O'HARA ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE BOWL VARSITY

Invited to represent Archbishop O'Hara High School in the Academic Knowledge Bowl for the West Central Conference varsity squad are the members from last year's District Team which tied for third place. _____ They are Josh Bonello, Andy Meyer, Kierra Jackson, and Jake Fortin._______ Bonello, Meyer, and Jackson were also three players who were on the West Central Conference Championship Team in March 2010. _____ The fourth member of the Cenference Championship team was Mike Berney who graduated in the Spring. ______ Fortin was a member of the Second Place JV team last year. _____ For this year's JV competition seven students are being invited to try out. _____ They are in alphabetical order Claire Banderas, Jeff Best, James Bradish, James Campo, Maddie Champion, Alex Coutree, and Tony Darling. ______ A freshman team will evolve after January 4th. _____ The O'Hara freshman teams have not been defeated in the last nine years in the West Central Conference even though each year a new squad has to be formed. _____ The last O'Hara freshman team that did not reach first place was in 2001 when Kearney (then a member of the Conference)won first place with Warrensburg second, O'Hara third, and Smith-Cotton fourth. _____ On the varsity level, in addition to last year, O'Hara won the Conference in 2008 and in 2005. ______ This schoolyear the West Central Conference competition will either be on March 12th as orginally schedul3d or possibly moved up a week to March 5th to avoid a conflict with Spring breaks.