CLARKSTOWN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCES TO SECOND ROUND OF “THE CHALLENGE”

Clarkstown South High School has advanced to the second round of MSG Varsity’s, “The Challenge,” and will take on Iona Preparatory School on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. on Cablevision’s Optimum, Channel 14. CSHS is joined by 31 other schools from Westchester-Hudson Valley as they progress through the Regional Rounds in trying to qualify for the Tri-State Championship Playoffs.

Back for his fourth season as host of “The Challenge” is Jared Cotter, host of “MSG Varsity’s Talent Show” and a popular semi-finalist from American Idol. Cotter will serve as moderator, testing competing teams on their knowledge of history, arts and literature, current events, math, and science in front of a live studio audience. The Clarkstown South team is represented by: Joe Mileo, Alex Sadler (Captain), Susan Zollinger, Dan Weiner, (Alternates) Liz Kantor and Emma Fridley. The academic advisor is Chris Bachman.

“The Challenge” includes 192 high schools from the entire tri-state area — Long Island (with Nassau and Suffolk as two distinct regions), the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester/Lower Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut. Long Island will be represented by 32 high schools from Nassau County and 32 high schools from Suffolk County. A new match-up occurs every Sunday through Friday at 6:30 p.m., on MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s Channel 14.

Schools advance through a series of elimination rounds, with one in each region being crowned regional champion and winning $2,500 for their school. The winning teams from each region go on to “The Challenge” Championship where they square off in a Tri-State Showdown. The school awarded the title of Tri-State Champion receives $10,000 in prize money and each student participating in the final “Challenge” championship game will receive $500.

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