The results of last January’s QUEST competition have been released, revealing that the Manhattan High School Scholar’s Bowl team finished second best for 6A schools and in sixth place overall. Out of seventy schools, MHS was one out of the 16 that qualified for the televised event. The result solidified the team’s highest placement at QUEST in the last five years.

“We did well. It felt good,” senior Ben Lindsey said. “I hope it left a legacy for the next generation of Scholar’s Bowl students. I hope they carry on what we’ve done.”

The QUEST competition is a televised elimination tournament. Each team matchup is produced as a separate episode. The event is held at Washburn University in Topeka annually and is aired on KTWU. Each episode premieres at 11:00 am on Sundays and is eventually re-aired at 4:30 pm on Fridays. The television episodes that will feature MHS will be premiered on March 8,  April 19 and May 10.

“I was more nervous than usual going into the competition because I knew there was a wider viewership,” Lindsey said. “But I also tried staying relaxed at the same time.”

Manhattan High’s team included seniors Luke Wuri, Ben Broxterman, Kyle Weston and Lindsey as well as junior Josh Schwartz. As members of the Scholars Team, these students met on Mondays and Tuesdays each week to prepare for competitions such as these.

“Essentially what we do is look at old question banks, going back years and years. We just go over a lot of questions, lots and lots of questions. It’s an exposure to a lot of information,” assistant coach Tim Ekart said. “It is something they have a good time with.”