Margaretta Upsets Edison in Firelands Challenge Match
Top Five Teams in Standings Unchanged...
In a much anticipated contest, Margaretta’s Firelands Challenge team bested the team from Edison in a match on Wednesday. Edison, the current champion and winner of three previous matches this season, couldn’t keep pace with a strong performance by the Margaretta team.
The two teams were tied at the end of the first segment of the match, but Edison could only muster three points in the second segment. Margaretta scored 16 points in that segment and never looked back.
Margaretta, in third place after the first three matches, correctly answered nine of ten regular team questions to secure its victory over Edison. It finished the match with 56 points to Edison’s 40. The team from Huron, in fifth place at the season’s mid-point scored 34 points to hold on to its place in the standings.
In the closest fourth-round match, South Central and St. Paul tied with 31 points. Oak Harbor was also in the match and finished only two points behind the other teams with 29 points.
Another close match saw Norwalk edge out Bellevue, 45 to 42. Norwalk was the only team able to correctly answer its Team Choice question. Monroeville was the third team in the match and scored 19 points.
The team from Western Reserve used its best performance of the season to beat Sandusky and New London. Like Norwalk, Western Reserve was to only team able to answer its Team Choice question and won the match with 40 points to 15 for Sandusky and 12 for New London.
Other match scores include:
St. Mary CC 46, Port Clinton 29, and Perkins 20
Willard 39, Danbury 32, and Lakota 13
The top five teams in the season standings did not change as a result of the Round Four matches. These teams and their cumulative scores are:
- Edison 242
- St. Mary CC 204
- Margaretta 194
- Willard 169
- Huron 161
Round Five matches are scheduled to be held on January 23 and 24. The top two teams based on cumulative scores will enter the Championship Rounds. Teams in the third though fifth places will enter a play-off with the winner contending in the Championship Rounds.