The Custer Battlefield Highway (CBH) Academic Festival was held in Mitchell at Dakota Wesleyan University on Wednesday, Feb. 21, after being postponed due to weather the week before. Sanborn Central and Woonsocket Schools sent students to participate in a variety of subject areas. Students who placed in the top six of each category earned a medal.

The Sanborn Central students who placed included: Hudson Fouberg, Accounting I – sixth place; Cameron Edwards, Algebra I – third place, Grammar II – fourth place; Lucia Castillo, Algebra II – fourth place, Grammar II – sixth place; Caleb Kneen, Algebra II – third place; Carter Hitchcock, American Government – fifth place, Biology – sixth place; Randy Bitterman, Literature III – sixth place; Isabella Bitterman, Literature IV – sixth place; and Cole Wilson, Physical Science – sixth place. Sanborn Central finished in eighth place overall.

The Woonsocket students who placed in individual events are as follows: Alex Anderson, Accounting – fifth place, Algebra I – fifth place; Camden Rassel, American History – fifth place, Chemistry – fifth place; Emilie Lindgren, American History – sixth place; Kenzie Baruth, Biology – first place; Addyson Baruth, Geometry – fifth place; Brendan Evans, Physical Science – second place; Isaiah Schultz, Physics – third place; and Jaycee Baruth, Senior Math – fourth place. The Quiz Bowl team of Camden Rassel, Emilie Lindgren, Brendan Evans and Eli Fry placed third. Woonsocket School finished seventh place overall.   

…See pictures of the students who went in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!