Masterminds Team Updates!

 

April 2011

On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the Hudson Valley  Community College Office of School Programs and the Foundation sponsored the fourteenth annual Viking Challenge-A Game in Trivial Pursuit . The Viking Challenge began at 4:30pm with a reception supper and concluded at approximately 7:30pm. Version 6 of the computer game “Trivial Pursuit” was used. The questions covered many topics and were not only academic. Individual and school prizes were awarded to teams placing first, second and third. There were 12 schools that participated in Viking Challenge: Albany High, Troy High, Lansingburg, Waterford, Holy Names, Tamarac, Maple Hill, just to name a few. Watervliet team was able to win third place in a very close game. Our students won 2011 Encyclopedia Brittanica for the school and prizes for themselves. Our all senior winning team consisted of Robert Heffernan, Jacqueline Torrisi, Syed Hussnain, Tyler Gregory and their coach Yuriy Berin. More info

 

 March 2010

On March 25, the MasterMinds team trekked over to Proctor's Theater in Schenectady for a videotaped game of "SCCC Presents MasterMinds." Schenectady County Community College was gracious enough to sponsor the event, and provide our team, and other local teams, with an opportunity to play the game on television. After having hair and make-up done by women from the Paul Micthell Beauty School, the team went through a short, taped, pre-game interview with a few basic questions about how they felt and what they were expecting form the experience.

Soon enough, the team was down on the set to play a match of MasterMinds against Gloversville High School, with WAMC personality David Guistina as the host and moderator. In a very close and tense match, the Cannoneers were able to pull away with a 190-155 victory over Gloversville - a team that won their own league, 9-2. Also, our students won 7 to 4 during a "Mad Minute" round. The post-production of the program is exp3tced to take about three weeks, after which time you can expect to see the match on WVLT!

Check out some pictures of the day here!

December 2010

Our MasterMinds team performed excellently during December 2nd meet at Mohonasen High School in Rotterdam. The Cannoneers played 2 games and won them both with a very high 550 total points. This outstanding performance allowed us to be placed first in the league. This is the best record of all times since MasterMinds started at Watervliet in 2005. First victory was a game against Duanesburg High School with 200 to 60 and a second game against a host team - Mohonasen High School with overwhelming score of 250 over 20. Our record after only two meets is 3 and 1 with a total of 720 points. Special thanks to our seniors: Captain Robert Heffernan, Syed Hussnain, Jackie Torrisi, our juniors: Sean Vallee. We are proud of you for representing VLIET so well. Current information about Master Minds can be found by following the link below.
http://www2.monroe2boces.org/masterminds/league/10-11A3.html

November 2010

Our MasterMinds team gave an excellent performance during the November 4th opening meet at Duanesburg High School. The Cannoneers played two games and won one of them with a very high 270 total points. First a game against Schalmont High School, when we were losing at the half 75 - 60 but pulled of a victory at the end with 180 over 75 and a second game against Guilderland High School which we lost but scored 90 points. Special thanks to our seniors: Captain Robert Heffernan, Syed Hussain and Tyler Gregory, juniors: Thomas Aviles and Sean Vallee and their coach Mr. Berin. Current information about Master Minds can be found by following the link below.
http://www2.monroe2boces.org/masterminds/league/10-11A3.html