The Manhattan High Scholars Bowl team traveled to Chapman for their next meet and continued to dominate at the meets.

“We got first place,” senior team player Joshua Schwartz said. “We beat Wamego by 10 points in the finals which was nice because we lost to them in the field play. So we got revenge.”

At this particular competition, there were 12 different schools that were divided into two pools of six teams, Pool A and Pool B. Like previous competitions, this competition proceeded in a round robin play. During the competition, Manhattan High was in pool B and was at the top of their pool.

“We only had one loss,” assisant Scholars Bowl Coach Tim Ekart said. “I guess we went seven rounds and we went seven and one. We had one loss to Wamego in pool play and we ended up being in the semifinals playing Salina Central where we pretty handily defeated Salina Central 100-20. And then in the final, we came back and met Wamego yet again and beat them by ten points. It was a close game all the way through, 80 to 70.”

The Manhattan High Scholars Bowl team typically performs well at these meets with the players feeling confident going in. For senior Cathy Lei, the Chapman competition was her first meet.

“Well, I was informed seventh hour the day of by Ben [Stonebraker] and Josh [Schwartz] that I would be going,” Lei said. “But I was fine. Scholars Bowl is just a fun activity, so it’s not like there was pressure or anything.”

Overall, the team played well, taking yet another win for the team.

“I think we’re off to a good start,” Ekart said. “I continue to look for good things from our Scholars Bowl team. I’ll be interested to see how we perform in some of the 6A meets that we have. But aside from that, I think we had a strong showing thus far.”