VASJ Academic Decathlon team finishes second in small school division

The VASJ Academic Decathlon Team competed in the state finals the weekend of March 6 and finished second in the Small School Division. The team accumulated 34 medals: 12 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze. The medal count included two in speech, two in interview, two in literature, two in science, three in essay, three in art, four in music, four in social science, five in economics and seven in mathematics. 

The team swept the mathematics category with four gold medals and three silver medals.

Team members were seniors Davante Callahan, Devon Crosby, John Parker and John Michalski; juniors Mark Ballard, Autumn Redd, Michael Strother, Clarke Moore and Matthew Ballard; and freshman Roland Ivy Jr.