Four Bowling Green High School sophomores won at the 2013 Western Kentucky Physics Olympics on Feb. 23, a release said.

Emily Penn, Kate Bigler, Teaghan Chen and Hannah Lindsey, coached by teacher Cristen Olson, the “Purple Chem” team had the best combined placement in the five Physics Olympics events.

Mentos-powered geysers of soda went up to 27 feet in the air. Other events included shooting a soda stream into a bucket placed more than 13 feet away, creating homemade Silly Putty balls and bouncing them and using brooms to speed a bowling ball around an obstacle course.

Teams from Allen County-Scottsville High School and Warren Central High School tied for second. “Patriots” from ACSHS coached by teacher Jeremy Byrn were senior Taylor King, juniors Titus Carter and Jared Walden and sophomore Austin Byrn. The Warren Central “LEEgion” team coached by teacher Kenny Lee was seniors Josh Lincoln, Justin Poe, Terione Patrick and Tucker Cross.

Participants included:

• ACSHS The Anos: Quinn Towery, Keith Jones, Carter Gross, Sam Anderson.
• ACSHS Default Team Name: Austen Riffe, Nathan Thompson, Isiah Burchiaga, Daniel Monterrosas.
• BGHS Cokenators: Drew Norman, Ben Morrison, Turner Burns, Brandon Pruitt.
• BGHS Avagadrians: Juan Atehortua, Alex Gelderman, Katrina Hanson, Priyanka Sheth.
• BGHS Dougie and the Do-Rights: Doug Stratton, Konnor Jones, Shehan Netthisinghe, Bryce Laramore.
• BGHS T.E.A.M: Emma Thomas, Madeleine Jones, Taylor Morris, Amber Miller.
• BGHS Sexy Farmers: Stone Passmore, Edis Sinanovic, Priscilla Suh, Chloe Games.
• BGHS Chuck Norris: Spencer Woods, Whitney Heard, Diamond Hollis, John Samuel Kernohan.
• BGHS Bowling Green Purple Girls: Kaylen Delph, Katie Shadowen, Shana Lewis, Cheyanne Noffsinger.
• BGHS PTCJ: Paige Hiltner, Turner Manley, Craig Redden, Jameson Hutchinson.
• BGHS Little Bang Theory: Lauren Elson, Yedarm Kim, Valerie Richmond, Jesse Shadowen.
• BGHS The Popsicles: Brandon Lee, Chandler Fane, Enes Attici, Will Patton.
• Franklin-Simpson High School Wildcats Alpha: Blake Sutton, Kain Kotoucek, Brittany Rowland, Madison Freeman.
• FSHS Wildcats Beta: Clark Feckter, Brady Murray, David Tomas, Brandon Pitt.
• Greenwood High School Ohana: Brittney Thomas, Logan Maroney, Adan Deeb, Saadia Akhtar.
• GHS Atomic Chinchillas: Steven Carini, David Fallon, Colten Givens, David Barnhouse.
• GHS Team 3: Cate Bunch, Alex Levesque, David Wiles, Chris Williams.
• South Warren High School The Council of Students: Kristopher Andrew, Matt Pitcock, Gabrail Webb-Yeats, Cameron Mobley.
• WCHS Team Ratchet: Tin Phung, Nikola Jokic, Jacob Hall, Jordan Hall.