Chesterton High School hosted their annual Academic Competition Awards on recently. All the academic groups were recognized for their participation and coaches in each area gave the highlights of this school year.
Academic Decathlon
The Academic Decathlon team advanced to state again in the large school category. Members of the Academic Decathlon team are: George Romero, Joe Horn, Hannah Maluvac, Mark Wilcox, Erin Grimes and Noah Spangler. Their coach is Dale Hewitt.
Individual medal winners at state were Joe Horn, third in music and Mark Wilcox first in Interview.
Senior Joe Horn was honored as Duneland Academic Conference (DAC) All Star for his contribution to the Academic Decathlon.
Academic Super Bowl
The Academic Super Bowl team placed second at the Porter County tournament at Purdue North Central and the DAC tournament. At the area competition, Social Studies, Math and Interdisciplinary took first place. Science placed second and Fine Arts placed third.
Members of the Academic Super Bowl team are: Christy Craig, Kelly Craig, Jared Gallina, Joe Horn, George Romero, Jordan Sweet, Mark Wilcox and Keagan Wong.
Their coaches are Dale Hewitt, Anna Zervos, Eileen Haggerty and Jennifer Jendrzejczyk.
Senior Joe Horn, Junior Jared Gallina and Sophomore Mark Wilcox were honored as DAC All Stars for their contributions to the Academic Super Bowl team.
Science Olympiad
The Science Olympiad team placed second (in class AA) high school division at the IUN Regional Competition. Every team member earned at least a medal.
Medal winners include: Christopher Krause and Trevor Krygier - 4th place Compound Machines; Maggie Brown and Syndey Ghoreishi - 3rd place Green Generation; Maggie Brown and Trevor Krygier - 1st place Scrambler; Joel Peterson and Nathan Poczekay - 1st place Air Trajectory; Eric Zhong and Joel Peterson - 3rd place Mission Possible; Trevor Krygier and Nathan Poczekay - 2nd place Chem Lab; Natalie Wozniak, Keagan Wong and Zhong: 4th place Protein Modeling; Lily Hull and Krause: 3rd place Astronomy; Cara Sullivan and Evelyn Miller: 4th place Write It Do It; Cara Sullivan, Natalie Wozniak, and Marissa Sullivan - 2nd place Experimental Design; Joel Peterson and Nathan Poczekay - 1st place Technical Problem Solving; Evelyn Miller and Maggie Brown - 1st place Bridge Building; Keagan and Galen Wong - 3rd place Entomology; and Sydney Ghoreishi and Marissa Sullivan - 2nd place Disease Detectives.
At the State competition at IU, the team placed 10th. Medal winners include:
Christopher Krause and Trevor Krygier - 4th place Bungee Drop; Eric Zhong and Joel Peterson: 4th place Mission Possible and Trevor Krygier and Maggie Brown - 4th place Scrambler
Team members are Natalie Wozniak, Christopher Krause, Evelyn Miller, Marissa Sullivan, Eric Zhong, Galen Wong, Nathan Poczekay, Trevor Krygier, Joel Peterson, Keagan Wong, Maggie Brown, Mark Wilcox, Sydney Ghoreishi, Lily Hull and Cara Sullivan. Their coaches are Kim Stahura and Jack Neuliep.
Quiz Bowl
The Quiz Bowl Varsity Team took second in Duneland School Corporation Area Competition and won the LakeShore Television Making the Grade Program. The Junior Varisty won the Area Competition.
The members of the Quiz Bowl Team include: Captain Joe Horn, Marissa Sullivan, Keagan Wong, Kara Sullivan, Mark Wilcox, George Romero, Parker Whitmore, Bobby Gotsch, Hannah Maluvac and Kyle Krol. Their coach is Anna Zervos.
