YCUSD

The CIF State Wrestling Championships were held February 24th-26th.  Kylie Leaty and Amedee Garcia, both Seniors at Yuba City High School competed in the event.  Kylie finished with a 5th place spot on the podium, Amedee finished in the top 12.

According to YCHS Principal, Cy Olsen, "This is the toughest girls tournament in the entire country."  Congratulations Ladies!

Kylie on the podium after receiving her 5th place medal	Kylie and Amedee

You can view more information about the event at their website:  https://www.cifstate.org/sports/wrestling/wr_champ_info

The annual Yuba City Education Foundation Have a Heart for Kids 5K was held on Saturday, February 26th.  There were over 200 people registered to participate, many of those were YCUSD students and staff.  Two YCUSD River Valley students won their respective age AND gender divisions!  Travis Brown, Senior at River Valley High School, was the fastest male overall and won his division Male 17-18.  Sydney Gale, Freshman at River Valley High School, was the fastest female overall and won her division Female 13-14. Travis and Sydney were each awarded two first-place medals, and a $50 gift certificate from Poole's Jewelers.  Congratulations!!!

Travis Brown, RVHS, 5K Time: 20:12 1st Place in Male Division Overall & 1st Place Male 17-18 Division	Sydney Gale, RVHS, 5K Time: 24:15 1st Place in Female Division Overall & 1st Place Female 13-14 Division

March 4, 2022

On March 2nd, three YCUSD students competed and won prizes at the Yuba City Rotary Club Speech Contest!  The subject of the speech was "Serving Changes Lives."  This was the first time in two years that the Rotary Club has been able to have an in-person speech contest, and our YCUSD students showed up in force!  On Thursday, March 3rd there was a wonderful article in the Appeal-Democrat written by Robert Summa about the contest and the students' speeches, I encourage you to read it if you have the chance.  Avery Key (Yuba City High School Sophomore) was awarded first prize, Ryan Van Valkenburgh (River Valley Senior) was awarded second prize, and Joey Jelavich (River Valley Senior) was awarded third prize.  Avery will be advancing to the Rotary semi-final competition in April.

Congratulations Avery, Ryan, and Joey!

First Prize- $200	Second Prize- $100	Third Prize- $50
Avery Key, YCHS	Ryan Van Valkenburgh, RVHS	Joey Jelavich, RVHS

March 3, 2022

The NJROTC Honker Company here at YC has had some huge success this past month.  We have two seniors who earned full-ride scholarships ($200,000) to pursue their college education.