Academic team season recap (Senior Night on Dec. 4th!)

As the academic team competitive season is drawing to a close, here’s a quick recap of this year’s team performance.

Courtesy of Christina Pommer

The Saint Stephen’s Green Team (Sidney Knowles, Matthew Thomas, Colton Melnick, all ’19, and Connor McCray, ’21,) prepare for an upcoming round at Southeast High School.

Jules Pung, Staff Writer
November 27, 2018

With an undefeated streak thus far, the Saint Stephen’s “Green Team,” made up of mostly upperclassmen and veteran members, has racked up a total of 608 points throughout their participation in each of the county meets at schools such as Southeast and Bayshore.

During a weekend Quiz Bowl tournament (a fast-paced competition) at UCF, the Green Team remained undefeated for all 21 matches, with Sidney Knowles coming in second place for number of points scored, followed by first-year team member Gabby Creneti in fifth place. Additionally, Sidney won first place as the top scorer at Spring Hill, and subsequently, earned the title of top scorer in Manatee County.

Recently, the Saint Stephen’s academic team was also featured as the high school Team of the Week in a newsletter by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) organization.

Be sure to come to academic team’s Senior Night on Tuesday, December 4, from 6:30-8:30 PM, to cheer them on in their final competition of the season. Saint Stephen’s alum and Jeopardy participant, Hannah Sage, will be reading questions throughout the match.