Johnson County Central

The Johnson County Central Academic Decathlon team competed at the regional competition on Saturday January 21, 2017, hosted at Pius X High School in Lincoln. JCC was competing against Adams Central, Ashland-Greenwood, Brownell-Talbot, Cozad and Ravenna in the small school regional. The team consists of seniors: Annika McDonald, Sara Kettelhake, Sloan Pollard and Courtney Klaasmeyer; juniors: Hannah Swanda and Gunnar Burger; sophomores: Simon Rother and Autumn Nolte; freshmen: Greg McGinnis and Gabe DeFreece. 

 

The students took six written tests over the subjects math, science, economics, literature, music, and art. The regular team members also competed during the Super Quiz competition over social science. Most of the tests were focused around the World War II era.  Simon Rother and Hannah Swanda tied for the highest JCC scorer. The other results are as follows:

 

REGULAR HONORS
Hanna Swanda
3rd Language/Literature

3rd Art

 

4th Music

 

REGULAR SCHOLASTIC
Courtney Klaasmeyer

2nd Language/Literature

2nd Music

3rd Art

4th Economics

 

1st Music

4th Economics

 

REGULAR VARSITY
Annika McDonald

2nd Language/Literature

 

3rd Math

 

ALTERNATE HONORS
Simon Rother

2nd Language/Literature

2nd Music

2nd Art

3rd Science

 

3rd Language/Literature

3rd Music

3rd Art

2nd Economics

 

2nd Language/Literature

1st Art

2nd Math

1st Economics