The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Academic Decathlon team competed in Grundy Center Jan. 25.
The team placed eight out of 10 schools, with only three students — Joziphene Broomhall (Mount Vernon) in Honors, Tommy Furgeson (Mount Vernon) in Scholastic and Landon Miksch (Lisbon) in Varsity. Ferguson received a bronze medal overall in the small school division.
Broomhall received a bronze in mathematics and a silver in social science. Ferguson received a bronze in literature and music, a silver in social science and mathematics and a gold in science. Miksch received a gold in mathematics.
Academic Decathlon earns medals at Grundy Center
February 2, 2023
Academic Decathlon team members include (from left) Landon Miksch, Joziphene Broomhall and Tommy Furgeson and (back) coach Rich Eskelsen.