Peninsular Florida Teen Bible Quiz

Ten teams gathered for the third League match at Orlando Faith Assembly today. It was a good day of quizzing and friendships-renewed.

In the A-League, Wesley Chapel solidified their lead with a perfect quizzing day. Led by Abby Rogers’ 139 points per game, the no-longer-girls-only team (hello, Marvin Ellis!) won all seven of their games for the day. It was a battle for second place, as the next three teams took turns beating up on each other. In the end, Fort Lauderdale #209 edged their fellow #208 team for second place on the day.

Individually in A-League, Abby was followed in the standings by Daniel Notman (99.2/game), Erinn Wolf (82.1) and Oore Morakinyo (79.2).

After beginning the year 1-14, Wesley Chapel’s MSQ team came to life on Saturday. Pero Adewunmi scored 73.3 points per game to finish first individually and carry Wesley Chapel to a perfect 6-0 record for the day. Orlando #205 finished with a 4-2 record, followed by Orlando #207 at 3-2.

Trailing Pero individually were Joel Keva, Kelso Morant, and Emily Freer.

Year-to-date Standings. (PDF)

The 2nd League match for the 2011-2012 season took place at Orlando Faith Assembly on November 2. It was another great day for Bible Quiz, and some good performances were turned in by our Pen. Florida Bible Quizzers.

Wesley Chapel and North Fort Myers came out on top for the day. Each team finished with perfect 7-0 records in A-League and MSQ, respectively. For the year, Wesley Chapel stands atop the A-League at 15-0. This was the first match of the year for North Fort Myers, with Orlando Faith maintaining the MSQ lead at 10-5.

Individually, despite navigating the day in a wheelchair, Abby Rogers from Wesley Chapel was top scorer in the A-League with a 132.1 points/match. Trailing her was Tobi Morakinyo from Fort Lauderdale. Abby’s teammates, Reesie Owens and Erinn Wolf tied for third place.

In MSQ, top scoring honors went to Summer McDaniel from North Fort Myers. Summer scored 128.6 points/match. She was followed by Joel Keva and Dakarai Cherefant, both from Orlando Faith.

You can see the full team standings here.

Yes, here we are with the November 2nd League quiz just days away, and we haven’t even posted what happened at the first league match yet. In case you were wondering…

Wesley Chapel Victorious Life’s #203 team got their A-League season rolling by going 8-0 during the double round-robin opening day. They placed ahead of Fort Lauderdale Christian Life Center’s #209 team, which finished at 6-2 on the day.

Abby Rogers was high quizzer for the A-League with a 133-point-per-game average. She was followed by Daniel Notman and Erinn Wolf.

Teams from Orlando Faith took the top 3 positions in Middle School Quiz, with Team #204 finishing the day at 7-2.

Individually, Dakarai Cherefant averaged 100-points-per-game to take top honors. He was followed by Joel Keva and Emily Freer.

Here are the standings after the first league match.

UPDATE: Here are the individual scores for the first league match.

The Official National Teen Bible Quiz Website – http://BibleQuiz.AG.org

The Unofficial, but really good, National Teen Bible Quiz Website – http://www.BibleQuiz.com

The Bible Quiz Forum – http://www.NYBibleQuiz.com/forum

The Official Rulebook of Bible Quiz

Videos for coaches and officials from the National Youth Department

Karl Dawson’s blog

Bryan Turner’s list of common mistakes officials make

The Bible Quiz Podcast

The TBQ Coaches Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Pen Florida District Experience Conference, September 17, 2011. The conference will be held at Lakeland’s Victory Church. Plans for the coming season will be discussed at the meeting.

There is no charge to attend the meeting. To receive a FREE PASS to attend only the coaches meeting, you must see Tammy Stanley in the lobby areas of Victory Church on Saturday, before the meeting.

In addition to the Coaches Meeting, there will also be a separate workshop for TBQ Officials Training.

