After facing 2 very formidable quiz teams last quizmeet, the Stony Brook quiz team looked forward to moving on from that tough meet. Stony Brook felt pleased to learn that one of the quiz teams in their next quizmeet, Bowmansville 2, pretty much fell in the standings equal to Stony Brook. As for the other team Stony Brook would quiz, Waterway 2, while they fell 10th place in League A, Waterway 2 fell 23rd of 51 teams overall, so Waterway 2 is really an average team. This gave Stony Brook hope that they could break their 4-game losing streak. The first Friday practice did not seem so promising. Not only did all 5 quizzers commit a lot of errors, they dropped many of the bonuses. It did not seem like the quiz team knew the material. The quizzers only needed an extra week of practice. The second Friday practice did look promising. Very few errors happened, and when they did, most of them got the bonus correct. All Stony Brook needed to do was fine tuning before Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon, the Stony Brook quiz team met at the Heindels for practice. Since Caleb had a choir practice, quizzing practice consisted of the 4 girls. Since practice only had 4 quizzers, their coach increased quiz outs to 4 questions. The added challenge did not throw off the 4 girls. While they had a couple error outs, for the most part, they all managed to quiz out with 4 questions. After doing 4 sets of practices matches over this week's material, the quiz team had 2 sets of review matches. The Stony Brook quiz coach, feeling a little sadistic, made the first set of review questions all lists! While both Kate and Olivia fell victim to the lists, both Kaylee and Lauren quizzed out on them! To boost morale and encourage, the quiz coach asked another set of review questions, straightforward and slightly easier. This review match went much smoother, indeed boosting morale. At 4 o'clock, during the dinner hour, Judy prepared for the quiz team taco soup with all the fixings. During this dinner hour, Caleb rejoined the team. The quiz coach went over the quiz questions the rest of the team had during their practice matches in the afternoon. Soon enough, 5 o'clock came, and the entire quiz team crowded into the Metzler van to head off to Petra Church one last time for the year.
Once the Stony Brook quiz team arrived at Petra Church, they found a quiet corner to do a couple rounds of questions. After a few rounds, Stony Brook filed into the Petra auditorium for a time of worship. The quiz team stayed in the sanctuary to watch quiz matches until 7 o'clock, when their time to quiz came.
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| Stony Brook vs. Waterway 2 |
At 7 o'clock, Stony Brook quizzed with Waterway 1 in room 306, with Sam Clement as the quizmaster. Waterway started strong with a correct buzz in from their quizzer Christopher, but Olivia matched him with a correct buzz-in on her own, tying the score up at 10 after 2 questions. On question 3, Caleb made the unfortunate buzz in at "Joseph of Arimathea..." but fortunately the quizmaster stuttered, so he threw out question. The quizmaster asked a new question, and Christopher from Waterway 2 buzzed in and answered correctly. Waterway's Christopher would do it again on question 4, quzzing out on the first 4 questions. On question 5, Caleb unfortunately errored, but fortunately, Waterway 2 did not pick up the bonus. On question 6, Hannah from Waterway 2 buzzed in answered correctly, extending Waterway's lead 45-10. The quizmatch was slowly slipping away from Stony Brook's grasp. Fortunately, Olivia responded by buzzing in and answered correctly. Unfortunately, Waterway 2 replied the same way, with their quizzer Bryce also buzzing in and answering correctly, holding on to their 35 point lead. Now Stony Brook would gain some steam. On question 9, Caleb buzzed in and answered correctly, bringing up Stony Brook up to 30 points. On question 10, Olivia buzzed in and answered correctly, thus quizzing out, her 5th of the year! Unfortunately, Waterway 2 would gain the same steam. Their quizzer Hannah answered a buzz in correctly twice in a row, and she would quiz out on question 12. Waterway 2 got their 35 point lead back. Caleb responded by buzzing on question 13 and answering correctly, closing in the score gap by 25 points. At this point, only Caleb and Olivia got in on the quizmatch. With only 2 questions remaining, In order to win, Stony Brook would 2 of the other 3 quizzers to buzz in and answer correctly for team bonus. Waterway 2 would foil Stony Brook's plans when their quizzer Bryce buzzed in and answered correctly, extending Waterway's score to 90 points. Not only was it feasibly impossible to earn team bonus, Waterway 2 had taken too far a lead to catch up to them. Still, Caleb had 1 question left to quiz out, which would be the first time since the first quizmatch of the year. From the bench, the Stony Brook quiz coach encouraged Caleb to just go for it. Indeed, Caleb did go for it, buzzing in, but sadly, Caleb errored on the question. While Waterway 2 did not get the bonus, it really did not matter. Stony Brook lost, 55 to 90.
