Dennis Papesh Memorial
Centerville Invitational
Tournament Survey (Coaches and Volunteers)
Please take a few minutes to let us know how we the 2025 Dennis Papesh Memorial, Centerville Science Olympiad Invitational went. Your feedback is valuable, and will help us continuously assess our performance and improve for future tournaments. Thank you.
Dennis Papesh Outstanding Science Olympiad Volunteer Recognition Award Nomination:
This award seeks to honor Dennis's memory by highlighting volunteers who demonstrate a significant positive impact on the competition through their contributions, going above and beyond to enhance the experience for participants and/or attendees. A volunteer is any person who freely offers to take part in supporting a Science Olympiad Tournament. Please use this form to nominate a volunteer for outstanding service and/or commitment to Ohio Science Olympiad. The award will be announced at this year's Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament!
Most Recent Updates:
1/24/2025: Updated Tournament Schedule (corrected room numbers for Mission Possible & Scrambler), Updated Maps, Posted downloadable PDF version of this page
1/13/2025: Updated Concessions List
1/4/2025: Team Numbers, Event Supervisor Info, Event Room, and Team Homeroom Assignments Updated. Email #2 sent out
12/22/2024: Tournament Schedule, Team Numbers, Event Supervisor Information posted. Email #1 sent out
The Dennis Papesh Memorial Centerville Invitational, B-Division Science Olympiad Tournament is now FULL and registration is closed.
If you would like your team to be placed on our wait list in the event any schools need to cancel, please email science.thms@gmail.com
Download the mobile PDF version of the entire Centerville Invitational Coach Book
WELCOME!
The Centerville Science Olympiad Organization welcomes you to our 2025 Dennis Papesh Memorial, Centerville Invitational. You can find all the information you need here as you prepare your team for travel to Centerville for our annual B-Division competition. This page will be updated continuously as we prepare for our January '25 tournament. Mark your calendars now, and check back periodically for the most up to date information. If you note any discrepancies on this site, feel free to contact science.thms@gmail.com for resolution.
2025 Dennis Papesh Memorial, Centerville Invitational
January 25, 2025
Hadley E. Watts Middle School
7056 McEwen Rd
Washington Township, OH 45459
We will host B-Division, in-person format only. Each registered team is required to supervise, or assist with supervising, one event. The team registration form will allow coaches to select up to five of their most preferred event choices. Please submit a separate registration for each team you are bringing and name them in a manner that easily allows the tournament staff to differentiate them (e.g., Centerville-A, Centerville-B, Centerville-Gold, Centerville-Black, etc.).
We are limiting the tournament to B-Division teams. Medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers for each event; ribbons will be awarded for finishes in 4th through 8th positions. Team trophies will be awarded for the top eight places overall. Schools with multiple teams may only earn a single overall trophy.
Every participating team must be registered with Ohio Science Olympiad, or their home state's organization, if outside of Ohio, to participate in the Centerville Invitational. Tournament registration will begin on September 15, 2025; a registration link will be provided on this page. The team registration fee is $100 per team.
The Centerville Invitational tournament schedule with event room and supervisor assignments
Team numbers and homerooms have been assigned
Room Map
A facility interior map indicating event locations, homerooms, and building key areas was distributed by email to the registrants. We ask that these facility maps NOT be posted online. Hard-copies will also be included in your team packet at check-in.
Campus exterior, parking, overhead, aerial, and neighborhood maps are provided. Please pay close attention to the flow of traffic and communicate with your bus drivers the drop-off and parking arrangements. Traffic flow around Watts Middle School is one-directional. Drop-off is on the trailing side (South) of the building; bus parking is on the leading side (NorthEast) corner of the building. We will have attendants to assist with drop-off and bus parking.
The Centerville Invitational will utilize ESUS for event self-scheduling. Only the email used to register the team(s) will be granted access to ESUS. If you have any issues accessing ESUS, contact science.thms@mail.com for resolution.
Concessions will be sold all day (while supplies last). See the concessions link for prices. Items on the menu include:
Pizza Slices
Hot Dogs
Mac-N-Cheese
Salty Snacks / Chips
Sweet Snacks / Candy
Donuts
Coffee
Water
Soda
Event supervisors shall upload test & keys to our site no later than Jan. 23rd. This will allow us to consolidate and share with all team coaches immediately after the invitational.
We'll provide an active link to the tournament results here immediately after the awards ceremony.
We'll drop a copy of the previous communications within this section for continuity.
Comments or Questions
Please email science.thms@gmail.com if you have any comments or questions.
Thank you for supporting Science Olympiad in your community and ours! We look forward to seeing you in January '25!