shirry. Top four event finishes: fourth, write it do it.
FRANKLIN – Coach, Matt Jones; team, Megan Hall, Nick King, Evan Krizon, Logan Nye, Willie Owens, Autumn Perry, Shawn Peters, Brandon Benvenuti, David Comiski, Nic Jones, and Cody Trinch. Top four event finishes: third, chemistry lab, electric vehicle, Wright stuff.
INDIANA – Coach, Carol Anderson; team, Mike Sandbothe, Bob Short, Brian Flowers, Casey Kennedy, James Han, Sean Henson, Dan Pfeffer, Wasil Wahi, Jiuan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Trent Handler, Jonathan Fluharty, and Leanna Pearce. Top four event finishes: first, disease detectives; second, five star science; third, experimental design; fourth, cell biology, remote sensing.
KANE – Coach, Jodell Barner; team, Tyler Johnson, Jennifer Compton, and Michelle Shuster.
KITTANNING – Coach, Cindy Mantini; team, Meaghan Volek, Gwen Dosch, Thomas Mechling, Krista Simcik, Dan Ober, Sami Stitt, Adam Moyer, Arissa Trulick, Ben Klodowski, Kalie Montgomery, Stephen Scholl, Amanda Morris, Lane Sasala, Addie Bauer, and Matt Bachelier.
LAUREL – Coach, Heather Walzer; team, Johnoy Baird, Brienna Beatty, Kimber Blair, Kaetlyn Blair, Bobby Hites, Beth Kautzman, Evan LaFrance, Cotton Meals, Miriam Karavias, Anthony Delaso, Keith Reeher, Lauren Reeher, Kayla McLaren, Patrick Wilver, and Robbie Young. Top four place finishes: first, ecology, rocks and minerals.
MAPLEWOOD – Coach, Lynne Barger; team, Becca Smith, Shelby Deets, Kody Goodge, Steph Vetterly, Anthony Smith, Ryan Challener, Jan Armstrong, Katie Wellman, Gaarrett Geeson, and Mike Brink. Top four event finishes: first, astronomy, circuit lab; second, remote sensing, Wright stuff; fourth, sounds of music.
NESHANNOCK – Coach, Amy Hilton; team, Emily Dovey, Kristin Mackenzie, James Dotson, Lindsey Farris, Janal Means, Corey Robinson, Connor Toomey, Toali Cole, Kristen Brown, Christina Jolley, Jenn Enriavez, Kayli Boggs, and Dana Luteran. Top four event finishes: first, chemistry lab, Wright stuff; second, sounds of music; fourth, physics lab, robot ramble.
NORTH CLARION – Coach, Bill Guth; team, Josh Fitzgerald, Chase Weaver, Emily Gatesman, Allison Kessler, Ashley Maxton, Kate Coen, Lori Dechant, Haley Howarth, Ashley Hollis, Kain Weaver, Scott Hargenrader, Nate Woelkers, David McCartney, and Craig Kiser. Top four event finishes: second, physics lab; third, ecology.
NORTH EAST – Coach, Paul Becker; team, Trevor Allburn, Alex Britt, Cayley Klaiber, Beka Petroff, Bethany Drab, Alivia Haibach, John Hecht, Jenny McAuley, Sarah Schultz, Rebekah Straneva, Garrett Graham, Brittainy Herrmann, Clark Johnson, Luke Wieszcyk, and Dave Swan. Top four event finishes: first, forensics, oceanography, sounds of music; second, electric vehicle, food science, rocks and minerals; third, boomilever, health science; fourth, astronomy, experimental design.
OIL CITY – Coach, Jennifer McGarvie; team, Nick Kelley, Greg Goreczny, Matt Heath, Aron Siegel, Chelsea Clyde, Steve Frank, Nick Heasley, Mallory McKissick, Matt Schneider, Andy Stubler, Nick Switzer, Matt Walentosky, Greg Garbacz, Alix Holcomb, and Becca Weidle. Top four event finishes: first, health science; second, astronomy, write it, do it; fourth, five star science, oceanography.
PENNS MANOR – Coach, George Caroff; team, David Kopczyk, Jen Kopczyk; Paige Davies, Austin Adams, Brenton Davies, Raymond Johns, Ryan Adams, Brianna Woods, Matt Lucas, Cody Marshall, Emily Marshall, Alex Parfitt, Justin Sable, Alicia Ashbaugh, and Alicia Allison. Top four event finishes: third, physics lab; fourth, Fermi questions.
PENNS VALLEY – Coach, John Howell; team, Mark Strine, Paige Arthur, Dan Paff, Alisha Jordan, Tara Harlis, Elly Engle, Allyson Edyton, Amanda Edyton, Steven Howes, Chris Hazel, Marian Mills, Casey Thompson, Pam Heinrichs, and Lydia Snyder. Top four event finishes: first, write it do it; third, herpetology, sounds of music.
REDBANK VALLEY – Coach, Julie Burkhouse; team, Zach Wolbert, Kaitlin Holben, Jessey Robson, Kaylee Smith, Katelyn Snyder, Frank Walls, Gale Garmong, Kerry Snyder, and Andy Gundlach. Top four event finishes: first, cell biology; third, disease detectives; fourth, ecology.
