PHS Academic Team Advances to Area
The Perry High School Academic Team has had a successful season and will advance to the class 4A OSSAA Area Academic Bowl next week.
They placed third at the Regional Academic Bowl in November to qualify for Area, a level PHS has not achieved in over a decade. This year's record in the Tall Grass Conference is 13-1 and a record of 3-4 against OSSAA opponents.
The team will travel to Chandler High School on January 17 for the Area competition. There are 32 total teams (four brackets) battling it out at Area. Teams are seeded based on points and placing from Regionals. The Area champion and runner-up will advance to the state contest on January 31.
PHS Academic Team members include Aiden Thompson (co-captain), Eli Patak (co-captain), Leighanna Vance, Erica Lang-Seabourn, Jordan Hedrick, Connor Bolay, Kian Thompson, Quinton Bell, and Grant Hoffman. The team is coached by Jaymi Thompson, Garrett Davis, and Kevin Bond.
Best of luck to the team and coaches!