Athena Hocevar has been awarded Most Valuable Player of the Chagrin Valley Conference and third team all-Ohio honors...
Hocevar Named MVP
Athena Hocevar has been awarded Most Valuable Player of the Chagrin Valley Conference and third team all-Ohio honors. Athena led the West Geauga Wolverines to the CVC championship, sectional championship and concluded the season as district runner-up. She is a junior at West Geauga High School and looks forward to playing together with her sister, Alexa, for one more year.
Congratulations also go to coach Bob Beutel. He was awarded CVC Coach of the Year for the season.
Pacifico Heading to Washington, D.C.
After winning the West Geauga Middle School and district spelling bees, Parker Pacifico went on to spell better than the best of Geauga County. The stage was then set for the Tri-County Bee held at the Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve. Parker competed with the winners of the Lake and Ashtabula county spelling bees. After many rounds of difficult competition, Parker became champion. He will now compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May, where he will face some of the best spellers in the country.
Academic Decathlon Success
West Geauga High School Academic Decathlon Team finished fourth in the state competition. Special recognition belongs to sophomore Noah Carty who had the highest score for the team. Junior Sofya Goncharenko won a gold medal in interview and had one of the top scores in the state for interview.
Senior Hannah Barker, in addition to winning two medals, is also the school’s first four-year team member. She has earned medals in every one of the eight state-level competitions in which she competed. Hanna has been an extraordinary leader for this team.
