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Tide Lines
The student news site of Pottsville Area High School

Tide Lines
The student news site of Pottsville Area High School

Tide Lines
In the back row, from left to right, Logan Miscannon, Julia Balulis, James Malek, Stephen Comisac, Evan Woodward and Advisor Mr. Rhoads. In the front row, from left to right, Yseult Barbedette, Kaylee Becker, Cade Herndon, Evan Vidal and Katie Comisac. Senior Stephen Comisac said, “I’ve only been on the team for one year. My friends asked me to join and I thought it would be interesting. I always thought we had a pretty good chance of winning but I got pretty nervous in the final rounds. Now I’m just happy we get the day off to go to the capital. My favorite thing is being with my friends and there really isn’t much of a bad part.”

Quiz Team Wins County Championship

Chase Teresavage, Staffer • April 5, 2022

The Pottsville Area High School’s Quiz team participated and won in the County Championship. It was held at Penn State Schuylkill. The quiz team is an academic competition where they play...

The Quiz Team took a trip to Penn State Schuylkill to compete with other schools, and got second place. After the tournament ended, adviser Ms. Hobbs took them to McDonald’s. “It was really fun, and I enjoyed the McDonald’s,” said senior Noah Fredericks.

Quiz Team Wins Silver Medal Two Years in a Row

Tanya Johnson, Staffer • March 13, 2020

For the second year in a row, Pottsville’s Quiz Team earned the silver medal at Penn State Schuylkill. Blue Mountain won first place, and Minersville got third. On Monday, March 9, 2020 the Quiz Team...

Juniors Kenny Gore, Eli Brennan, senior Evan Spevak and junior Noah Fredricks show off their second place medals at the Schuylkill Quiz Team Championship.

Quiz Team earns silver

Alexis Yoder, Editor-in-Chief • April 2, 2019

Members of the quiz team at practice listen to the questions until they think they have an answer and buzz in. The quiz team has been going strong under the direction of Mrs. Krista Torpey for three years. Senior Victoria Oswald said, "I like quiz team. It’s good practice for if I ever get on Jeopardy, because I’d love to win some money playing that.”

What’s a Quiz Team?

Michael Johnson-Ponce, Editor • January 18, 2019

     The Pottsville Quiz Team is one of the school’s best kept secrets. If you’ve ever seen a trivia show like Jeopardy, you already have an idea of what they do. Quiz team matches are like trivia...

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