Write a program which allows eight scores to be entered, discards the lowest and highest scores, then computes an average score for the contestant. Your program should display the eight entered scores, the average score, and the two discarded scores.

SportsEvent.java

import java.util.*;

public class SportsEvent
{
   // instance variables
   private double[] scores = new double[8];
   private Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

   /* This method prompts the user to enter in 8 scores and stores
    * them in the array scores.
    */
   public void readScores()
   {
      System.out.println("Enter eight contestant scores: ");
   
      for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
      {
         System.out.print("Judge " + (i + 1) + ": ");
         scores[i] = keyboard.nextDouble();
      }
   }

   /* Determines which score in scores is the lowest
    * @return the lowest score in scores
    */
   public double lowest()
   {
      double lowest = Double.MAX_VALUE;
      for (double i : scores)
      {
         if (i < lowest)
         {
            lowest = i;
         }
      }
      return lowest;
   }

   /* Determines which score in scores is the highest
    * @return the highest score in scores
    */
   public double highest()
   {
      double highest = Double.MIN_VALUE;
      for (double i : scores)
      {
         if (i > highest)
         {
            highest = i;
         }
      }
      return highest;
   }

   /* Calculates the average of scores with the lowest and highest scores
    * thrown out.
    * @return the average
    */
   public double average()
   {
      double total = 0;
      double amount = 0;
   
      for (double i : scores)
      {
         if (i == lowest() || i == highest())
         {
            continue;
         }
         total += i;
         amount++;
      }
   
      return (total / amount);
   }

   /* This method prints a summary report which includes the original list of
    * scores, the average of the scores, the lowest score, and the highest
    * score.
    */
   public void printSummary()
   {
      System.out.println("                      Summary");
      System.out.println("-------------------------------------------------");
      System.out.print("Scores: ");
      for (double i : scores)
      {
         System.out.print(i + " ");
      }
      System.out.println();
   
      System.out.println("Lowest score: " + lowest());
      System.out.println("Highest score: " + highest());
      System.out.printf("Average score: %.1f", average());
   }

   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      SportsEvent app = new SportsEvent();
      app.readScores();
      app.printSummary();
   }
}