CMS ACE TEAM REPEATS AS CHAMPIONS
(Pictured Back Row Left to Right) Evelyn Adams, Joy-Den Wilson, Jacob Hamilton(Pictured Front Row Left to Right) Sydney Gayles, Wesley Lipscomb, Carter Ramey, Gerrit Ramey, Alec Broden, Dayna Hileman, Coach William Collins(Not Pictured) Jayden Lambert
For the second straight year, the Central Middle School ACE Team won the Southside Middle School Conference ACE tournament. On November 16, at Powhatan Middle School, CMS won the championship over 3 other schools in the final-4 championship round. With 8 wins and only 1 loss, the Bobcats won first place for the most matches won. In addition, the team also won the championship trophy for most points over the course of the three-night event, with 1811 points. Mecklenburg Middle came in second, and Powhatan finished third.ACE stands for Academic Challenge of Excellence. The matches are similar to Jeopardy, in which students from opposing teams try to out buzz each other, answering questions involving history, math, science, literature, and popular culture. Another unique feature to middle school ACE is that there is a 2-minute vocabulary round. In this round, students work in teams of 4, and have 2 minutes to determine the terms to 25 definitions. The only information they know ahead of time is that all the terms begin with the same letter. They are told the letter just before they start to work.ACE competitions were hosted at Powhatan Middle School, twice in October and once in November. Only the top-4 teams in most points were allowed to return for the last night of the tournament, on Wednesday, November 16.The CMS ACE team practiced about 3 times a week, for about an hour and 45 minutes a day. The team consisted of a few returning key 8th graders from last year’s championship team. There were also many new faces this year from 6th and 7th grade.The amount of dedication and time put into the effort was impressive. Students loved to come to practice each day, where it was a lot of fun sharing time and building relationships with fellow-Bobcats. That enthusiasm translated over to intense pride in wanting to do their best on competition day. The team was very disciplined in how it understood how to play the game from a strategic level. There’s more to ACE than just pushing the button on the buzzer.Players on the team were:Gerrit RameyCarter RameyDayna HilemanJoy-Den WilsonAlec BrodenEvelyn AdamsJayden LambertWesley LipscombJacob HamiltonSydney Gayles
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