Battle of the Books


 

Battle of the Books

AKA BOB

Email Coach Carr at njcarr@wcpss.net if you're interested in joining us


 

Martin's 2020 Battle of the Books Team

We entered the quarterfinals in 6th place out of 27 teams at the WCPSS BOB Tournament 

Click Here to Watch a Video About our Year with BOB

 

 

Martin's 2019 Battle of the Books Team

 

We Entered the Quarterfinals in 2nd Place at the WCPSS Tournament!

 

 

Martin's 2018 Battle of the Books Team

We earned 4th place at the 2018 WCPSS Battle of the Books Tournament

 

 

 

Martin's 2017 Battle of the Books Tea 

 

We are the 2017 Wake County BOB Champions

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The 2017 NC Region 3 BOB Champions  

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The 2017 State 3rd Place Winners!!! 

  

 

What is BOB?

BOB is short for Battle of the Books. It's like Quiz Bowl just for books!  In addition to reading the acclaimed books annually chosen for the North Carolina BOB list, students make new friends and learn to work as a team. Martin holds a BOB tournament just for our sixth graders, and we also have a school team open to grades 6-8. The school team competes in the annual Wake County Battle of The Books Tournament.

 

Our 2017 BOB Sweep:

This year’s WCPSS Battle of the Books Tournament was held on Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Apex Friendship High School. Martin competed with 24 other WCPSS middle schools. After the first two preliminary rounds of competition, in which we competed with Moore Square and Zebulon, our team was in 1st place with a whopping 44 points. Along with the other teams with the top 8 scores, we moved on to the 3rd round--the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals we competed against Dillard Drive, the 2016 BOB Champs. The first match was a tie, but after winning the tiebreaker round, Martin advanced to the semifinals against Lufkin Road. After another tiebreaker round, Martin beat Lufkin Road 15 to 14. In the finals, Martin met the BOB Dynasty of Apex Middle who has more tournament wins than any other middle school. The Battles were tense. The first battle was an 18-18 tie; in tiebreaker 1, another 18 to 18 tie; tiebreaker 2 was another 18 to 18 tie; tiebreaker 3… a 22 to 9 Martin Victory, and after years of blood, sweat, and tears...

MARTIN IS THE 2017 WAKE COUNTY BATTLE OF THE BOOKS CHAMPION!!! 

 

On March 24, 2017 Martin represented WCPSS at the Region 3 BOB Tournament in Durham.  We battled 11 other counties and only lost 1 battle.  Martin won first place by 36 points and earned the honor of representing Region 3 at the State BOB Tournament!

 

On May 5th, 2017 we faced each region's winner at the State BOB Tournament at Wake Tech.  We competed in 12 battles over the course of the day.  The morning battles were challenging, but after lunch, we came back tough and won 3rd place in the State!  This is especially impressive since it was Martin's first time that anyone can remember competing at the State level. 

 

Congratulations to our mighty team who was poised yet fierce in battle! This committed group spent much of their spare time reading the 27 books on the list, memorizing all the authors and titles, and they even gave up lunch periods and after-school time to practice for the tournament.  

 

Do you have what it takes to be a Martin BOBer? If so, begin with the reading list below!

 

BOB Resources 

 
  

Battle of the Books Schedule 2019-2020