BY CRAIG BINGMAN
Snyder Co. Correspondent
Lancaster County took home the
gold medals at the 4th annual
Pennsylvania State Envir-
Olympics competition on June 20.
This year's competition, held for
the first time at Reeds Gap State
Park in Mifflin County, drew over
200 students and advisors from 33
counties to challenge the students’
knowledge in environmental skills.
The Lancaster County team,
representing Pequea Valley High
School scored 426 points out of a
possible 500 to win the competition.
Those members receiving first
place medallions were Matt
Ehrhart, Doyle Reiter, Steve
Houck, and Andrew Wanner. Team
advisor, Clair Witwer said,
“They’ve been practicing for a
long time. They put in quite a few
hours. They even entered county
contests to prepare for this. ’ ’
Second-place medallions went to
Westmoreland County with a score
of 420. These team members from
Sloan High School included: Ed
ward Stoner, Jack Staite, Susan
Bach, Tom Graham and Brooke
Merrell. Team advisor was Tom
Pearson.
Schuylkill County placed third,
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