MEDFORD – The Boyceville Science Olympiad program placed well at the Medford Invitational this past Saturday, with the middle school team winning the tournament and the high school team placing third among all teams. Boyceville medal winners were as follows:
Gold medals were earned by the following:
- Juniors William Engel and Jon Madison in Electric Vehicle
- Senior Delaney Olson and juniors Chelsi Holden and Zoey Hellendrung in Experimental Design
- Senior Emily Fetzer and Olson in both Forensics and Horticulture
- Juniors Karen Schaff and Loralie West in Geocaching
- Sophomores Brady Rasmussen and Kade Phillips in Robot Tour
- Senior Abigail Bauer and Hellendrung in Wind Power
- Eighth graders Aubrie Humpal and Sara Hafermann in Dynamic Planet
- Aubrie Humpal and eighth grader Jillian Boesl in both Helicopters and Horticulture
- Ninth graders Eli Weber and Walter Schaff in Metric Mastery, Optics, and Wind Power
- Eighth grader Easton Lange and seventh grader Logan Monfort in Mission Possible
- Eighth grader Aren Halama and Aubrie Humpal in Potions & Poisons
- Logan Monfort and seventh grader Aiden Feeney in both Road Scholar and Robo Cross
- Eighth grader Clayton Score and Lange in Scrambler
- Clayton Score and ninth grader Isabelle Feeney in Towers
- Ninth grader Ivan Farrell and eighth grader Payton Lee in Horticulture (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
- Jon Madison and Engel in Helicopters
- Sophomore Devon Lee in both Electric Vehicle and Towers (JV)
- Lange and Logan Monfort in Air Trajectory
- Sixth grader Caleb Mrdutt and Logan Monfort in Ecology
- Weber, Isabelle Feeney, and Walter Schaff in Experimental Design
- Aubrie Humpal and Sara Hafermann in Fossils
- Clayton Score and Lange in Geocaching
- Halama and Sara Hafermann in both Meteorology and Reach for the Stars
- Clayton Score, Lange, and Boesl in Picture This
- Seventh graders Noah Monfort and Owen Lunderville in both Optics and Robo Cross (JV)
- Eighth grader Robert Swenby and sixth grader Clyde Score in Helicopters (JV)
- Seventh grader Samantha Bauer and sixth grader Stella Heifner in Wind Power (JV)
- Heifner and sixth grader Harper Humpal in Towers (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
- Holden and Engel in Air Trajectory
- Sophomore Eleanor Farrell and Karen Schaff in Microbe Mission
- Holden and Hellendrung in Towers
- Devon Lee in Helicopters (JV)
- Sophomores Nautika Valdez and Brooke Fenton in Towers (JV)
- Halama and Isabelle Feeney in Anatomy & Physiology
- Weber and Walter Schaff in Entomology
- Isabelle Feeney and Logan Monfort in Write It, Do It
- Seventh grader Sawyer Wirth in Air Trajectory (JV)
- Ivan Farrell and Payton Lee in Helicopters (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
- Rasmussen and Phillips in Code Analysis
- Juniors Johanna Antinucci and Anna Hafermann in Entomology
- Phillips and Karen Schaff in Optics
- Senior Aidan Madison and junior Lexi Cole in Helicopters (JV)
- Clayton Score, Isabelle Feeney, and Lange in Codebusters
- Wirth in Scrambler (JV)
- Swenby and Clyde Score in Entomology (JV)
“Our students did a great job in Medford this year” said head coach Andy Hamm. “Our students have been working hard and we had a great day despite missing some kids due to illness. Its been a challenging few weeks with the end of the semester and I am really proud of the hard work our students have put in to keep getting better every week.”
Boyceville HS will next be in action at the UWRF Invitational on January 25th while the MS team will be next in action at the regional tournament at home on Saturday February 8th. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Russ Riehbrandt, and Tony Pelikan.
Final Results of the Medford Science Olympiad Invitational
High School Results – Varsity Teams Only
| Rank | School | Score |
| 1 | Mounds View (MN) | 55 |
| 2 | Medford | 72 |
| 3 | Boyceville | 93 |
| 4 | Menomonie | 97 |
| 5 | Wausau West | 131 |
| 6 | Unity | 145 |
| 7 | Wautoma | 187 |
| 8 | Colfax | 198 |
| 9 | Weyauwega-Fremont | 202 |
| 10 | Poynette | 206 |
| 11 | Westfield | 241 |
| 12 | Pittsville | 246 |
| 13 | Elmwood | 258 |
| 14 | Chippewa Falls | 286 |
| 15 | Athens | 324 |
| 16 | Tomah | 361 |
| 17 | Green Bay West | 388 |
Middle School Results – Varsity Teams Only
| Rank | School | Score |
| 1 | Boyceville | 37 |
| 2 | Menomonie | 44 |
| 3 | Medford | 80 |
| 4 | Elmwood | 81 |
| 5 | Unity | 85 |
| 6 | Weyauwega-Fremont | 113 |
| 7 | Cadott | 154 |