AND ON TO IDAHO EL CAMINO TEAM WINS STATE ACADEMIC TITLE.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. won the state championship Sunday in the California Academic Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. with the highest point total in six years, giving the Woodland Hills school a shot at its third national title. San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. schools dominated the state competition. Taft High of Woodland Hills finished third and Granada Hills High fourth. From Ventura County, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. High finished fifth. Overall, all 10 of the schools competing from the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area finished in the top 15 of 50 competitors from throughout California. Burbank's Anthony Bui, El Camino's Adam Singer, Taft's William Dunn, Reseda's Deep Bhatt, Granada Hills's Douglas Chain, Bishop Alemany's Sujin Cho and Simi Valley's Stephen Hampton were among top individual performers. As the competition executive director, Marvin Cobb, counted through the top 10 toward first place, El Camino team members, knowing they were in close competition with Fresno County's Edison High School Edison High School is the name of many schools named after Thomas Edison: Schools with the full name:
When Cobb announced the second-place team was Edison, the El Camino students jumped up and started shouting and cheering. ``I can't describe this feeling,'' said team member Cassidy Ellis a few minutes after the ceremony, while others were still jumping up and down and chanting. ``This is the best. I thought (the) city (competition) was the most excited I've ever been in my life, and this is just - I can't describe this.'' El Camino was already unofficially ranked top in the nation coming into this weekend's state event, but scoring 50,472.8 points was a rare feat. In fact, the last team to score that high in a California state final was also from El Camino - in 1998, when the school went on to win one of its two national titles. Since then, three other California schools have also won the national title, but scored lower in the state finals than El Camino's tally this year. In all, California schools have won 11 national titles, placing them one behind Texas schools. The national competition will be April 14 to 17 in Boise, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. . ``Hardly ever does a team score more than 50,000,'' Cobb said. ``Forty-nine (thousand) is incredible. When a team gets above 45,000 that means they are working their tails off. It's an incredible achievement. It would be surprising to hear of another state champion with a higher score than El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
``El Camino has a tradition. They're already two-time champions. I'm going to assume they're going to intensify what they've done to achieve at the state level. They ... desperately want to defend that title and keep the national trophy here in California.'' Actually, El Camino coach Mark Johnson Mark Johnson may refer to: Academics and scientists
``It can't be any more intense,'' Johnson said. ``We've got to keep it up at the same level. It's tough, because these kids are burned out. But they don't want to go all the way and (not win).'' El Camino's team members are Ellis, Gary Fox Gary John Fox (born December 23, 1943 in Picton, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. , Jonathan Lin, Patrick Liu, Eric Rasyidi, Adam Singer, Chris Taylor Chris Taylor or Christopher Taylor may refer to:
In the overall competition, the top students from local schools in the Scholastic Division included William Dunn of Taft, 8,568.3 points, for a gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize ; Rasyidi of El Camino, 8,544.7 points for a silver medal, and Stephen Hampton of Simi Valley, 8,281.7 points for a bronze medal. In the Varsity Division, Richard Kwak of Taft, 8,220.3 points, got a gold medal; Taylor of El Camino, 8,069.7 points, silver medal; and Adrian Wittenberg of El Camino, 7,992.7 points, bronze medal. For the Granada Hills Charter High School team, this weekend's competition brought some double good news. Not only team members exceed their expectations by placing fourth, but team coach Gaby Scully gave birth to a healthy baby boy early Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
Sitting in a wheelchair after the ceremony with newborn Glen Edward Scully - 5 pounds 8 ounces - wrapped in a blanket, the coach accepted congratulations - both for the baby and for her team's performance. Her husband, Bill, hovered nearby, holding their 18-month-old daughter. The baby boy was born at 1:18 a.m. Sunday, and the awards ceremony began about 10 hours later. ``I was so bored at the hospital. ... Please come and get me now; I want to make the awards ceremony,'' she said she kept pleading. Harrison Sheppard, (916)446-6723 harrison.sheppard(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Tension explodes, top, for El Camino Real High's Adrian Wittenberg, left, and Cassidy Ellis as their team is named victor Sunday in the state Academic Decathlon. Above, the team waves its trophies. (3) Patrick Liu, right, and other El Camino Real High team members break into a frenzy of joy Sunday in Sacramento after winning first place in the state Academic Decathlon. Steve Yeater/Associated Press Box: TOP SCHOOLS |
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