Edison Wins Firelands Challenge Play-off
Norwalk Wins Season Tie-breaker..
Scores seesawed between Edison and St. Mary Central Catholic in Wednesday’s Firelands Challenge Play-off Match. Huron mounted a serious charge in the second half of the match to keep within striking distance of the other two teams.
In the end, Edison came out on top by a single point to win the season’s Play-off Round. The final scores were Edison 47, St. Mary 46, and Huron 40.
St. Mary held a two-point lead after the first segment of the match, but Edison held a three-point advantage heading into the first Lightning Round. Edison could answer none of the Lightning questions, while St. Mary correctly answered five to take back the lead by two points.
As the second half of the match began, Huron started a comeback when it was the only team that correctly answered questions in the Great Books category. St. Mary’s two-point lead held until the Team Choice questions.
Huron correctly answered its question in French and Edison knew the names of two major Roman goddesses. St. Mary was unable to come up with Gulf of Oman in response to its question in Geography and lost two points.
When the Quotations Toss-up question was posed to the teams, St. Mary took the lead back by one point over Edison. It correctly completed a quotation attributed to Napoleon.
In the very next category, Edison retook the lead by answering a question about a stage adaptation by George S. Kaufman, while St. Mary did not know the title of a musical for which Kaufman won a Tony Award.
Edison’s lead was too much for St. Mary to overcome in the final Lightning Round. Edison will move into the Championship Rounds with Norwalk and Port Clinton.
Norwalk and Port Clinton were tied after six rounds of competition in the regular season. They participated in a tie-breaker after the Play-off.
Both teams answered the same set of question in separate sessions. Norwalk answered more questions correctly and will host the final Championship Round
The dates for the Championship Rounds have not been determined at this time. School schedules will be consulted to determine when the matches can be held.
Here are the Play-off Match team scores after each part of the match.
Part I – Huron 8, Edison 16, St. Mary 18
Part II – Huron 14, Edison 29, St. Mary 31
Part III – Huron 33, Edison 43, St Mary 36
Final – Huron 40, Edison 47, St. Mary 46