OBOB

                  Battles are coming

It’s time to put all that reading to the test. OBOB Battles will begin the week of January 21st. Each team is guaranteed 3 battles during the Preliminary Rounds. The teams play for points. At the end of Preliminary Rounds the top scoring 80% of the teams will continue on to the Competitive Rounds. Each of those teams will again have 3 battles and play for accumulated points. After that we go to Our Sweet Sixteen Elimination Round. Those 8 games are played by bracket rules. Findley’s Champion Team will then go on to represent Findley at Regionals in mid March.  

To accomplish all of this, we need lots of moderators to run the battles each day. Please check the sign up sheets in Parent Square. There is a training day for moderators on Monday, January 13th @1pm. Battles are daily from 11:30am-1:00pm (although you do not have to sign up for all three sections). 

This is a very exciting time for your students, they have worked really hard to prepare for the battles. Unfortunately spectators are not allowed during the battles, but you can follow the fun by volunteering!

Please remember this is a student driven activity, the students create their own team of 4/5 members from their  grade level. Some teams are “in it to win it” and others are just “here to have fun”. We wish all of them the best of luck and hope everyone has a wonderful experience. The students will be receiving their OBOB t-shirts and battle schedule the week of January 13th.