05/05/2026
The annual Warren County Envirothon was held on April 17, 2026 at Chapman State Park. This year approximately 80 students from five schools competed in the event. The schools present were Eisenhower Middle/ Senior High School, Sheffield Middle School, Tidioute Community Charter School, Warren Area High School, and Youngsville Middle School. The students had five different testing stations: Forestry, Soils, Aquatics, Wildlife and Current Issue which, was “Non-Point Source Pollution Mitigation: It begins at home”. They spent 35 minutes per station and could score up to 100 points per station.
Tidioute Community Charter School – Team Advisor Mr. Matt Irons, won first place in the Varsity division at this year’s Envirothon. Tidioute Community Charter School’s team the “Silly Salamanders” consisted of team members Carter Anderson, Peyton Hulse, Cameron Kibbey, Quinn Selfridge and Lainey Devore.
The other Varsity top finishers are: second place from Eisenhower High School- Team Advisor Mr. Robert Musi, “Cat Scratch 2.0”, Alex Lund, Tydus Chase, Bowen Lindell, Carson Britt and Riley Lauger; third place from Eisenhower High School – Team Advisor Mr. Robert Musi, “Big Bucks”, Abigail Wencil, Easton Fitzgerald, Lila Eckman, Caitlyn Pikna and Gaby Hodak; fourth place from Warren Area High School – Team Advisor Mr. Kyle Wingard, “Warren Whistlepigs”, Zane Carlson, Jacob Retterer, Lucille Harrison, Brock Polito and Chris Orth.
The Jr. Varsity winner at this year’s Envirothon was “The Hungry Hungry Hippos” from Youngsville Middle School – Team Advisor Ms. Ann Ryan, consisting of Lilly Lair, Ella Lord, Rylynn Scott, Luke Baxter and Parker Cressley.
The other Jr. Varsity winners are: second place from Youngsville Middle School- Team Advisor Ms. Ann Ryan, ”The Perfect Pandas”, Mason Gentz, Ian Lewis, Wesley Hornstrom and Camryn Branstrom; third place from Sheffield Middle School – Team Advisor Ms. Morgan Briggs, “Water Rats”, Olivia Cressley, Zella Scitler, Kaylee Emahizer, Isaiah Cook and Waylan Holden; fourth place from Sheffield Middle School – Team Advisor Ms. Morgan Briggs, “Control Alt Defeat”, Adalyn Ettinger, Rayna Atwell, Madi Perkins, Marylou Pierce and Gavin Siffin.
Awards were given to the Varsity teams with the highest scores in each of the categories. In Forestry after a tie breaker question was the Big Bucks, Wildlife was the Silly Salamanders, Current Issue was Cat Scratch 2.0, Aquatics was Cat Scratch 2.0 and in Soils there was a tie between Silly Salamanders and Big Bucks.
Pictured below is the Varsity winners, the "Silly Salamanders" from Tidioute Community Charter School
