We left and headed to lunch at the food court. Competition started at 1:00 and so we all made our way to the Convention Center in plenty of time to get good seats. We were slated for the first against the team from Tennessee. From the start our team was on fire. Renee and Blake both quizzed out and Emily added some points with questions she answered. When it was all said and done we won the match 250 to 135.
The next game was Virginia vs. Kentucky with Virginia taking the win. So we were up against Virginia (which had the 2 time International Individual Bible Quiz Champion). We started off slow getting down 70 to -10 and really didn't get much going early. The tide started changing when Emily answered a HUGE 30 point question. This brought the match to a 120-70 score (we were still behind). The game wore on and our 3 continued to fight hard but never managed to gain the lead. Blake quizzed out on the 17th question to bring the score to 190-130...still behind. It did not look good for us but we still had a chance. When you quiz out (answer five correct question, you are out of the game)you get a 25 point bonus. Blake had already quizzed out but they also had one person who had quizzed out. We were down to 3 final questions. It was a 10 point question and Renee missed it, giving us a negative 10 and the other team succeeded in answering the question. The score was 200 to 120 them...with 2 questions to go. The next question was a 30 point and Renee answered it. It was 200 to 150. Renee had 4 correct answers and the possibility to quiz out, but because how far we were down, we only had a chance if it was a 30 point question. It was, and Renee was first on the buzzer...she answered...and the answer judge said...........CORRECT....200 to 180...but Renee quizzed out to get 25 bonus points...We win (after tallying quiz out points) 230 to 225!!!!!!! The place erupted (at least our side) when they announced the score! It was amazing. We were in the championship game.
Next Tennessee and Kentucky had to play...Kentucky taking the game rather handily. Then it was Kentucky vs. Virginia. This was another great game coming down to the last question which Kentucky answered correctly to win the game. The championship was set...North Georgia vs Kentucky.
The game started with Kentucky answering the first question for 10 points. From there, our team caught fire answering the next 6 questions to take a 140 - 10 lead. They never looked back. ALL THREE OF OUR QUIZZERS QUIZZED OUT!! and the final score left no question who the best Bible Quiz team in the nation was...The Torch, North Georgia, ONEWAY Student Ministries...whatever you want to call them the final score was 425 - 80!!
All I can say is Blake, Emily and Renee did an AWESOME job!! They have worked so hard. Of course NONE of this would have been possibly without the coaches. Mrs Anita, you are AWESOME. The time and effort you put into practice and behind the scenes, no one will ever know...but now the world will know what your effort looks like...International Champions...again. And who can forget BJ. Among the many other hats that he wears, he somehow finds time to assist Mrs. Anita with Bible Quiz and does an excellent job. Thanks BJ for all you do!!
(How nice of them to let me in the picture :)
Kaden was excited that we won today too!!
After the competition we went and visited the art exhibit. We have 2 competitors in it and I have yet to blog about how awesome they have done but here are a few pics of Emily and Natalie with their pieces.
Next we went out together for our final group meal. Eric found us a great spot called Sazo's. The setting was perfect. Good food, nice environment and great fellowship.
Finally, we ended the night taking a riverboat cruise. It was the perfect ending to a perfect night.
Also, here's a group shot we took today (minus BJ, Alice, Mr Jacky, Cody, Zac and Shaw)
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