A Bible quiz team made up of members from both of the PVBC teams participating in the 6-12 division of the Piedmont Quizzing Association have made their way to the KIQ-Off! This is the first annual Kentucky Invitational Quiz held at the Indian Creek Baptist Camp near Louisville, KY. The quiz tournament is sponsored by the Indian Creek Baptist Camp and our friends at Pleasant View Baptist in McQuady, KY.

Adam Raynes, Nathaniel Ogle, Emily Raynes, Starla Townsend, Crystal Townsend, and Jessica Backer will compete in Division II of the KIQ-OFF. Due to some last minute schedule changes, the competition in Division II looks to be quite good, and the young people are excited about the opportunity to test their mastery of Romans 1-8 against teams from across the country.

Thursday night, there was a service and Evangelist Justin Cox preached. Then there was fellowship time for the young people and their sponsors. On Friday there will be another service, activity time, and preparation for the round-robin quizzing on Friday evening. Elimination quizzing will begin on Saturday morning.

Round Robin quizzing took place Friday evening. PVSC competed well, taking a high, and two mids. Both middles were against a red-hot team from our home town of Greenville, SC, and sister PQA team, Faith Baptist. Competition in Division II was excellent, and all the teams are to be commended for their preparation. Elimination rounds will begin Saturday morning at 9:00 A.M.

Saturday Update

The PVBC quiz team had three very strong rounds when the elimination rounds began on Saturday morning. They took one high and two middles, both of which were to the eventual Level II winner, Faith Baptist from SC. In one of those middles, they quizzed very competitively against the Faith team, and placing in the top two or three looked like a very real possibility. In round four of the elimination rounds, however, Adam Raynes who had led the team through the round robin and the elimination quizzing got into error trouble, and the team was unable to pull it off. This first low demoralized the team, and round five was a continuation of round four. The errors mounted, and by the end of the round, PVSC took their second low and were eliminated from the tournament.

The quizzers came away from the tournament with some new motivation. A couple of the younger quizzers realized they had the ability to quiz at a higher level. All of the quizzers enjoyed the fellowship and were challenged by the messages.