The Annual Literature High School Quiz Bowl Held in Seward with Three Teams from SHS

September 23, 2021

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The annual Literature High School Quiz Bowl was held in Seward, at the Seward Civic Center, with 34 High School Quiz Bowl teams competing in a tournament competition with a Literature Focus on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.  This annual event in held in conjunction with the Concordia University –Seward Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival, and offered as a high school event opportunity. Each round offered 40 toss up and 40 bonus questions based on Literature, Grammar and Journalism.

The day featured high school teams in a knowledge quiz bowl contest, with a round robin contest in the morning-where each team played a minimum of three rounds and then participated in a single elimination tourney in the afternoon-with the schools divided into three divisions.  The event was sponsored by the Nebraska English Language Arts Council (NELAC)-the state’s Nebraska English Teachers Association and an affiliate of National Council Teachers of English (NCTE).  

Attending from SHS were Team One: Ben Nottingham, Nathan Roebke, Marisa Schmeckpeper, Ethan Wilkinson, Elianah Wunderlich.  Team Two: Liam Krahulik, Lydia Lobmeyer, Sjoen Munk, Kretyn Roth.  Team three: Ella Gray, Kianna Hellbusch, Madison Kramer, Abigail Moore, Abigayil Wunderlich.  There coach is Melissa Pohl.

Each SHS team played three rounds in the morning Round Robin practice rounds and then they were seeded in the single elimination tourney in the afternoon. They were seeded for the afternoon tourney, based on points generated and wins/losses in the morning Round Robin.

The winners in the tourney included…Large School –First Place-Gretna A coached by Rich Arch, Second-Elkhorn North-coached by Molly Erickson. Medium Schools –First Place-Central City A coached by Brandon Wright, and Second Place-Central City B-coached by Brandon Wright. Small Schools –First Place-Shelton High coached by Casey Petersen and Second Place was won by Hampton B coached by Gary Richards.  

Readers/judges for the event were Jenni Erhart of Osceola, Kathy Wilcox of Crete, Sue Imig, Dr. Louis Reith, Clark Kolterman all of Seward and Ann Quinlan of Lincoln. The timers and score keepers were filled by coaches and students in attendance.

Riley Nuttleman served as the Quiz Master and worked with Clark Kolterman, the NELAC Project Chairman.

Trophies and medals were awarded to the First Place teams in each division, Small, Medium and Large.  The Second Place team won a trophy and there was a consolation round for Third and Fourth Place. See photo ID at bottom of this article.