News: Loudoun Valley Wins Scholastic Challenge

(Apr. 27, 2010) - Loudoun Valley High School captured the championship in the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Scholastic Challenge, held Wednesday, April 21st, at Potomac Falls High School.

The Vikings scored 210 points in the fall half of the challenge and surged ahead of the other nine LCPS high schools by scoring 350 in the spring challenge for a winning total of 560 points.

The Scholastic Challenge is coordinated by Julia B. Kelly, supervisor of the LCPS Gifted Program. The College Bowl-style competition consisted of four rounds of academic questions, including two sessions of toss-up questions (answered by the first team to sound the electronic buzzer) and directed questions (questions directed to a specific high school team). Each question was worth 10 points.

The scores for the fall half of the Scholastic Challenge were:
Stone Bridge High School – 320 points
Park View High School – 310 points
Broad Run High School – 270 points
Loudoun Valley High School – 210 points
Dominion High School – 170 points
Heritage and Potomac Falls High School – tied with 160 points
Briar Woods High School – 150 points
Loudoun County High School – 120 points
Freedom High School – 100 points

The spring and final scores for the championship Scholastic Challenge were:
Loudoun Valley High School – 350 points/total 560 points
Stone Bridge High School – 230 points/total 550 points
Broad Run High School – 250 points/total 520 points
Briar Woods High School – 340 points/total 490 points
Park View High School – 150 points/total 460 points
Dominion High School – 260 points/total 430 points
Potomac Falls High School – 230 points/total 390 points
Heritage High School – 140 points/total 300 points
Freedom High School – 140 points/total 240 points
Loudoun County High School – 110 points/total points 230

The Scholastic Challenge championship team was coached by Loudoun Valley High School English teacher David S. Noland and included the following students:

Vanessa Braganza
Dan Breslauer
Zach Carver
Brett Decker
Bryce Dunn
Andrew Jones
Kelly McCray
Chris Miller
Jeff Nichols
Jack Parker
Jessica Pullis
Heather Quante
Frank Song
Brian Wagner
Brandon Wilson