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The Shooting Star Cowboy goes on a trip through the "ear-y-canal" during the GHS Odyssey team's performance.

On February 24, three Odyssey of the Mind teams from the Goshen Central School District competed in the regional competition at Orange-Ulster BOCES in Goshen.

Goshen High School Odyssey of the Mind team members Rachel Jordan, Katie MacDonald, Alex Finkelstein, Ryan Kish, Kiersten Ellefsen, Maddie Laskoski and Sara Laskoski, along with their coach, Beth Laskoski, placed second in the region with their creative solution to the problem “The Wonderful Muses.” In Greek Mythology, muses were the source of inspiration for the creative works of artists and scientists. In their problem, a muse must inspire a real person and a team-created character in order to make positive contributions to the world. They chose Urania, the muse of astronomy and astrology, who inspires Louis Braille and the Shooting Star through the singing and dancing of her lively constellations.

The Goshen Intermediate School (GIS) sent two teams to the competition. One team competed in “Odyssey Road Rally” and was awarded third place for its solution. Team members Rachel Andryshak, Alyssa Eilers, Daniel Donovan, Austin Brock, Lauren Wapshare, Vishnu Rao-Sharma and Advaita Rao-Sharma worked with coaches Karen Brock and Moira Eilers to design and build a vehicle that would compete in a road rally and perform three sports-related tasks.

The other GIS team chose to compete in “The Eccentrics,” where team members created three characters who solve a problem with the Earth system and are rewarded with a celebration. The team also placed third. Team members are Hannah Blustein, Gianna Gesualdo, Meghan Sager, Madison Blaine, Sophie Weissman, Kathleen Stamos and Dianna Rumpf, with Coach Cathy Kloorfain.