CCHS Academic Team Runners Up in President's Cup

Calloway County High School Academic Team earned runners up recognition at the 2023 President's Cup tournament held at MSU-Paducah campus on Friday, January 13th, 2023.

Calloway A (Varsity) earned 2^nd place in Quick Recall and 2^nd place overall, while Calloway B (Junior Varsity) earned 4^th place in Quick Recall and 3^rd place overall. 

Calloway A Quick Recall had a strong day on the buzzers, defeating Mayfield B (39-3), Ballard (33-2), Graves (30-20), Marshall A (37-8), and Murray High (36-5) before taking their only loss of the day to champions McCracken County  (17-24).  Seniors Isaac Martin, Ethan Cain, Ellie Whisman, and Cesar Villeda were assisted by Taylor Frantz and Ezra Foote.

Calloway B Quick Recall fared very well with two separate wins over Graves (32-13) and (25-20) and a defeat over Crittenden B, taking their only losses to McCracken (16-32) and Murray High (19-23). Nathaniel Fowler, Amber Wu, Aubrey Naber, Kaylee Tharp, Addi Pervine, Tommy Gomez, and Brayan Ventura led the Calloway B squad. 

The Laker Academic team had several students earn top 10 recognition in President's Cup written testing:

 

Math

Amber Wu 3^rd (tie)

Drake Calhoon 3^rd (tie)

 

Science

Isaac Martin 2nd

Ethan Cain 3^rd (tie)

Connor Pile 3^rd (tie)

Elizabeth Lanier 10th

 

Social Studies

Cesar Villeda 1st

Grant Todd 5th

Ezra Foote 7^th (tie)

Levi Dunnaway 7^th (tie)

 

Arts & Humanities

Connor Pile 2nd

Ellie Whisman 4th

Addi Pervine 8th

Nathaniel Fowler 9th

 

Language Arts

Ellie Whisman 3rd

Kaylee Tharp 5th

Aubrey Naber 7th

Amber Wu 9th

 

Pictured L to R

Front: Nathaniel Fowler, Ellie Whisman

Middle row: Aubrey Naber, Brayan Ventura, Amber Wu, Kaylee Tharp, Addi Pervine, Taylor Frantz

Back row: Ezra Foote, Ethan Cain, Cesar Villeda, Isaac Martin, Tommy Gomez

 

The Lakers are coached by Erica Gray, Lane Springer, Margaret Richter, Dan Thompson, Cassidy McAllister, and Jayden Morris.