The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Quiz Bowl team will play for the Class 7A state title in the Arkansas Governor’s Quiz Bowl Championships.
ASMSA will face Bryant High School in the championship round of the state tournament on Saturday, April 26. The title match will be held at 9 a.m. at Arkansas PBS in Conway. Arkansas PBS will air the match live on its stations across the state as well as streaming online at myarpbs.org/watch.
ASMSA qualified for the title game by going undefeated in the early rounds of the Class 7A state tournament that were held at Little Rock Central High School on April 12. The team had qualified for the state tournament by winning the Class 7A West Regional Tournament in March. That finish allowed ASMSA to enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed, giving it a first-round bye. The team won its two afternoon matches to qualify for the final.
Juniors Ridgely Bond and Jacob Lewis were named to the All-State Tournament Team. They also qualified for the All-Star Tournament to be held on May 3 based on their performance in the regional tournament.
The team is coached by Caleb Grisham, a mathematics Instructor of Excellence at the school. The tournament is sponsored by the Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association.
Sometime the week after finals, the title match will be posted to youtube.com/arkansaspbs. Photos will available at myarpbs.org/photos.