Johnson County Central

Academic Decathlon Regional Results

January 22, 2026

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The Johnson County Central Academic Decathlon team has finished in First Place in their region and has qualified for State!

Congratulations to the team!

Team members took online tests on Wednesday, January 14th, and then traveled to Nebraska City for the remaining tests on Saturday, January 17th. 

Here are the results: 

1st Place Regional Team: (State Qualifiers)
Honors: Saige Rother, Wes Schmid
Scholastic: Zeke Burki, Millie Gentert
Varsity: Wyatt Lueders, Aleciauna Young

Regular Team Individual Results:

Honors:
• Saige Rother: Bronze - Music, Silver - Economics, Bronze - Social Science
• Wes Schmid: Bronze - Music, Silver - Science, Bronze - Economics

Scholastic:
• Zeke Burki: Gold - Literature, Bronze - Music, Gold - Art, Silver - Math, Silver - Social Science, Silver  - Overall Scholastic, Top JCC Scorer
• Millie Gentert: Silver - Literature, Silver - Music, Bronze - Science, Bronze - Art, Bronze - Math

Varsity: 
• Wyatt Lueders: Silver - Music, Bronze - Art, Silver - Math
• Aleciauna Young: Silver - Literature, Gold - Music, Bronze - Science, Silver - Art, Bronze - Math, Bronze - Economics, Silver - Social Science, Silver - Overall Varsity

Alternate Team Individual Results:

Alternate Honors:
• Anthony Orozco: Bronze - Music, Bronze - Music

Alternate Scholastic: 
• Madison VanLaningham: Gold - Literature, Gold - Music, Gold Science, Silver - Art, Silver - Math, Gold - Economics, Gold - Social Science, Gold - Overall Alternate Scholastic