Academic Tournament Schedule and Results
Walkersville High School is the regular season winner for 2020!
The 2020 schedule is now available. Fourth round categories are as follows (all dates are Fridays):
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Week #1 - Friday, January 3, 2020: TOPIC: Star Wars |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Catoctin | Urbana | Linganore | Walkersville |
| Match 2 | Frederick | Brunswick | Walkersville | Urbana |
| Match 3 | Tuscarora | Middletown | Oakdale | Gov. Thomas Johnson |
| Match 4 | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Tuscarora | Frederick | Oakdale |
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Week #2 - Friday, January 10, 2020: TOPIC: Physics |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Catoctin | Oakdale | Tuscarora |
| Match 2 | Tuscarora | Walkersville | Linganore | Catoctin |
| Match 3 | Middletown | Brunswick | Urbana | Linganore |
| Match 4 | Frederick | Middletown | Linganore | Brunswick |
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Week #3 - Friday, January 17, 2020: TOPIC: World War II |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Oakdale | Frederick | Urbana | Middletown |
| Match 2 | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Walkersville | Middletown | Frederick |
| Match 3 | Tuscarora | Brunswick | Catoctin | Walkersville |
| Match 4 | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Brunswick | Linganore | Catoctin |
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Week #4 - Friday, January 24, 2020: TOPIC: Shakespeare |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Oakdale | Linganore | Brunswick | Tuscarora |
| Match 2 | Tuscarora | Urbana | Middletown | Oakdale |
| Match 3 | Frederick | Catoctin | Walkersville | Urbana |
| Match 4 | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Walkersville | Urbana | Frederick |
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Week #5 - Friday, January 31, 2020: TOPIC: Hall of Famers (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL) |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Urbana | Tuscarora | Brunswick |
| Match 2 | Middletown | Catoctin | Brunswick | Gov. Thomas Johnson |
| Match 3 | Frederick | Linganore | Oakdale | Middletown |
| Match 4 | Walkersville | Oakdale | Catoctin | Linganore |
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Week #6 - Friday, February 7, 2020: TOPIC: 90s Music |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Oakdale | Catoctin | Tuscarora | Gov. Thomas Johnson |
| Match 2 | Urbana | Linganore | Middletown | |
| Match 3 | Walkersville | Frederick | Brunswick | |
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Week #7 - Friday, February 14, 2020: TOPIC: Geography of Islam |
Host Team | |||
| Match 1 | Oakdale | Urbana | Walkersville | |
| Match 2 | Catoctin | Linganore | Frederick | |
| Match 3 | Tuscarora | Middletown | Brunswick | |
| Off this week: Lowest scoring team in Match 1, Week #6 | ||||
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Friday, February 21, 2020: Final Championship Date - TOPIC: 1920s |
Winners | |||
| Pre-Match Play-In | Tuscarora | Catoctin | ||
| Match 1 | Brunswick | Linganore | Tuscarora/Catoctin Winner | Brunswick |
| Match 2 | Frederick | Urbana | Gov. Thomas Johnson | Urbana |
| Match 3 | Walkersville | Oakdale | Middletown | Walkersville |
| Match 4 | winner match 3 | winner match 2 | winner match 1 | |
| Current Rankings | Average Score |
| 1. Walkersville | 2.56 |
| 2. Frederick | 2.50 |
| 3. Brunswick | 2.31 |
| 4. Linganore | 2.31 |
| 5. Urbana | 2.25 |
| 6. Oakdale | 1.81 |
| 7. Middletown | 1.69 |
| 8. Gov. Thomas Johnson | 1.64 |
| 9. Tuscarora | 1.44 |
| 10. Catoctin | 1.31 |
| Weekly Raw Scores | Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Week Four | Week Five | Extra match |
Week Six | Week Seven | Week Eight | Total | Average |
| Brunswick | 13 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 11 | - | 124 | 15.50 |
| Catoctin | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | - | 55 | 6.88 |
| Frederick | 11 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 21 | - | 136 | 17.00 |
| Gov. Thomas Johnson | 13 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | off | - | 74 | 10.57 |
| Linganore | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 13 | - | 118 | 14.75 |
| Middletown | 17 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | - | 100 | 12.50 |
| Oakdale | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 9 | - | 85 | 10.63 |
| Tuscarora | 9 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 | - | 75 | 9.38 |
| Urbana | 22 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 11 | - | 114 | 14.25 |
| Walkersville | 12 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 20 | - | 144 | 18.00 |
Academic Tournament: 2020 in Review
Congratulations to Walkersville High School, 2020 Academic Tournament champions! Brunswick High earned second place, and Urbana High earned third place. Congratulations to all the teams for another amazing season!
Mr. Kevin Kendro was awarded the Curriculum Specialist's Award named in memory of Charles "Chuck" Thomas, a longtime Brunswick Coach.
Frederick High School won the inaugural SPIRIT Award (Sportsmanship, Positivity, Integrity, Respect, Inspiration, Teamwork) by accumulating spirit points throughout the season.
Don't forget to support the Frederick County teams competing in the "It's Academic" tournament Saturday mornings at 10 AM on WJZ-TV.
Articles
Walkersville Students Win Academic Tournament
Dr. Alban's Blog, "Being a Champion"
Walkersville High wins county academic tournament, Frederick News Post, February 21, 2020