RIDGWAY – Coach, Marcia Raubenstrauch; team, Libbi Cook, Mark Bolitski, Nate Greenthaner, Adam Ferrari, Bill Washburn, Jeff Maloney, Rachel Mitcheltree, Barry Wilson, Alex Bradshaw, and Kelsey Kilhoffer. Top four event finishes: fourth, forensics.
SENECA – Coach, Cecilia Polumbo; team, Brandi Brewer, K. J. Larsen, Tatiyana Borisenko, Chris Pencille, Jill Koehler, Chris Lee, Troy Murdock, Matt Tatara, Patrick Nolan, Asian Wongjarupong, Katie Burbules, Olivia Duryea, and Kylie Leasure. Top four event finishes: second, cell biology; third, Fermi questions, forensics; fourth, boomiliever, chemistry lab.
STATE COLLEGE – Coach, Jack Lyke; team, Saloni Jain, Vladimir Khristov, Maro Kim, Morgan Brown, Sarah Findeis, Madhu Yennawar, Lijia Wang, Tom Roher, Jai Narayanan, Ruilong Ma, Emily Doug, Samhita Banavar, Lydia Krasilnikova, Jason Tian, and Keshav Garod. Top four event finishes: first, boomilever, electric vehicle, experimental design, five star science, remote sensing, robot ramble; second, chemistry lab, Fermi questions, forensics; third, astronomy, cell biology, oceanography, rocks and minerals; fourth, herpetology, Wright stuff.
VENANGO CATHOLIC – Coach, Sherry Cook; team, Doug Barber, James Barber, Joseph Brooker, Christopher DeLaney, Eric Guth, Natashia McMunn, Adrienne Niederriter, Mary Sporer, Christopher Tashiro, Zachary Broniszewski, Sam Fink, Nick Fink, Sarah Parker, Rich Mulholland, and Anthony Spadaro. Top four event finishes: second, disease detectives, experimental design, sounds of music.
WARREN – Coaches, Michelle Lauffenburger and Jennifer Blum; team, A. J. Bonick, Will Bunk, Andrew Kaye, Tim Price, Victor Williams, Angela Schick, David Gustafson, Alyssa D’Alessandro, Joanna Lasher, Jamie Marion, Ethan Beardsley, Teddy Turfitt, Elizabeth Evans, Adam Miller, and Stephen Marion. Top four event finishes: first, herpetology, physics lab; second, ecology; third, circuit lab, five star science, food science, remote sensing, robot ramble.
DIVISION B (JUNIOR HIGH)
BROOKVILLE – Coaches, Richard Wallace and Lisa Bradley; team, Andrew Gilbert, Marissa Hetrick, Kali Sarvey, Katherine Zents, Kiah Wymer, Keri Dobson, Jayce Adams, Andrew Douglass, Zachary Reitz, Edward Slimek, Emily Ferraro, Mathew Cauvel and Adam Dennison. Top four event finishes: second, rocks and minerals; third, bio-process lab, food science, tower building.
CLARION AREA – Coaches, Susan Zamzow, and William Kocher; team, Mike Baurer, Caite Hall, Clint Hall, Zack Horner, Ben Stewart, May Ayad, Megan Howes, Katie Beckley, Jesse Eberhart, Andrea Kiser, Mike McClain, Kate Matticks, Haley Phillips, Steven Smathers and Matt Verne. Top four event finishes: first, balloon launch glider, oceanography, robo-cross, tower building; second, crave the wave, trajectory, mystery architecture; third, amphibians/reptiles, metric mastery, road scholar; fourth, reach for the stars.
DUBOIS – Coach, Jeffery Bellerillo; team, Celine Anand, Alex Fike, Allison Fye, Jessica Jizza, Kelsey Collett, Adam Elkassas, Lauren Fike, Nicole Adamson, Ella Elabicki, Ashley Graham, Greg Goldringer, Patrick Johnson, Darren McKee, Rachel Smith and Kristina Toretti. Top four event finishes: first, disease detectives, meteorology, scrambler; second, bio-process lab, metric mastery, robo cross, science word; third, crave the wave, rocks and minerals; fourth, anatomy, ecology, road scholar.
INDIANA – Coaches, Paul McCue and Brautigam; team, Kevin Kerr, Amanda Wagner, Emily Manecke, Grant Daskovich, Sara Stoudt, Zachary Thompson, Justin Sottile, Tachoon Lee, March Healey, Maddy Mahoney, Haley Stapleton, Audrey Stapleton, Diana Watson, Rachel Zilinskas and Steven Zolocsik. Top four event finishes: first, bio-process lab, metric mastery; second, food science, meteorology, road scholar, write it do it; third, mystery architecture, oceanography, simple machines.
KANE – Coach, Jodell Bainer; team, Austin Morgan, Melanie Geer, Alyssa Greg, Brittany Kowatch, Deborah Lorenzo, Ryan Lorenzo, Kari Schleicher, Shana Biel, Kelsey Johnson, Maija Renzi, Morgan Selan, Jacob Westerbus and Angie Newton. Top four event finishes: third, reach for the stars; fourth, trajectory.
