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The match schedule for the Firelands Challenge Championship Rounds has been established.  Edison and Willard high schools advanced to the Championship Rounds by virtue of their respective first and second place finishes in the regular season.  Huron High School joins them after winning the Play-off match on Tuesday.

The match schedule:

• Match I – Tuesday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. at Huron High School
• Match II – Friday, January 31, 9:00 a.m. at Willard High School
• Match III – Wednesday, February 5, 10:00 a.m. at Edison High School

Points earned by the teams in the regular season are not counted for the championship.  Only the cumulative score in the championship matches for each team will determine the victor. 

Edison High School has won Firelands Challenge Championships in each of the past seven seasons.  Willard High School last won the championship in 2011.  Huron’s last championship came in 1999.

There has been thirty-eight seasons of the program.  In that span Edison has 20 championships, Willard has 2 championships, and Huron has 2 championships.

...Moves to Championship Rounds with Edison, Willard

Sandusky, Ohio.  January 14, 2020 – Tuesday was big day for Huron High School as it won a major victory in the Firelands Challenge Play-off match.  It outscored its closest opponent by 19 points and earned its way into the Championship Rounds with Edison and Willard.

Only one point separated the teams from Norwalk (27) and Perkins (28), but Huron won in stellar fashion with 47 points.  The match opened with Current Events and the Huron team was the only team to score points in that category.  The next category was American Literature and Huron scored bonus points by answering a question first posed to Norwalk.  The third category was Vocabulary and Huron scored the only points in that category as well.

After getting off to a very good start, the team from Huron never looked back.  At the halfway point in the match, Huron led with 25 points to Perkins’ 17 and Norwalk’s 6.  Going into the Team Choice category, Perkins was only 10 points behind Huron.  Huron answered its question correctly while Perkins missed its question.  That resulted in a swing of eight points and Perkins fell to 18 points behind Huron.

Just one category, Lightning questions, gave Huron trouble.  It picked up only one point while Perkins had six points and Norwalk had four points.

The three teams in the Play-off match finished the regular season in third (Perkins), fourth (Norwalk), and fifth (Huron) place.  Willard finished the season in second place and Edison finished in first to go directly into the Championship Rounds.

With this victory, Huron’s team is now eligible to participate in the Championship Rounds of Firelands Challenge.  Huron will host the first match on January 28.  Willard will host the second match on a date to be determined and Edison will host the final match on February 5, 2020.

Firelands Challenge

2019-20 Schedule

Note:  Home team is listed first.  Bold and CAPS indicate host school.

Round I

Monday, September 30, 2019 @ Ernsthausen Aud.

9:30 am                Willard                  Danbury               Port Clinton

10:45 am             St. Paul                 St. Mary               New London

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 @ Ernsthausen Aud.

9:30 am                Norwalk               Huron                   Oak Harbor

10:45 am             W. Reserve         Lakota                   Bellevue

Thursday, October 3, 2019 @ EHOVE (Room 929/930)

9:30 am                So. Central          Perkins                 Sandusky

10:45 am             Margaretta         Monroeville       Edison

Round II

Monday, October 14, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                Lakota                   Sandusky             St. Mary

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                So. Central          Oak Harbor         Monroeville

10:45 am             Bellevue              St. Paul                 Port Clinton

Thursday, October 17, 2019

9:30 am                NORWALK          New London      Danbury

Friday, October 18, 2019

10:00 am             EDISON                 Perkins                 W. Reserve

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

9:00 am                HURON                Margaretta         Willard
 

Round III

Monday, October 28, 2019

9:30 am                ST. MARY            Monroeville       Perkins

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

9:30 am                WILLARD             Norwalk               Lakota

Thursday, October 31, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                St. Paul                 Edison                   So. Central

10:45 am             New London      Margaretta         Sandusky

12:00 pm             Danbury               Bellevue              Huron

Friday, November 1, 2019 @ EHOVE (Room 929/930)

10:45 am             W. Reserve         Port Clinton        Oak Harbor

Round IV

Monday, November 11, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                Monroeville       Sandusky             Norwalk

10:45 am             Bellevue              St. Mary               Willard

12:00 pm             Oak Harbor         Perkins                 Margaretta

Thursday, November 14, 2019 @ EHOVE (Room 929/930)

9:30 am                Huron                   So. Central          W. Reserve

10:45 am             Lakota                   Danbury               St. Paul

12:00 pm             Port Clinton        New London      Edison
 

Round V

Monday, November 18, 2019

9:30 am                OAK HARBOR    St. Mary               Danbury

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

10:30 am             PERKINS               Huron                   New London

Thursday, November 21, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                Sandusky             Edison                   Bellevue

10:45 am             Port Clinton        Lakota                   So. Central

12:00 pm             Margaretta         W. Reserve         Norwalk

Friday, November 22, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                Monroeville       Willard                  St. Paul

Round VI

Monday, December 9, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                Danbury               So. Central          Margaretta

10:45 am             New London      Bellevue              Monroeville

12:00 pm             Edison                   Oak Harbor         Lakota

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                Sandusky             Willard                  W. Reserve

10:45 am             Perkins                 Norwalk               St. Paul

Thursday, December 12, 2019 @ EHOVE (The Center)

9:30 am                St. Mary               Port Clinton        Huron

Play-off Round

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 9:30 am @ EHOVE (The Center)
 

Championship Matches

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Time and site TBD

Thursday, January 30, 2020 Time and site TBD

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Time and site TBD