Teams

The Apollo junior varsity quick recall team placed 5th in the Pikeville High School Spring Invitational Junior Varsity Quick Recall Tournament in Pikeville, Kentucky on March 27. The tournament featured 12 teams form 10 Kentucky schools.

In the tournament, teams were divided into two six-team pools and each team played five preliminary matches. Preliminary match results were used to seed the teams for a single-elimination playoff based on win-loss record and total points.

Johnson Central A (8-0), the #2 seed, won the tournament by defeating #1 seed Dunbar (7-1) 39-34 in the championship match. Daviess County (6-2), the #3 seed, placed 3rd and Paintsville (5-4), the #5 seed, placed 4th.

Apollo went 4-2 in the tournament, outscored their opponents 221-144, and brought their season record to 17-3. They went 4-1 in the preliminaries and advanced to the playoffs as the #4 seed. They went 0-1 in the playoffs and placed 5th. Elizabeth Rogers led the team in scoring with 9 tossups per match, followed by Ian Wilkey, Thomas Cameron, Ryan Seabolt, Travis McMaine and Branden Payton.

Preliminary match results were: Round 1 – lost to Johnson Central A, 37-31. Round 2 – defeated Paintsville, 35-33. Round 3 – defeated Estill County, 42-15. Round 4 – defeated Piarist – 36-22. Round 5 – defeated Pike Central B – 48-7.

Playoff match results were: Round 1 – Bye. Quarterfinals – lost to Paintsville, 30-29.

WKU Computer Problem Solving Contest

Four teams of AHS computer programming students were among 21 teams from 4 schools competing in the Western Kentucky University Computer Problem Solving Contest in Bowling Green on April 14. In the contest, teams were given 2 ½ hours to solve five programming problems. Teams placing in the top three were awarded ribbons and a trophy and the members of the winning team were awarded $1,000 WKU scholarships.

AHS team 1 (4 solved) – Michael Boone, Brandon Reynolds and Ian Wilkey placed 2nd. This is the sixth time Apollo teams have placed 2nd or better in the WKU contest, including 1st in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2002 and 2nd in 1998. AHS team 2 (3 solved) –Bryan Hopper, Chris Martin and Matt Thompson placed 4th. AHS team 3 (1 solved) – Michael Brothers, Logan Grimsley and Kevin Reel placed 17th. AHS team 4 (0 solved) – Matt Henry, Barry Mordukhaev and Nathan Wade placed 18th.

Bowling Green team 3 (4 solved) placed 1st, Bowling Green team 2 (4 solved) placed 3rd and Daviess County team 2 (3 solved) placed 5th.

Vanderbilt ABC #27

The Apollo junior varsity quick recall A team placed 4th and the varsity quick recall team placed 10th in the Vanderbilt University Academic Bowl Contest XXVII in Nashville, Tennessee on April 17. The tournament featured 18 JV teams from 4 states and and 24 varsity teams from 6 states.

In the tournament, teams were divided into five or six team pools, with each team playing five or six preliminary matches. The results of the first set of pool matches were used to divide the teams into new pools and each team played five additional matches. Only the teams in the top division were eligible to play for the championship.

Brookwood (8-2) of Snellville, Ga. won their third Vandy ABC varsity tournament by defeating Detroit Country Day (7-3) of Beverly Hills, Mich., 270-190 in a tie-breaking championship playoff. Ezell-Harding Christian School (6-3) of Antioch, Tenn. placed 3rd and Cutter Morning Star (6-3) of Hot Springs, Ark. placed 4th.

Detroit Catholic Central (10-0) of Redford, Michigan won the first Vandy ABC JV. tournament. Madisonville-North Hopkins (Ky.) A (8-3) placed 2nd by defeating Russell (Ky.) (8-3), 120-110 in a tie-breaking playoff and Apollo A (6-4) placed 4th.

The AHS varsity team went 5-4 in the tournament, outscored their opponents 2,165 to 1,615, and brought their overall record to 66-30. This is the 16th time AHS vrasity teams have placed 10th or better in Vandy ABC’s. A.J. Estes led the team in scoring with 8 tossups per match and placed 8th overall in individual scoring out of 121 participants. He was followed by Tyler Sagardoy, Michael Boone, Landon Basham and Daniel Tilford.

The AHS JV team A went 6-4 in the tournament, outscored their opponents 1,720 to 1,535, and brought their overall record to 23-7. Elizabeth Rogers led the team in scoring with 10 tossups per match and placed 3rd overall in individual scoring out of 84 participants. She was followed by Ian Wilkey, Thomas Cameron, Roel Flores, Branden Payton and Ryan Seabolt.

The AHS JV team B went 0-8-1 in the tournament and placed 17th. Tristan Hoover led the team in scoring, followed by Adam Witt, Seth Bodnar, Rob Milburn, Joseph Early and Jeremy Early.

AHS varsity match results were: Round 1 – bye. Round 2 - defeated Hillsboro of Nashville, Tenn., 385-95. Round 3 – defeated Woodford County of Versailles, Ky., 215-110. Round 4 – defeated Columbia (Tenn.) Central, 270-30. Round 5 – lost to Russellville (Ala.), 305-160. Round 6 – lost to Aiken (S.C.) – 240-190. Round 7 – lost to Irmo of Columbia, S.C., 295-200. Round 8 – defeated Daviess County A, 330-160. Round 9 – lost to Campbell County of Alexandria, Ky., 260-210. Round 10 – defeated Madisonville-North Hopkins, 205-120.

AHS JV team A match results were: Round 1 – defeated Woodford County, 295-170. Round 2 – defeated Seneca of Louisville, Ky., 190-170. Round 3 – lost to Russell, 125-90. Round 4 – defeated Madisonville-North Hopkins B, 160-115. Round 5 – defeated DuPont Manual C of Louisville, Ky., 180-10. Round 6 – lost to Detroit Catholic Central, 280-160. Round 7 – lost to Russell, 220-175. Round 8 – defeated Daviess County, 215-150. Round 9 – defeated DuPont Manual A, 195-150. Round 10 – lost to Madisonville-North Hopkins A, 145-60.