Left: Members of the winning Clarendon College team, from left, Javon Dunbar (captain), Aldean Ellis, Kedon Clarke, Reniel Allen.   Right: Members of the Oberlin team, from left, Jermaine Banks, Elton Clarke, Tanya Morgan, Kemar Creary (captain). - Jonique Gaynor Norman Grindley

Number eight seed Clarendon College on Tuesday advanced to the third round of TVJ Schools' Challenge Quiz with a disappointing but winning performance against Oberlin High.

The Clarendon High school more than doubled their opponents score when they ended the match with 19 points to Oberlin's two.

From section one, Clarendon College was clearly ahead, scoring seven points to Oberlin's one point. In the second section, Oberlin made attempts to catch up to Clarendon's score, but this was a poor attempt and in the end the only gained three more points to end with four points.

Clarendon, on the other hand, gained 10 points to complete the round with 17 points. Section three of the match was a clear opportunity for Clarendon to clearly increase their points standing; however they got five questions right and four wrong and ended up gaining only an additional point in the round.

Oberlin only made one attempt in that round and got the question wrong, dropping their score to two points. Kemar Creary, captain of the Oberlin team, told THE STAR that he was disappointed with their performance. "We needed to converse more. If we had gone first (instead opting to let CC go first after the toss) then we would have scored better in the first section," he said.

The team, which had been preparing since September last year, intends to do even better when it enters the competition for the third time next year. "The other three team members will remain. We will begin preparations immediately and I will be there to help them," he said.

Carlene Plummer, one of Clarendon College's coaches said she was more disappointed with the the school's score." I am greatly disappointed with the scores, but we will be working on it to do better in the third round," she said.

She attributed the poor scoreline of her team to 'bad presses' made in the buzzer section. "Had we not made some bad choices, the scores would have been better," she said.

She also said the team will be focusing more on preparing psychologically for its next match.