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| Stony Brook vs. Bowmansville 2 |
At 8 o'clock, Stony Brook quizzed with Bowmansville 2 in room 401, with quizmaster Sam Beiler, or as the Stony Brook quizzers call him, "one-liner Sam." Bowmansville 2 began the quizmatch on a strong note with their quizzer Emma buzzing in and answering correctly 2 in a row. Olivia, who must have felt frustrated not getting in, buzzed in on question 3, but she could come with the correct answer, thus erroring. Fortunately, Bowmansville 2 would not get the bonus either. After the brief pause, Emma from Bowmansville 2 got her 3rd buzz in correct, thus quizzing out. On questions 5 & 6, Bowmansville 2 and Stony Brook would give each other bonuses, but no one would pick them up correctly. That tide changed on question 7, when Lauren got a bonus correct. Yes, Stony Brook's first points facing this equally-matched team came with Lauren's right bonus on question 7. Well, it was just the motivation Stony Brook needed. On question 8, Olivia buzzed in and answered correctly! At this point, the Stony Brook quiz coach called a time out. He pulled out Olivia to put in Kate. Now all 4 quizzers in were eligible to contribute to team bonus. On question 9, Caleb buzzed in and answered correctly! Again, the quiz coach called another timeout. Their quiz coach feeling bad to pulling out a quizzer who quizzed out last match, especially a quizzer near the Top 60 Bible Quizzers List, put Olivia back in exchange for taking out Caleb, now he got his buzz in correct. On question 10, Kaylee buzzed in on "The high priest tore..." Kaylee buzzed in, thought about it, remembered going over the keyword tore in practice and answered perfectly, "his garment...the high priest's garment" and got it correct! Stony Brook answered 4 questions correctly in a row, now taking the lead of 40 to 35! After no right answers since question 4, Bowmansville 2 quizzer Maggie buzzed in and answered correctly, taking the lead back to Bowmansville 2. This lead would only last temporarily. On the next question, Bowmansville 2 quizzer Tyler buzzed in, but he could not answer correctly. The bonus went to Olivia, and sadly, she also could not answer correctly. This must have motivated Olivia, as she would buzz in and answer correctly the next 2 questions in row, this quizzing out, her 6th of the year. Yes, Olivia quizzed out half her matches this year! On the last question, Clark from Bowmansville 2 would answer an buzz-in correctly, but it didn't really matter. Stony Brook WON 65 to 50.
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| Stony Brook's starting lineup versus Bowmansville 2 |
Since the Stony Brook quiz team had one of the last quizmatches of the night, Stony Brook joined everybody else filing into the auditorium, watching to old quizzing videos, waiting for the coordinator to quickly calculate the final standings. It did not go so quickly, as everyone waited about a half four! Before the announcement of of the top individual quizzers and quiz teams, the quiz teams, represented by Daryl and Audrey, thanked Fred & Chris Hertzler for coordinating quizzing this year. Fred also had a announcement of his own. ACC Bible Quizzing would become AMEC Bible Quizzing, as the Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Churches would become the new host/sponsor of Bible Quizzing. Then finally the Top 60 Bible Quizzers List could commence. Regrettably, the 60th place quizzer finished with 300 points, and Olivia earned 270 points, falling 30 points short of making that Top 60 Bible Quizzers List (but she probably made the top 100!). When they finished with the Top 60 Bible Quizzers List, they realized they forgot to calculate the teams for the season playoffs! Just a few minutes later, they had the answer. The standings from the previous week did not change. In League A, Petra 1 finished 1st and Calvary Monument 2 finished 2nd. In League B, Bowmansville 1 finished 1st and Calvary Monument 1 finished 2. This would mean the semifinal matches would be Petra 1 vs. Calvary Monument 1 and Calvary Monument 2 vs. Bowmansville 1. After both semifinal matches, the final season match would be Calvary Monument 1 vs. Bowmansville 1. After 15 questions, Bowmansville 1 would come out the winner and the champion. Congratulations to Bowmansville 1 for the season championship! This is the first time Bowmansville was in the season final since 2019, and the first time Bowmansville won the season championship since 2015. Also, congratulations to Calvary Monument 1 for their second consecutive appearance in the season final match!
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