Morris 8th Grade Academic Team Places 2nd at State Tournament

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March 30, 2022

By News Staff

A huge congratulations to the Morris Middle School 8th academic team on winning 2nd place at a very competitive OAAC Academic Bowl State Tournament. The team went 6-1, with 1,310 total points. Pictured above right, Oliver Collins was named the team MVP with 580 total points and was named to the OAAC All-Tournament Team. Pictured from left are Oliver Collins, Hunter Stacy, Avery Berry, McKinley McGinty, Nicole Gehring and Keyron Tiger-Harjo.

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