This is our long-awaited ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP broadcast, this year pitting Black River High School, last year's runner-up that battled its way to the final rung for a second consecutive year, against Elyria Catholic High School, from which an excellent team is seeking the school's first championship. This program concludes the 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio.

The show is produced from January through May of each year, though we do plan some reruns of past years' programs during the summer months. We hope our loyal fans will keep checking us out as we plan to sprinkle in a classic "blast from the past" or two from a few years ago.

This is semifinal #2, to determine the team to face Black River in the county academic championship, which will conclude the 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Avon High School, the defending hampion, and Elyria Catholic High School. which like Avon, has been taking in all comers in this year's playoffs. If Avon wins today, the two schools in the championship will be the same two schools as last year with most of the same competitors, as both teams had majority junior class members last year. Counting last year and this year the teams have met three times, always with very high scores, but with Avon winning each time.

This is the first semifinal in the 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Olmsted Falls High School, a five-time championship-winning school, though it has been several years since their last championship, and Black River High School, which was the runner-up in last year's championship broadcast. Both schools take academic competitions seriously, so this should be an exciting matchup. The winner of this contest will face either Elyria Catholic High School or Avon High School, whichever wins next week's semifinal no. 2. Avon is the defending champion which defeated Black River last year. However, Elyria Catholic has a strong team that could well knock them out of contention!

This is quarterfinal #4, in playoffs for the 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Avon Lake High School, a three-time championship-winning school, and Black River High School. last year's runner-up in the championship program. Needless to say, both have potential to "go all the way" but only one will emerge from today's program as a semifinalist!

"Dialogues on Education" is a weekly companion program to "Scholastic Games," an interview feature focusing on education success stories. It is produced and hosted by broadcast veteran Bob Tayek. Since Lake Erie College opened as a women's college in 1856, this institution in Painesville, Ohio, has been an important asset to the state of Ohio. The guest on this week's program is Ashley Mayse. Vice President for Enrollment. She describes how LEC serves student needs of today while maintaining the kind of small college environment that has enhanced the learning experience for generations of students.. Some of the college's buildings, like College Hall, have been around since the school's first classes were held in 1859, while others provide every necessary ingredient for preparation toward a twenty-first century career.

This is quarterfinal #3, continuing the final series of programs in our 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Elyria Catholic High School, the only Catholic high school in the county and Firelands High School. located in Oberlin, Ohio, which serves a large mostly rural area in the county. Both of these schools have top academic teams this year and high hopes to reach our championship for the first time.

"Dialogues on Education" is a weekly companion program to "Scholastic Games," an interview feature focusing on success stories in the area of education. It is produced and hosted by broadcast veteran Bob Tayek. The guest on this week's offering is Tim Bulware, coordinator of online learning programs at Tiffin University, located in Seneca county, to the west of Cleveland and Lorain County. He describes how the campus is growing, even as the university's online access is expanding exponentially, as this institution which has served the region since the nineteenth century now prepares students for careers in the twenty-first. He describes programs ranging from the university's excellent courses in criminal investigation to A.I., sports programs, and online services from the bachelor to doctoral levels.

This is quarterfinal #2, continuing the final series of programs in our 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Brookside High School of Sheffield Village and Olmsted Falls High School. Olmsted Falls is one of our five-time championship winners, but their success has been spotty in the last decade. Brookside, on the other hand, has been on the upswing, making our playoffs in recent years. The championship has continued to elude the team, however. Both schools have good teams this year, so expect a lively competition.

The playoffs begin! This is quarterfinal #1 between two of the highest-scoring schools in our first rounds of competition! This begins the final series of programs in our 36th season of "Scholastic Games," the weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. The teams in this playoff are Vermilion High School, and Avon High School. Avon is our defending champion, the team that, last spring, became only the fifth area school to have won the championship five times in our program's history. Vermilion is a two-time winner of our championship.

This is the last of three preview programs leading up to our quarterfinal playoffs which begin next week, in this, our 36th season of "Scholastic Games," our weekly high school quiz program featuring the schools of Lorain County, Ohio. The show is produced from January through May of each year. This program features representative moments from earlier competitions from Keystone High School, Elyria Catholic High School and Avon Lake High School. Only Avon Lake has won our championship in past years, but the other schools have strong teams this year, so anything can happen!