States: I will quote heavily from the press release here “State Quiz Bowl consists of three simultaneously run tournaments: Class A, Class B and Class C/D. The competition is double-elimination and is open to quiz teams who have won either a league championship or major tournament at some point this season.
16 teams in Class A; I think they actually do some kind of seeding…DCC is the #1 seed, and if they did seeding, we must be the #4 seed. The competition is over two days; they play on Friday, basically until they lose, and then continue on Saturday.
Received updates from Kevin via text:
- “We beat Gull Lake 300-135 and I got an Iron Man question”. Stupid Dad thought it was an Iron Man-type of question particular to this competition, not an actually Iron Man super hero question (which is what it was)
- “We beat Holland by a hundred or so and I got a question about the Apollo program”
- “We lost 450-125 to DCC”
So, on to the loser’s bracket on Saturday
- “We play Owosso next” “We beat them”
- “We barely beat Utica. I sealed the win by getting a 9/11 question at the end”
Dad asks “what’s next”
- “Harry S Truman. We’re playing for second" “We beat Truman on the last question.” “We didn’t get a ZZ Top bonus question”. “But I got a Barry Bonds question after the clue that he played for the Pirates in the early 90’s”
this is the next thing texted; the medal for second….
unsaid in the texts was that beating Truman meant another shot at DCC….Dad texts “Lost to DCC again huh” and Kevin texts back..
- “They didn’t break 400 this time, and we improved on our score.” “I also got the opening question (it was Brett Favre)”. They lost 360-160.
Emily not pictured, missed the last match and the awards ceremony…
More from the press release “More than 600 Michigan high school students from 35 counties across the state gathered at Michigan State University on April 19-20 to participate in the competition former Senate Majority Leader Dan L. DeGrow began as an annual event 26 years ago.
The event, sponsored by the Michigan State University Honors College and Meijer, Inc., was held at MSU for the thirteenth time.
The Class A competition, won by Detroit Catholic Central High School, was determined in one final match….. Second place went to Okemos High School, coached by Andrew F. The Okemos team included Abhijit D., Emily B. Kevin H. Martina F., and Mayank P. The team from Harry S. Truman High School placed third.”
Year-end Summary: Posted by Herr Floyd on Facebook
“The 2013 OHS Varsity Quiz Bowl Team in Head-to-Head Competitions:
CAAC Blue Fall League: Regular Season & Tournament Champs with a combined record of 15-0. All-league: Mayank & Emily All-league honorable mention: Kevin
Quizbusters: White Division and Grand Champions with a record of 6-0.
Tri-County Winter League: Champions with a record of 14-0.
March Madness @ MSU: 9th place with a record of 7-5.
MSU Honors College Class A State Championship: Runner-up with a record of 5-2.
Class A All-State Team: Mayank
Final tally: 3 championships and a state runner-up finish with an overall head-to-head record of 47-7.
Congratulations on some fine performances, indeed!”
