Central Greene quiz bowl teams successful
Varsity members of Central Greene School District’s 2012-13 Junior League Quiz Bowl team, consisting of seventh- and eighth-grade students at Margaret Bell Middle School are, seated, from left, Will Behm, Alice Matis, teacher/coach, and Myles Cramer; standing, Branden Sanders and Tommy King.
Junior varsity members of Central Greene School District’s Junior League Quiz Bowl team, consisting of fifth- and sixth-grade students are, seated, from left, Caleb Stephenson, Eden Rogers and Ray Behm; standing, first row, Mary Larkin, Emily McCarty and Kristen Black, second row, Mark Willis, coach, and Tanner Schmidli.
Central Greene School District’s Junior League Quiz Bowl teams concluded a successful 2012-13 season and tournament.
The junior varsity team composed of fifth- and sixth-graders finished the regular season in first place and walked away from the double elimination tournament with a first-place finish as well.
JV team members include Waynesburg Central Elementary students Ray Behm, Mary Larkin and Tanner Schmidli, and Margaret Bell Miller Middle School students Kristen Black, Emily McCarty, Eden Rogers and Caleb Stephenson.
The varsity team consisting of seventh- and eighth-grade Margaret Bell Miller Middle School students finished the regular season in second place. After a hard-fought battle at the double elimination tournament at California University of Pennsylvania Feb. 26, varsity team members Tommy King, Branden Sanders, Will Behm and Myles Cramer took it down to the wire, ending with a seventh-match loss to Laurel Highlands for a second-place finish.
Quiz Bowl is a Jeopardy-style question and answer competition in which knowledge in literature, science, mathematics, arts, music, religion, mythology, philosophy, history, geography, general knowledge, current events, pop culture and sports is quizzed.
Students benefit by being exposed to a broad range of academic subjects, increasing memorization and study skills, developing critical and strategic thinking skills, learning teamwork, experiencing leadership and expanding capacity for responsibility.
The Quiz Bowl competitions are sponsored by the Tri-County Academic League. Junior League teams from Central Greene compete against their counterparts from Laurel Highlands, Albert Gallatin, Jefferson-Morgan, Uniontown, Brownsville, Carmichaels, West Greene, Avella and Southeastern Greene school districts.