The Eads Middle School Knowledge Bowl teams recently traveled to Flagler for the fourth competition of the season.  

Both teams returned to Eads with hardware as the seventh-grade team brought home the first-place trophy and the eighth graders finished second in their division.

Eighth grade students Eric Murdock, Sophie Mitchell, and Karsten Buller were joined by seventh grader Kinsley Williams.  They had a good written-round score, followed by a mediocre score in the first oral round.  They bounced back in the second oral round and scored 13 points, which bumped them into second place going into the third and final oral round.  There were several teams right behind them in point totals and the pressure was on as they went head-to-head with a strong team from Walsh and a good team from Byers.  The team members matched Walsh point for point during the final round and maintained their second-place position.

The Eads seventh grade was represented by Adyn Hough, Tucker Wallace, Anthony Paez, and Jayson Bletzacker.  They had the second-highest written round score in the seventh-grade division and followed that with three very strong oral rounds.  They earned 13 points in the first oral round and improved on that with the second-highest single-round point total of the tournament in the second round with 15 points.  They scored in double digits in the third oral round as well and clinched the first-place trophy with a very impressive 21-point lead.

The middle schoolers will have a few weeks off while the high school season heats up, then they will return to competition in mid-February.