Congratulations to the six local high school teams that will be moving on to statewide Knowledge Bowl competition following their strong performances at the ESD 105 Regional Knowledge Bowl!
Teams from 12 area high schools competed in this year’s regional meet, which was hosted by Toppenish High School on February 24. The top finishers from each school division will advance to the State Knowledge Bowl competitions that will be held Saturday, March 27. Kennewick will host the statewide matchups for class 2A, 3A, and 4A teams, while Spokane will host the state event for 1B, 2B, and 1A schools.
The local schools advancing to the State Knowledge Bowl are:
• Class 2B:
— ESD 105 Regional Champion: Riverside Christian (112 total points, the highest among all teams in the competition; 50 in written portion and 62 in oral rounds)
• Class 1A:
— ESD 105 Regional Champion: Cle Elum-Roslyn (70 total points; 31 in written portion and 39 in oral rounds)
• Class 2A:
— ESD 105 Regional Champion: Selah (91 total points; 45 in written portion and 46 in oral rounds)
— 2nd place: Ellensburg (84 total points; 54 in written portion and 30 in oral rounds)
• Class 3A:
— ESD 105 Regional Champion: West Valley (86 total points; 49 in written portion and 37 in oral rounds)
• Class 4A:
— ESD 105 Regional Champion: Davis. Davis advanced to State in the 4A Regional competition that was held on Tuesday, February 23, at the First United Methodist Church in Kennewick. Nine 4A teams competed in that Regional event. State qualifiers at that event were Kennewick (109 points), Richland (105 points), Davis (99 points; 43 in written portion and 56 in oral rounds), and Hanford (92 points). Davis also participated with the other ESD 105 schools at Toppenish on Feb. 24 and scored 88 points (44 in written portion and 44 in oral rounds).
Other participating teams at the ESD 105 Regional event were:
• Class 2B: White Swan #1 (25 points; 21 written and 4 oral) and White Swan #2 (23 points; 21 written and 2 oral)
• Class 1A: Highland (36 points; 23 written and 13 oral)
• Class 2A schools: Grandview (54 points; 34 written and 20 oral), Toppenish (52 points; 34 written and 18 oral), and Wapato (48 points; 33 written and 15 oral).
• Class 3A schools: West Valley #2 (73 points; 45 written and 28 oral) and Sunnyside (41 points; 30 written and 11 oral).
In Knowledge Bowl, each school is allowed to field one team of up to six members in a competition that tests the students' knowledge in a broad range of areas. The regional meet began with a written round, where team members worked together to solve a list of 60 multiple-choice problems. Three oral rounds followed in which teams competed against one or two other schools in answering questions.
The winning teams from each division received individual medals and a group trophy, and all students in the competition received event pins.
This was the seventh year ESD 105 has hosted the regional meet. The participating schools had competed in a series of monthly practice meets that began late last fall.
