QUIZ BOWL
CHAMPIONS Greenwood’s 8th and 9th Grade Quiz Bowl Team claimed the 6A Junior High Finals Red Division Quiz Bowl Championship, in essence becoming 6A Quiz Bowl Co-state Champions with Blue Division champs and conference rivals Lake Hamilton. (The Arkansas Activities Association does not allow official Jr. High State Champions, so the top advancing teams from each quiz bowl regional tournament are split into two divisions. Teams in each division then play separate finals tournaments.)
took first place at the Mena Jr. High Quiz Bowl Invitational outscoring conference rivals Lake Hamilton in the finals. Captain Cooper Young led the team in scoring. He was joined on the team by fellow freshmen Hayden Webb and Mary Hutchinson and eighth graders John Wagoner, Emma Powell, Mariam Alzufari, and Elaina Stewart. The Junior High 8th and 9th Grade Team is coached by Rick Clow.
Greenwood went undefeated throughout the tournament defeating Sheridan, Sylvan Hills, and Russellville Black in the preliminary rounds and earning the top seed and a first round bye in single elimination bracket play. Greenwood then outscored conference mates Russellville Black for a second time before downing Benton Maroon in the finals. Greenwood freshman Hayden Webb was named the Red Division’s Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-tournament team along with fellow freshman and team captain Cooper Young. Both students qualified to compete at the Junior High Allstar Tournament on February 29 in Conway. Other team members competing in the finals tournament were Mary Hutchinson, John Wagner, Emma Powell, Mariam Alzufari, and Sawyer Hill. A week prior to the Jr. Finals Tournament, the team
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Jr. High - Finals Champs 2020
