Norwalk Surges to Retake Lead
...Firelands Challenge Roud IV Results.
The Firelands Challenge team from Norwalk High School gave audience members a thrilling performance in the final fourth round match. It had the highest score of the season thus far (72 points) to best teams from Western Reserve (20) and Monroeville (15).
The win restored Norwalk to the first-place position in the standings. It took the lead in the match after the first category of questions in Current Events and added more points the rest of the way. Norwalk swept the Mathematics and Fine Arts categories, earned 20 bonus points and picked up 11 of l6 possible points on Lightning Round questions.
Huron High School, previously in first place, went up against teams from St. Paul and Lakota. St. Paul took a lead after the first segment of the match and maintained it for the win. The final scores were St. Paul 44, Huron 38 and Lakota 18.
The team from Edison reinserted itself into the possible play-off picture by winning its match with Perkins and Oak Harbor. Like Norwalk, Edison led the other two teams throughout the match.
Edison picked up 12 bonus points from questions answered incorrectly by the other two teams on the way to its highest score of the season. The final scores for this match were Edison 57, Perkins 38 and Oak Harbor 11.
Other match scores included:
- Danbury 35, Willard 20, Margaretta 14
- St. Mary 51, New London 21, Bellevue 16
- Port Clinton 58, So. Central 23, Sandusky 18
These match results produced some changes in the season standings. Norwalk replaced Huron in first and Huron dropped to third. Edison bumped Perkins out of the top five by taking the fifth spot.
The top five schools and their cumulative scores after Round IV are:
- Norwalk 224
- Port Clinton 214
- Huron 201
- St. Mary 198
- Edison 187