The Coffeyville Community College quiz bowl team placed third at the National Association of Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Sectional this past weekend in Concordia, Kan. CCC competed against seven other community colleges for an opportunity to qualify for the NAQT National Tournament next month in Orlando, Fla.

CCC started tournament play by winning three matches in a row. CCC defeated Hutchinson, Johnson County and Garden City.

After their hot start, Coffeyville dropped consecutive matches to Allen County and Dodge City before winning their last two round robin matches against Cowley and Cloud County.
 
Four teams tied for first with 5-2 records after the round robin was completed. In additional to Coffeyville, Garden City, Allen County and Johnson County each had 5-2 records. A four-team playoff was held to determine the winner with Coffeyville and Johnson County matched up in the first game. However, in this go-around, Johnson County would defeat Coffeyville. Coffeyville then staved off playoff elimination by defeating Allen County and then faced Garden City for a chance to play back into the championship game. Garden City, though, defeated Coffeyville. Garden City would play Johnson County for the sectional championship with Johnson County prevailing.

Coffeyville’s James Deckard, a sophomore from Wichita, was the sixth high-scoring individual out of 47 total competitors in the tournament, averaging nearly 18 points per game. Donald Houston, a Manhattan, Kansas, sophomore was tenth with a scoring average of 15.79 points per game. Austin Baughman, a sophomore from Tecumseh, Kansas, was 13th individually with an average of 14.62 points per game.

Also competing for Coffeyville were Camee Harden, freshman from Coffeyville; Candice Hagebusch, sophomore from Coffeyville; Rachel Burdge, sophomore from Paola, Kansas; Kyle Darnell, sophomore from Chetopa; Michael Abbott, freshman from Great Bend, Kansas; Zach McClenning, sophomore from Coffeyville; and Kyle Lindgren, freshman from Salina, Kansas.

Coffeyville’s next tournament will be on March 3 at the Academic Challenge Regional hosted this year by Allen County Community College in Iola, Kan.