Area students are adjusting their thinking caps for the current rounds of Varsity Knowledge Bowl taking place at Celebration Lutheran Church in Sartell.
Currently, the subregionals are taking place for small-, medium- and large-school teams.
The Sartell-St. Stephen team, coached by teacher Luke Walker and part of the large-school competition, will take place starting at 9 a.m. Monday, March 16 at Celebration. Teams that will compete against Sartell-St. Stephen in the subregional are St. Cloud Apollo, Buffalo, Chisago Lakes, Elk River, Monticello, North Branch, Princeton, Rogers, Sauk Rapids-Rice and St. Cloud Tech.
The six top winners in each category (small, medium, large) will compete at the regional competition, also to be held at Celebration starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 19.
Five winners from the regional contest will go on to statewide competition – two teams from the large-school category, two from the small category and one team that scores the best, regardless of category – April 9-10 at Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd.
For more about the Knowledge Bowl competitions, see upcoming issues of the Sartell Newsleader.