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Area high school students sharpen their wits again as WGBY and Westfield
State College team-up to present As
Schools Match Wits, Saturdays at 7pm on
WGBY.
Produced at the studios of Westfield State College and broadcast on WGBY, As Schools Match Wits delivers all of the fun of the classic high school quiz-show and introduces a new generation of high-school students to one of the few public competitions that stresses knowledge over physical ability.
And remember, if you can’t watch on Saturdays or want to share an episode with a family member or friend, you’re in luck: every episode of Wits will be available ON DEMAND to Comcast and Time Warner digital cable subscribers in Massachusetts.
Full episodes are also available by video Podcast!
Broadcast Schedule
Championship Match
Congratulations to this year's champions, Longmeadow High.
Williston : 210 vs. Longmeadow: 235 |
Saturday, June 7th, 7pm |
Semifinal - Doubleheader
Semifinal Match 1 Westfield High: 180 vs. Williston: 200 |
May 31st – 7:00pm #229 |
Semifinal Match 2 Glastonbury: 140 vs. Longmeadow: 255 |
May 31st – 7:30pm #230 |
Quarterfinals - 4 Matches
1st place vs. 8th place Loomis Chaffee: 100 vs. Williston: 190 |
May 3rd #225 |
2nd place vs. 7th place Westfield High: 160 vs. Monument Mt.: 80 |
May 10th #226 |
3rd place vs. 6th place Glastonbury: 180 vs. Agawam: 165 |
May 17th #227 |
4th place vs. 5th place Longmeadow: 220 vs. Mt. Greylock: 190 |
May 24th #228 |
First Round Qualifying Tournament
Minnechaug High: 125 |
November 3rd |
Sabis International: 110 |
November 10th |
St. Joseph’s
Central High: 185 |
November 17th |
Simsbury High:
170 |
November 24th |
Lee High: 130 |
December 8th |
Amherst Regional: 150 |
December 15th #206 |
Agawam High: 210 |
December 22nd #207 |
Frontier Regional
High: 150 |
December 29th #208 |
Wahconah Regional
High: 100 |
January 5th #209 |
Longmeadow High:
210 |
January 12th #210 |
Pittsfield High:
100 |
January 19th #211 |
Ware High: 40 |
January 26th #212 |
Mount Greylock Regional: 210 |
February 2nd #213 |
Loomis Chaffee School: 315 |
February 9th #214 |
Sci-Tech: 25 |
February 16th #215 |
Chicopee High: 150 |
February 23rd #216 |
Deerfield Academy: 140 |
March 8th #217 |
Westfield High: 240 |
March 15th #218 |
Mohawk Trail Regional: 140 |
March 22nd #219 |
Gateway Regional: 65 |
March 29th #220 |
Monument Mt. Regional: 205 |
April 5th #221 |
Williston Northampton: 195 |
April 12th #222 |
Pioneer Valley
Regional: 40 |
April 19th #223 |
Hopkins Academy: 130 |
April 26th #224 |
Meet the Host
As Schools Match Wits host Chris Rohmann is a writer, teacher, critic and radio personality with a broad background in the arts, journalism and the world of ideas. He is an adjunct faculty member at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School (PVPA) in South Hadley, has been the theater critic for 88.5 WFCR since 2001 and contributes regularly to the Valley Advocate.
A director as well as critic, he has staged plays at the Hampshire Shakespeare Company, PVPA and elsewhere. He is also the grants coordinator for New World Theater, the multicultural theater based at the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center.
His book, A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs, and Thinkers was published by Ballantine Books in 1999.
"I'm absolutely thrilled to be part of a show with such a long history and near-legendary reputation in this area," Rohmann said. "I love working with teen-agers and am curious about a lot of different topics, so I'm sure we'll be learning from each other."
A native of Ohio, Rohmann came to Western Massachusetts after living for ten years in London, where - "in a previous life," as he puts it - he worked as a musician, recording three albums of his own songs, writing a British Top Ten hit single, and winning the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He now lives in South Hadley.
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