This week, the Silver Lake elementary, middle school, and high school Quiz Bowl teams went to ESU 9 in Hastings to compete with other schools that are in the ESU 9 district. On Tuesday, February 1, Silver Lake elementary sent two teams to participate. There were 41 teams total in the competition. The Silver Lake […]
Elementary Quiz Bowl
By: Kari Sharp The Silver Lake Elementary Quiz Bowl team has had a successful season. The team consisting of Logan Duester, Xander Journey, Jordan Bonifas, Molly Hemberger, Kaylee Karr, Ava Pracht, Justin Sharp, and Libby Soucek have competed in three in person meets and two online events. Their most recent success was at the ESU […]
JH Quiz Bowl Takes Home Second Place
By: Jolene Heuertz On Wednesday, March 17th, the Junior High Quiz Bowl team placed second in the Lawrence Nelson, eight-team invitational Quiz Bowl competition. The young Mustangs soundly defeated Deshler, Blue Hill, and Thayer Central in pool play before losing to Heartland in the championship match. Leading the academic competition was captain, Clay Plambeck, answering nine toss-up […]
2020 Quiz Bowl Debut for Young Mustangs
By: Jolene Heuertz The Junior High Quiz Bowl team experienced their first Quiz Bowl competition of the 20-21 school year in mid November. The Twin Valley Conference Quiz competition was hosted by Silver Lake on Thursday, November 19th. Eight teams competed and the event had a different look due to Covid-19. Spectators were not allowed […]