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Oswego East H.S. Quiz Bowl Team heads to national championship · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: As we Go East HS Quiz Bowl team heads to
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  Speaker 1: national championship. Written by Marcus Jackson, this article is being
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  Speaker 1: After winning the Southwest Prairie Conference title, Oswego East High
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  Speaker 1: School's Scholastic Bowl team earned a spot in one of
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  Speaker 1: the nation's most competitive academic tournaments. On Friday, the squad
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  Speaker 1: will compete against three hundred and nineteen other teams at
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  Speaker 1: the National Academic Quiz Tournament's High School National Championship in Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: Quiz Bowl is a fast paced team sport where four
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  Speaker 1: students use buzzers to answer rapid fire questions spanning science, math, history, literature, mythology, geography,
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  Speaker 1: social science, current events, sports, and popular culture. Success requires
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  Speaker 1: both individual expertise and collaborative strategy. No single player can
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  Speaker 1: master every subject. The matches feature a blend of individual
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  Speaker 1: competition and team collaboration, since no individual player is likely
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  Speaker 1: to be an expert in all subject areas. According to NAQT,
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  Speaker 1: the organization that runs the national tournament, participation reinforces classroom
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  Speaker 1: learning while encouraging players to explore new intellectual interests. Oswego
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  Speaker 1: East has made the trip to Nationals once before in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. This year's team brings fresh experience. Jackson
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  Speaker 1: Cannon competed in the twenty twenty six Individual Player National
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  Speaker 1: Championship Tournament in Rosemont, Illinois. The seven member roster includes
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  Speaker 1: Joshua Algare, Kushan Bonella, Jackson Cannon, Gabby Darman, Jocelyn Lee,
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  Speaker 1: Raoul Perez, and Vaidot Singa. Coaches Cody Fleming and Juan
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  Speaker 1: Leil will lead the squad. The team may face familiar
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  Speaker 1: competition in Atlanta. Three other Illinois schools qualified for Nationals,
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  Speaker 1: Fremed High School and Palatine Homewood Phlospmore High School, and
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  Speaker 1: the Illinois Math and Science Academy. Fans can follow the
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  Speaker 1: team's progress throughout the three day tournament adder on Instagram
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  Speaker 1: using hashtag HSNCT about NAQT National Academic Quiz Tournaments, founded
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety six, organizes the premier middle school, high school,
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  Speaker 1: and college Quiz Bowl championships in North America. In addition
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  Speaker 1: to its national championships, NAQT provides questions to invitational tournaments,
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  Speaker 1: league championships, and television shows throughout the year. NAQT operates
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  Speaker 1: out of the Twin Cities in Kansas City, but its
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  Speaker 1: members mentor coaches, host tournaments, volunteer their services, and share
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  Speaker 1: their expertise across the United States.