Congratulations to the Taft Academic Spell Bowl Team for becoming the State Runner-Up on Saturday at Purdue University in Lafayette. It was a hard fought battle lead by Capitan, Daniel Sibincic. The final outcome was determined by a double tiebreaker. This is the first time in Taft’s history that a Spell Bowl has ever finished in the top two and the second year in a row that they have finished in the top 3.
A tremendous effort was put in by all of the Spellers which included, Lucas Dannels, Rocco Jann, Kristian Maunes, Marianne Gerona, Rosalie Degenhart, Sanjana Kumar, Sampreethi Swaminathan, and Daniel Sibincic. The rest of the team acted as cheerleader supporting the team down to the very last word. They are David Garrison, Charlie Hagerman, Tristin Pool, Kennedy Silberhorn, Christopher Gloff, Ysabel Maunes, Jackson Fronek, and Travis Roiter, and Assistant Coach, Vickie Nelson. Head Coach, Liz Franklin, stated, “I am so proud of my team. Even though we came up short of their goal to be number one in the State, their hard work, dedication, and commitment to each other makes them number one with me.“