GSTS surprisingly, did not come to the table at all, after trailing at the bottom with just 7 points at the end of the contest.

Shama SHS took the lead at the end of the first round with a whopping 21 points, leaving St. Joseph’s SHS with 18 points, and St. Mary’s Boys and Ghana Secondary Technical School with 11 points, behind.

In an interesting turn of events, St. Joseph, St. Mary’s, and GSTS failed to make any progress in the second round. They rather chopped down their points to 7 each, after attracting deductions for failing to answer correctly in the speed race.

This allowed Shama SHS to extend its lead to 27 points.

At this point, it became obvious that the men had been separated from the boys. The applause from one side of the hall went dim, as students from the three other schools began to tiptoe out one after the other.

The clapping and cheering from the violet-uniformed Shama SHS students who nicknamed themselves the Evergreens grew stronger, making it difficult for the quiz master and coordinators to control.

At the end of the fourth and final round, Shama SHS booked a slot at the grand finale with 34 points. St. Mary’s Boys SHS came second with 20 points, St. Joseph SHS at third with 15 points, and “the giants of GSTS bottom with only 7 points.

Shama SHS will meet winners of the two contests between: Archbishop Potter Girls, Amenfiman SHS, Sefwi Wiawso SHS; and St. John’s SHS Adiembra SHS and Fiaseman SHS.

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The accident occurred on Monday morning while the two were on their way to school on a motorbike.

Reports indicate the unfortunate incident occurred in an attempt by their motor rider to dodge a pothole at the main entrance of Shama Senior High School (SHS).

But luck eluded the rider who collided with a speeding Renault car with registration number WR 3413-13 which was coming from the opposite direction.

The Regional Director of the Ambulance Service, Prosper Maar, confirmed the incident in an interview with Adom News.

One of the students, he said, sustained a serious head injury and the other suffered a femoral fracture, thus, a break in the thighbone area.

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The victims have been referred to the Effiankwanta Hospital after they were initially rushed to the VRA Hospital in Takoradi, Aboadze.