PHS Spell Bowl Team Qualifies for State

10/21/11 The PHS Spell Bowl team has qualified for the 27^th Annual Indiana Academic Spell Bowl State Finals on November 12, 2011 at Purdue University! The team advanced after winning a tiebreaker against John Glenn High School to claim first place in Area Competition. Both PHS and John Glenn accumulated overall scores of 71 which ranks first among class II schools and fourth overall statewide. Congratulations to Coach Amy Schmeltz and the PHS Spell Bowl Team and good luck at state competition. Below are results from Area Competitions held throughout the state for the seven class II schools that will compete for the championship.

School Name	City	Regular Score
Plymouth High School	Plymouth	71
John Glenn High School	Walkerton	71
Gibson Southern High School	Ft. Branch	62
South Vermillion High School	Clinton	59
New Prairie High School	New Carlisle	57
Danville Community High School	Danville	55
Silver Creek High School	Sellersburg	51

SENIOR DIVISION STATE FINALS SCHEDULE

8:30-10:00 Registration and Team pictures taken

10:00-10:30 Coaches/proctors meeting – The purpose of the meeting is to review the rules and to confirm the proctoring assignments.

10:45 Introduction of teams and team competition – The emcee will start the competition by announcing teams as they stand in place in the auditorium. Proctors will take their assigned seats.

1:30 Awards ceremonies:

Members of the Plymouth High School Spell Bowl Team are: Front Row: Kelsey Schnieders, Ashley Stokes, Pauline Dagaas, Grace Stokes, Abby Schumacher, Dana Hall, Allegra Davis, Tori Godwin Back Row: Cody Gamble, Angel Figueroa, Zach Mahan, Nate Mahan, Kurt Corsbie, Dakota Bradley.