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    Academic Challenge- Lakewood Dominates

    Academic Challenge- Lakewood Dominates

    This past weekend, Lakewood High School’s Academic Challenge Team really showed their stuff– demonstrating just how smart they are. The LHS Varsity team, advised by Peter Petto and Bob Sedlak, includes seniors Ian Bell and Evan Suttell; juniors Brian Donahoe, Kevin Cush, Abe Dalisky, Calvin Dolatowski, Erika Hakko, Seamus Holian, Damian Jouriles, Veronica Lee, and Andrew VanAuken; sophomores John Bobik, Nick Cleary, Tim Daso, Michael Ferrone, Frank Llesay, Nikoy Norris; freshmen Evan Bell, Aidan Bohac, Alice King and Kathryn Oleksa. The top three members of the team were invited to participate in the Academic Challenge quiz TV show last Saturday, those three being Ian Bell, Evan Suttell, and Brian Donahoe. The team performed exceptionally well, breaking their season team total with a whopping 750 points. To put that number into perspective, the runner-up team Valley Forge tallied less than half of that, with 360 points.

    Wondering exactly what goes down during an Academic Challenge quiz TV show? The rules are fairly simple. Three different schools each with three different players are asked a variety of questions and receive points based on their answers. The questions cover a wide range of topics, and the team that racks up the most points wins.

    Will Lakewood qualify for the Championship match? When the season comes to an end, the scores of the highest scoring teams will be tallied in order to come up with the final championship competitors who will compete in June. The LHS Academic Challenge Team also qualified for a set of grants from Westfield Insurance. We are so incredibly proud of our team and their accomplishments, and excited to see where they will go from here!

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