St. Mary's Upsets Norwalk...
...Firelands Challenge Standings Unchanged
In a face-to-face battle for the top spot in the Firelands Challenge academic competition, Sandusky St. Mary’s upset Norwalk’s team on Tuesday afternoon. Heading into the match, Norwalk was eight points ahead of St. Mary’s, but the team from St. Mary’s took the third round match by four points to cut Norwalk’s lead in half.
The close contest had Norwalk in the lead for most of the match. However, Norwalk was tripped up by its question in the Team Choice category. St. Mary’s answered its own question correctly. This meant St. Mary’s went from six points behind to two points ahead of Norwalk at that point in the match.
Norwalk took the lead back by answering two questions about ions in the Physical Sciences category. But, another significant moment come in the last category of questions. St. Mary’s team answered seven of eight Lightning Round questions correctly. Norwalk answered none.
St. Mary’s won the match with 44 points to Norwalk’s 40. Norwalk St. Paul also was in the match and ended with 13 points.
Third-place Edison struggled in its match with Perkins and Monroeville. Perkins relied on earning nine points in the two Lightning Rounds to edge Edison by six points in the final tally. Edison scored more bonus points in the match, but could only answer one Lightning Round question. The final scores in the match were Perkins with 41 points, Edison with 35 points, and Monroeville with 18 points.
The closest match in the third round saw Bellevue score 28 points to earn a win over Margaretta with 23 points and South Central with 22 points.
Other third round match results are:
- Lakota 26, Western Reserve 24, and Sandusky 7
- Huron 42, Port Clinton 26, and Danbury 24
- New London 34, Willard 18, and Oak Harbor 17
The top five teams in the standings did not change their positions as a result of the latest matches. The top five teams and their cumulative scores after three rounds are:
- Norwalk 155
- St. Mary 152
- Edison 135
- Perkins 122
- Huron 115
Firelands Challenge matches resume on Tuesday, November 5 at EHOVE Career Center. The 9:45 match will feature Sandusky versus Monroeville and Bellevue.