BURBANK'S TEAM STILL IN DECATHLON PANEL WINS WILD-CARD ENTRY IN COMPETITION.Byline: Jennifer Hamm Staff Writer MONTEBELLO - Burbank High School's 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. team won a coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. slot for the statewide championship Thursday after it placed third out of 52 teams in 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. County. The school's nine team members erupted into cheers and hugs during the county's Academic Decathlon awards ceremony in Montebello, after learning they'd scored high enough to win a wild-card entry in the statewide competition. When the jubilation abated Abated, an ancient technical term applied in masonry and metal work to those portions which are sunk beneath the surface, as in inscriptions where the ground is sunk round the letters so as to leave the letters or ornament in relief. From 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , the Burbank High students marched to the stage to claim their trophy. ``We've worked so hard,'' said Andrew Chon, president of the school's Academic Decathlon team. ``It's wonderful to get a result like this.'' Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). placed first in the county competition while Rowland High School in Rowland Heights finished second. Burroughs High School placed 39th. Beth Chiaravalle, a Burroughs High sophomore, said her team had hoped to fare better in the contest but relished the thrill of competition. ``You just go for the challenge, the mystery of the competition,'' Chiaravalle said. Thursday's awards ceremony was attended by 500 high school students from throughout Los Angeles County. Students and schools received more than 300 medals and trophies given for excellence in dozens of categories. Burbank High won 34 individual awards for speech, interview, music, social sciences and art, among others. < Burbank team member Fabian Primera won six medals but said the victory was just icing on the cake Icing on the Cake is the seventeenth episode from the dramedy series Ugly Betty. Overview As Grace and Daniel chit chat in bed before they start the day, Daniel panics when she informs him that she needs to speak with his mother, but tells her that Claire has . ``Even before we got here, we won. Our goal was to become friends and to have fun,'' the Burbank High senior said. ``I can really honestly say that this is just extra.'' True to its zany nature, the team, which calls itself ``The XNTRX'' or eccentrics, donned yellow construction helmets and posed for pictures after the awards ceremony. The costumes were an homage homage: see feudalism. to tunnel workers they studied for the competition. And although team members like to have fun, they will continue studying today even though all Burbank students are scheduled to have the day off. For the next month, the decathletes will focus on their weak areas and try to diversify their studying techniques. ``No matter what, we're just going to study, study, study,'' said Azam Mehdi, a junior. ``We actually enjoy it.'' Chon agreed. ``I cannot wait to start studying, as weird as that sounds,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Team members and coaches of Burbank High School's Academic Decathlon team react to news they are eligible to go on. (2)Burbank coach Valerie Beidelman puts a medal on T.J. Dong. Michael Owen
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