December Conference Meet Summary

The first weekend in December was a busy one for BIC Quizzers, hosting the first conference practice quizzes this year. The Susquehanna conference joined Allegheny for a mixer quiz on the 4th; the Atlantic conference also held theirs on Sunday, while Great Lakes quizzed on Saturday the 3rd. The Susquehanna / Allegheny quiz went without a flaw, and was a lot of fun at that. Luke Holtry, Coach of Blue Mountain said, "I like the idea of a mixer quiz, it brings down the tension." Our thoughts exactly. In the varsity division, Team 2 coached by Rachel Kitner came in first, followed by Team 5 coached by Tracey Kipe. Team 3 coached by Curt Wengert and Team 6 coached by Andy Heller tied for third place. In the JV division, Team 3 coached by Sherry Wengert finished first, Team 2 coached by Jason Richwine finished second and Team 1 coached by Hannah Timmons came in third.

The Great Lakes Conference quiz was also good, according to quizzer Nathan Rosentrater. "Highland won on the 20th question being down by 10. Nappanee was second, Ashland A was third, Ashland B was fourth, White Rock was fifth and Union Grove was sixth. The jumping was quite fast when Highland and Nappanee squared off, and the remaining teams continued jumping at a consistent pace. Sam Weaver from Oak Hill is also quizzing with Highland. Overall, most people knew the material quite well."

The Atlantic quiz had a good report from David Feister of Manor BIC quiz team. "Crossroads came out the strongest, winning all of their quizzes. Manor lost once to Crossroads but won the rest of their quizzes. Two other teams did notably well: Elizabethtown and Harrisburg, losing to Manor on the 20th and 19th question, respectively. Overall, the jumping wasn't as fast as I've seen it before, and therefore there seemed to be a lot fewer errors. There was at least one new team, Hershey BIC. Some people that I noticed were doing especially well were Tori Sider (E-town), Frank Peiffer and Jocelyn Witmer (Manor), Michael Mumper (Harrisburg), Emily Phillippy (Fairland), Andrea and Erica Heisey (Crossroads). But these were only people who I saw quizzing, there are probably others that I didn't get a chance to quiz against."

Submitted by your conference reporters (Allegheny - Gabby Sanfilippo and Abby Long, Atlantic - David Feister, Great Lakes - Nathan Rosentrater, Susquehanna - Becky Coover)

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