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Show HILLTOP TIMES Hillto MES March 8, 2012 Clearfield High JROTC hones its cyber defense competition tactics to things they'll be seeing in the field," said David Boswell, the team's coach. "You need security to function in the real world." Boswell works at Sabi0so, a technology consulting organization, and brings the real-world experience to the students. In order to succeed, everyone needs to work well together. "You have to tell each other the vulnerabilities that need to be fixed," said Daniel Hargrave, 17, a junior. Along with Allen, the team has two more seniors in Hunter Poe, 18, and Eric Takacs, 18. Hargrave and Preston Boss, 17, are the returning juniors while junior Lindsay Newman, 17, and sophomore John Maxfield, 15, are in their first year on the team. "I always had an interest in this kind of competition," Maxfield said. "I heard about this, so I decided to join." Returning students say that with the new additions, this is the best team they've had during the three-year span. "The first year, we were not too technical of a group, but everyone knew their roles, and they played the part," said Kit Workman, a retired Air Force major and the school's ROTC instructor. "The last two years, we've had really smart kids, but the challenge has been to work as a team." If they can meet that challenge, the team will once again return home with first place. BY JASEN ASAY Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau LEARFIELD — Imagine trying to keep five computers safe from corruption as hackers attempt to infiltrate the network and steal files. For the Air Force JROTC team from Clearfield High School, that scenario is more than just a fantasy. That is what seven Clearfield students will face, during the finals of the CyberPatriot IV competition later this month in Washington, D.C. "It's kind of a nerd game, but it's really fun," said 18-yearold Braxton Allen, a senior at CHS. For the third straight year, the team from Clearfield will be heading to the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center at National Harbor, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., for the finals of the national competition. The team finished first in 2010 but dropped to third a year ago. "We want to reclaim our first-place status," Allen said. But the game is more than just a way for the students to spend their time playing on a computer. As the nation's largest and fastest-growing high school cyber defense competition, CyberPatriot gets young people interested in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines as well as cyber security "The scenario is very true C GRADS MARY LOU GORNY/Hilltop Times (From left to right) the senior students present to accept their summer camp scholarships were: Danny Campbell, Alia Platt, Andrew Ross, Taylor Smith, Jedd Grove, Dietrich Geisler, Carly Capener, Cotten Yardley, Supraj Prakash and Brayden Burrell. AWARDS From page 7 and AEF have donated cash prizes for the science fair awards as selected by the North Davis leaders. Lunt explained that she appreciated the financial support and that it made the awards extra nice because in addition to the awards the students got something they could spend. Roach explained between the junior and senior portions of the reception that the benefit of giving awards to those who participated in Glen Romine, Tech. Sgt. Michael Zagone 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron: 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Richard Yochum Graduate) Ogden Air Logistics Center 75th Security Forces Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Temeka Miley From page 7 science fairs is that those students have already demonstrated an interest and excellence in the STEM areas. Even the junior members received summer camp scholarships as 40 scholarships were awarded. Not all members of the senior and junior divisions were present as not all had received notification in sufficient time in order to attend. Roach and Judith Maughan, educational liaison at Hill Air Force Base, explained that separate judging had been done by Hill AFB representatives at the science fairs to determine who were awarded the summer camp scholarships. Tech. Sgt. Derrick Braddy, Tech. Sgt. David Clark Tech. Sgt. Clint Organ (Distinguished 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Tech. Sgt. 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