John Harrington, Ryan Rosu, Sparsh Balabadadrapatruni

On Monday, March 25th, the Lake Ridge team made up of John Harrington, Sparsh Balabadrapatruni, and Ryan Rosu defeated the North Ridgeville team consisting of Aidan Cunningham, Jonah Fechner and Emily Hills by a final score of 370-310.

After finishing the opening round, in a 50-50 draw, Lake Ridge began to pull away by outscoring the Rangers by 30 in round two. The third round saw North Ridgville start to narrow the lead ending the round in a 20 points deficit

In the multi clue round, Lake Ridge’s Ryan Rosu pulled the Royals ahead for good scoring 90 points on early clues. Rosu would go on to be named the Standout Scholar Award winner as his team clinched the first semifinal spot of the 2019 Scholastic Games Season.

Next week’s quarterfinal will take place Tuesday night and will feature Avon vs Oberlin.

http://weol.northcoastnow.com/audio/weol/SG19-09%20QF-Lake%20Ridge%20vs.%20N.Ridgeville-podcast.mp3