The Saber-Toothed Salmon, Ketchikan High School s five-member National Ocean Sciences Bowl team, is ready to participate in the virtual Tsunami Bowl later this month.
On March 10, which was designated as Kayhi s NOSB Day, the team spent several class periods presenting its research paper and accompanying presentation to peers, while engaging in a quiz-bowl style competition about topics ranging from marine biology to maritime history.
The team, coached by Keenan Sanderson with assistant coach Laura Sherill, includes five first-time competitors â sophomore Romel Del Mundo; juniors Kai Biagi, Kaydence Dyson, Ellie Pickrell; and senior Jolie Powers. For everybody being first year (participants) in the program, I m really blown away by everybody s ability to adapt to all the changes we ve had to deal (with), all the coronavirus stuff and everything being virtual this year, Sanderson told the Daily News during a break in NOSB Day.
Kayhi National Ocean Sciences Bowl team preps for state competition
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Mar 10, 2021
March 10th, Ketchikan High School is holding its National Ocean Sciences Bowl Day to help its team, the Saber-toothed Salmon, prepare for the regional competition, the Alaska Tsunami Bowl. The head coach and team members were interviewed last week via Zoom. They all were masked and sharing a single computer, so, unfortunately, audio was difficult to understand at times. Here is part of that interview beginning with coach Keenan Sanderson explaining what National Ocean Science Bowl is.
The Kayhi National Ocean Sciences Bowl team. Top Row: Assistant Coach Laura Sherrill, Head Coach Keenan Sanderson, 8th grade participant Lucas Ramsey. Middle Row: Senior Jolie Powers, Sophomore Romel Del Mundo, Junior Kai Biagi. Bottom Row: Co-Captain/Junior Kaydence Dyson, Captain/Junior Ellie Pickrell (photo courtesy of Keenan Sanderson).