NEWS RELEASE

3/11/04

Contact: Chrissy Bradley, Heartland AEA, (515) 270-9030 ext. 4328

AMES MIDDLE SCHOOL WINS JUNIOR HIGH KNOWLEDGE BOWL

JOHNSTON, Iowa – Ames Middle School won the 2004 Heartland Area Education Agency Junior High Knowledge Bowl, March 11 in Des Moines.

Ames Middle School’s Team A, coached by Cappie Dobyns, won the championship round and the overall title. West Des Moines Stilwell Junior High team C was second in the championship round and the Gilbert Junior High team B was third.

Only the top three teams of the 24 that competed March 11 advanced to the championship round. Students were asked questions from a number of academic subjects including history, English, mathematics, science and geography. The championship round included a written test and head-to-head oral rounds.

Members of the winning Ames team were Devin Lu, Miles Greenwald, Wyatt Miller, Michael Masteller and Martin Gallegher. Those on the runner-up Stilwell team were Nick Manna, Courtney Guntly, Kate Vukovich and Alex Anderson. Members of Gilbert’s third-place team were Holland Dougherty, Mitchell Olson, Devin Stowell, Laura Reger and Cole Simmons.

The 24 teams that competed came from 17 schools. On Feb. 18, 124 teams from 47 Iowa junior high and middle schools began the Knowledge Bowl in a preliminary computer round.

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NOTE: Full results can be found on the Internet at: http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/kbowl/results.html.