Pope John XXIII Regional High School wins the Sussex County Academic Bowl Tournament. (Photo provided)
Pope John XXIII Regional High School won the Sussex County Academic Bowl Tournament in overtime March 4-5.
The Pope John and Lenape Valley teams were tied at the end of the final round of the round-robin tournament, requiring an overtime round of five additional questions.
Members of the Pope John team were Julius Czarnecki, Zachary Nowel, James DeSilver, Marco Concha, Emily Fuchs, Ben Janiszewski, Lucas Liakhovitch, Alexandra MacMullin, Vincent Notarnicola, Ethan Poplawski, Cooper Randall, Kyle Sobczyk and Tristan Vollero. Czarnecki and Nowel were team captains.
The tournament was held at Sparta High school. Other participating teams were Sparta, Newton, Jefferson and Hopatcong.
Each round had 40 questions in five categories: math, science, history, language arts and general knowledge.