Tuesday, February 19, 2019

YL:TVJ’S SCHOOLS’ CHALLENGE QUIZ

Westwood stun Queen’s in week five’s only shocker

Ardenne High’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz team .

Vanessa James YOUTHLINK WRITER W EEK FIVE of the 50th season of TVJ’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz featured some pairings from which the winners could easily have been predicted, except for one match. The week started with match 25 between number 3-seed Ardenne High School and number 62-seed Green Pond High School, who were entering the competition for only the second time. The match ended with the experienced Ardenne High on 39 points and Green Pond on 15 points. Anthony Williams, coach of Ardenne High School, was happy his team won, but there was slight disappointment. “Although they (the Ardenne team) won, they fell a little below expectations, because we were expecting to get at least 70, which was possible in today’s match,” he said. Williams attributed the shortfall to the fact that the team was new and this was their first match. The Ardenne team is generally composed and, according to their coach, they are looking forward to being in the finals. DENBIGH VS MONA HIGH Match 26 between number 30-seed Denbigh High School and 35-seed Mona High School ended once again without surprise, as Denbigh led the match from the beginning and doubled Mona’s score by the end. The final scores were Denbigh High School 40 points, and Mona High School 20 points. Mona High’s coach, Demar Barnett, was disappointed in the

way the match turned out and pointed out a number of things that went wrong, but plans to make corrections and enter the challenge next season. On the other hand, Alduke Campbell, coach of Denbigh High School, was elated with the victory. “My team’s performance was excellent, and the reason I am elated is that they did exactly what I told them to do and executed the buzzer section well,” he beamed. Campbell expressed that he and the team are looking forward to the next match in the competition. The next match featured the ladies of The Queen’s School in St Andrew going against the ladies of Westwood High School in Trelawny. With The Queen’s School seeded number 19 and Westwood at number 46, one would have expected Queen’s to be moving on to the second

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Denbigh High School quiz team

Green Pond High School quiz team.

Mona High’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz team .

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