The Scholars Bowl team competed against their parents at their end-of-season banquet Friday, Feb. 23. This banquet was their last official meeting of the season following a successful season, getting fifth at state. The team celebrated the end of their season by giving out awards, along with recognizing the positions of the members involved.
The team’s coach, Tina Keith, explained the process of setting up the banquet for the parents and their children.
“For the most part we had a lot of parental help,” Keith said. “All we did was provide the pizza, and then all the parents signed up to bring the sides and the drinks which was awesome.”
Two graduating seniors, Scholars Bowl captains Emma Clement and Georgia Hansen, were recognized along with various team members who lettered.
They enjoyed a few rounds of trivia against their parents, beating them by a landslide. Sophomore Nadia Kindt explains how fun it was to be a part of, especially with the parents being involved.
“The parents got a little throttled, but it was okay,” Kindt said. “I feel like everyone was just having a lot of fun and I could tell a lot of the parents were super confused, but I just thought that was so funny.”
The parents such as Alan Clement enjoyed having insight into the practice and rounds that their kids go through.
“[The rounds] were a lot of fun,” Clement said. “The students obviously were really good at it, and the parents weren’t. [The parents] sometimes knew the answers, but the students were just better at buzzing in and having a plan, plus the students are just really smart. It’s always fun to see young people outperforming the adults.”
The Scholars Bowl team had a successful season, placing in many competitions throughout the year. The banquet created a space for the team to finally relax and have fun now that the stress of the season is gone. Sophomore Ian Weatherman details how he and his team practiced and prepared for their meets.
“This season was especially good for building our team, as we got so many new people to join,” Weatherman said. “I really enjoyed how we placed because we did better this year than last year, which is really the only thing we can do: try to improve every year.”
While the season is officially over for tournaments and competition, that doesn’t mean that the students participating in the activity will stop practicing. Weatherman explains what he’ll be doing to prepare for next year’s challenges.
“We’re planning on meeting most Fridays here on out as optional meetings to study up,” Weatherman said. “The seniors are going to teach us some things so they can pass on some knowledge and we can just have some fun.”
Keith also has a plan for preparing for next season, including recruiting new members to hopefully further the success of the team.
“Next season we plan on hosting a JV and varsity tournament,” Keith said. “We’ll be preparing questions for that. We’ll be trying to lay out what we want that to look like, who we would want to invite to the various schools and we’ll be trying to recruit more students. We want to get some incoming freshmen to join and build up our team.”
