Johnson Central

Johnson Central Golden Eagles
Location: Paintsville, KY
Coaches	Brenda Porter
State Championships	none
National Championships	2009 NTAE
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Johnson Central High School is located in Paintsville, Kentucky. It notably won the 2009 NTAE, which turned out to be the last incarnation of the tournament known as PAC.

As of the 2013-2014 season, the team is head coached by Brenda Porter and assistant coached by 2007 & 2008 Alumni, respectively, Bobby Cantrell and Shawn Butcher.

History

Johnson Central is traditionally a KAAC Academic Team. The first instance of Johnson Central competing at KAAC State is believed to be 1994, and has since amassed several Top 3 finishes in Quick Recall (including the 2009 Quick Recall State Championship) and numerous second place finishes in Overall competition, although an overall state championship still eludes them.

Although not mainly focused on Quiz Bowl, Johnson Central has competed in, and won several Quiz Bowl competitions including ABC, Fleming Co, and Hart Co.

Active Players

• Clay Davenport (Senior, Captain)
• Trevor Blevins (Sophomore)
• Alec Salyer (Sophomore)
• Katie McMahan (Junior)
• Dalton Hopper (Junior)
• Jake Halsey (Sophomore)
• Kayla Cantrell (Senior)
• Michael Hamilton (Sophomore)
• Kathryn Branham (Junior)
• Rachel Branham (Sophomore)
• Madison Carpenter (Junior)
• Victoria Dennison (Sophomore)
• Sahara LaForce (Sophomore)
• Logan Fannin (Sophomore)
• Dillon Conley (Freshman)
• Tyler Ratliff (Freshman)
• Mahalie Stapleton (Freshman)
• Kenzi Butcher (Freshman)
• Lincoln Kilgore (Freshman)
• Andrew Chapman (Freshman)

Noted Alumni

• Andrew Salyer (2012)
• Alex Lester (2012)
• Cole Sites (2012)
• Faiyad Mannan (2011)
• Brad Cantrell (2011)
• Alex McCulla (2011)
• Abeer Sikder (2010)
• Josh Collins (2009)
• Shawn Butcher (2008)
• Kevin Cantrell (2007)
• Bobby Cantrell (2007)
• Matt Spencer (2007)
• Shefa Sikder (2005)
• Swathi Rao (2003)

Accomplishments

• 2001 - KAAC State Overall Third Place
• 2002 - KAAC Quick Recall State Runner-Up
• 2003 - KAAC Quick Recall State Runner-Up
• 2003 - KAAC State Overall Third Place
• 2004 - KAAC State Quick Recall Runner-Up
• 2006 - KAAC State Quick Recall Third Place
• 2007 - KAAC State Overall Runner-Up
• 2008 - KAAC State Overall Third Place
• 2009 - Ezell-Harding Academic Tournament Semi-Finalist
• 2009 - KAAC State Overall Runner-Up
• 2009 - KAAC Quick Recall State Champion
• 2009 - NTAE National Champion
• 2010 - Fleming County Academic Tournament Champion
• 2010 - Vanderbilt ABC XL Champion
• 2010 - Hart County Invitational Tournament Champion
• 2010 - KAAC State Overall Runner-Up
• 2010 - KAAC Quick Recall State Runner-Up
• 2011 - Ezell-Harding Academic Tournament Runner-Up
• 2011 - KAAC Quick Recall State Runner-Up
• 2012 - Fleming County Academic Tournament Third Place
• 2013 - Ezell-Harding Academic Tournament Semi-Finalist
• 2013 - Louisville Arts & Sciences Academic Challenge Fourth Place
• 2013 - Hart County Invitational Tournament Champion