Jesuit’s quiz bowl teams defended their State National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) title at Tulane University on March 29. Two teams from Jesuit competed and swept the tournament, going undefeated until the Blue Jays faced-off in the final round to claim first and second place.

Team A composed of senior Ian Calamari, senior Stanley Dai, junior Brett Loria, junior Sam Zelden and senior captain Kevin Yokum went undefeated to take first place. Yokum was also awarded as the tournament’s MVP.

The all-sophomore Team B composed of captain Andrew Cerise, Mayank Mardia, Stephen Owers and Anthony Stoner played as a varsity team and also went undefeated until the final round.

The Blue Jays beat teams from Lusher, Ben Franklin, Lafayette, Dominican, Chapelle, West Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, Mt. Carmel, Shaw, Rummel, and Itawamba to claim their titles.

On the left is Team A: (seated, from left) junior Sam Zelden, senior Stanley Dai, junior Brett Lorio, senior captain Kevin Yokum, senior Ian Calamari (12), and (standing) coach Ron Rossi and parent coach Brian Yokum. On the right is Team B (seated from left) sophomores Anthony Stoner, captain Andrew Cerise, Mayank Mardia, and Stephen Owers; standing is coach Joe Knight.