Harlan Middle School Academic Team Runs District Championship Streak to Six
(Harlan, Ky.) – The Harlan Middle School Academic Team recently buzzed their way to the school's sixth consecutive Kentucky Governor’s Cup District Championship.
Following up on last year’s district title, the Harlan Middle School Academic Team took top honors in District 68 Kentucky Governor’s Cup competition recently held at Cawood Elementary School. Schools competing in District 68 were Black Mountain, Cawood, Cumberland, Evarts, and Harlan. The Harlan Quick Recall team went undefeated knocking off Evarts in Round one and Black Mountain in rounds three and five. Black Mountain finished in 2nd place with Evarts finishing third. Future Problem Solving was won also by Harlan followed by Cawood in 2nd place and Evarts secured 3rd place.
The Green Dragons had multiple students finish in the top five in five of the six assessment areas. Students compete in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Arts and Humanities, and Composition.
Harlan scored a total of 57.5 points on their way to their sixth consecutive district championship. Cawood was runner-up with 25 points and Evarts secured 3rd place with 19.5.
The 2025 district title marks the Green Dragons Sixth consecutive title and 19th in the last 23 years. Harlan is coached by Mr. Chris Day and Mr. Chris Howard. The top five finishers in each subject area assessment will advance to the regional competition.
Math:
1st Elijah Epperson Cawood
2nd Thomas Miller Harlan
3rd Isaac Noe Harlan
4th Tanner Chappell Cumberland
5th Jonathan White Cawood
Science:
1st Elijah Epperson Cawood
2nd Samuel Williams Cawood
3rd Grant Lee Harlan
4th Nathan Gibbons Harlan
5th Rylan Rodriguez Harlan
Social Studies:
1st Eldridge Kelly Black Mtn.
2nd Camille Noe Harlan
3rd Mason Freeman Evarts
4th Rylan. Rodriguez Harlan
5th Carson Clark Evarts
Language Arts
1st Shelbee Fee Harlan
2nd Natalie Adams Harlan
3rd Stella Cochran Evarts
4th Jace Hensley Evarts
5th Kayla Brewer Evarts
Arts and Humanities
1st Natalie Adams Harlan
2nd Alexis Ewing Cumberland
3rd Clarissa Yost Harlan
4th Vivan Smith Harlan
5th Scarlett Creech Cumberland
Composition
1st Caroline Patterson Cawood
2nd Alexis Kelly Evarts
3rd Clarissa Yost Harlan
4th Kristina Boggs Cumberland
5th Kerstyn Buell Black Mtn.
Quick Recall:
1st Harlan Middle
2nd Cawood
3rd Evarts
Future Problem Solving:
1stst Harlan
2nd Black Mountain
3rd Evarts
Voted on by the participating schools, Black Mountain was awarded the Hume Sportsmanship Award.
Top finishers and teams will advance to regional competition in February. Students will be competing for a chance to advance at the State event held in Louisville, Kentucky.