The MSHS Knowledge Bowl team started their season at the beginning of September and they are excited to kickstart this season with some new members.
Knowledge Bowl is competitive trivia where three teams compete against each other. 40 questions are asked each round and teams must press the buzzer to answer the question first. The team that answers the most questions correctly wins.
Kyle Blasi, a senior and a co-captain of the Knowledge Bowl team, hopes to have fun this season with his teammates. “My goal every year in Knowledge Bowl is just to have fun,” Blasi said. “It’s not something that we do because it’s super competitive.”
Felix Banagale (10) is the other co-captain of the Knowledge Bowl team. “One of our biggest goals this year is to place at regionals again,” Bangale said, ”and we’re hoping to get better at regionals again and then go to state.”
Blasi would like to make sure to include everyone so that they improve over the year. “One thing that we could take from last year to bring into this season is giving everyone a fair shot,” Blasi said. “I think that when you put somebody in a position where they can perform and do well, then they will surpass your expectations.”
Blasi feels that Knowledge Bowl has brought him closer to others and created good friendships. “My favorite part about Knowledge Bowl is how it’s brought me close to people that I would never have interacted with otherwise,” Blasi said. “We have a really diverse group, and I’m grateful for all the new connections that I’ve made by being a part of the team and being a captain of the team.”
Knowledge Bowl coach Andrew Slama, a science teacher at MSHS, would like to build skills for each player to have a strong season. “I want to continue to build the team,” Slama said, “and make sure we have strong players at each grade level.”
Slama leads the students by letting them work on their own but also trying to guide them in the right direction to avoid problems. “I think about it like controlling a tornado,” he said. “A tornado is going to go where it’s going to go, but I have to help steer it and maybe avoid farmhouses.”
Slama believes that students should work hard on something they really love to make the season great. “If there’s something that you really love, only you know that internally; so just kind of go down the rabbit hole and have fun and work hard,” Slama said.
