Stoddard County Scholastic Meet 2023

Friday, March 3, 2023

Photos courtesy of Dee Loflin

This special section contains pages dedicated to the winners of the Thursday, February 23, 2023 Stoddard County Scholastic Meet. held at the Bearcat Event Center. The scholastic meet features academic competition between the seven county schools and Woodland Schools. That would include Advance, Bell City, Bernie, Bloomfield, Dexter, Puxico and Richland. Students in fourth through eighth grades test in areas of analogies/spelling, math, science, language arts, social studies, and at the upper levels in general achievement and declamation. The event offers a unique and much-anticipated opportunity each March for the best of the best academically to test their level of knowledge and problem solving in a one-day testing event.

In fourth grade Analogies/Spelling from left: Jaley Kay Copling of Puxico third place, Josie Walker of Bernie and Karis Blair of Richland tied second place and first place Sarah Stevens of Bloomfield.
In fifth grade Analogies/Spelling from left: Mason Conner of Bloomfield third place, Trevor Day of Dexter second place and Cannon Carrillo of Richland first place.
In sixth grade Analogies/Spelling from left: Faith Chism of Bell City third place, Brody Bowling of Bloomfield second place and Aslyn Knuckles of Richland first place.
In seventh grade Analogies/Spelling from left: Hattie Clary of Bloomfield third place, Noah Randecker of Woodland second place and Madelynn McGarity of Richland first place.
In eighth grade Analogies/Spelling from left: Ashlynn Markin of Bernie third place, Kira Grimes of Dexter second place and Jude Robert Rice of Richland first place.
In the category of Math, at the fourth grade level from left: Rylan Rodgers of Advance third [lace, Lucas Blake Harlan Foster of Puxico second place and Roper Galloway of Richland first place.
In grade five Math, from left:Grant Gill of Dexter third place, Amelia Summers of Bell City second place and Easton Edward McGarity of Richland first place.
In sixth grade Math from left: Avianna Wilson of Bell City third place, Gabbie Guethe of Dexter second place and Max Layton of Woodland first place.
In seventh grade Math from left: Shaelynn Berger of Bernie third place, Grace Dunning of Advance and Anna Summers of Bell City tied for second place and Sidney Grace Booker of Dexter first place.
In eighth grade Math from left: Blake Edward Schrader of Puxico third place, Will Guethle of Dexter second place and Makenna Rhodes of Woodland first place.
In the category of Science, at the fourth grade level from left: Autumn Skye Wagner of Puxico and Kamden Smith of Woodland tied for third place, Oliver King of Dexter second place and Aubrie Cassinger of Richland.
In fifth grade Science from left: Kyle Miller of Dexter and Gianna Estes of Bell City tied for third place, Kody Lee Parker of Richland second place and Kasen Blevins of Bernie and Perseus Sanders of Advance tied for first place.
In sixth grade Science from left: Ethan Trout of Woodland third place, Aubrey Faith Sage of Bernie second place and Gunnar Andersen of Richland first place.
In seventh grade Science from left: Made Moss Honey of Bell City third place, Joseph McCormick of Woodland second place and Luke Ryan Moore of Dexter first place.
At the eighth grade level in Science from left: Gavin McRae Pilsing of Dexter third place, Kiarra Davis of Woodland second place and Zechariah Davis of Bernie, Zachary Steil of Bell City and David Mace of Richland tied for first place.
In Language Arts at the fourth grade level from left: Finley Elizabeth Goodin of Bloomfieldthird place, Meredith Mayer of Dexter second and Brayden Sheffield of Richland and Westin Swain of Puxico tied for first place.
In fifth grade Language Arts from left: Kurt Alan Flacy of Bell City and Lillie Mason of Richland third place, Abigail Luther of Dexter second place and Braxston J. M. Davault of Advance first place.
In Language Arts at the sixth grade level from left: Asia Whitaker of Puxico third place, Brody Pullum or Richland second place and Ella Hutson of Dexter first place.
In seventh grade Language Arts from left: Sadie Long of Dexter and Hadley Ragins of Bloomfield third place, Allison Arnold of Richland second place and Kiley Pratt of Bernie first place.
In eighth grade Language Arts from left: Cane Hobgood of Bernie third place, Amelia Clayton of Richland second place and Taylor Hearing of Woodland first place.
In the category of Social Studies from left: Lauren Tuttleton of Woodland third, Nicholas Rendleman of Bell City second place and Jase Crumbly of Dexter first place.
At the fifth grade level in Social Studies from left: Liam Holden of Puxico third, Charles Wendell Stone of Dexter second place and Briar Kelley of Advance first place.
At the sixth grade level in Social Studies from left: Kylan Johnson of Woodland third, Peyton Wright of Dexter second place and Isaac Henley of Bloomfield first place.
In seventh grade Social Studies from left: Caleb Weathers of Bernie and Benjamin Kade Morris of Dexter tied for third place, Colby Collins of Bloomfield second place and Jaxon Knuckles of Richland first place.
At the eighth grade level in Social Studies from left: Matthew Vandeven of Bloomfield and Jonathan Aycock of Bernie tied for third place, Madelyn Claire Ward of Puxico second place and tied for first place are Samuel Chase Gill of Dexter and Jay White of Richland.
In the category of Declamation at the fifth and sixth grade level from left: Eben Carr of Dexter third place, Cameron Douglas of Bell City second place and Brylee Bowling of Advance first place.
In the category of seventh grade Declamation from left: Riley Short of Dexter third place, JaCee Surface of Bloomfield second place and Taylor Kelley of Advance first place.
In grade eight Declamation from left: Chasity Taylor of Puxico third place, Rylee Roper of Advance second place and Peyton Slaughter of Woodland first place.
In the category of overall General Achievement at the sixth grade level from left: Ashtin Hicks of Bernie third place, Liam Luttrull of Dexter second place and Aaliyah Brown of Woodland first place.
In the category of overall General Achievement at the eighth grade level from left: Grace Barbour of Dexter third place, Finley Watkins of Bernie second place and Jude Lawrence of Puxico first place.