Writer/Photographer - Lily Monigold This last Thursday after school, the Le Roy Scholastic Bowl team gathered together in the library to get ready for their meet. They were going up against Ridgeview. Usually, Ridgeview would have either come to Le Roy for the meet or we would have come to them. However, this year things have looked different; like a lot of extracurricular activities right now. For example, this year the team started up with practices and meets in January when usually the season starts up earlier than that. Instead of having actual buzzers, each person has a computer in front of them in a zoom call. There is a button to push for the buzzer on the computer screen. These differences, however, didn’t stop Le Roy from giving it their all. The meet started out with the choosing of Mary Thayn for captain. There are two seniors this year on the team; Mary Thayn and Jacob Gaul. They take turns being captain each meet. Basically, Mary’s job as captain was to be the spokesperson for the team on the bonus questions. She was also the one to have the sound from the zoom come out of her computer. Throughout the meet, Ridgeview never had a score higher than Le Roy’s. For instance, at half time (after ten rounds) Le Roy had 70 points and Ridgeview had 40 points. Toss-up and bonus questions were fired at the team, but they never wavered. When in doubt, they gave it their best educated guess. The questions ranged from the subjects math, science, literature, history, religion, and more. They weren’t easy questions that everyone would know, either. I realized throughout the meet that I do not have much random knowledge, for nearly all of the questions had me stumped. The final score of the game was Le Roy with 150 points and Ridgeview with 70 points. So far this season, Le Roy has two wins and four losses. They have the potential to go to Regionals this year, for the top ten teams go and they are currently number 10. To top off the exciting win, Mrs. Marcy’s birthday was the following day after the meet. To celebrate, everyone wore their craziest hats/headwear. You can see from the pictures below that there were some pretty cool ones! Even though things are looking different this year, the Scholastic Bowl team has managed to stay positive and still have fun during their season. According to Mrs. Marcy, a big downside is that her and the team don’t get to meet as many new people from other schools. The next meet will be on Tuesday, February 9th. There are no meets next week for it will be “Trash Bowl” week. This means that the team will have some fun answering pop culture questions. Be on the lookout for more updates!
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