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West Virginia High School Geography Bowl
The 2010 Bowl will be Saturday, March 13, 2010! Please confirm your school's participation by January 18 with Dr. Manzo. Questions? Call Dr. Manzo at 304 384-5208.
Over 100 participants and supporters come to Athens each March for the Annual Bowl. High school teams compete to answer geography questions drawn from a set of books, articles, and atlases distributed prior to the Bowl. Teams play a round-robin schedule. At the conclusion of the round-robin, the top two teams meet in the Championship Round.
Jump to: 2009 Bowl: Champion: Pikeview, Runner-up: Charleston Catholic 2008 Bowl: Champion: Woodrow Wilson, Runner-up: Pikeview 2007 Bowl: Champion: Charleston Catholic, Runner-up: Woodrow Wilson 2006 Bowl: Champion: Wyoming County, Runner-up: University 2005 Bowl: Champion: University, Runner-up: Woodrow Wilson
Champion : Pikeview Second place: Charleston Catholic
The 2009 Bowl, held March 14, was the biggest ever with 18 high school teams participating. Consequently, the teams were divided into a North Division and a South Division. After a round-robin within each division, the North Champ, Charleston Catholic, played the South Champ, Pikeview, in the Championship Round. Pikeview won the Championship Round in overtime, 70-60.
The top individual scorers were: 1. Drew Hill, Pikeview, 23 toss-up questions answered correctly*. 2. Josh Hamrick, Webster County, 18 2. Matthew Wilkinson, Woodrow Wilson, 18 4. Ben Williams, Charleston Catholic, 17 5. Morgan Haung, Shady Spring, 14 * Over the course of 8 rounds, teams were asked 48 toss-up questions. Only one of the 10 students participating in each round could be credited with the correct answer for each question. In other words, 23 correct answers is a heck of a lot!!!
* 2 points for each win, 1 point for each tie. THANK YOU! Joe Manzo, George Towers, and Jan Westerik of the Concord University Geography Department thank everyone who helped make the 2009 Bowl a big success: Volunteer judges: Carol Bard, Dave Bard, Mary Cockerham, Eric Combs, Sharon Manzo, David Matchen, Tonya McKinley, Linda Poff, Steve Rowe, Kathy Smith, Mark Smith, Darla Wise, and Linda Zirkle. Concord University students: Avik Banik, Sezin Celiktas, John Dunn, Kayla Green, Brantley Gusler, John Larkin, Jessica Whittaker. Special assistant: Nick Coker
2009 W.V. Geography Bowl Champs, Pikeview H.S. L-R: Coach Paul Hodges, ?, Drew Hill, Anna Ramthun, Haley Augustson, ?, Tom White.
The 2008 Bowl was the biggest to date with 16 high school teams comprised of a total of 88 student players!
Champion: Woodrow Wilson Second Place: Pikeview
Yiping Wing from Woodrow Wilson won the scholarship for the second consecutive year for the individual high scorer by answering 43 toss up questions. The second through fifth highest scorers received atlases for their high scores: 2nd place: Drew Hill, Pikeview, 28 correct answers 3rd place: Josh Hamrick, Webster County, 27 correct answers 3rd place: Richie Yoho, North Marion, 27 correct answers 5th place: Andrew Phillips, Charleston Catholic, 21 correct answers
* 2 points for each win, 1 point for each tie. THANK YOU! Joe Manzo, George Towers, and Jan Westerik of the Concord University Geography Department thank everyone who helped make the 2008 Bowl a big success: Volunteer judges: Carol Bard, Dave Bard, Lisa Godwin, Sharon Manzo, David Matchen, Tonya McKinley, Linda Poff, John David Smith, Kathy Smith, and DarlaWise. Concord University students: Avik Banik, Eric Combs, Robert Elsaid, Brantley Gusler, Ryan Jackson, Mayank Jain, John Larkin, Shihori Minami, Jesse Peery, Crystan Robertson, Natsuki Sukawa, and Ralitsa Velikova. Special assistant: Nick Coker
2008 Geography Bowl Champs: Woodrow Wilson H.S. Front row: Mathew Wilkinson, Patrick Sniadowski, Yiping Wang. Second row: Sam Interdonato (coach), Juanita Martin, Rachel Fedders, Matt McCormick (coach), Leah Comerci, and Laurie Lee.
First Place: Charleston Catholic
Second Place: Woodrow Wilson
Championship Round: Charleston Catholic 70, Woodrow Wilson 55.
