The Coosa High Academic Decathlon team has won the Floyd County Schools Academic Decathlon competition for 2013. The annual competition was held at the Board of Education central office on Friday, January 11, 2013. Coosa finished strong in the competition to return to the winners circle after a two-year absence. Coosa had previously enjoyed an eight year run as school system champion. The theme for this year’s event was Russia.

The Coosa team members were: Sedona Baranchok, Shelby Dowdy, Adriana Fritz, Layton Hayes, Chance Henderson, Nathan Johnson, Drake Langston, Dean Noren, Alicia Osborn, and Katie Towe. The Coosa High team was led by coaches Randy Vice and Bill Doughtry.

Coosa finished the day with 18,780 total points, Armuchee High finished second with a total of 18,220 and Pepperell came in third with 18,120. As the first place finisher, Coosa High will now represent Floyd County Schools in the state competition in February. Even though finishing a close third, Pepperell High will also advance to the state competition as a Wild Card team based on individual and team score weights.

The Academic Decathlon features three divisions of competition: Honors, Scholastic and Varsity. The academic contest features competitions in: language and literature, math, economics, social science, music, and art. The competition also features an oral Super Quiz contests.

Team Winners

First Place: Coosa High School

Second Place: Amruchee High School

Third Place: Pepperell High School

Individual division placements were:

First Place Overall (individual)

Honors - Layton Hayes, Coosa High

Scholastic - Nathan Johnson, Coosa High

Varsity - Bill Crowe, Pepperell High

Second Place Overall (individual)

Honors - Augusta Hosmer, Armuchee High

Scholastic - Dean Noren, Coosa High

Varsity - Masumi Askew, Pepperell High

Third Place Overall (individual)

Honors - Haley Patterson, Armuchee High

Scholastic - Katie Spears, Mode High

Varsity - Scott Callaway, Model High

Overall individual category high scorers in the competition were:

Language and Literature

Honors: Layton Hayes, Coosa High

Scholastic: Brenda Almaras, Pepperell High

Varsity: Tyera Johnson, Armuchee High

Math

Honors: Vedant Mehta, Armuchee High

Scholastic: Trent Bishop, Model High

Varsity: (Tie) Vraj Patel, Armuchee High and Shelby Dowdy, Coosa High

Economics

Honors: Layton Hayes, Coosa High

Scholastic: Brenda Almaras, Pepperell High

Varsity: Masumi Askew, Pepperell High

Social Science

Honors: Layton Hayes, Coosa High

Scholastic: Conrad Sharpe, Armuchee High

Varsity: (Tie) Elijah Jenkins, Armuchee; Musami Askew, Pepperell and Bill Crowe, Pepperell

Music

Honors: Augusta Hosmer, Coosa High

Scholastic: Nathan Johnson, Coosa High

Varsity: Bill Crowe, Pepperell High

Art

Honors: Augusta Hosmer, Armuchee High

Scholastic: Brenda Almaras, Pepperell High

Varsity – Bill Crowe, Pepperell High

Science

Honors: Layton Hayes, Coosa High

Scholastic: Nathan Johnson, Coosa High

Varsity: Bill Crowe – Pepperell High

Super Oral Quiz

Honors: (Tie) Layton Hayes, Coosa; John Bagwell and Marlin Wright, Pepperell; and Augusta Hosmer, Armuchee

Scholastic: Brenda Almaras, Pepperell High

Varsity: Vraj Patel, Armuchee High