CCHS Academic Team Wins 16th Straight District Championship

Calloway County High School's Academic Team captured the KAAC Governor's Cup District Championship on January 31st at Mayfield High School. This is the 16th straight district championship for the school. The Lakers took first place with 73.5 total points earned in team and individual events, while Murray High earned 2^nd place with 33 points. Mayfield and Graves rounded out the top 4 earning 6.5 and 6 points respectively. 

In team events, the Laker Quick Recall team went undefeated in the double-elimination tournament, defeating Mayfield 53-3, Murray High 38-35 in round 2 and again in round 4 with a score of 38-26. The Quick Recall team was led by seniors Aubrey Naber and Connor Pile, with assistance from Amber Wu, Grant Todd, Maya Munoz, Aiden Hooper, Sean Williams, Ella Martin, Tyler Saalwaechter, Ava Bogard, Collin Naber, and Hayden Gilbert. The Lakers advance to Regionals, which will be held Saturday, February 21^st at Murray High School. 

The Future Problem Solving team of Aubrey Naber, Vayla Carlisle, Madison Morris, and Addy Finley wrote the championship booklet on Space Exploration in which they identified challenges and created an action plan to create more viable living conditions for space colonies. This district win comes on the heels of their 2^nd place International finish in June 2025. The FPS team advances to Regionals, which will be held at CCHS on Monday, February 16^th. 

Students competed in individual content testing, in which the top five finishers advance to Regionals:

Composition: 1^st place Madison Morris, 2^nd place Vayla Carlisle

Arts and Humanities: 1^st place Maya Munoz, 3^rd place Ella Martin, 5^th place Hayden Gilbert

Language Arts: 1^st place Collin Naber, 2^nd place Aubrey Naber, 3^rd place Ella Martin

Math: 1^st place Ava Bogard, 2^nd place Amber Wu, 3^rd place Sean Williams

Science: 1^st place Aiden Hooper, 2^nd place Ava Bogard, 3^rd place Connor Pile

Social Studies: 3^rd place Grant Todd, 5^th place Aiden Hooper

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

Pictured Back Row L to R: Grant Todd, Tyler Saalwaechter, Collin Naber, Sean Williams, Connor Pile, Aiden Hooper, Mason Riley, Jayden Morris (coach)

Front Row L to R: Lane Springer (coach), Aubrey Naber, Ella Martin, Ava Bogard, Hayden Gilbert, Maya Munoz, Amber Wu, Erica Gray (coach)