Academic Super Bowl Team Makes History

Four of five teams qualified for the state championship

McKenzie Poer, People & Index Editor

April 19, 2024

Academic Super Bowl Team

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The Science team of Max Poole, Sarah Leitzel, and Billy Roman won first place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

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The Math team of Max Poole, Sarah Leitzel, and Eva Obetkovski won first place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

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The English team of Eva Obetkovski, Bella Lamparski, and Cailin Ward won first place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

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The Fine Arts team of Vanessa O’Lena, Myles Querimit, and Maya Leestma got second place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

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The Crown Point Academic Super Bowl team had a historic night at Merrillville High School in the Indiana Area Academic Super Bowl meet. Four of the five teams qualified for the state championship, a first for Crown Point.

The English team of Eva Obetkovski, Bella Lamparski, and Cailin Ward won first place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

“It felt amazing to qualify for state. I was so excited. We’re so excited to go down to state and compete. We got first for English and first for math. Honestly, to prepare we meet outside of school, and on weekends we have study sessions and go through questions. For English, we watched the movie over and over again and had movie nights together. We spend a lot of time together, which has helped us connect as a group,” Eva Obetkovski said.

The Fine Arts team of Vanessa O’Lena, Myles Querimit, and Maya Leestma got second place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

The Math team of Max Poole, Sarah Leitzel, and Eva Obetkovski won first place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

The Science team of Max Poole, Sarah Leitzel, and Billy Roman won first place and was one of 7 teams in the state who qualified in class 1.

The combined results of all five teams qualifies Crown Point to take part in the Interdisciplinary competition. Crown Point tied Penn for the highest score in the state overall.

They will compete on May 4^th at Purdue University in five different categories, the first time for Crown Point. To qualify for state, a team had to be in the top 7 of 70 schools in class 1.

John Lambersie and Jason McGee coach the team. Information for this article was submitted by John Lambersie.

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About the Contributor

McKenzie Poer, Co-Editor-in-Chief

McKenzie Poer is a senior at Crown Point High School. This is Poer’s third year on the Excalibur Yearbook staff and is Co-Editor-in-Chief this year. She joined yearbook after her sister was a part of the staff for three years. Poer has played the cello for eight years. Poer is also a part of the light and sound crew for the Crown Point Theater Department and is Head of Sound this year. Poer wants to become a counselor later in life. Outside of school, Poer enjoys baking and hanging out with friends.