LAUREL – Coach, Heather Walzer; team, Ben Armando, Sam Baker, Taylor Beatty, Cody Blair, Andrew Brooks, Andrew DiCerbo, Ciara Hovis, Brett Kaufman, Tonya Lenhart, Emily Maxwell, Dalainey Meals, Desi Montgomery, Nick Santini, John Sickafuse and Lilian Tanner. Top four event finishes: first, amphibians/reptiles, crave the wave, road scholar, simple machines; second, anatomy, reach for the stars; third, ecology, write it do it; fourth, balloon launch glider, bio-process lab, meteorology, science crime busters.
MAPLEWOOD – Coach, Lynne Bargar; team, Kristin Goodge, Emily Leech, Tristian Chattenger, Michael Miller, Makenzie Lirguhurt; Sydney Crago, Austin Acel and Hanna Jordon. Top four event finishes: second, balloon launch glider; fourth, metric mastery; fourth, metric mastery, simple machines, write it do it.
NESHANNOCK – Coach, Greg Micsky; team, Ashleigh Anderson, Anthony Martone, Alex Covelli, Michaela Blank, Nicole Leya, Gabby Black, Jono Acosta, Elissa Means, Jonathan Wherry, Jeff Smolnik, Antonio Blundo, Michael Sanfilippo, Jeremy Trott, Andrew Sandfilippo, Amanda Murala. Top four event finishes: first, mystery architecture, science word; second, simple machines; third, trajectory.
NEW CASTLE CHRISTIAN – Coach, Barbara Sochor; team, Michael Bobosky, Jake Cochran, Amanda Lubich, Laurel Michalek, Isaiah Morganstern, Allison Schaubroeck, Justine Shaffer, Kara Mayberry, Tori Richards, Nathan Maxwell and Trey Gilleland. Top four event finishes: third, scrambler; fourth, robo-cross
NORTH CLARION – Coach, Tracy Durish; team, Hannah Smerker, DJ McCloskey, Jeremy Schmader, Jerome McCauley, Gary Fye, Eric Lencer, Katie Kapp, Rachel Kline, Melody Kerist and Nick Schmader. Top four event finishes: first, anatomy, food science; fourth, rocks and minerals, scrambler.
NORTH EAST – Coach, Beth Poor; team, Tony Strine, Hannah Becker, Noelle Nelson, Laurel Shickler, Sarah Graham, Adam Gleichsner, Lucas Beardsly, Cody Johnson, Peter Seymour, John Happ, Tyler Gresen, Kyle Groves, Katie Perkins and Megen Grenz. Top four event finishes: first, science crime busters, trajectory, write it do it; second; ecology; third, balloon launch glider, robo-cross, science word; fourth, amphibians/reptiles, food science, oceaonography.
OIL CITY – Coaches, Kevin Harriet, Jen Heffernan; team, Jason Bennett, Cullen Flaherty, Jenny Williams, Michaela Hardy, Taylor Stamm, Evan Carll, Megan Black, Kaitlynn Knox, Sharon Klapec, Laura Ordaz, Dani Clyde, Sara Tombs and Jim Dunn. Top four event finishes: second, disease detectives; fourth, tower building.
PARK FOREST – Coach, Steve McAninich; team, Nikhil Ananth, Andew Cutter, Diane Boher, Annie Brezovec, Bryanna Kifolo, Maria Landschoot, Alice Cai, Isabella Kim, Maddi Franklin, Lillian Xu, Avik Sarker, Sneha Yennawar, Sajal Datta, Elizabeth Larson and Boyaing Kim. Top four event finishes: first, ecology, reach for the stars, rocks and minerals; second, reptiles/amphibians, science crime busters, scrambler; third, anatomy; fourth, crave the wave, science word.
PENNS VALLEY – Coach, Michael Stitzer; team, Kaylee Kersetter, Will Lush, Samantha McKinney, John Downie, Michelle Kuzma, Tess Arthur, Madison Bastress, Evan Heiser, Austine Decker, Matt Fuller, Cameron Mothersbaugh, Nick Myers, Blake Peese, Logan Coursen and Henry Lush. Top four event finishes: second, oceanography, tower building; third, meteorology.
REDBANK VALLEY – Coach, Julie Burkhouse; team, Maggie McCauley, Alaina Kunselman, Zack Henry, Ryan Brasighler, Brody Toy, Kelsey McLaughlin, Andrew Reddinger, Tyler Ruby, and Kerry Snyder.
WATTSBURG – Coach, Mary Beth Hengelbrok; team, Zach Wolf, Samantha Shofestall, Steven Perry, Ashley Rosswog, Alex Burke, Rachael Swartzfager, Alexa Murphy, Lacey Murdock, Jordon Fenno, Katie Farmer, Mary Beth Burbules, Miranda Newcomer, Samantha Runser, Kyle Strickenberger, Katie Allgeier and Autumn Hodapp. Top four event finishes: third, science crime busters; fourth, mystery architecture.