Horse race? What horse race?
The place to be tomorrow isn't Louisville. It's West Lafayette. The 2005 Academic Bowl state finals will take place at Purdue University, though without Floyd Central or yours truly:
http://www.iasp.org/iace/Super%20State%20Finals.html
No one qualified five squads, a feat achieved by Madison in 2002. Hamilton Southeastern in Fishers (Class 1; all but fine arts and social studies) and North Judson-San Pierre (Class 3; all but science and social studies) qualified four. Nine schools succeeded in qualifying three squads, including Tell City (Class 3; math, science, interdisciplinary).
Our region didn't fare so well as usual, placing only 6 squads in the finals out of a total of 144. Madison and Scottsburg qualified two squads; Bedford-North Lawrence and Orleans each qualified one. Even Columbus East (just outside our region, but winner of the Hoosier Hills Conference crown with a magnificent 125) qualified only two squads (fine arts and social studies).
However, as you may recall, three of our entrants topped their classes: Madison in math with 24; Scottsburg and Orleans in fine arts with 21 (Scottsburg in Class 2 and Orleans in Class 4). So the chances for a state title are still good. Best bet: Orleans in fine arts. The Bulldogs posted a clear 3-point margin over their closest challengers, and they will have to face only four opponents, while Madison and Scottsburg will have five and BNL (Class 1) six. Second best bet: Scottsburg, also in fine arts (2-point margin, one extra opponent). Third best: Madison in math (only a 1-point edge in a subject notorious for high scores -- Class 1 Hobart made a perfect 25).
But in the spirit of Derby Day, I have to pick one winner. Okay. Orleans.
In that other competition, I'm going with Buzzards Bay. I've read more than 1300 pages of depositions so far this year about a rusty water tank in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, and my coworkers and I think Consus may be telling us something. After all, the Romans later identified him with Neptune, the god of water and presumably of water tanks. (About my title: Just kidding. I'm not going to trash the Derby. The Kentucky Derby Festival saved the regional spelling bee after the Courier-Journal wimped out.)
http://www.iasp.org/iace/Super%20State%20Finals.html
No one qualified five squads, a feat achieved by Madison in 2002. Hamilton Southeastern in Fishers (Class 1; all but fine arts and social studies) and North Judson-San Pierre (Class 3; all but science and social studies) qualified four. Nine schools succeeded in qualifying three squads, including Tell City (Class 3; math, science, interdisciplinary).
Our region didn't fare so well as usual, placing only 6 squads in the finals out of a total of 144. Madison and Scottsburg qualified two squads; Bedford-North Lawrence and Orleans each qualified one. Even Columbus East (just outside our region, but winner of the Hoosier Hills Conference crown with a magnificent 125) qualified only two squads (fine arts and social studies).
However, as you may recall, three of our entrants topped their classes: Madison in math with 24; Scottsburg and Orleans in fine arts with 21 (Scottsburg in Class 2 and Orleans in Class 4). So the chances for a state title are still good. Best bet: Orleans in fine arts. The Bulldogs posted a clear 3-point margin over their closest challengers, and they will have to face only four opponents, while Madison and Scottsburg will have five and BNL (Class 1) six. Second best bet: Scottsburg, also in fine arts (2-point margin, one extra opponent). Third best: Madison in math (only a 1-point edge in a subject notorious for high scores -- Class 1 Hobart made a perfect 25).
But in the spirit of Derby Day, I have to pick one winner. Okay. Orleans.
In that other competition, I'm going with Buzzards Bay. I've read more than 1300 pages of depositions so far this year about a rusty water tank in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, and my coworkers and I think Consus may be telling us something. After all, the Romans later identified him with Neptune, the god of water and presumably of water tanks. (About my title: Just kidding. I'm not going to trash the Derby. The Kentucky Derby Festival saved the regional spelling bee after the Courier-Journal wimped out.)
posted by Bill Kenney at 10:13 PM
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