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OHS Aca Dec Brings In The Brass
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Oakdale High School Academic Decathlon Team took back the Championship title at the 38th Annual Stanislaus Academic Decathlon earlier this month. The team has held the title for 17 of the past 18 years, earning this year’s championship by earning a score of 45,594 points and defeating the 2017 winner, the Hughson Huskies with a score of 40,902 points.

The OHS team will now advance to the State Championship representing Stanislaus County on March 23 and 24 in Sacramento.

In addition to the return of the Championship trophy the team collected a total of 72 individual medals, as well as individual honors going to Jude Markel, First Place Scholastic Champion; Michael Dunn, First Place Varsity Champion; and Ryan Kummer, Alternate Team Champion.

Individual medals were awarded in the following areas:

Essay

Honors: Silver, Jean Pagaduan; Bronze, Ethan Brown.

Scholastic: Silver, Jude Markel; Bronze, Christian Capuno.

Varsity: Fourth Place, Michael Dunn.

Speech

Honors: Fourth Place, Jean Pagaduan; Fifth Place, Ethan Brown.

Scholastic: Silver, Jude Markel; Fifth Place, Christian Capuno.

Varsity: Fourth Place, Olin Yost.

Interview

Scholastic: Silver, Christian Capuno; Fourth Place, Jude Markel.

Mathematics

Honors: Gold, Joseph Navarro; Bronze, Ethan Brown.

Scholastic: Bronze, Jude Markel; Fourth Place, Christian Capuno.

Varsity: Fourth Place, Michael Dunn; Fourth Place, Michael Oliver.

Alternate: Gold, Shannen Yang; Fourth Place, Ryan Kummer.

Social Science

Honors: Silver, Ethan Brown.

Scholastic: Bronze, Jude Markel; Fifth Place, Tayler Downing.

Varsity: Gold, Michael Dunn; Silver, Michael Oliver.

Alternate: Silver, Ryan Kummer.

Economics

Honors: Bronze, Joseph Navarro; Fourth Place, Ethan Brown; Fifth Place, Jean Pagaduan.

Scholastic: Gold, Jude Markel; Silver, Christian Capuno; Fifth Place, Tayler Downing.

Varsity: Gold, Michael Dunn; Fourth Place, Olin Yost.

Alternate: Silver, Cael Black; Bronze, Ryan Kummer; Fourth Place, Daniela Lopez.

Language and Literature

Scholastic: Silver, Christian Capuno; Fourth Place, Tayler Downing; Fifth Place, Jude Markel.

Varsity: Gold, Michael Dunn; Fourth Place, Olin Yost.

Alternate: Silver, Ryan Kummer; Bronze, Caroline Krum; Fourth Place, Cael Black; Fourth Place, Jamie Cuevas; Fifth Place, Daniela Lopez.

Art

Honors: Bronze, Ethan Brown; Fifth Place, Jean Pagaduan.

Scholastic: Gold, Jude Markel; Silver, Tayler Downing; Bronze, Christian Capuno.

Varsity: Silver, Michael Dunn; Fourth Place, Michael Oliver.

Alternate: Silver, Ryan Kummer; Fourth Place, Gage Ferreira; Fifth Place, Cael Black.

Music

Honors: Silver, Ethan Brown; Fourth Place, Jean Pagaduan; Fourth Place, Joseph Navarro.

Scholastic: Gold, Jude Markel.

Varsity: Gold, Michael Dunn; Silver, Michael Oliver.

Alternate: Gold, Ryan Kummer; Bronze, Daniela Lopez; Fifth Place, Shannen Yang.

Science

Scholastic: Gold, Jude Markel; Fifth Place, Tayler Downing.

Varsity: Gold, Michael Oliver; Silver, Michael Dunn.

 

Alternate: Bronze, Cael Black; Bronze, Shannen Yang.