Montoursville Area High School took second place out of eight teams overall at the Academic Decathlon of Central Pennsylvani’s winter scrimmage for the 2024-25 year, held recently at Phillipsburg-Osceola High School. Students competed in music, math, economics and science. Medal winners include: in the Honors Division, senior Addison Confer — silver in math; in the Scholastic Division, senior Naomi Zeigler — silver in math, bronze in music, science and economics, and bronze for overall score; in the Varsity Division, junior Reese Peterson — gold in math and economics, silver in science, and gold for overall score; sophomore Noah Smith — silver in math, bronze in music; sophomore Wesley Foster — gold in math; and senior Nick Eboch — bronze in science. Also competing from Montoursville were sophomores Morgan Hood and Alex Martyniuk; and freshmen Addison Beck, Nadia Farenish, Eva Farquharson, Leigh Jackson and Alexis Zimmerman-West.