Ada on top of 40-team scholastic bowl
By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School quiz bowl team won the 40-team Western Ohio Branch Campus Scholastic Bowl held Tuesday at Wright State-Celina. Ada not only won its own small school division but also easily out distanced all schools regardless of size.
The Ada Varsity A team finished with 137 points while runner-up Coldwater finished with 117 points while capturing the large school division.
The competition consisted of eight 25-minute rounds on the topics of social studies, science, language, business, math, popular culture, fine arts and inventions/technology. Four teams competed simultaneously in each match.
Ada won six of its eight matches while finishing second once and third once.
The Ada Junior Varsity B team finished with 105 points, good for seventh overall and fifth among small schools. The B team consists of Callee Young, Melina Woods, Hunter Wells, Ian Dellifield, Theo Hardesty, Isaac Spar, Jacob Thaxton and Morgan Swick.
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Ada quiz bowl Varsity A team members are (from left) ) Austin Amburgey, Terry Sheridan, Alex Hurtig, Erryk Katayama, Kiser Colley, Jacob Colwell and Nathan Hurtig.
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