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Montoursville places 10th in Academic Decathlon state finals

Montoursville Area High School placed 10th in the recent Academic Decathlon State Finals which were held at Carlisle High School, according to a press release.

Montoursville also was fourth out of seven teams in the small-school division.

Melody Rzeszotarski, senior, became the first Montoursville student to medal in all 10 events at state finals. In the scholastic division, she received gold in economics, music and literature; silver in essay, art, interview and speech; and bronze in science, social studies and math. She also received the highest score of any student in the small-school division.

Other medal winners included:

Scholastic Division

• Zach McGarvey, senior, silver in economics

• Reese Petterson, sophomore, bronze in economics

Honors Divison

• Naomi Zeigler, junior, gold in economics; silver in music; bronze in art

• Sydney Coburn, junior, silver in essay

• Riley Nelson, senior, bronze in math

Varsity Division

• Haily Copp, senior, gold in literature; silver in economics and science; bronze in art

• Orion Boyles, senior, silver in social science; bronze in economics and math

Senior Gabi Pulizzi also competed at the event.

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