For Kiski, the win was a continuation of its dominance of this century in the AA/AAA competition. It was Kiski's fifth victory since 2003, with the most recent being in 2006. Titusville was the runner-up with defending AA/AAA champion St. Marys, third; Punxsutawney, fourth; and Warren, fifth.
Elk County Catholic kept one of the two trophies, this one in the A competition, in St. Marys with their win. Elk Catholic had previously won in 1998 and 2007. Clarion, the defending champions, were second, followed by Venango Catholic, Karns City, and Brockway.
Kelly Kuzemchak of Kiski achieved the top individual score in the AA/AAA category for a second consecutive year. Alex Furlan of Titusville was second, followed by Amanda Atkins of Marion Center, Raj Thaker of St. Marys, and Alex Mozga of Kiski. Thaker was also a top five finisher in last year's competition.
Tyler Healy of Elk County Catholic was the individual high scorer in A. He was followed by Dale Barnhart of Karns City, Jake Smith of Venango Catholic, Bill Warren of Clarion, and Ken Vinton of Jeff Tech. Healy, Warren, and Smith, also finished in the top five scorers last year.
The top five teams and top five individual scorers receive a trophy during an awards ceremony conducted by Dr. Ben Freed, professor of mathematics.
In the competition, teams of up to 10 participants take a 45-question mathematics test. The team scores are determined by adding the total of the top five scorers for each team. The top scorer on each team receives a mathematics magazine.
Twenty-six schools and 243 students participated in Clarion University's oldest academic competition, which is sponsored by the department of mathematics.
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| Clarion High School |
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| Clarion-Limestone High School |
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| Elk County Catholic High School |
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| Jeff Tech High School |
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| Punxsutawney High School |
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| Redbank Valley High School |
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| St. Marys High School |
Participating Class A schools and students included:
Austin - Jocelyn Dynda, Bill Ripple, Emily Wambaugh, Emily Johns, Bryan Brooks, J.N. Miller, Calvin Pifer, Melissa Ritsick, and S. M. Werstler.
Brockway - Ronnie Edwards, Ian Grecco, Keith Weible, Derrick Wells, Michelle Mancuso, Max Hrinya, Bryan Ellenberger, Mike Britton, Corena Shaffer, and Markie Caine.
Clarion - Bill Warren, Ben Stewart, Matthew Radecki, Michael Bauer, Megan Howes, Tara Williams, Matthew Bauer, Pat Tack, May Ayad, and Lee Nguyen.
Clarion-Limestone - Ben Dulavitch, Virgil Daugherty, Grant Schirmer, Hannah Keck, Kyle Cyphert, Katie Port, Rachel Lewis, Kellie Wyatt, Kelly Fye, and Kortnee Koziara.
DuBois Central Catholic - Zach Bauer, Dan Sawey, Joe Shaffer, Peter Hopkins, Jake Krause, Ashley Edwards, Dan Fitzpatrick, Joe Aravich, A. J. Nesbit, and David Gangewere.
Elk County Catholic - Tyler Healy, Gary Heckman, Brandon Johnson, Shawn Millsop, Adam Jesberger, Andrew Wolfe, Adam Buchheit, Leah Tamburlin, Drew Anderson, and Sam Schneider.
Jeff Tech - Kenneth Vinton, Justina Burr, Shyanne Reddinger, Stacy Ishman, Tonya Marhsall, Parker Babco, Matthew Thomas, Cody Van Namee, Joshua Harris, and Joe Wills.
Kane - Andrew Carley, Virginia Robbins, Tanya Aul, Natalie Kossack, Anna Wismar, Amy Strandburg, Mehak Suddle, Gina Kane, Jamie Nowalk, and Deb Lorenzo.
Karns City - Dale Barnhart, Aaron Weckerly, D.W. McElravy, Eric McCue, T.M Mourer, Joe Fallecker, A. L. Sims, Sarah Young, E. P. Ritzert, and E. M. Olszak.
