Academic Quiz League Returns to Action
The Seneca / Wyandot / Put-in-Bay / Sandusky High School Quiz Bowl League is adding the name of another county to its title, Crawford. Buckeye Central has taken the place of Bettsville, now part of the Old Fort district. The 18 League teams are divided into three divisions: North, Central, and South. The six teams in each division will play each other and also across divisions. Leagues and tournaments across the state send their winners to the Ohio Academic Competition (OAC) regionals in the spring, and the winner and the runner-up at the regional level advance to finals in Columbus. The local League will be sending its three division winners to regionals.
Along with Buckeye Central’s Amy Betts, the League welcomes two other new coaches, Jaime Lininger, coach of the New Riegel team and Rachel Fitzwater, coach of the St. Joseph Central Catholic team.
The League season opened on September 16 with matches at Put-in-Bay in the far north of League territory, Upper Sandusky in the far south, and Calvert in Tiffin in the middle.
In the North Division, Clyde, last year’s North Division winner, and Old Fort, and Saint Joe’s are tied at 2-1. In the Central division, Columbian, last year’s Central Division winner; Hopewell-Loudon, which has lost only two matches in the last two years of League play and was last year’s South Division and also tournament winner; and St. Wendelin, each won all three of their matches. Mohawk has the lead in the South Division, winning all three of its matches. Seneca East (2-1) is second. Of the 18 teams, 15, including Buckeye Central in its debut, won at least one match. With only a five-point difference for three of the matches and only 10 for the fourth, in four matches, the Clyde and Mohawk, North Central and Bridges, Put-in-Bay and Old Fort, and Seneca East and New Riegel matches, the win could just as easily have gone to the other team.
The next meeting of the League teams will be in October at Bridges Community Academy, Calvert High School, and North Central Academy, all in Tiffin.
The combined scores from September are:
Buckeye Central-Carey 80-35
Calvert-St. Joseph Central Catholic 115-55
Carey-New Riegel 115-85
Clyde-Bridges Community Academy 185-10
Clyde-Old Fort 135-75
Columbian-Carey 150-105
Columbian-Seneca East 145-120
Columbian-Upper Sandusky 185-120
Hopewell-Loudon- Calvert 245-80
Hopewell-Loudon-Fostoria 265-0
Hopewell-Loudon-Ross 190-70
Mohawk-Clyde 140-135
Mohawk-North Central Academy 105-40
Mohawk-Put-in-Bay 150-55
New Riegel-Upper Sandusky 150-115
North Central Academy-Bridges Community Academy 65-60
Old Fort-North Central Academy 90-70
Old Fort-Put-in-Bay 90-80
Put-in-Bay-Bridges Community Academy 95-20
Seneca East-Buckeye Central 145-45
Seneca East-New Riegel 135-130
St. Joseph Central Catholic-Fostoria 95-10
St. Joseph Central Catholic-Ross 125-90
St. Wendelin-Calvert 150-60
St. Wendelin-Fostoria 115-45
St. Wendelin-Ross 175-40
Upper Sandusky-Buckeye Central 120-45
For more information, contact Kendra Nelson, League co-coordinator:
Kendra Nelson
NCOESC Gifted Education Supervisor
928 West Market Street, Suite A.
Tiffin, Ohio 44883
419-447-2927