West Valley High School Triumphs at 32nd Annual Riverside County Academic Decathlon

West Valley High School emerged victorious at the 2015 Riverside County Academic Decathlon on Saturday, Feb. 7. Students from 19 high school teams were honored following the final competition that included the Super Quiz held at Heritage High School. Second place honors went to Elsinore High School and third place went to Hemet High School. West Valley High School won the Super Quiz—where spectators watched teams answer questions and immediately view their scores. Elsinore and Hemet high schools placed second in the Super Quiz and Temecula Preparatory School was third. West Valley High School will go on to compete at the California Academic Decathlon in Sacramento to be held March 19 through the 22. Approximately 200 Riverside County high school students competed in the 32nd Annual Academic Decathlon by writing essays, delivering prepared and impromptu speeches, and interviewing with judges. The theme for 2015 was “New Alternatives in Energy: Ingenuity and Innovation.” The annual event is sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education and includes competitors from grades nine through twelve that compete over two weekends as individuals and as team members. Each team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three honor (GPA 3.75-4.00), three scholastic (GPA 3.00-3.74), and three varsity (GPA 0.00-2.99) students. Students accumulate individual and team points in written events in mathematics, economics, art, music, language/literature, social science and Super Quiz. Complete list of winners on following pages: Overall highest scoring student based on 10 events: First: Michael Martin, West Valley High School Second: Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School Third: Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School Fourth: Princess Tarabishi, Elsinore High School Fifth: Nynna Le, Elsinore High School Overall Super Quiz winners: First: West Valley High School Second: Elsinore and Hemet High Schools (*tie) Third: Temecula Preparatory School Fourth: Valley View High School Fifth: Beaumont High School Interview Varsity Division: Bronze – Martiana Browning, West Valley High School Silver – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School Gold – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Alejandro Crespo, Heritage High School Silver – Esteban Yacuta, Tahquitz High School Gold – Alton Huang, Great Oak High School Honors Division: Bronze – Jaelynne Noble, Heritage High School Silver – Michael Martin, West Valley High School Gold – Olivia Lewke, Palm Springs High School and Alexandra Voigt, Beaumont High School (*tie) Speech Varsity Division: Bronze – Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School Silver – Daniel Ramirez, Valley View High School Gold – Yvette Relles-Powell, West Valley High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Garrett Patterson, Hemet High School and Zack Balderrama, Beaumont High School (*tie) Silver – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School Gold – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School Honors Division: Bronze – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School Silver – Christian Klug, Hemet High School and Elisha Dayag, West Valley High School (*tie) Gold – Joseph Hernandez, Elsinore High School Essay Varsity Division: Bronze – Brandon Spradling, Tahquitz High School Silver – Daniel Varvello, Elsinore High School Gold – Naz Chowdbury, Corona High School (Red) Scholastic Division: Bronze – Mc Crae Remudaro, West Valley High School Silver – Abigail Costelow, Beaumont High School Gold – Kyle Hardie, Palm Springs High School Honors Division: Bronze – Holly Huang, Eleanor Roosevelt High School Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School Gold – Maddy Nguyen, Corona High School (Gold) Mathematics Varsity Division: Bronze – Alec MacLennan, Palm Desert High School Silver – Daniel Varvello, Elsinore High School Gold – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School Silver – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School Honors Division: Bronze – Joseph Hernandez, Elsinore High School, Princess Tarabishi, Elsinore High School, and Kaini Chen, John W. North High School (* 3-way tie) Silver – Patrick Benito, Valley View High School Gold – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School and Michael Martin, West Valley High School (* tie) Music Varsity Division: Bronze – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School Silver – Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School and Martiana Browning, West Valley High School (*tie) Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School Silver – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School Gold – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School Honors Division: Bronze – Isabel Michel, West Valley High School Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Michael Martin, West Valley High School (*tie) Gold – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School Science Varsity Division: Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School and Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School (*tie) Silver – Martiana Browning, West Valley High School Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Garrett Patterson, Hemet High School Silver – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School Honors Division: Bronze – Alena Dinh, Hemet High School Silver – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School, Isabel Michel, West Valley High School, and Michael Martin, West Valley High School Gold – Christian Klug, Hemet High School Language and Literature Varsity Division: Bronze – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School and Martiana Browning, West Valley High School (*tie) Silver – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School and Brandon Spradling, Tahquitz High School (*tie) Scholastic Division: Bronze – Garrett Patterson, Hemet High School and Nynna Le, Elsinore High School (*tie) Silver – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School Honors Division: Bronze – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Princess Tarabishi, Elsinore High School (*tie) Silver – Alena Dinh, Hemet High School Gold – Michael Martin, West Valley High School Economics Varsity Division: Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School Silver – Darian Bess, Elsinore High School and Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School (*tie) Gold – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Gavin Dumesnil, Elsinore High School Silver – Matthew Ferguson, Elsinore High School and Nynna Le, Elsinore High School (*tie) Gold – Mc Crae Remudaro, West Valley High School and Mario Blanco, West Valley High School (*tie) Honors Division: Bronze – Christian Klug, Hemet High School and Alena Dinh, Hemet High School (*tie) Silver – Michael Martin, West Valley High School Gold – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School (*tie) Art Varsity Division: Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School Silver – Yvette Relles-Powell, West Valley High School Gold – Martiana Browning, West Valley High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Kalina Vitela, Hemet High School and Connor Hildebrand, Hemet High School (*tie) Silver – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School Gold – Mario Blanco, West Valley High School Honors Division: Bronze – Christian Klug, Hemet High School and Elisha Dayag, West Valley High School (*tie) Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School, Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School, and Isabel Michel, West Valley High School (*3-way tie) Gold – Michael Martin, West Valley High School Social Science Varsity Division: Bronze – Thomas Roscher Cain, Hemet High School, Darian Bess, Elsinore High School, and Martiana Browning, West Valley High School (* 3-way tie) Silver – Autumn Wallace, Hemet High School Gold – Daniel Nieto, West Valley High School Scholastic Division: Bronze – Hajer DaWoody, Valley View High School Silver – Mc Crae Remudaro, West Valley High School Gold – Nynna Le, Elsinore High School and Mario Blanco, West Valley High School (*tie) Honors Division: Bronze – Maxwell Bland, Elsinore High School Silver – Nicolas Browen, Hemet High School and Michael Martin, West Valley High School (*tie) Gold – Alena Dinh, Hemet High School