Super Mileage Club
The Supermileage Club created two fuel efficient super gas mileage cars that the group took to Indianapolis to compete in two classes at the Indiana Math, Science, and Technology Education Alliance (IMSTEA) Super Mileage Challenge. The competition was held at Lucas Oil Raceway Park, on a .686 mile oval track. The challenge had 21 schools participate, with 28 cars from all over Indiana.
Unfortunately, the team's best car was wrecked during the first lap, and the second car developed mechanical problems that could not be fixed. The second car did not complete enough laps to qualify for placing. After a full day of reconstruction and repair, the team was able to fix the wrecked car enough so that it was safe to operate. It then completed 30 laps at the end of the day, which was enough to qualify its run. The car's fuel economy and placement in the competition is yet to be determined.
Team members of the Super Mileage Club are: Tom Appel, Connor Archbald, Rachel Enright, Justin Evans, Brandon Franciskovich, Taylor Hayman-Captain, Trevor Krygier, Colin Lenburg, Dan Mochen, Matt Murfitt, Adam Rundzaitis, Ben Szubryt, Chance Szubryt, Andrew Thompson, Donna Trowbridge-Co-captain, Trevor VanNostran, Jacob Williger and Adam Wixted. The team's faculty advisors are Lance Nolting and assistant Tim Trowbridge.
Special thanks to sponsors: JV Crane and Engineering, Inc. of Hobart; and Image Innovations, Inc.; Hopkins Small Engine Repair; Purrfectplay; The Krygier family and the Murfitt family all of the Chesterton/Porter area.
Mathematics Team
Chesterton High School had another successful season in their mathematics competitions. In the MATH FAX competition CHS competed in various levels with much success. The top three finishers for CHS in Algebra I were Brock Hurst in first place, Branden Wong in second place and Haley Harkness in third place. This group finished third in the division and fourth in the nation. In Geometry Nolan Poczekay finished first at CHS and 2nd in the division. Tristan Dooley finished second at CHS and 7th in the division. And CJ Connors finished third at CHS and 8th in the division. This group had 13 of the top 20 scores in the division and finished second in the division as well as eighth in the nation. In the Algebra II division, Keagan Wong won first place at CHS and was 3rd place in the division along with being 6th in the nation. Amy Socha and David Kosakowski tied for second in the school to help the school finish third place in the division and fourth place in the nation. In the top class, Advanced Mathematics, Jared Gallina was the top scorer followed by Eric Zhong in second while Fred Owens was third. The team finished sixth in the division and eighth in the nation.
In another competition – Indiana Math League, Chesterton finished in second place within their division and was eighth overall in the state. In addition Chris Krause was tied for the 3rd overall high score individually in the state.
James Van Drie was the school winner in yet another mathematics competition called Trig Star conducted at CHS by the American Society of Land Surveyors. Van Drie wins $50 cash and is in competition for the state winning of $500 cash based upon his score and time in the competition.
Spell Bowl
The Spell Bowl team competed at the Area Spell Bowl and the DAC Spell Bowl. Members of the Spell Bowl team are: Galen Wong, Natalie Wozniak, Eric Zhong, Christopher Krause, Hannah Maluvac, Erin Grimes, Keagan Wong, Lily Hull, Mark Wilcox, George Romero. Their coach is Jennifer Jendrzejczyk.
Team members Christopher Krause, Lily Hull and Natalie Wozniak were standout competitors at the event and all were nominated for Duneland All Stars.
Japanese Olympiad The CHS fourth-year team of Alaina Pamintuan, Elena Levi and Kyle Krol defeated Valparaiso and Michigan City in the final round to win the state championship. It was the third consecutive championship for Levi and the second for Pamintuan. Xaundra Rodriguez and George Romero were team alternates.
In the second-year division, the team of Josh Guzek, Jason Hebblethwaite and Nick Lane also took home the championship. The team defeated Highland and Connersville in the final round. Logan Summers was the team alternate.
Emily McLean and Krysllyn Villones placed third behind Connersville and Michigan City.
Japanese Olympiad coaches are John Sparks and Aki Tsugawa.
