Educational Service Unit 6

Educational Service Unit #6 (ESU #6) hosted their annual High School Academic Quiz Bowl on Tuesday, February 25th at the Living Word Lutheran Church in Seward. The event is normally scheduled for the Seward Civic Center, but it is under remodel and the Living Word Lutheran Church opened their facility to assist in this youth showcase. It was a general knowledge quiz bowl. There were 32 high school teams from across the ESU #6 borders that participated in the all-day event and the tourney was divided into three sections, based on size of the school-Large, Medium and Small. The winners for the ESU #6 High School Quiz Bowl event included:
Large School Division
1st Waverly A- Coached by David Hartman
2nd Norris A-Coached by Becca Pair
3rd Seward A- Coached by Melissa Pohl
4th- York B- Coached by Abbey Breinig
Medium School Division
1st Malcolm A- Coached by Troy Pritchett
2nd- Malcolm B-Coached by Troy Pritchett
3rd- Centennial A- Coached by Mark Reimers
4th- Fillmore Central A- Coached by Ryan Komenda
Small School Division
1st Heartland A- Coached by Heidi Ruhl
2nd McCool- Coached by Jabe Wurtz
3rd Exeter A- Coached by Jordan Marr
4th Friend A- Coached by Lori Klooz
The ESUs in Nebraska host a State High School Quiz Bowl and each ESU can send two teams to the State Tournament. The two State Qualifiers from ESU #6 are - Heartland A and Malcolm A. They will represent ESU #6 at the tourney in April.
“We so appreciated the use of the Living Word Lutheran Church’s beautiful facilities for our annual event-allowing the “tourney to continue,” noted ESU #6 representative Sydney Bristol. “To schedule a Quiz Bowl or any event in the winter months can be tricky because of the weather, but we enjoyed a beautiful day with everyone happy to be together in friendly competition. It is wonderful to showcase our outstanding young adults, and we value the respectful gestures that the teams displayed to each other and the tournament leadership and volunteers. It was a fun and educational experience, and we appreciated all who helped make the day a success.”
Donuts, juice and milk were compliments of the ESU #6 and preceded the tourney for all of the participants and a pizza lunch was furnished for the team coaches, drivers and judges during the noon hour break.
The winning teams each won an engraved “Loving Cup” trophy and engraved medals for everyone on the team.
In the morning each team participated in a round robin tourney-and was in competition at least three times against other schools to determine the seeding for the afternoon’s single elimination tourney. The general knowledge questions were centered around math, economics, science, social science, literature, geography and history. The questions were all computer generated and purchased in advance.
Readers/judges for the event included Sue Imig, Andrew Jensen, and Nancy Schulz-all from Seward, Nancy and Stan Meyer from Geneva, Kathleen Wilcox from Crete and Ellie Janda from Beaver Crossing. Riley Nuttleman served as the Quiz Bowl Master, coordinating the teams’ pairings and Clark Kolterman served as the Tourney Coordinator. Sydney Bristol is the ESU #6 representative/sponsor for the event.
Schools participating included York, Seward, Centennial, Norris, Waverly, Malcolm, Friend, Milford, Exeter-Milligan, Dorchester, Crete, Fillmore Central, Heartland, McCool, Nebraska Lutheran in Waco, and Wilber-Clatonia.