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Princeton JV Scholastic Bowl team takes second at novice tournament · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Princeton JV Scholastic Bowl Team takes second at Navis Tournament. Written by
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  Michael Urbanac This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlet. Princeton High School’s junior varsity Scholastic Bowl team
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  finished second in a 12-team field Oct. 31 at the Illinois High
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  School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association Novice Tournament, hosted by Limestone High School.
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  Princeton’s A team went 7-1. It won its first seven matches before
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  losing 395-230 to tournament champion Dunlap A in the final round.
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  The Tigers swept preliminary play with five wins: four hundred and ninety-one
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  hundred and ten over East Peoria, three hundred and fifty-one hundred and
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  sixty over Pekin, 460-60 over Rushville-Industry B, 295-235
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  over Roanoke-Benson and 465-80 over Dunlap B.
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  In the playoff rounds, Princeton beat Limestone 230-160, then defeated
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  Galesburg, the eventual third-place team, 325-280.
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  Sophomore Reuel Pattar led Princeton, placing third in the preliminary individual standings.
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  Pattar answered 38 tossups correctly over the eight rounds, eight of them
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  for 15 points.
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  Freshman Telly Sanders placed seventh in the preliminary individual standings with 31
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  correct tossups, also including eight 15-point answers.
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  Sophomores Chloe Kull and Om Patel, freshman Garrett Widmer and junior Lincoln
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  Frost rounded out the A team, which averaged more than 355 points
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  per match.
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  Finishing second is a great accomplishment, especially for a group that’s still
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  learning and gaining experience, said head coach Brody Anderson.
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  Anderson said the program has worked to build up over the last
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  few years and that the results show that work paying off with
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  younger students.
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  Princeton also entered a B team. It beat Rushville-Industry B 245-30 and
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  lost several close matches, including a 215-205 decision to Limestone.
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  Sophomore Mason Wright led Princeton B with 27 correct tossups, 10th in
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  the preliminary individual standings. Junior Aidan Taylor and freshmen William Lyon, Lillian
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  Drake, Jared Zawistowski and Tegan Tibbits also played on the B team.
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  Wendy Fredrickson is the program’s assistant coach.