ARLINGTON — West Sound Academy’s Knowledge Bowl team prevailed at the state tournament on March 17 to take first place in Division 1B.

The WSA squad —a.k.a. Team Lobster Hut — started the morning with a written round of 50 multiple-choice questions, then four rounds of 50 oral questions each.

WSA then faced off against the sixth-place team from Waitsburg in the semifinal round. WSA’s win earned them a place in the championship against Riverside Christian School and Pope John Paul II High School.

The lead went back and forth between Riverside and WSA, and after 50 questions, the two squads were tied at 15 points each. The reader/judge read a tie-breaker round of ten questions, which WSA won, 4-0, giving them the win.

Coaches Susan Trower and Lionel Pummell were thrilled with the win — it was WSA’s first first-place finish in 10 years of competition at the Washington State Knowledge Bowl.

Congratulations to the winners of the Division 1B first place trophy and individual medals: Delaney Agodon, ‘18, captain; Ruby Gsellman, ‘18; Anneke Taylor, ‘18; Max Morningstar, ‘19; Emily Bradford, ‘20; and Aidan Phelan, ‘20.