Ceres High School placed third in the 36th Stanislaus County Academic Decathlon held last Saturday, Feb. 6 at Davis High School in Modesto.

For the 16th consecutive year Oakdale High finished with first place while Hughson High School was the runner up team. Oakdale also won the Super Quiz.

Beyer High School won the School Club award and Most Improved Team award.

David Nall of Hughson High was the first place Varsity Champion.

The first place Scholastic Champion honor went to Caitlin Golding of Oakdale High School while her teammate Taryn Lane was the first place Honors Champion.

Katherine Pacioni of Enoch High School was the Alternate Team Member Champion.

Top scorers at the event were as follows:

Hughson High School
Madison Hinkle - Honors Gold in Essay, Honors fifth place in Speech.

Rachel Johnson- Varsity Bronze in Essay; Varsity 5th Place in Music; Varsity 4th Place in Social Science.

Nathaniel Gugel - Honors Gold in Speech; Honors Gold in Mathematic; Honors 4th Place in Language and Literature.

Tera Lovelady - Scholastic Gold in Speech; Scholastic 4th Place in Science.

Greg Gaylord - Scholastic 5th Place in Speech; Scholastic Bronze in Mathematics; Scholastic 4th Place in Economics; Scholastic Silver in Science; Scholastic 4th Place in Language and Literature; Scholastic Bronze in Social Science; Scholastic 4th Place in Social Science.

Cynthia Gutierrez - Scholastic 5th Place, in Interview; Scholastic 5th Place in Science.

Sky Phillips - Varsity 4th Place, in Interview; Varsity Bronze in Mathematics; Varsity 4th Place in Economics; Varsity Gold in Science; Varsity 5th Place in Language and Literature; Varsity Bronze in Art; Varsity Gold in Music.

David Nall - Varsity 5th Place, in Interview; Varsity 4th Place in Mathematics; Varsity 5th Place in Economics; Varsity Silver in Science; Varsity Gold in Language and Literature; Varsity Gold in Art; Varsity Silver in Music; Varsity Bronze in Social Science.

Kristine Piedad - Honors 4th Place in Science; Honors Silver in Language and Literature; Honors Bronze in Social Science.

Silvana Contreras - Alternate Bronze in Music.

Ceres High School
Arianne Amparo - Honors Silver in Speech; Honors Bronze in Science; Honors Silver Arianne in Language and Literature; Honors Silver in Art; Varsity 4th Place in Art; Honors Silver in Social Science.

Connor Mills - Scholastic Fifth Place, Speech; Scholastic 5th Place in Music.

Austin French - Varsity Gold in Speech; Varsity Silver in Mathematics; Varsity Silver in Economics; Varsity 5th Place in Art; Varsity Gold in Music; Varsity 4th Place in Social Science.

Christian Vasquez - Varsity Silver in Interview; Varsity 5th Place in Economics; Varsity 5th Place in Art; Varsity 5th Place in Social Science.

Maria Ferreira - Honors 4th Place in Mathematics; Honors Silver in Science; Honors 5th Place in Music; Honors 5th Place in Social Science.

Arielle Alarcon - Scholastic 5th Place in Mathematics; Scholastic Gold in Music.

Adriana Ortega - Varsity 4th Place in Mathematics.

Ethan Carter - Honors Silver in Economics; Honors 5th Place in Language and Literature.

Jesus Lepe - Alternate Bronze in Economics.

Jose Arroyo - Alternate 5th Place in Economics; Alternate Silver in Art; Alternate Bronze in Music; Alternate 4th Place in Social Science.

Harmenjit Bahia - Alternate 4th Place in Art; Alternate 4th Place in Social Science.

Gavin Andres - Alternate 5th Place in Art; Alternate 5th Place in Music.

Max Lopez - Alternate 5th Place in Art.

Lili Medina - Alternate 5th Place in Art.

Nada Abdo - Scholastic 5th Place in Music; Scholastic 5th Place in Social Science.

Zachary Baker - Alternate Bronze in Music.

Estefania Favela - Alternate 4th Place in Music.

Gillian Taylor - Alternate 5th Place in Music.

Alondra Alvarez - Alternate 5th Place in Social Science.