The Arkansas Governor’s Quiz Bowl Association awarded $3,200 in scholarships to each of the seven winning teams in the 2013 Arkansas Quiz Bowl held earlier this month at the Arkansas Educational Television Network studios in Conway.
The association also awarded $1,600 in scholarships to the second-place teams in the competitions held for each high school classification, 1A through 7A.
The Most Valuable Player within each classification also was awarded a scholarship.
The results of the April 20 Quiz Bowl finals and the names of the winning team members are:
Class 1A - Haas Hall Academy charter school in Fayetteville defeated Alpena High. The Haas Hall team members were Eli Barton, Brendan Thomas, Adam Mendonca, James Underwood, David Gauch, Lauren Goff, Sowmitran Sivakumar, Katherine Magoulick, Mycah Kettner, Pepito Estrada and Mackenzie Goff. Coaches were Paul Wolf and Tad Sours.
Class 2A - Conway Christian High defeated Cedar Ridge High of Newark. Conway Christian team members were Will Henley, Wesley Oliver, Austin Ellis, Mallory Bryant and Shelby Shelton. The coach was Laura Shelton.
◊Class 3A - Episcopal Collegiate High of Little Rock defeated Fountain Lake High of Hot Springs. The Episcopal Collegiate High team members were Ezra Feldman, Jacob Dowell, Sonia Helen Pascale, Benjamin Winter, Colin Clemmons, Houston Downes, Dylan Wright, Nicholas Simmons, Jackson Bridges and Alan May. The coaches were Stan Whittlesey and Bruce Hall.
Class 4A - Subiaco Academy defeated Gravette High. The Subiaco team members were Matt Tran, Elijah Hekel, Jameson Hall, Jacob Maestri, John Tran, Patrick Giuliani, Eric Ledieu, Daniel Heinrichs and Sam Chisholm. Coaches were Larry Perreault and Sarah Perreault.
Class 5A - Watson Chapel High defeated Little Rock Christian Academy. The Watson Chapel team members were Eric Williams, Andrew Fleming, Rhett Hunt, Joshua Knight, Jimmy Beggs, Bailey Garner, Maggie Young, Khadijah Jones, Jalen B. Mauldin, Clarence Hoskins, Sarah Smith and Tony Elkins. Coaches were Ronette Metcalf and Jamie Fox.
Class 6A - Searcy High defeated Benton High. The Searcy High team members were Becca Shaw, Ana Gomez-Taylor, Patrick McKenzie, Joshua Lovitte, Jordan Ladyman, Hayley Raia, Eva Giddens, Austin Shaw, Gareth Evans, Joseph Lim, Crystal Neill and Jack Tate. The coach was Beverly Joyner.
Class 7A - Fort Smith Southside High defeated Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts of Hot Springs. The Southside team members were Emily Langham, Max Weidman, Rachel Davis, Dylan Wright, Thy “Kathy” Dai, Landon Hunter, Laurel Douglas, Brianna Gant, Austin Phan, Zach Smith, Anastasiya Kravchuk and Sami Sexton. The coach was Josh Adams.
Arkansas, Pages 18 on 04/28/2013