Edison Retains Lead in Firelands Challenge
Round II Results...
The Firelands Challenge team from St. Paul High School made it a close contest, but in the end, Edison
pulled out another victory. St. Paul led by as many as ten points over Edison through the first three
quarters of the match on Tuesday. The final quarter saw a big point swing in Edison’s favor giving it a
four-point win at the end of the match. St. Paul had a one-point edge over Edison in bonus points, while
Edison doubled the points St. Paul earned in the Lightning Rounds. Lakota High School trailed the other
two teams.
In spite of losing its match with Edison and Lakota, St. Paul’s 56 points were enough to move it ahead of
St. Mary’s in the standings.
Perkins held onto its second-place in the standings. It also faced a stiff challenge in its match with
Norwalk and Oak Harbor. The Perkins team led throughout the match, but Norwalk earned six points in
the final Lightning Round to finish only six points behind Perkins. Perkins took thirteen bonus points on
its way to victory.
St. Mary High School had a relatively easy time winning its match with Willard and New London. It
correctly answered eight questions in the ten regular categories along with seven Lightning questions to
win the match and hold down fourth-place in the standings.
The complete set of Round II match scores:
St. Mary 56, Willard 39, New London 30
Port Clinton 39, Bellevue 28, Margaretta 22
South Central 36, Sandusky 32, Monroeville 24
Perkins 54, Norwalk 48, Oak Harbor 24
Edison 60, St. Paul 56, Lakota 23
Danbury 52, Huron 37, Western Reserve 21
The top five teams and their cumulative scores after two rounds of competition:
Edison 132
Perkins 116
St. Paul 114
St. Mary 110
Danbury 91