Cazenovia and West Genesee Advance to State Academic Decathlon

About 60 students from six Central New York school districts recently took part  in the 2013 sectional U.S. Academic Decathlon sponsored by OCM BOCES.

The team from Cazenovia High School took first place in the daylong competition. The West Genesee High School team came in at second place and Liverpool High School at third. 

The teams from Cazenovia and West Genesee have qualified and will advance to the state competition on March 15 and 16 at Onondaga Community College. The state winner will go on to the national competition April 25-27 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

The following awards were also presented:

Overall - 

First place: Darren Mihaich, Kyle Polhamus and Robert Louis (all Cazenovia).

Second place: Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully), Danielle Axelson (Cazenovia) and Emma Ryan (West Genesee).

Third place: Megan Nolan (West Genesee), Kevin Zalewski (Liverpool) and David Martellock (Cazenovia).

Art - 
First place: Emma Ryan (West Genesee), Danielle Axelson (Cazenovia) and Darren Mihaich (Cazenovia).
Second place: Robert Louis (Cazenovia), Kyle Polhamus (Cazenovia) and Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully).
Third place: David Martellock (Cazenovia), Kevin Zalewski (Liverpool), Megan Nolan (West Genesee), Michael Wasnik (Liverpool) and Jacob Haley (Liverpool).

Economics - 
First place: Raj Patel (Liverpool), Tatyana Shakhov (West Genesee), Kevin Zalewski (Liverpool), Jonathan Carpenter (Liverpool), Nathan Clapper (North Syracuse) and Darren Mihaich (Cazenovia).
Second place: Emma Ryan (West Genesee), Jamie Kuppel (Liverpool) and Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully).
Third place: Eric Perdew (North Syracuse), Robert Louis (Cazenovia), Kyle Polhamus (Cazenovia) and Kevin Shane (North Syracuse).

Language and Literature - 
First place: Emma Ryan (West Genesee), Juliana Thompson (Westhill), Danielle Axelson (Cazenovia) and Megan Nolan (West Genesee).
Second place: Nicholas Serrao (West Genesee), Tatyana Shakhov (West Genesee), Madeline Pierce (Tully), Kyle Polhamus (Cazenovia), Evan Janes-Rouse (West Genesee) and Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully).
Third place: Megan Petty (West Genesee), Marley Cummings (Tully) and Kevin Shane (North Syracuse).

Math -
First place: Eric Perdew (North Syracuse), Jamie Kuppel (Liverpool) and Alex Coombs (Westhill).
Second place: Stephen Burgay (Westhill), Tatyana Shakhov (West Genesee), Nathan Clapper (North Syracuse), Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully) and Schuyler McGregor (Tully).
Third place: Michael Schug (North Syracuse), Marley Cummings (Tully) and Aden Orzell (Westhill).

Music -
First place: Emma Ryan (West Genesee), Jonathan Carpenter (Liverpool) and Darren Mihaich (Cazenovia).
Second place: Megan Petty (West Genesee), Robert Louis (Cazenovia), Kyle Polhamus (Cazenovia) and Megan Nolan (West Genesee).
Third place: David Martellock (Cazenovia), Danielle Axelson (Cazenovia) and Alex Coombs (Westhill).

Science -
First place: Robert Louis (Cazenovia), Kyle Polhamus (Cazenovia) and Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully).
Second place: David Martellock (Cazenovia), Juliana Thompson (Westhill), Alex Coombs (Westhill) and Michael Wasnik (Liverpool).
Third place: Nicholas Serrao (West Genesee), Kurt Guass (Tully) and Darren Mihaich (Cazenovia).

Social Studies -
First place: Robert Louis (Cazenovia), Kyle Polhamus (Cazenovia) and Darren Mihaich (Cazenovia).
Second place: Nicholas Serrao (West Genesee), Kevin Zalewski (Liverpool) and Sean Fitzpatrick (Tully).
Third place: Anastasija Useva (Westhill), Vadim Shakhov (West Genesee), Danielle Axelson (Cazenovia), Evan Janes-Rouse (West Genesee) and Joseph Jackson (North Syracuse).

Cazenovia High School

West Genesee High School

Liverpool High School