Apollo Academic Team at GC Regionals

So this past Saturday Apollo hosted the KAAC Region 3 Governor's Cup Regionals. After many of us advanced in our written assesments from District competition and the quick recall team got in by the skin of our teeth, we were pretty pumped to get in and kick some tail. As it turns out, there is really only one word that can describe the day's events: bittersweet.

Pros: 4 people advanced to State in 3 tests, and one in Composition, the Quick Recall team beat the heck out of Henderson and Owensboro High School (the school that narrowly beat us at District) and in the breaks between the lunch and the second match, Rock Band all around.

Cons: While I'm happy that I can go to State in my written assessment, it's a hollow win. I was only one point in front of Kiersten Richards, and that turned out to be the point that denied her a placing. It's truly a shame, because we all know that she put a tremendous amount of time and effort into studying for it. In my opinon, she absolutely deserved to go, but life is just unfair.
We were also beaten by our arch-rivals, Grayson County, and let's just say that they aren't the most gracious of winners. After beating Owensboro and getting into the 4th round, we had a lead on Edmondson County going into the second half, but they came back with a vengeance and stomped us out of contention. So Quick Recall was out.
The FPS team had competed on Wednesday afternoon, but we wouldn't find out any results until the awards ceremony on Saturday. At the awards ceremony, they call FPS results in reverse order from fourth up. Fourth place: Some other school. Ok, we're still good. Third Place:...Apollo High School. I wanted to scream. Turns out, we also missed State in FPS by a one point technicality, which makes defeat all the more hard to swallow.

In the end, we may not have achieved everything we had hoped for, but we came darn close. I know that with a little more knowledge and a bit of luck, we will triumph in the competitions to come.