Ransom Academic Teams Compete; One Headed To Nationals

November 13, 2015

Three Ransom Middle School academic teams competed recently in Tallahassee, with one team walking away qualified to move on to the national level.

Ransom Middle School academic teams participated in the Second Annual Fairview Egghead Tournament Tallahassee. There were 10 intense rounds, as they competed against 28 middle school teams from North Florida and South Georgia.

The matches in the tournament paired opposing teams and challenged them to work together to answer complex academic questions.

Clarissa Brown and Lucinda Bateman coached the teams for Ransom Middle and explained that the tournament questions are  much more than quick “trivia” questions.

“They have a ‘pyramidal’ structure, where the questions begin with more difficult clues, slowly progressing to more familiar information.  It rewards the more knowledgeable students for their ability to answer with less and more difficult, high level information,” Brown said.

Members of the teams were:

Ransom Team A – Captain Elizabeth McConnell, Braden Boutwell, Maggie Brown and Chris Espy
Ransom Team B - Captain Ravyn Brown, Jordan Hay, and Tristin Kayworth
Ransom Team C – Co-Captain Sarah Stringer, Co-Captain Tia Sweet, Natalie Holt, and Tristan Espy

Ransom’s Team A finished third overall and qualified for the 2016 Middle School National Championship Tournament, which will be held the weekend of May 6–8, 2016, in Atlanta.

“Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth, Braden, Maggie and Chris, along with the rest of the teams for their outstanding effort and enthusiasm,” Ransom Principal Brent Brummet said. “We are so proud of how well they represented Ransom Middle School and Escambia County.”

Pictured top: Ransom Academic Team members (front, L-R) Elizabeth McConnell, Tristin Kayworth, Tristan Espy, (middle row) Natalie Holt, Tia Sweet, Maggie Brown, Jordan Hay, (back) Chris Espy, Braden Boutwell, Sarah Stringer, Ravyn Brown and Coach Clarissa Brown. Pictured below: Ransom’s Team A in action. Submitted photos for NorthEscabia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

3 Responses to “Ransom Academic Teams Compete; One Headed To Nationals”

  1. Benjamin Eby on January 13th, 2016 8:24 pm

    Congratulations to Elizabeth. I’m very proud of you.

    Love,

    Dad

  2. Louis O'Rear on November 13th, 2015 6:55 am

    Thank you for your great leadership, Mrs. Clarissa Brown! They couldn’t have done it without you!

  3. Louis O'Rear on November 13th, 2015 6:49 am

    What a great bunch of kids! Go Tigers!

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