North Shelby Junior High Academic Bowl Tournament

North Shelby takes 1st in 7th grade division, Kirksville tops the 8th grade division.

Saturday saw 14 7th grade and 14 8th grade academic bowl teams assemble at North Shelby High School for their annual Junior High Tournament. The morning began with 3 rounds of pool play with single elimination bracket play in the afternoon.

Top finishers in the 7th grade division were:
1st) North Shelby B
2nd) North Shelby A
3rd) Knox County
4th) Clark County

Top finishers in the 8th grade division were:
1st) Kirksville
2nd) Knox County
3rd) Putnam County
4th) Monroe City

All-tournament teams were named consisting of players with the highest per game average of questions answered. The following players were named to the 7th grade all-tournament team. The number after their names is their question per game average.

Jay Scudder, Brashear 137.5
Evan McWilliams, North Shelby 100
Zach Henderson, North Shelby 88.3
Ben Delaney, Knox County 73.3
Matt Harper, Clark County 66.7
Kelli Chittum, South Shelby 62.5
Alex Thrasher, North Shelby 60
Morgan Murphy, Putnam 57.5

8th grade all-tournament team:
Ravi Fernando, Kirksville 206.7
Ben Harder, Knox County 123.3
Joey Martz, Canton 122.5
David Shively, Monroe City 107
Megan Corbine, Marceline 87.5
Brittany Jaecques, Westran 86.7
Ethan Spilker, North Shelby 77.5
Specer Keller, Scotland 62.5