The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl team took eighth place at the State Tournament, held at Cragun’s Conference Center in Brainerd, Minnesota. This was the program’s ninth year going to state. The team one members included: Gina Filo, Jensen Maiden, Neil Gleason, Jonathon Hank and Michael Bonde. Four of the Five members were on the State Tournament team from last season.
Beginning on Thursday night, the two day competition consisted of one written round and five oral rounds. Of the 48 teams present, half participated in the large school competition and half in small school. Team one competed in the large school division and held first place after the written round and two oral rounds. During the third and fourth rounds of competition they dropped out of first and eventually fell into fifteenth place. Finding a way to battle back, team one jumped seven spots in the final round to claim an eighth place finish.
This state appearance involved not only the members of team one, but also the seniors from teams two and three. All eight seniors who participated in knowledge bowl attended. As tradition, the group stopped on their way to the tournament for a game of bowling. Between rounds members golfed at the resort, swam in Gull Lake, and played Ultimate Frisbee with other knowledge bowl teams.
