Academic Team

March

ORES Classic

Saturday, March 1st, 2025 was the ORES (Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools) Classic. In the ORES Classic, people are chosen from all around Oklahoma to take a 50-minute test that has 100 questions. There are four topics, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, & Science. At the end of all four tests, the awards ceremony announced that our very own Daxten Robinson placed 6th in state for mathematics! Great job! Stay smart quiz bowl!

Area Finals

And the results are in:

1st place- Frink-Chambers

2nd place- Krebs

3rd place- Haywood

4th place- Tannehill

February

OJABA-Regionals

Saturday, February 15th two teams travelled to the Oklahoma Junior Academic Bowl Association regional competition in Kiowa. After seven games, Frink A can call themselves Regional Champs! They will travel to Dale, OK in April to compete for the state title.

Frink B played hard but couldn't come up with the win against Weleetka.

We are so proud of both teams for working so hard.

January

Quiz Bowl match

On Wednesday January, 29 Frink went to Krebs. The first game of the day was Frink vs. Haywood. Frink won 290 to 70. The second game was against Krebs. It was a close match, but Frink locked in winning 290 to 250. At the last game, Frink went against Tannehill, but this time they lost 210 and 240.

OJABA-District Comp.

By: Tamae Briggs

On Tuesday, January 21 the academic team competed in an academic meet, called OJABA, at Kiowa Middle School. For OJABA there will be two Frink teams. Team A: Ruby-- Team Captain, Caroline, Tamae, Marvin, and Noe. Team B: Ava-- Team Captain, Olivia W, Sara, Izzac, and Daxten. Frink A has Mrs. Kraft and Emma Case as coaches. Frink B has Mrs. Thomas and Hannah as coaches.

December

ORES Shawnee Buzzer Competition

By Olivia West

On Saturday, December 8th, the 7/8th grade academic team went to Shawnee for an ORES State competition. First, we all went to McDonald's for breakfast, and it was connected to a gas station so we could get a small snack if we wanted too. When we arrived at the High School we had to compete in, we arrived a little bit early so we got to go to the Shawnee Mall for about an hour. Unfortunately we had 9 people and we could only have 8 people on the team. Hannah said that she would sit out. Then it was finally time to answer away. After a lot of rounds, we eventually had to leave because we lost. However, we placed 5th out of 23 different schools! Finally, after we left, we went to What-a-burger for dinner. Overall, it was extremely fun to challenge different schools and see what we would be able to place.

https://www.ores.k12.ok.us/

District Competition #3 @ Haywood

By Olivia West

Our most recent quiz bowl meet was on Wednesday December 4th. On Wednesday, we had the most nerve-wracking meet that I’ve ever experienced against Krebs. It was the 2nd round, 2nd half, and the score at the end was 230 - 220; and we were winning by 10 points. Then it was the lightning round. The other team went first; luckily they got some of the questions wrong. Then, it was our turn for the lightning round. The only two choices we had were Math or Geography; and we chose math. We got some of the answers wrong; and we only needed 5 correct answers to beat the other team. We got 1, then 2, then 3. My heart was racing. Then 4, finally, at the last question, we got the last one correct and we won, just by 10 points.

Schedule

2024-2025

Dates Host School

Wed., Oct. 23 @ Frink

Wed., Nov. 13 @ Tannehill

Wed., Dec. 4 @ Haywood

Sat., Dec. 7 State Comp. Shawnee (Buzzer)

Tues., Jan. 21 OJABA District Comp. Kiowa

Wed., Jan. 29 @ Krebs

Sat., Feb. 15 OJABA Team Regional Competition (Kiowa)

Wed., Feb. 19 @ Tannehill

Sat., Feb. 22** State Comp. Shawnee (Paper/Pencil)

Wed., Mar. 12 @ Frink (Final) Awards.

Sat., April 12 OJABA Team State Competition (Dale)

**Parents can attend the awards assembly ~4:00 P.M. The meet itself will be closed to audience members.

November

2nd Meet @ Tannehill

Our quiz bowl team is on spot with a 6-0 streak! Frink-Chambers played three teams on November 13, 2024 at Tannehill, OK. Haywood, Krebs, and Tannehill Schools all competed.

Frink was already on a great start against Haywood, ending with a score of 300/170 with Frink taking the victory. Frink got to play Krebs next, and they took the win again 240/150! Frink was feeling amazing going into the last game against Tannehill, and finally the quiz bowl meet ended with 3 wins and 0 losses and a score of 170/120!

Some of our finest bowlers, Dax, Izzac, and Marvin.

Sarah and Liv getting some smart ideas at the meet.

October

First Meet

By: Tamae

Our very first meet was on October 23. Our Frink quiz bowl team did an amazing job. We won all of the games against Krebs, Haywood, and Tannehill. Krebs and Haywood won against Tannehill, and Haywood won against Krebs. Our next meet will be at Tannehill and will be on November 13.

Frink-Chambers Academic Team

Members include: Tamae, Marvin, Hannah, Dax, Ava, Noe, Ruby, Sara, Olivia W., Olivia S., Sara, Raylan, Carson, Caroline, and Isaac (not pictured).

Coaches: Mrs. Kraft and Mrs. Thomas

Studying for Quiz Bowl

By: Tamae

To study for quiz bowl, there is the study guide that Mrs. Thomas gives to all of quiz bowl. Some of the best ways to study are in quite environments, or cutting off distractions. Whizrace.com is a great way to study for the quiz bowl meets.

September

Quiz Bowl Questionnaire!

The first quiz bowl meet on September 9th was awesome. We got folders of facts to look at in our free time. We all had much fun buzzing in our answers by saying buzz or other words. The entire team got a list of our competitions with the dates. I hope we’ll have lots of fun this year!! The competitions look fun even if we have to read Harry Potter for one.

The second meeting was stellar. The team got snacks from our lovely Mrs. Smith (previously known as Gilliam) from Falcon Club. Everyone got to decide on our new wonderful shirt designs which are super cute!

by Hannah Graham

August

You should know:

Academic team members will be chosen by the coaches, Mrs. Kraft and Mrs. Thomas.
Students will practice each week on Monday. Practice in Mrs. Kraft's room 3:05-4:00.
First practice will be Monday, September 9, 2024.
Parents pick up students in front of the gym.
Students will travel to participating school sites in order to compete. We will be back for regular pickup.
State competitions will be held in Shawnee. Notes will come home closer to competition dates.

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