Yiping Wing from Woodrow Wilson won the scholarship for the individual high scorer by answering 32 toss up questions. The second through fifth highest scorers received atlases for their high scores: 2nd place: Kristi Sumpter, Chapmanville, 27 correct answers 3rd place: Drew Hill, Pikeview, 23 correct answers 4th place: Josh Hamrick, Webster County, 22 correct answers 5th place: Brandon Adams, Wyoming County, 20 correct answers.
* 2 points for each win, 1 point for each tie. THANK YOU! Joe Manzo, George Towers, and Jan Westerik of the Concord University Geography Department thank everyone who helped make the 2007 Bowl a big success: Faculty coaches: Craig Johnson and Brian Porter, Bland County; Brandon Kirk, Chapmanville; Susan Cramer and Allison Hunt, Charleston Catholic; Paul Hodges, Pikeview; Sherry Strow, Princeton; Brian O’Connell, George Washington; Brenda Moore, North Marion; Mary Cockerham, Pocahontas; Bobby Miller, Sherman; Robin White, Sissonville; Debbie Gallaher, Shady Spring; Judy Massey and Debbie Dean, Webster County; Sam Interdonato and Matt McCormick, Woodrow Wilson; and Drema Shumate, Wyoming County. Volunteer judges: Sharon Manzo, David Matchen, Tonya McKinley, Linda Poff, Regina Scotchie, and Kathy Smith. Concord University students: Tiffany Brown, Eric Combs, Marsha Edwards, Brantley Gusler, Leila Moghimzadeh, Adam Powers, James Underwood, Brittany Wiley, Boomer Yancey, Stacie Young, and Stephanie Young.
Brittany Wiley (standing) and Stacie Young (facing the teams) officiate the match between North Marion (left) and Wyoming County (right). First Place: Wyoming County
(participants from Wyoming East H.S.
Second Place: University H.S.
Championship Round: Wyoming 70, University 55.
Josh Wimmer from Wyoming County was
the individual high scorer for the
* 2 points for each win, 1 point for each tie. THANK YOU! Joe Manzo, George Towers, and Jan Westerik of the Concord University Geography Department thank everyone who helped make the 2006 Bowl a big success: Faculty coaches: Brandon Kirk, Harts; Paul Hodges, Pikeview; Sherry Strow, Princeton; Brian O’Connell, George Washington; Brenda Moore, North Marion; Mary Cockerham, Pocahontas; Robin White, Sissonville; Debbie Gallaher, Shady Spring; Becky and Dan Berry, University; Judy Massey, Webster County; Sam Interdonato, Woodrow Wilson; and Drema Shumate, Wyoming County. Volunteer judges: Sharon Manzo, David Matchen, Tonya McKinley, Linda Poff, Regina Scotchie, Kathy Smith, Judy Westerik, and Darla Wise. Concord University students: Emily Boston, Eric Combs, Kristin Cook, John Dunn, Ben Hatfield, Martin Minkov, and Stephanie Young.
2005 West Virginia High School Geography Bowl Results: First place: University H.S. Second place: Woodrow Wilson H.S. Josh Wimmer from Wyoming County won the individual high scorer award and a Concord University scholarship by answering 16 questions correctly during the competition.
* 2 points for each win, 1 point for each tie. ** Woodrow Wilson won the tiebreaker with Shady Spring and qualified for the Championship Round because Woodrow won their match against Shady Spring.  Championship Round, University (L) vs. Woodrow Wilson (R)
University (L) vs. Princeton (R), George Towers, moderator
Wyoming (L) vs. Riverside (R), Linda Poff, moderator THANK YOU! Joe Manzo, George Towers, and Jan Westerik of the Concord University Geography Department thank everyone who helped make the 2005 Bowl a big success: Faculty coaches: David Lucas, Harts; Tonya Quesenberry, Montcalm; Paul Hodges, Pikeview; Sherry Strow, Princeton; Brian O’Connell, Riverside; Mary Cockerham, Pocahontas; Nicki Ardman, Sissonville; Debbie Gallaher, Shady Spring; Becky and Dan Berry, University; Judy Massey, Webster County; Sam Interdonato, Woodrow Wilson; and Drema Shumate, Wyoming County. Concord University faculty, staff, and spouses: Rod Blackman, Sharon Manzo, David Matchen, Tonya McKinley, Judy Westerik, and Darla Wise. Mercer County teachers: Linda Poff and Kathy Smith. Concord University students: Tywan Anthony, John Paul Blankenship, Eric Combs, Iliyana Dobreva, Katie McCollum, Cori Pennell, Todd Sink, and Stephanie Young. Geography Bowl Participation, 2005-09 Since 2005, 25 high schools from 18 counties have participated in the bowl.
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