By Monty Siekerman
The Ada High School quiz bowl team ran it overall match record to 39-4 by winning this year's Hardin County Invitational Quiz Bowl.  The annual event features all six Hardin County Schools and two schools invited from Hancock County.

The Bulldogs opened the evening with convincing wins over Upper Scioto Valley, Liberty Benton and Cory Rawson.  Following the dinner break, Ada resumed its domination by racking up wins against  Hardin Northern and Kenton.  Ada's 5-0 record earned a playoff for the championship against a very tough Riverdale squad.

The match see-sawed back and forth before Ada opened up an 11-8 lead with only a few questions left to be read.  But never-say-die Riverdale closed the gap to 11-10 with only one question left.

Ada correctly answered the following question to claim the championship:

Identify the Music Icon honored in a 1993 USPS stamp and again in a 2015 release.  Some of his number one singles were: Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock, It’s Now or Never, and Jailhouse Rock. The answer: Elvis Presley.

Ada's JV also won their bracket of the tournament, finishing 4-0.

Pictured are: Austin Amburgey, Kiser Colley, Noah Pinkney, Jacob Colwell, Dave Lusk, advisor, Nathan Hurtig, Erryk Katayama, Terry Sheridan, Alex Hurtig