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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-05-25, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, May 25, 1994 Quiz show challenges students' ability EXETER - For a group of stu- dents at South Huron District High School, the month of May means a lot more than just crunch time be- fore June exams, it also means the end of another season of competi- tion in Reach For The Top. For those who haven't seen the program on television, Reach For The Top is a student trivia show. The play is fast and the topics diverse - ranging from history, medicine, modern sport and music - to geography and current affairs. Basically partici- pants require a lot of brain power. "It's like jeopardy, but the questions are a bit more dif- ficult," said Barbara Golding teach- er/coach of the SHDHS team. In fact, she said the jeopardy peo- ple have picked a number of Reach For The Top winners to try out for the jeopardy program. No one from South Huron has not been chosen ypt although the South Huron teams have done quite well in competition over the years. Except for last year, SHDHS has managed to make it to the provin- cial level for five years. This year made six. Just a few weeks ago, the stu- dents competed at the provincial championship, hav- ing won the zone championship in April. That meant com- peting with 34 teams from across Ontario at the University of Western Ontario. Unfortunately South Huron wasn't one of the 10 schools to go on the the national level. But they did get a chance to be part of the program taping which was aired locally. The program will also he rc-televised on TV On- tario at a later date. "It's like jeopardy, but the questions are a bit more difficult," "In the best showing over the years they ended up fifth in prov- ince," Golding said. "That's pretty good when you consider we're going up against bigger schools that have more stu- dents to chose from for the team," she said. There are five players on the South Huron team although only four play in competitions. When putting a team together, Golding said she looks for students that have a• lot of general knowl- edge. South Huron has both a junior and senior team and while both were zone winners, only senior teams go on to provincial competitions. The teams begin practice in Sep- tember. "We try to practice every day," Golding said. "The Reach for the Top organiza- tion gives us practice packs of trivia questions," she said. "The students work very hard."she said. "After that, it's just a matter of studying trivia," she said. The Reach for the Top team, from left: Ian Jean, Dave Morlock (captain), Shawn Wurm. 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