Spell Bowl delivers DeKever’s 200th victory
Posted on October 13, 2016The East Noble Invitational marked the 200th competition championship that players on Coach Pete DeKever's teams have won since 1992. This total includes 70 championships by the Penn Social studies Academic Super Bowl team and now 130 competitions won by the Spell Bowl team.
"Reaching 200 competition championships is a collective accomplishment to which more than 250 Penn spellers and social studies players have contributed since our first victory in 1992," Coach DeKever said. "It represents their dedication and commitment to learning and winning."
The perfect score of 90 by Penn at the East Noble competition was the first of the season for the Kingsmen and their 47th in history.
Here are the final standings:
1.) Penn 90
2.) Columbia City 72
3.) NorthWood 62
4.) Kouts 56
5.) Garrett 35
6.) Carroll 33
7.) East Noble 30
7.) Ft. Wayne Dwenger 30 (tie)
9.) Prairie Heights 24
Perfect varsity spellers for Penn were: Michelle Tapp, Amy Bernard, Yewon Oh, Chelsea Chen, Hannah McGinness, Hannah Smith, Manaal Arif, Maggie Finnessy, Hassan Kahn and Muqsit Buchh.
Perfect junior varsity spellers for the Kingsmen were: Karen Wang, Celine Wang, Ahsan Siddiqui and Jaylan Jaga.
All 14 Penn spellers turned in perfect efforts.
Next up for the defending state champs is the Penn #2 Invitational on October 20.
Last Modified January 12, 2022