Russell High School Quick Recall will once again see the national stage Saturday.
The four-student team will compete in the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT). They are one of 224 teams in the Quiz Bowl competition this weekend. The competition is often locally referred to as Quick Recall.
Seniors Ayog Prasad and Jackson Raich along with Junior Jacob Nance and Sophomore Arnav Dharmagadda will compete from the Russell High School library via videoconference. Russell High School teachers Kirk Barnett, Bryan Enders, Robert Templeton and Susan Williams serve as coaches for the team.
The four students earned the opportunity to compete in the national tournament via their win at the Purdue Boilermaker Buzzathon V. This is Russellâs ninth appearance in the tournament.
The 45th annual Red Rose Run, hosted by the City of Lancaster, will be virtual this year.
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MUSCLE SHOALS - Northwest-Shoals Community College competed on the national stage recently. Bryant Gillespie led the NW-SCC College Scholars Bowl team to a 13th place overall finish in the National Academic Quiz Tournamentsâ (NAQT) Community College Championship Tournament. Gillespie earned tournament All-Star ranking and finished fifth overall individually. Â
 To qualify for the NAQT Community College Championship Tournament, community colleges were able to compete in an online sectional tournament. This year all of NAQTâs championships have been conducted online using Zoom conference calls for each match. NW-SCC was the only team from Alabama to qualify and compete in the national tournament.Â