February 6, 2007  

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Junior Mustang Bowl Held at NACC

Fourteen area high school teams gathered at Northeast Alabama Community College recently to match wits. Three teams went home with hard-won trophies.

Northeast hosted its Junior Mustang Bowl on January 27, 2007. All area high school teams were invited to attend. The teams competed in several rounds of Jeopardy-style academic competition.

The prize winning teams were Cherokee County's Sand Rock High School (first place), Marshall County's Douglas High School (second place) and DeKalb County's Plainview High School (third place).

"We are proud to host this event and pleased to have so many students, coaches, and parents on campus," said Northeast's Dr. Joe Burke. "It was exciting to see these high school students demonstrate such excellent intellectual skills during the competitions."

Other competing teams included Pisgah High School, Kate Duncan Smith DAR School, North Sand Mountain High School, and Fort Payne High School.

Three individual students took awards for their individual performance in competition. Chase Ward, a senior from Sand Rock High School won first place with a 103.7 average. Matt Pankey of DAR won second place, and Anthony Burdette of Pisgah won third place.

Papa John's Pizza, Coca-Cola and Mayfield Ice Cream donated lunch for the competition.

The competition was licensed through the National Association of Quiz Teams, LLC, which conducts high school and college competitions throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

For more information on the NACC Quizz Team, e-mail contact Dr. Daphne Huntley at huntleyd@nacc.edu or phone extension 441, or see the Quiz Team page.