Champions
Copley High School
Brandon Eilertson, Jeff Ellis, Jeff Kroeger, Bob Shott
Advisors: Sue Korosa and Alice Rote
Second Place
St. Ignatius High School
Jeff Delaney, John Ibarra, Brian Skotko, Joseph Sterk
Advisor: Fr. Michael Vincent
Third Place
Garfield Heights High School
Tim Peshek, John Presloid, Jim Rose, Greg Schmidt
Advisor: Betty Hofman
Fourth Place
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
Ross Brown, Mark Carson, Nick Martin, Matt Vogele
Advisor: Bob Berg
Individual Championship
About the preliminary test
- 109 students took the test, leaving
one person without a team.
- The overall average was 38.9 out of 200.
- The cutoff score was 31 points.
Highest Four Prelim Test Scores (#1 seeds)
- Patrick Gallagher, St. Edwards (115)
- Brandon Eilertson, Copley (110)
- Bob Shott, Copley (99)
- Jeff Kroeger, Copley (95)
1996 Individual Finals
Match-by-Match
Note: Students from mixed teams are indicated as X1, X2, X3, or X4.
Originally 66 students qualified for the Finals, but three were unable to compete as they had prior committments. Consequently 63 competed in the finals bracket (we only had the top 66 listed and did not want to determine a replacement from the remaining students).
Results by round:
- First Round (below)
- Second Round
- Third Round
- Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Championships
The divisions are named after members of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
First Round
- James Division
- Gallagher (1, St. Edwards) d. Bota (16, Trinity #28)
- Palicka (8, St. Augustine's) d. Gagliardi (9, Padua)
- Vogele (5, Brecksville) d. Kirwan (12, St. Edwards)
- Rose (4, Garfield Heights #5) d. Wasserman (13, X4, Richmond Heights)
- Ziegfield (3, Gilmour) d. Neylon (14, Kenston)
- M. Gonsowski (6, X1, Trinity) d. Kobosky (11, Trinity #28)
- Mack (7, Lake Catholic) d. Wilkow (10, X1, Trinity)
This match ended on the 23rd question!!!
- Wesolowski (2, Trinity #24) d. Greenspan (15, Beachwood #18)
- Lars Division
- Kroeger (1, Copley) d. Martin (16, Brecksville)
- Molina (8, Trinity #28) d. Hershey (9, Beachwood #18)
- Ibarra (5, St. Ignatius #6) d. Nader (12, St. Ignatius #12)
- Carson (4, Brecksville) d. Codispoti (13, St. Ignatius #22)
- Delaney (3, St. Ignatius #6) d. Brown (14, Brecksville)
- Speice (11, Cath Prep) d. Torch (6, Beachwood #18)
- Jesse (7, Aurora) d. Copeland (10, Beachwood #26)
- M. Strazisar (2, Villa Maria) d. J. Gonsowski (15, Trinity #28)
- Cliff Division
- Shott (1, Copley) d. D'Silva (16, Gilmour)
- Campbell (8, St. Ignatius #12) d. Baldwin (9, Villa Maria)
- Carleton (5, St. Edwards) d. Eskaer (12, X2, Copley)
- Presloid (4, Garfield Heights #5) d. Manzuka (13, Padua)
- Walker (3, Richmond Heights) d. Skotko (14, St. Ignatius #6)
- Cutler (6, Beachwood #26) d. Sieg (11, Villa Maria)
- Ratka (7, X1, St. Augustine's) d. Cohen (10, Beachwood #26)
- Barron (2, Cath Prep) d. Golias (15, Richmond Heights)
- Kirk Division
- Eilertson (1, Copley) d. Berg (16, Beachwood #26) by forfeit
- Schmidt (8, Garfield Heights #5) d. J. Ellis (9, Copley)
- Ferfoli (12, Padua) d. Miller (5, Brush)
- Kahn (4, Brecksville) d. E. Ellis (13, Richmond Heights)
- Sterk (3, St. Ignatius #6) d. Karberg (14, Gilmour)
- Laplaca (11, Trinity #24) d. Sawdy (6, Gilmour)
- Kless (10, Aurora) d. Golden (7, St. Ignatius #12)
- Peshek (2, Garfield Heights #5) d. Sudduth (15, Trinity #24)