High school academic teams advance to next round in tournament

Academic teams from Saxony Lutheran High School, Notre Dame Regional High School and Cape Girardeau Central High School will advance to the next round of competition in the Missouri State High School Activities Association's tournament. On Saturday, Cape Girardeau Central High School's Central Intelligence Agency beat North County Central High School in their district championship at the school in Bonne Terre, Mo. Team members Josh Wen and Prithvi Rudrappa also made the all-district team. The team will continue with sectional competition todayThursday. Notre Dame students beat Malden High School at their district championship in New Madrid, Mo. Saxony Lutheran students beat Iberia High School at their district championship in Iberia, Mo. As they continue to sectional competition, the teams are the top 16 in their class in the state.