The Seward High Quiz Bowl Novice Team Named Second Runner Up at Elkhorn South Quiz Bowl
Six Quiz Bowl teams from Seward were invited to the prestigious Elkhorn South Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, January 7 in an all-day Quiz Bowl contest for both Varsity and Novice high school quiz bowl teams. The SHS Novice Quiz Bowl Team A, composed of SHS Sophomores-Ryan Wall, Jax Johnson, Kiernan Baker and Jack Yelden advanced to the semi-finals, to be defeated by the eventual champions-Creighton Pres Novice A Team. They then competed and defeated the Elkhorn South Quiz Bowl team for the Second Runner-Up trophy.
The SHS Quiz Bowl teams attending included SHS Varsity Team A-Evan Mettenbrink, Chris Galusha, Thomas Bosmeniel, Evan Nottingham and Clarke Chandler. They were the fifth seed going into the final tourney for the afternoon. The SHS Varsity Team B members were Sydney Erickson, Kevin Lyon, Nolan Homp and Shea Thompson, and they were the seventh seed into the final afternoon. In the Novice Division, the Novice Team A was Ryan Wall, Jax Johnson, Kiernan Baker and Jack Yelden, who were the fourth seed going into the afternoon events. SHS Novice Team B members included Garrett Erickson, Jack Groff, Brady Smith, and Alec Sachshewsky, the eight seed. SHS Team C consisted of Austin Dobrusky, Wade Slepicka, Jared Harris and Nolan Whitney, who were the twelfth seed and the SHS Quiz Bowl team D members were Clayton Moore, Emily Lintt, Samantha Warren, Camyrn Jensen and Alexis Hiser, who were the tenth seed. Clark Kolterman served as the team sponsor.
The teams all competed in a round robin tourney in the morning, playing various teams to determine their placement in the afternoon. Each team played four or five games in the morning rounds and started the tourney after lunch. It was a general knowledge quiz bowl featuring questions on math, science, geography, history, art, music and literature.
The winner of the Varsity tourney was Creighton Prep High, followed by Elkhorn and Elkhorn South. The winner of the Novice Tourney was Creighton Prep, followed by Elkhorn South and Seward. The schools participating included Seward, Columbus, Creighton Prep, Elkhorn, Elkhorn South, Bellevue East, Bellevue West, Concordia –Omaha, Norris, Logan-IA, Tekamah Herman, Woodbine-Iowa, Platteview, Nebraska City, Omaha Christian, and Central.
The Seward Quiz Bowl teams are sponsored and funded by the School District of Seward and the School District of Seward High Ability Learner Program (HAL).