WORTHINGTON - For the second consecutive year, Worthington High School is sending a Knowledge Bowl team to state competition.
The five-member cohort of Worthington 1, comprised of Kalen Brands, Jack Johnson, Davis Moore, Sean Souksavath and AJ Wass, placed second out of 38 teams in the Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative’s Region 8 contest at Marshall on Tuesday.
They scored 88.5 points en route to the runner-up slot, which was good enough to qualify them for the state tournament as the top three teams advance.
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The WHS group was topped only by Murray County Central 1. In third place was Wabasso. Wabasso edged Adrian 1 in a tiebreaker to clinch the third state spot.
All five of the WHS teams participated in the Region 8 event, with Worthington 2 landing in 12th place, Worthington 3 tying for 28th place, Worthington 4 in 30th and Worthington 5 in 31st.
Pat Rolfes coaches the WHS Knowledge Bowl team; she is assisted this year by Dominic Burns.
The Worthington 1 team will travel to Cragun’s Resort, Brainerd, for the state AA Knowledge Bowl competition from April 10-11.
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