The Pikeville High School Academic Team spent part of their Spring break competing at the Governor's Cup state championship at Louisville’s Galt House on March 16-18.  About 2,600 students participated this year in one of the Governor's Cup competitions, which range from team events in quick-recall and future problem solving (proposing solutions to complex societal problems) to individual competitions such as composition, social studies and language arts. 

Their hard work and dedication paid off as the PHS Quick Recall team members Iman Ali, Alex Malone, Noor Ali, Patrick Cordero and Ammad Mansoor placed first in the state.  The team defeated Jackson Independent, Conner High School, Henderson County HS, and Calloway County HS to advance to the quick-recall finales.

The Pike County Grade School Spelling Bee was recently held and taking first runner-up for the second year in a row and winner on the seventh grade level was Ewa Sulicz, 12, of Pikeville Junior High, daughter of Adam and Katarzyna Sulicz of Pikeville. The competition was between Pike County, Pikeville Independent and Christ Central Schools.

                 Pikeville High School’s 2013 Poetry Out Loud school- wide competition took place on February 6th and may have proven to be the most eventful POL in school history. Fourteen students in grade nine were honored with the chance to perform in front of their teachers and peers after they had already won the poetry competition in their classroom. The competing students were required to memorize two poems to recite and were judged on factors including the articulation, dramatic appropriateness, the poem’s level of difficulty, and evidence of understanding. 

                While all students did an AMAZING job, only three students could be awarded at the end of the day. Haley Wetzel and Haley Bevins, both sophomores, won second and third place respectively.

                Taking top honors was PHS senior Miranda Webb who was awarded the first place prize, a fifty dollar gift card, and a chance to compete at the Kentucky state POL competition for her beautiful recitations of “The Obligation to Be Happy” and “Inside Out”. Along with Webb, all the competitors of POL will come along to cheer her on at the state POL competition on March 15^th. When asked about state competition Miranda says she is “really nervous, but grateful for the opportunity.” Michael Stevens, Stephen Clark, Caleb Hall, and Kaitlyn Good also provided entertainment by performing great songs such as Tom Petty’s “Free Falling.”