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Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Geography Tournament 2021 Winners

by Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Office October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

Nevada County Superintendent of Schools first Academic Tournament of the 2021-2022 school year was a huge success! Nine local schools participated on Thursday, October 14^th for the annual 7^th Grade Geography Tournament. Schools nominated teams of three students who gathered at their school sites to collaborate on a proctored multiple choice 100-point test covering local, state, U.S. and world geography. The tests were then scored by the offsite Geography Tournament Committee.

7th grade 1st place Team Winners from Seven Hills( Left to right: Sam Schug, Principal Seven Hills Middle School; Tim Floyd, Teacher; Students - Zanyon Glosser Jason Dion, Gilbert Brailey with Dan Zeisler, Geography Tournament Coordinator and NCSOS' Associate Superintendent, Teena Corker. — 7th grade 1st place Team Winners from Seven Hills( Left to right: Sam Schug, Principal Seven Hills Middle School; Tim Floyd, Teacher; Students – Zanyon Glosser Jason Dion, Gilbert Brailey with Dan Zeisler, Geography Tournament Coordinator and NCSOS’ Associate Superintendent, Teena Corker.

We are proud to announce the FINAL WINNERS.

1^st place Team Champion: Seven Hills

Zanyon Glasser, Gilbert Brailey, Jason Dion

2^nd place: Grass Valley Charter

Sawyer Maddux, Ruby Auld, Eylse Moore

3^rd place: Magnolia

Ella DesAutels, Jaylen Hale, Jackson Telliano

The multiple-choice test was then followed two weeks later by a 7^th Grade Individual Geography Bee held on Thursday, October 28^th, at the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools office. One student from each school team participated in a triple elimination format contest. There were seven participating schools.