MCC announces Inter-High Day winners

Students from a dozen schools competed for more than $18,000 in scholarships in 22 academic areas Wednesday at McCook Community College’s Inter-High Day Scholastic Competition.

Southern Valley claimed the top team prize in the large school division. Wauneta-Palisade was the winner in the medium-sized school division and Hitchcock County placed first among the small schools.

In recent years MCC offered free credit hours for early entry classes as prizes. Because all early entry classes are now free, MCC was able to offer scholarships for the top three placers this year in each category with $500 scholarships given for first-place winners, $250 for second place and $100 for third place.

Here are this year’s individual award winners:

Advanced Math – 1. Connor Latta, Hitchcock County; 2. Adalyn Schurr, Maywood; 3. Bailee Foster, McCook.

Algebra I – 1. Kalissa Hagan, Hitchcock County; 2. Hadley Michaelis, McCook; 3. Lanie Soundy, Hayes Center.

Algebra II – 1. Ethan Brown, Medicine Valley; 2. Anna Hamilton, Southern Valley; 3. Abigail Fote, Paxton.

Geometry 1 – 1. John Block, Hitchcock County; 2. Kaia Applegarth, Wauneta-Palisade; 3. JaColby Landry, Hayes Center.

Biology – 1. Marcus Owens, Hitchcock County; 2. Carli Rathbun, Arapahoe; 3. Jakcee Mitchell, Paxton.

STEM/Engineering – 1. Karstyn Porter, McCook; 2. Adin Nelson, Medicine Valley; 3. John (Avery) Thiessen, Southern Valley.

Health Occupations Session 1 – 1. Delaney Evans, Medicine Valley; 2. Braden Wilson, Southwest; 3. Brayden Melchert, Hitchcock County.

Health Occupations Session 2 – 1. Emma Baldeh, Dundy County-Stratton; 2. Reese Tines, Hitchcock County; 3. Riley Hagan, Hitchcock County.

Acct Principles I – 1. Issac Hamilton, Southern Valley; 2. Lorelie Horwart, Southern Valley; 3. Hayden Lans, Southern Valley.

Soil Science – 1. Dylan Kollmorgen, Hitchcock County; 2. Oakley Stout, Medicine Valley; 3. Raelene Lanning, Maywood.

Business: Microsoft Office – 1. Issac Hamilton, Southern Valley; 2. Jaxen Fletcher, Southern Valley; 3. Pablo Morales, Maywood.

Leadership – 1. Isaac Hamilton, Southern Valley; 2. Raelene Lanning, Maywood; 3. Oakley Stout, Medicine Valley.

Marketing – 1. Isaac Hamilton, Southern Valley; 2. Dylan Kollmorgen, Hitchcock County; 3. Raelene Lanning, Maywood.

Information Technology – 1. Cole Block, Hitchcock County; 2. Kepler Spurgin, Paxton; 3. Johnny Valentin, Maywood.

Graphic Design – 1. Adellyn Hoefs, Arapahoe; 2. Shie King, Southwest; 3. Kallie Felzien, Southern Valley.

Early Childhood (teams) – 1. Medicine Valley, Kialy Davis and Ashlynn Jolliffe; 2. Maywood, Haylie Gustafson and Blayklee Farr; 3. Southwest, Alyssa Koch and Bellamie Stritt.

Criminal Justice – 1. Everly Southern, Arapahoe; 2, Kade Schaffert, Southwest; 3. Landon Martinez, McCook.

Sociology – 1. Eli Graff, McCook; 2. Aaden Wheeler, Wauneta-Palisade; 3. Andrea Almanza, Wauneta-Palisade.

English Composition – 1. Adeasha Escobar Salas, Southwest; 2. Tori Bose, Southern Valley; 3. Emma Baldeh, Dundy County-Stratton.

English Literature – 1. Carli Rathbun, Arapahoe; 2. Natalie Mortensen, Medicine Valley; 3. Madilynn Mullen, Paxton.

Music – 1. Emma Peterka, Maywood; 2. Hunter Jorschumb, Arapahoe; 3. Mariah Peterson, Wauneta-Palisade.

Music Theory – 1. Thomas Magorian, Arapahoe; 2. Audrey Wilson, McCook; 3. Evan Bryner, Wauneta-Palisade.

MCC Facts – 1. Mariah Peterson, Wauneta-Palisade; 2. Kaysha Fuller, Wauneta-Palisade; 3. Isaak Messinger, Hayes Center.

TEAM RESULTS

DIVISION 1 (Large School): 1. Southern Valley, 2. Arapahoe, 3. McCook

DIVISION 2 (Medium School): 1. Wauneta-Palisade, 2. Southwest, 3. Paxton.

DIVISION 3 (Small School): 1. Hitchcock County, 2. Medicine Valley, 3. Maywood.