Teams Reach Medalist Flight in National Cyber Defense Competition
Twenty-one high school teams topped the field to move up to the Medalist Flight of CyberPatriot II, likely the largest live high school cyber defense competition ever staged with an opening round of Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) teams from high schools representing 42 states and Japan.
The 21 teams surviving the opening round include: Huntsville High School, Huntsville, Alabama; Catalina Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona; Civil Air Patrol Unit RMR-CO-030, Peterson AFB, Colorado; F. W. Springstead High School, Spring Hill, Florida; Lincoln Way East High School, Frankfort, Illinois; Lincoln Way West High School, New Lenox, Illinois; Parkway High School, Bossier City, Louisiana; CAP Unit SWR-LA-008, Hammond, Louisiana; CAP Unit NCR-MN-030, Bloomington, Minnesota;
Lafayette High School, Ballwin, Missouri; North Henderson High School, Hendersonville, North Carolina; CAP Unit MER-NC-022, Gibsonville, North Carolina; Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh, New York; Rome Free Academy, Rome, New York; CAP Unit NER-NY-288, Freeport, New York; Billy Ryan High School, Denton, Texas Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, Texas; Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School, Boerne, Texas; CAP Unit SWR-TX-214, Combine, Texas; Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah; and William Byrd High School, Vinton, Virginia.
"Congratulations to the top 21 teams, and good luck to all the teams over the next two Saturdays of competition," said S. Sanford Schlitt, AFA's Vice-Chairman of the Board for Aerospace Education. "CyberPatriot II is proving to be a fantastic hands-on learning experience. It's a great way to encourage new interest in this crucial career path."
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