The long wait for students

Francis Polytechnic High School sophomore Cathy Capalla has been having nightmares over the past four nights - and that's when she's been able to sleep. Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

"Oh my God ... I've been uneasy ... anxious ... sometimes I think I'm going to hyperventilate," said Capalla, 16.

The teen and her classmates at the Sun Valley campus were among hundreds of kids who duked it out last week during the final leg of Los Angeles Unified's 29th annual Academic Decathlon. Tonight at a Hollywood High ceremony, she'll be among hundreds of local students, parents and coaches who will learn whether months of late-night cram sessions paid off.