LIMA — For the second year in a row, Wapakoneta’s scholastic bowl team won the varsity competition at the Western Buckeye League Scholastic Bowl Tournament, held Wednesday at Ohio State University-Lima. Defiance won the junior varsity division and was runner-up in varsity, while Shawnee was the runner up in the junior varsity division.
Wednesday’s competition also included teams from Bath, Celina, Elida, Ottawa-Glandorf, St. Marys and Van Wert.
Members of Wapakoneta’s winning varsity team, which finished with a 7-1 record in the tournament’s round-robin competition, were Nathan Doll, Trenton Hook, Drew Pothast, Graham Shively and Justin Zink.
The winning junior varsity team from Defiance, which finished with a 5-1 record, included Christopher Brinkman, George English, Henry Hoffman, Paige Kern, Dominick Mansfield, Kaden Salaz, Jacob Schnitkey and Zephryn Starr.
