The Apollo High School and Daviess County High School academic teams set the pace for the 15-school Pennyrile Academic Association in the first meet of the 2003-2004 school year on September 8.

Both teams are tied for first in the varsity quick recall standings with 2-0 records. Apollo's varsity defeated Henderson County 34-10 and Madisonville-North Hopkins 23-20 while Daviess County's varsity defeated Grayson County 38-4 and Webster County 39-3.

Apollo is tied for first in the junior varsity quick recall standings with a 2-0 record and Daviess County is tied for sixth with a record of 1-1. Apollo's JV defeated Henderson County 26-4 and Madisonville-North Hopkins 20-17 while Daviess County's JV defeated Webster County 23-3 ands lost to Grayson County 22-19.

While comprising 13% of the PAA membership, AHS and DCHS collected 30% of the top 10's in written assessment with 34 out of 114 and 29% of the top 5's with 15 out of 51.

Placing in the top 10 overall were: Varsity - Arts and Humanities: second, Ryan Taber (DCHS); tied for ninth, Ashley McMichael (AHS) and Taryn Rice (AHS). Language Arts: first, Katherine Crabtree (DCHS); fourth, A.J. Estes (AHS); tied for 10th, Emily Pearl (AHS) and Whitney Kullman (DCHS). Social Studies: second, Bart Swift (AHS); sixth, Rebecca Hartsough (DCHS); tied for 9th, Katrina Boone (AHS) and Tyler Sagardoy (AHS). Science: first, Michael Boone (AHS); fifth, Harini Chenna (DCHS); sixth, Jonathon Brown (DCHS); ninth, Andrew Chacko (DCHS); 10th, John Clark (AHS). Math: second, Ryan Young (DCHS); third, Landon Basham (AHS); fourth, Chris Bowers (DCHS); fifth, Jeron Maynard (DCHS). Junior Varsity - Arts and Humanities: third, Elizabeth Rogers (AHS); sixth, Daniel Palmer (DCHS). Language Arts: fifth, Amanda Kirtley (DCHS); tied for 10th, Ashley Boswell (AHS) and Carrie Gentry (AHS). Social Studies: first, Andrew Ashley (DCHS); tied for sixth, Thomas Cameron (AHS) and Krissy Phelps (DCHS); ninth, Graham Gallagher (DCHS). Science: sixth, Travis McMaine (AHS). Math: first, Casey Duckwall (DCHS); third, Ryan Seabolt (AHS); sixth, Ian Wilkey (AHS); eighth, Jake Machin (DCHS).