New Jersey team captures national title

From: Gallaudet - Apr 25, 2006

New Jersey team captures national title

Mountain Lakes High School is the champion of the 10th annual National Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students.

(WASHINGTON) Mountain Lakes High School from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, is the champion of the 10th annual National Academic Bowl for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students.

The team bested John Hersey High School (Arlington Heights, Ill.) in the championship match by a score of 62-46. Mountain Lakes finished the competition with an 8-2 record.

The National Academic Bowl is sponsored by Gallaudet University and its five regional centers around the country. This year’s national sponsors are the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Sorenson Video Relay Service and Verizon.

Since its inception in 1997, the National Academic Bowl’s purpose has been to foster the pursuit of academic excellence, promote a spirit of academic competition and good sportsmanship, and encourage social opportunities for collegiality among students.

In the third-place match, Monroe #1 BOCES (Rochester, N.Y.) upended Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis) by a score of 35-27. The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (St. Augustine, Fla.) won the Sportsmanship Award, and David Uzzell from John Hersey High School was named the tournament’s outstanding player.