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he Solanco High School Quiz Bowl team is flying high. Amitai Kauffman will soar higher than ever before when the savvy squad travels to Atlanta for the High School National Championship Tournament. It will be the senior’s first trip on an airplane. “I’ll be probably even nervous, but I’ll be fine,” he said. The competition, organized by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT), will take place at the Marriott Marquis Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24. A p proximately 300 schools from across the country will be represented. Teams will play 10 matches on May 23. Depending on its record, Solanco will participate in either the playoffs or the consolation tournament on May 24. “I’m going into it with no expectations, because the level of teams
Solanco High School Quiz Bowl team members (from left) John Winters, Thomas King, Amitai Kauffman, Lucy Costigan, Brianna Harvey, and Rhiannon Groff
is really difficult, and the questions get harder too,” coach Caley Roark said. “It’s a whole other level of difficulty, so I just want them to experience what it is like at that level
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In addition to Amitai, the group is composed of seniors John Winters and Lucy Costigan and juniors Rhiannon Groff, Thomas King, and Brianna Harvey. See Quiz Bowl pg 8
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Best of Show last year was awarded to Steven Berkowitz of Kirkwood. For this year, there will be Best of Show awards for both youths and adults.
Amateur photographers are invited to participate in the annual Octoraro Watershed Association (OWA) Photography Contest, which aims to highlight life in the watershed area. It is not necessary to live in the Octoraro Watershed to participate. Entries will be judged in three age categories: Adult, age 18 and above; Youth, ages 13 to 17; and Youth 2, age 12 and under. Monetary prizes and ribbons will
be awarded to first-, second- and thirdplace winners in all categories. There will also be a Best of Show winner and a People’s Choice award. New this year is that there will be a Best of Show youth winner along with the Best of Show adult winner. “We had 80 entries last year. We have been in partnership with Miss (Amanda) Kieffer’s class at Octorara (Junior-Senior) High School, and they alone submitted 40 photographs,” noted Chotty Sprenkel, contest coordinator. “One (of the student’s photos) almost got See Contest pg 4
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and do their best. If we make it to the playoff rounds, that would be great. If not, we just enjoy our time and appreciate how good some of these teams are.”