Bakersfield High wins county academic decathlon
By The Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield High School beat out 18 other high schools to take first place in the 32nd Kern County Academic Decathlon this past weekend.
The BHS team outscored defending champ Stockdale High. The two schools have won the last six county decathlons. Stockdale won four straight before being unseated by BHS in 2010.
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2012 KERN COUNTY ACADEMIC DECATHLON
Teams
1st -- Bakersfield High School
2nd -- Stockdale High School
3rd -- Frontier High School
Overall student winners
1st -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High, Honors; Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Varsity
2nd -- Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Bowen Parker, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High, Varsity
3rd -- Bart Elliott, Bakersfield High, Honors; Howard Wang, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Jacob Escobedo, Stockdale High, Varsity
Individual student category winners
Language and Literature
1st -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High, Honors; Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High, Varsity; Bowen Parker, Bakersfield High, Scholastic
2nd -- Jonathan Pusavat, Stockdale High, Honors; Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Sharila Stewart, Bakersfield High, Varsity
3rd -- Bart Elliott, Bakersfield High and Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Varsity; Lexie Dobell, Bakersfield High, Scholastic
Music
1st -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High and Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Varsity; Lexie Dobell, Bakersfield High, Scholastic
2nd -- Jonathan Pusavat, Stockdale High, Honors; Lorena Salinas, Stockdale High, Varsity; Howard Wang, Bakersfield High, Scholastic
3rd -- Bart Elliott, Bakersfield High, Honors; Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Sharila Stewart, Bakersfield High, Varsity
Science
1st -- Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Bowen Parker, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High, Varsity
2nd -- Howard Wang, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Bart Elliott, Bakersfield High, Honors; Jacob Escobedo, Stockdale High, Varsity
3rd -- Peter Kedzierski, Golden Valley High, Honors; Joel Hurtado, Arvin High, Scholastic; David Lauzon, Independence High, Varsity
Art
1st -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High, Honors; Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Jacob Escobedo, Stockdale High, Varsity
2nd -- Kristy Loya, Liberty High, Honors; Myla Garcia, Chavez High, Scholastic; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Sharila Stewart, Bakersfield High and Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High, Varsity
3rd -- Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Lexie Dobell, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Lorena Salinas, Stockdale High, Varsity
Mathematics
1st -- Bart Elliott, Bakersfield High, Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High and Peter Kedzierski, Golden Valley High, Honors; Jacob Escobedo, Stockdale High, Varsity; Ricardo Rivas, Wasco Union High, Scholastic
2nd -- Allen Zeng, Liberty High, Honors; Howard Wang, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High, Varsity
3rd -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High and Jonathan Pusavat, Stockdale High, Honors; Lexie Dobell, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; David Lauzon, Independence High, Nayeli Gonzalez, Wasco Union High and Zane Caneta, Frontier High, Varsity
Economics
1st -- Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High,Varsity; Bowen Parker, Bakersfield High, Scholastic
2nd -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High, Honors; Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Jacob Escobedo, Stockdale High, Brandon Barclay, Frontier High and Sharila Stewart, Bakersfield High, Varsity
3rd -- Bart Elliott, Bakersfield High, Honors; Lexie Dobell, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High and Zane Caneta, Frontier High, Varsity
Essay
1st -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High, Honors; Howard Wang, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Varsity
2nd -- Kathleen Furtado, Highland High, Honors; Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Nayeli Gonzalez, Wasco Union High, Varsity
3rd -- Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Bowen Parker, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Daryl Larson, Boron High, Varsity
Speech
1st -- Aeri Kim, Stockdale High and Kevin Carpenter, Stockdale High, Scholastic; Jonathan Pusavat, Stockdale High, Honors; Lexie Dobell, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Nayeli Gonzalez, Wasco Union High, Varsity
2nd -- Ali Boyer, Stockdale High, Honors; Myla Garcia, Chavez High, Scholastic; Lorena Salinas, Stockdale High and Jacob Escobedo, Stockdale High, Varsity
3rd -- Malcolm Rivera, Arvin High, Scholastic; Daniel Cisneros, Wasco Union High, Varsity; Chase Privett, Frontier High, Honors
Interview
1st -- Lauren Wright, Stockdale High and Erin Dimaano, Chavez High, Honors; Lila Estrada, Independence High, Scholastic; Tyler Valencia, Independence High, Honors; Lance Castillo, Frontier High, Scholastic; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Varsity
2nd -- Howard Wang, Bakersfield High, Scholastic; Ashley Robertson, California City High, Varsity; Curtis Valencia, Independence High, Honors
3rd -- Jacob Brown, Liberty High, Scholastic; Ali Boyer, Stockdale High and Enoch Chang, Bakersfield High, Honors; Andrea Flores, Chavez High, Varsity
Super Quiz
1st â Lindsay Davis, Frontier High, Honors; Lance Castillo, Frontier High, Scholastic; Brian Stevens, Frontier High, Varsity
2nd â Lauren Wright, Stockdale High, Honors; Michaela Carranco, Frontier High, Scholastic; Robert Vazquez, Bakersfield High, Varsity
3rd â Harleen Gill, Frontier High, Honors; Alex Barclay, Frontier High, Scholastic; Joseph Fanous, Stockdale High, Varsity
Source: Kern County Superintendent of Schools
About 200 students competed Saturday for the Claude W. Richardson trophy on the East Bakersfield High School's campus. Frontier High came in third -- finishing in the top three for the first time in the school's history, according to Kern County Superintendent of Schools, which co-sponsored the event with donations from Harry and Ethel West Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Reese and Mr. and Mrs. David Stanton.
BHS will now represent Kern County in the California Academic Decathlon March 15 to 18 in Sacramento.
In Academic Decathlon, teams of nine students compete in 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, music, social science, speech and a written and oral "super quiz" to win both individual and team awards.
Frontier High won the "Milo E. Hall" Super Quiz trophy, an award that goes to the winner of the oral relay, TV-quiz style portion of the decathlon (Stockdale High placed second and BHS placed third).
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