Academic adviser Jason Tamez's Panthers team of Elliot Weintraub, Martin Gross-Leczycki (Captain), Millan Pas and Ross Bialowas and alternates Callie Rosenberg and Nastasia Efremlina joins three other schools from Westchester Hudson Valley attempting to qualify for the Tri-State Championship Playoffs.
Back for his fourth season as host of “The Challenge” is Jared Cotter, a former semifinalist from "American Idol." Cotter serves 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 Ardsley-New Rochelle match will be televised on Cablevision’s Optimum, Channel 14.
“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.
Participating schools advance through a series of elimination rounds, with one school in each region crowned regional champion and winning $2,500 for their school. The school awarded the title of Tri-State Champion will receive $10,000 in prize money and each student participating in the final “Challenge” Championship game will receive $500.
For more information on “The Challenge,” log onto the MSG Varsity website.
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