Times for the Coaches Meeting and Officials Training workshop have not been decided yet.

For the latest information and full workshop schedule and listing, go to www.experienceconferenceinfo.com.

New training videos are now available on the National Bible Quiz website. These videos are specifically geared to get coaches up and running for the new year, but they also will be insightful for quizzers and officials, too.

The 2011-2012 Teen Bible Quiz season will cover the books of Hebrews and 1st/2nd Peter. The application questions that will be used in League competition, the Question Writer Information, and Material Breakdown have been posted at BibleQuiz.AG.org.

Wesley Chapel returned to National Finals in Dallas, hoping to repeat as National Champions. Although it didn’t happen, they did post a stellar 26-4 four-day record to repeat their Final Four appearance and pick up a Third Place trophy.

Orlando Faith Assembly finished in 16th place in the Championship Division, while Fort Lauderdale Christian Life Center finished in 16th in the Challenger Division.

Individually, Abby Rogers from Wesley Chapel repeated as Top Individual Scorer, Individual Tournament Champion, Quoting Bee Champion, and National Female Quizzer of the Year. Tamera Burkhalter (Orlando) was finished 2nd to Abby in Individual Scoring and was the recipient of the Mark Gilmer Scholarship Award.

Full statistics and standings can be viewed on BibleQuiz.AG.org.

In what has become an annual tradition, all of Peninsular Florida’s Teen Bible Quiz teams sailed through Regionals and will represent the district at this July’s Teen Bible Quiz National Finals.

Defending National Champion Wesley Chapel Victorious Life Assembly, first-year Fort Lauderdale Christian Life Center, and veterans Orlando Faith Assembly all placed in the top five to gain automatic bids to the season ending competition in Dallas, Texas. Wesley Chapel was named Regional Champions, while Fort Lauderdale won a 3-team playoff with Orlando and a team from Toccoa, Georgia to place fourth. Orlando beat Toccoa in a final playoff for fifth place and the final automatic bid. Teams from Montgomery, Alabama and Cumming, Georgia rounded out the top five.

Fort Lauderdale reached Regional Finals as a wildcard, after making an impressive showing during district competition. Although short on experience, hard work and solid quizzing when it counted carried them through a pressure-packed day at Regionals.

Orlando Faith had an up-and-down day, ending the round-robin as the top scoring team among the three that were tied for fourth place. They watched as Fort Lauderdale beat Toccoa, then had one of their down moments in their own loss to the CLC team. However, retiring coach Ray Berkey was able to gather his team and they responded with a decisive win over Toccoa. Afterwards, Ray told me that this would be his last match. Angie Berkey will be coaching the team in Dallas.

Meanwhile, Wesley Chapel had a typical, dominating day. Using another strong day from two-time Female Quizzer of the Year, Abby Rogers, VLC was undefeated, and will now prepare to defend their title in Texas.

All three teams will be part of the 40-team field, July 2-9 in Dallas, Texas.

Individually, Abby Rogers was top scorer for the day, averaging 135 points in VLC’s eight wins. Orlando’s Tamera Burkhalter was second high scorer for the day, with 96.88 points per match. Erinn Wolf from Wesley Chapel was 7th in points, with a 80.63 average, and CLC’s Daniel Notman was 9th while averaging 72.50 points per match.

In the Middle School division of Regionals, although Wesley Chapel was the most prolific scoring team, they were upset in two matches, and finished in second place with a 5-2 record. The other Pen. Florida team present, Orlando Faith, ended their day in seventh place at 1-6.

Individually, Wesley Chapel’s Shannon Wolf ended the day as the second place scorer, with 510 points, only 10 points behind first place Paula Ann Granston of Snellville, Georgia. Shannon’s teammate, Alexandria Mintah, was in fourth, with 460 points.

Congratulations to all our Peninsular Florida Bible Quiz teams.

The full results for both A and MSQ, from March 12, 2011.