Keystone - John Briebel, Zach Gensler, Skylor Wedekind, Dan Reed, Brittany Caulfield, Gabby Friedlund, Jenna Parson, and Brett Zuck.
North Clarion - Kate Coen, David McCartney, Adam DeLaney, Craig Kiser, Ashley Maxton, Sarah Anast, Macy Bauer, Nathan Woelkers, Lori Dechange, and Chris Mannerino.
Redbank Valley - Kerry Snyder, Justin Radaker, Tyler McCauley, Dustin Gabler, Kelen Fierst, Andrew Gundlach, Kaitlin Holben, Danielle Barlett, Alan Ochs, and Richelle Miller.
Sheffield - Matt Perkins, Dan Dickey, Lyle Shine, Leanna Uber, Craig Fitch, Kelsey Meachem, Amber Morrison, Lydia Boutelle, Chelsea Kyler, and Sarah Bowley.
Venango Catholic - Jake Smith, Tony Spadaro, Zezhang Wang, Mercedes Hoeft, Mark Kulinski, Paige Kleinfelder, Jared Ruth, Nick Fink, Sam Fink, and Zach Broniszewski.
Youngsville - Patrick Hoover, Sarah Voegele, Bob McCoy, Travis Cunningham, Nathan Byler, Rebekah Camp, Greg Yost, Shannon Williams, and Kathy Smith.
Participating AA/AAA schools and students included:
Burrell - Joe Sharick, Zane Spiering, Sara Kelbine, Josh Murphy, Cindy Barckhoff, Kyle Legters, Maddie Pattock, Drew Klebine, Dana Sharick, and Juliet Donohoe.
Cranberry - Michael Stromyer, Zach Borland, Kayla Frawley, Hannah Heeter, Stephan Hart, Allison Cowles, Anna Lehman, Tyler Lewis, and Evan Neely.
DuBois - Mike Rajecki, Kristin Day, Shilpi Shah, Deanna Badger, Colleen Gross, Erin Adams, J.S. Reese, Adam El-Kasaj, and Carly Wallock.
Kiski - Kelly Kuzemchak, A. M. Mozga, Jon Chepkevich, Vince Donatelli, John Szuch, Jake Howard, Steve Golembiewski, Mike Fraser, and Zach Simmons.
Marion Center - Amanda Adkins, Tori Buzzelli, Mike Cavazza, L.P. Zbur, Allen Fiechuk, and Jenn Rapach.
Oil City - Jacob Rothschild, Jimmy Dunn, Ed Culbertson, Noah Ray, Dani Clyde, J.W. Perrotti, Sara Toombs, Sadie Clifford, and Inga Saathoff.
Punxsutawney - Karly Shaffer, Kyle Mohney, Brooke Wang, James Kachmar, Alexis Bianco, Amber Lellock, Joseph Long, Sam Curtis, and Jocelyn Hughes.
St. Marys - Raj Thaker, Sean Zimmett, Greg Simchick, Scott Barber, Alex Anderson, Dakota Carpin, Danielle Simchick, Tony Chiappelli, Cody Foster, and Eric Uplinger.
Titusville - Alez Furlan, Matt Kellogg, Jake Jenkins, Zane Lesko, Ipek Cokgezer, Peter Randall, Alex Miller, and Laura Lee.
Valley - Alex Kowalski, Steve Matyas, Jim Arneson, Katy Wrona, Aarika Troilo, Melissa Anderson, Zack Radvansky, and Caitlin Guzikowski.
Warren - Laura Penwell, Tiffanie Liu, Matt Stapleford, Nathan Hamm, Amy Weidert, Hilary Anderson, Mary Lyle, Jake McTavish, Casey Main, and Vanessa Kelly.
Clarion University is the high-achieving, nationally recognized, comprehensive university that delivers a personal and challenging academic experience.
Pictured are teams who chose to remain after the ceremony for photographs.