Saturday, March 13th 8:30 am Scholastic Grand River Academy Spectators Will Be Bowl Limited 2021 March 2021 Conneaut High School • Geneva High School Grand River Academy • Grand Valley High School Jefferson Area High School • Lakeside High School Pymatuning Valley High School • Saint John School 2 — 2021 SCHOLASTIC BOWL Star Beacon, Friday, March 12, 2021 Grand Valley High School BY BRIAN HAYTCHER [email protected] BELLA PINTO GRADE: 11 Academics/Extracur- riculars: (Marching) Band, Choir, Show Choir, Thespians, Honors Choir, Dance, induction into National Honor Society, Youth Philanthropic, graduat- ing as Valedictorian Career Goals: Career in music/per- formance or forensic science MADISON EASTON GRADE: 12 Academics/Extra- curriculars: Choir, Art, Robotics, English Festival Career Goals: Attend a university and major in both Music Technol- ogy and Business. SERENITY MOORE GRADE: 10 Academics/Extra- curriculars: Thespian Club, Choir, English Festival Career Goals: Not sure yet JESSICA CROUCH GRADE: 12 Academics/Extracur- riculars: Flagline, soc- Star Beacon, Friday, March 12, 2021 2021 SCHOLASTIC BOWL — 3 Grand Valley High School BY BRIAN HAYTCHER gram, Ashtabula County [email protected] Youth Mentorship Pro- gram, Student Council, BELLA PINTO Grand Valley Chapter GRADE: 11 of Youth Philanthropy, Academics/Extracur- Interact Club, World riculars: (Marching) Language Club, Vol- Band, Choir, Show leyball, Basketball and Choir, Thespians, Track Honors Choir, Dance, Career Goals: Gain induction into National an appointment to the Honor Society, Youth United States Naval Philanthropic, graduat- Academy, obtain an ing as Valedictorian engineering degree and Career Goals: become a Naval Officer Career in music/per- and aviator. formance or forensic MADASEN DOWLING science GRADE: 12 MADISON EASTON Academics/Extracur- GRADE: 12 riculars: Show Choir, Academics/Extra- Drama Club, Drama curriculars: Choir, Art, productions, English Robotics, Festival English Festival Career Goals: Attend Career Goals: Attend college and major in a university and major Social Work in both Music Technol- ALEXIS MAHAFFEY ogy and Business. GRADE: 12 SERENITY MOORE Academics/Extra- GRADE: 10 curriculars: Basketball, Academics/Extra- Track, National Honors curriculars: Thespian WARREN DILLAWAY | STAR BEACON Society, Choir, Show Club, Choir, English The Grand Valley Scholastic Bowl team includes (from left) Serenity Moore, Madison Roskos, Choir, Band, Flagline, Festival Madison Easton and (from left standing) Bella Pinto, Jessica Crouch and Alexis Mahaffey and Fellowship of Christian Career Goals: Not Madasen Dowling. Athletes, Youth Leader- sure yet ship, YL2, JESSICA CROUCH cer, band, show choir, Career Goals: Therapist curriculars: National Career goals: Attend GRADE: 12 basketball, drama, Attend Kent State MADISON ROSKOS Honor Society, college for a biology de- Academics/Extracur- NHS, FCA and English Ashtabula to become GRADE: 12 Ashtabula County gree in order to become riculars: Flagline, soc- Festival an Occupational Academics/Extra- Youth Leadership Pro- a Genetic Counselor. GOOD LUCK Make the Smart Choice! 4 — 2021 SCHOLASTIC BOWL Star Beacon, Friday, March 12, 2021 WARREN DILLAWAY | STAR BEACON FILE PHOTO The Grand River Academy Scholastic Bowl team, from left, Eden Linton, Ben Ramseyer-Gordon, Mohamed Ali and Patrick O’Malley, react after winning the 2020 competi- tion at St. John School in Saybrook Township. Eight schools to compete in 2021 Scholastic Bowl BY BRIAN HAYTCHER lose twice before being eventually settled on a the competition, the supervisor of Gifted ments, Hunt said. [email protected] eliminated. start date of Feb 10,” varsity teams from and Talented at the ESC Superintendent Sixteen teams will said Greg Bossick, who Grand River Academy, Ashtabula County Edu- Mike Candela will offer AUSTINBURG TOWN- compete in the event, runs both the Scholastic Conneaut and St. John cational Service Center. a brief opening state- SHIP — Students from including eight varsity Bowl league and tourna- were all undefeated and She praised the work ment in the morning, eight county schools teams, six JV teams, ment. “This allowed the were scheduled to play the students have done. then the event will be will compete Saturday and Geneva and Jeffer- new coaches at Con- each other on the final “I have been im- turned over to Bossick. in the Scholastic Bowl son’s third teams. neaut and Grand River night of competition. pressed with the Grand River Academy Tournament. The first round of the to get settled.” “[If] one of them wins commitment of the won last year’s tourna- Students from Lake- competition is sched- Edgewood High both games, they will students and their ment, held on Feb. 2 at side, Conneaut, Geneva, uled to start at 9 a.m., School did not field a win the league outright. advisors throughout the St. John School. Grand Valley, Jeffer- and the final rounds team this year, Bossick If there’s a split, we league play,” Hunt said. “I want to thank son and Pymatuning could start at 2:30 or 3 said. could have tri-champi- “They have demon- Denise Hunt and Dr. Valley high schools, St. p.m., depending on the “I hope they will ons,” Bossick said. strated what it means Harlan Waid at the ESC John School and Grand outcomes of the double return next season,” he Due to print dead- to adapt and develop for their help, and I’m River Academy will elimination bracket. said. lines, this story was resiliency as the meth- looking forward to compete at the event, The tournament was Only a few of the written before Thursday od of holding matches visiting the campus of which will feature eight initially scheduled for matches were held night’s competition. and time-line have been GRA for the first time to nine rounds of com- Feb. 13, but was de- virtually and those went “These students set a forever changing.” on Saturday,” Bossick petition. layed until March 13. off without a hitch, great example of what Only five spectators said. “This ... is my first The tournament “The season was Bossick said. it means to be a lifelong will be allowed in each in-person quizbowl features a double twice delayed because The regular season learner and the impact room during the tour- event since 3/7/2020. I elimination bracket, of COVID concerns wrapped up on Thurs- of learning for its own nament due to social hope my reading voice meaning teams have to in the county, but we day night. Going into sake,” said Denise Hunt, distancing require- holds up.” Star Beacon, Friday, March 12, 2021 2021 SCHOLASTIC BOWL — 5 Pymatuning Valley High School BY BRIAN HAYTCHER Academics/Extracur- [email protected] riculars: Show Choir, Concert Choir, JASON JEWETT Theater, Quiz GRADE: 12 Bowl, Track, Soccer, Expertise: History FCA Academics/Extra- Career goals: Become curriculars: Jazz Band, a musician. Swim, Show Choir, Quiz KENDALL LEWIS Bowl, Theater GRADE: 10 Career goals: Become Expertise: Pop Culture a high school history and Literature teacher. 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