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Academic Team Moves On Past Fair Lawn

A new competition date will be announced soon.

On their first appearance on MSG Varsity's "The Challenge," 's Academic Team defeated Fair Lawn High School with a score of 400-240.

from a tryout held in September. They answered questions in the style of "The Challenge" to show off their accuracy, recall abilities and speed in "buzzer reaction," according to a statement prepared by Fineman.

After they were selected for the show, Michael Lovito, Parker Dixon, Julie Messing, Adam Rosenzweig and Joseph Slamm drove to New York City for the show's taping on Nov. 1.

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The episode aired on Dec. 1. "It was fun to watch live and again on TV," coach Stephen Fineman said. "Each student had a few topics of strength as an individual, and they worked together to complement each other well."

Fineman said because of road conditions and continued power outages in Chatham at the time of the show's taping, about half of the remaining team members were either out of town or unavailable to attend the taping. 

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Fineman said he will announce the team's next opponent and air date soon.


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