The Bexley High School “In The Know” team will be interviewed during the Bexley Public Radio Friday March 13 broadcast.
The program is scheduled for 11:05 to 11:20 in the morning.
The ever-popular ITK quiz program is hosted by Bill Schiffman and supported by Westfield Insurance. The show attracts participation from high schools throughout central and southern Ohio.
The program host asks questions of eight students (four on each team), with a judge officiating and tabulating the scores.
The questions are based on general high school subjects ranging from science to visual arts.
This season, the Bexley High School ITK team competed on an October 26 television broadcast with the final score Bexley 495, Dublin Scioto 290. A seond television broadcast was December 28 with a final score Bexley 500, Columbus Alternative 200.
This was the first undefeated regular season in 20 years for the Bexley ITK team. They grabbed the victory by beating Pickerington North 395 to 290.
Captains are two seniors: Preston Phillips and Aaron Adams, and Junior Hallie Dolin
Senior Aaron Adams, Junior Hallie Dolin and sophomore Sam Meizlish combined for 275 points among them. Herschel Dobkin answered key science questions to seal the Lion victory.
In JC action, Charlie Meszaros's 175 points and Wesley Curran's 105 outdid the entire Pickerington team.
Following the Pickerington victory, the Bexley ITK team now advances to regional and state tournaments
There is a non-league Student-Teacher Match scheduled for the team.
The Ohio State University awards scholarships to the top four high school teams. Bexley Librarian Mike Nolan coached the Bexley team for this championship year.
The Bexley team was undefeated in the Northeast ITK League this year for the first time in years. This year's team has won or tied for league title a few times in past years, but this is the first time the team won the title with zero losses under Coach Nolan.
The only loss for the year was in the quarterfinals in a WOSU-TV Tournament.
Upcoming events are the Ohio NAQT State Tournament and the OAC Regional Tournament, as well the team match vs. BHS Teachers and Spring Knowledge Masters Open. The KMO is a tournament that attracts 3,000 schools and 45, 000 students each year with curriculum based-questions.
Coach Nolan is the Bexley High School librarian. He was born in New Jersey, grew up in Huntington Beach, California and earned college degrees from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA (B.A. Liberal Arts); the University of California at Irvine (B.A. Russian, cum laude); and The Ohio State University (M.A. Russian). He has also earned teaching certificates from OSU in English, Russian, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Library Media.
Team members are Aaron Adams, Dorit Adams, James Allen, Chris Balch, Hannah Blau, Abby Boyle, Brittany Burnett, Wes Curran, Toni Delap, Harry Dobkin, Hallie Dolin, Max Gillett, David Hahn, Ruth Hay, Josh Klaben-Finegold, Jacob Ladina, Sirrus Lawson Bourne, Sam Meizlish, Charlie Meszaro, Colin Phillips, Preston Phillips, and Elise Smith Skaggs
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