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Jackson school wins Friday match; 16 teams in competition
The clue "Elvis Presley was born here" helped propel the Mississippi School for the Deaf academic team through a round of competition on Friday.
The Jackson school is playing host to 15 teams in the Southeast Regional Academic Bowl, which wraps up today at the Mississippi School for the Deaf off I-55.
It's the ninth year for the event, which is holding regionals in Jackson for the first time. In April, the first- and second-place winners will compete in the National Academic Bowl at Washington D.C.-based Gallaudet University.
The Mississippi team was tied with South Plantation High of Plantation, Fla., through two rounds but won the match 37 to 25 by nailing five of 10 answers on geography.
"I felt like it was nip and tuck. We were just too close together," team captain Wayman Chow, 20, a senior from McComb said through interpreter Sarah Lawrence, a Mississippi School for the Deaf employee.
Chow said the team has practiced extensively in recent days, about 2 1/2 hours after school. The key, he said, is to "make an educated guess from your individual experiences and what you learn on the Internet or in class."
The team also answered correctly that the Heisman Trophy is an award for the nation's top college football player.
Junior Geoffrey Boyd, 18, of Brandon said sports is his best category. "That's what won the first match, sports," he said, also through Lawrence.
Coach Kitty Love, who has been working with the team for about six years, said she doesn't like going into the third round tied.
"They (the Mississippi team members) are a strong team, but it's a lot of pressure," she said.
Getting five answers correct in the third round is an exceptional score, she said.
"We had our teamwork going," 11th-grader Sarah Soard, 18, of Clinton said through Lawrence.
In typical high school quiz competitions, the questions are read, students hit a buzzer and answer verbally.
Because the estimated 80 students participating are deaf or hard of hearing, the questions are projected onto a screen. For rounds requiring students to buzz in, they hit a button to activate a flashing light.
They write their answers on transparencies that are projected onto screens.
The judges hold up "yes" and "no" signs to let teams know if they are correct or incorrect. A scorekeeper posts the scores on a lighted board.
The Mississippi team got a "yes" on the Elvis Presley question with the answer "Mississippi."
Competition resumes at 8 a.m. today and continues throughout the day, with the final round beginning at 7:15 p.m. A total of 112 matches are scheduled, with each team competing multiple times.
The Mississippi School for the Deaf today faces the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg, S.C., the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Blind in Knoxville and Madison High School in San Diego.
Jackson school wins Friday match; 16 teams in competition
The clue "Elvis Presley was born here" helped propel the Mississippi School for the Deaf academic team through a round of competition on Friday.
The Jackson school is playing host to 15 teams in the Southeast Regional Academic Bowl, which wraps up today at the Mississippi School for the Deaf off I-55.
It's the ninth year for the event, which is holding regionals in Jackson for the first time. In April, the first- and second-place winners will compete in the National Academic Bowl at Washington D.C.-based Gallaudet University.
The Mississippi team was tied with South Plantation High of Plantation, Fla., through two rounds but won the match 37 to 25 by nailing five of 10 answers on geography.
"I felt like it was nip and tuck. We were just too close together," team captain Wayman Chow, 20, a senior from McComb said through interpreter Sarah Lawrence, a Mississippi School for the Deaf employee.
Chow said the team has practiced extensively in recent days, about 2 1/2 hours after school. The key, he said, is to "make an educated guess from your individual experiences and what you learn on the Internet or in class."
The team also answered correctly that the Heisman Trophy is an award for the nation's top college football player.
Junior Geoffrey Boyd, 18, of Brandon said sports is his best category. "That's what won the first match, sports," he said, also through Lawrence.
Coach Kitty Love, who has been working with the team for about six years, said she doesn't like going into the third round tied.
"They (the Mississippi team members) are a strong team, but it's a lot of pressure," she said.
Getting five answers correct in the third round is an exceptional score, she said.
"We had our teamwork going," 11th-grader Sarah Soard, 18, of Clinton said through Lawrence.
In typical high school quiz competitions, the questions are read, students hit a buzzer and answer verbally.
Because the estimated 80 students participating are deaf or hard of hearing, the questions are projected onto a screen. For rounds requiring students to buzz in, they hit a button to activate a flashing light.
They write their answers on transparencies that are projected onto screens.
The judges hold up "yes" and "no" signs to let teams know if they are correct or incorrect. A scorekeeper posts the scores on a lighted board.
The Mississippi team got a "yes" on the Elvis Presley question with the answer "Mississippi."
Competition resumes at 8 a.m. today and continues throughout the day, with the final round beginning at 7:15 p.m. A total of 112 matches are scheduled, with each team competing multiple times.
The Mississippi School for the Deaf today faces the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg, S.C., the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Blind in Knoxville and Madison High School in San Diego.