Capsule Reports - Thursday, April 25, 2024

English to state

The Jay County High School Academic Team’s English Team will compete in the state finals.

The JCHS English, fine arts and math teams all finished first April 16 in the Academic Senior Super Bowl Regional Area Contest at Richmond, with the English team earning a state berth. (Scores from regionals are compared statewide, with the top five teams advancing to the state finals.)

Jay County placed 10th overall out of 49 teams in Indiana’s Class 2.

The English team of Jovana Markovic, Ella Stockton and Izzy Winkles won the regional in Richmond ahead of Connersville and New Castle. It ranked fourth out of 48 teams in Class 2 across the state and will compete in the state finals on May 4 at Purdue University.

Also winning at the regional level were the fine arts team of Hannah Boggs, Jovana Markovic and Sarah McClain, and the match team of Trenten Hamilton, Jensen Avery and Hannah Boggs. They were 14th and 15th, respectively, in Class 2 statewide.

The science team, made up of Jensen Avery, Labibah Awliyah, Joseph Boggs, Brennan Chrisman and Hamilton, was 11th in the state rankings.