Every year, the Lawrence County ESC sponsors the Lawrence County High School Quiz Bowl League. Our county league is called the Ohio Valley Academic Conference (OVAC). Participating schools in the OVAC are Chesapeake High School, Dawson-Bryant High School, Fairland High School, Ironton High School, Rock Hill High School, South Point High School, St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, and Symmes Valley High School. Regular season for these teams begins in December and runs through the end of February to early March. At the conclusion of the season, we here at the ESC give a “Regular Season Winner” award. This award is given to the school with the best overall record in the regular season. This year our regular season winner was Ironton High School with a record of six wins and only one loss. The Ironton team is coached by Mrs. Mary Frances Gunderson. Mrs. Gunderson teaches Mrs. Gunderson teaches American Government and Modern World History at Ironton High School. The Ironton team was awarded a plaque for being the “Regular Season Winner” and Mrs. Gunderson was also awarded a plaque for being an “Outstanding Coach” this year. At the conclusion of the regular season, we also have a tournament sponsored by Ohio University-Southern and our very own Lawrence County Educational Service Center. Our tournament is called the Ironmaster. The Ironmaster was held on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 on the Ohio University-Southern campus. The Ironton High School Quiz Bowl Team was also the winner of our 2019 Ironmaster Tournament this year. The winner of the Ironmaster (Ironton High School) will advance on to the regional competition at Ohio University-Lancaster on April 6, 2019.
2019 Ironmaster Winners 1st Place-Ironton High School 2nd Place-St. Joseph High School
As part of our Lawrence County (OVAC) league, our quiz bowl coaches were asked to choose an outstanding player from their home team. These students would have been the high scorer for their team during the regular season along with showing exceptional team leadership skills. These outstanding students are our OVAC All Conference Players/Outstanding Player Award Recipients. Each of these outstanding players were awarded a plaque presented by the ESC.
**Please see the list below for all of our players, coaches, and outstanding player award recipients who did and exceptional job in our Ohio Valley Academic Conference league this year:
Ohio Valley Academic Conference (OVAC) 18-19 Lawrence County High School Quiz Bowl
Ironton Varsity Team Members: John Higgins Hunter Humphreys Drew Bartram Ben Herrmann-Holt Loralei Griffith
Rock Hill Varsity Team Members: Cameron Donahue Luke Malone Jacob Gnau Eli Baker Adam Fleeman Caleb Dillon Regan Massie Daniel Mootz
South Point Varsity Team Members: Sam Caskey Zach Gibson Ky Mayenschein Jaylyn Whaley Grace Simpson Isabella Raines
Chesapeake Varsity Team Members: Andrew Miller Taylor Burnette Adam Eshem Devon Forbush Cameron King Jackson Stephens
Fairland Varsity Team Members: Scott Ferrell Katrina Abbott Samir Atai Carson Bailey Adrianna Clagg Matt Mondlak Kaleigh Rummel Alice Zhang Anthony Zhu
Dawson-Bryant Varsity Team Members: Isaac Dickess Luke Ferguson Drew Fields Nathan Davis Ryan Vasvary Alex Windhorst Garrett Dillion Perry Kingrey
St. Joseph Varsity Team Members: Connor Waller Dmitri Ward Isabella Griffiths Jared Johnson Camryn Zornes
Symmes Valley Varsity Team Members: Tanner Sites Uriah Cade Chad Morris KayLee Cade Jack Leith Chris Strow Thaxton Salyers Richard Swinford Taylor Sells Meredith Humphreys 2018-2019 Regular Season Winners—Ironton High School and Outstanding Coach Award Recipient Mrs. Mary Frances Gunderson
2018-2019 Outstanding Player Award Recipients
Ironmaster Winners
1st Place Winner—Ironton High School
2nd Place Winner—St. Joseph High School