by Ananya Nrusimha
Williamsville East’s MasterMinds team suffered its second loss against Kenmore East during its annual home meet on Wednesday, December 10th.
MasterMinds is a quiz bowl circuit in Upstate New York.  There are four regions within the circuit: Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and Syracuse.  Within each region, there are anywhere from two to seven leagues.  Buffalo has five leagues; all three Williamsville schools, both Kenmore schools and Mount Saint Mary.  The schools in a league compete against each other at monthly meets during the school year; each meet is hosted by a different school in the league.   The top three schools in each league advance to the regional playoffs, and the champion of each region advances to the state tournament.  East’s MasterMinds team was the Buffalo Region champion this year.
Williamsville East is currently the first in their league with 4 wins and 2 losses. Â They lost to Williamsville North 265-185 during the Kenmore East Meet in October and to Kenmore East 140-105 during the most recent meet at Williamsville East. Â Williamsville North and South are second and third respectively.
