On Monday, March 4th, the defending champion Olmsted Falls academic team represented by Nick Gaba, Sam Gray and Ben Meredyk defeated the Avon Lake squad

Olmsted Falls Ben Meredyk (right) shakes hands with Scholastic Games host Jim Mehrling (left) after being awarded the Standout Scholar Award.

consisting of Natalie Miller, Irwin Deng and Connor NcNeill.

Olmsted Falls took the early lead ending the current events round with a 100-70 advantage.

In the third round, both teams matched answers allowing Olmsted Falls to maintain its 30 point advantage entering the final round. The Bulldog’s Ben Meredyk set the tone early in the final stanza scoring his team a quick 60 points on the first two questions. He would end the round with 100 points total giving his team the 480-330 win and earning this week’s Stand out Scholar Award .

To hear the Olmsted Falls vs Avon Lake edition of the the 2019 Scholastic Games listen to the link below.

Don’t forget to tune in next Monday for the final round of the regular season featuring Clearview and North Ridgeville.

This week, we are talking Lorain County wrestling with Shaun Bennett and Brad Bournival from the Chronicle-Telegram.

Bull and Matt bring you the latest from the high school courts and name this week’s Janasko Insurance Players of the Week on this edition of In the Paint Presented by Dr. Karen Kramer.

During The Feb. 25th edition of the Scholastic games of Lorain County, the Elyria High team (represented by Matthew Carson, Garrett Worden and John Schuman) topped the Columbia team (represented by Annie Sprinkle, Matthew Dixon and Jackson Ives) by a score of 430 – 130.

Elyria’s John Schuman (right) Sahkes hands with Scholastic Games host Jim Mehrling after being named Standout Scholar.

Elyria held just a 20 point lead going into the final round, but was able to pull away with the help of Schuman who answered two fifty point questions in the finale earning the  Student Scholar Award.

Take a listen to the Monday night’s quiz show below, and make sure to check out the next edition featuring Avon Lake vs Olmsted Falls on Monday, March 4th at 6pm.