Putnam County 4-H’ers Compete in Region Clover Bowl Contest

Putnam County 4-H’ers Compete in Region Clover Bowl Contest

by: Melissa Henry, 4-H Extension Agent

How many of the presidents from Tennessee where born here? If you were a member of a 4-H Clover Bowl team, you would already know the answers to this question. It’s simple, the answer is none, they were born before Tennessee was a state.

Clover Bowl is a fast-paced quiz game similar to high school academic teams. 4-H members study questions in four areas: 4-H, Tennessee, Agriculture and Family and Consumer Sciences. A game consists of 2 rounds and 16 questions. The first round is the toss up round, each team member is asked 2 questions. The second round is the speed round were 8 questions are asked and the first to buzz in gets to answer. Clover Bowl has separate divisions for each grade 4^th through 8^th. Contests were held at the club or school level and then county and region level. This year around 100 4-H members competed on Clover Bowl teams in Putnam County with teachers and parents serving as coaches for the teams. Without the hard work and support of our 4-H teachers, school principals and support staff, this contest would not be so successful.

After some hard fought games, winners were determined in 4^th – 8^th grades. The county winners in each grade were: 4^th Grade – Ms. Nichols’ class at Sycamore, 5^th Grade – Home School Team, 6^th Grade – Home School Team, 7^th & 8^th Grade – Home School Team. Each of these teams went on to compete against teams from 31 counties across our region at the Region Contest held on the campus of Tennessee Tech during May. The 4^th grade team was made it to the final four, 5^th grade team made it to the second round, 6^th grade team was region champions and 7^th and 8^th grade team was region champions. Congratulations to all of our Clover Bowl teams. For more information about Clover Bowl or other 4-H activities, call the 4-H Office at 526-4561. 4-H and UT Extension offer programs in agriculture, youth development, family and consumer sciences and resource development in partnership with University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Putnam County government. UT Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

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4^th Champions:                  The 4^th grade Champion clover bowl team was from Sycamore Elementary. Team members were (L to R) Kasey Nichols, teacher, Mitchell Ballard, Carter Mattson, Cole Geren, Kat Fortner, Zoe Smith. The team made it to the final four in the region contest.

4^th reserve:    The 4^th grade reserve champion clover bowl team was from Algood Elementary. Team members were (L to R) Julie Martin, Hope Roberson, Mallory Johnson, and Maliki Haston

5^th Champions:    The 5^th grade Champion clover bowl team was the home school team. Members were (L to R) Ellie Figure, Kinley Arms, Tehya Howell, and Cadence Howell. They made it to the second round in region play.

6^th Champions:      The 6^th grade Champion team was the home school team. Team members included (L to R) Bailey Steger, Josiah Figura, coach Hannah Steger, Jacen Houston, and Darin Wieczorek. The team was also the region champion team.

7^th and 8^th :     The 7^th and 8^th grade home school team were named region champions at this year’s contest. Team members were (L to R) Hannah Armstrong, Katherine Wieczorek, Emily Armstrong, Luke Welte