CLARION-LEDGER

February 9, 2008

OCEAN SPRINGS- 18 teams to compete in Hurricane Bowl

The J.L. Scott Marine Education Center will host teaats of high school students from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi at a regional ocean sciences bowl today at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. The competition, known as the Hurricane Bowl, is a rapid-fire question and-answer competition focusing on ocean sciences. Eighteen teams from 13 high schools with four students on each team will participate. The winning team will move on to face 24 other regional champions in the 11th annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl scheduled for April 25-27 in Seward, Alaska.