Scholastic Bowl
GM Takes Home State
Title After 23-0 Season
By Margaret Lipman (February 28,
2007)
The
Scholastic Bowl team finished a perfect season with a win
in the State Championship Saturday at the College of William and Mary. This is the third time that Mason has taken
home the Division A title, following
wins in 2002 and 2003, but the first undefeated season in
the team’s history.
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Led
by seniors Matt Peppe and David Maher, senior captain Margaret
Lipman, and junior Peter Davis, the team sailed through the
first round, defeating Twin Springs 295-40. Juniors
Peter Breen, K-K Bracken, and Brennan Downey also contributed
to the win. Next, the team bested West Point High School 250-145, guaranteeing them
a spot in the semifinals. They
met Radford High School, last year’s state champions,
in that round. Despite
several tense moments, Mason pulled off a comfortable win of
240-160. Mason would again face Radford in the finals,
winning 270-115 to clinch the title. Memorable
answers to question in the tournament ranged from The Stepford Wives to
Mendel’s Law of Segregation, from Uncle
Tom Cabin’s villain Simon Legree to
General Winfield Scott, and from the planet Neptune to biblical Bathsheba.
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Scholastic
Bowl members David Maher, Matt Peppe, Margaret Lipman,
and Peter Davis showed off their skills at last weekend’s Scholastic
Bowl Championships in Williamsburg. The team finished an undefeated
season by capturing the State Championship. (Photo by Larry Lipman)
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This
year was the sixth consecutive State Championship attended by George
Mason. After winning the title
in 2002 and 2003, Mason was runner-up in 2004, fifth in 2005, and
runner-up once again in 2006 against the strong Radford team. Although
the Mustangs will lose three of their starting seniors next year,
juniors Davis, Bracken, Breen, and Downey will all be returning, along
with coach Jamie Scharff,
of course. However, the team
also hopes to recruit underclassmen to take part in the winning tradition
and hopefully return to States once again.
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