Last year's champions Kingston College proved that they are ready to defend their crown by pulling off an impressive 41-12 win over Clarendon College to advance to the semi-finals of the TVJ-sponsored Schools' Challenge Quiz competition.

Though certain aspects of their game looked noticeably weak, their performance in the latter part of the match was as bright as the purple jackets they sported.

After the match, the players from Clarendon College were pretty much at a lost for words when asked for their post-match comments.

One player was noticed staring as if his mind was gone to another planet. When THE STAR team approached him, he simply continued to stare.

Once can understand why nevertheless, though section one ended with both teams locked on seven points, the boys from North Street, Kingston, would dominate the remainder of the match.

Clarendon College began to lose the match in section two. In this section, they would only gain seven points, bringing their tally to 14 points.

Kingston College, though not looking their best in this section, added 16 points to bring their tally to 23 points.

Section three would have KC written all over it. Thanks to some sharp and correct responses from Roland Douglas, KC propelled themselves to 11 buzzes, 10 of which came with correct responses.

Clarendon College, on the other hand, would have two points deducted from their end of section two point tally as they responded to five questions incorrectly while answering four correctly, thus ending up with 12 points.

The players from KC afterwards explained that their performance has been getting better and they are looking and working towards doing even better.

The Kingston College team: Kenneth Peart (captain), Roland Douglas, Oral Lawson, Alain N'Dalla.

The Clarendon College team: Reniel Allen (captain), André Green, Kedon Clarke, Aldean Ellis.

Next Match: Manchester High vs Glenmuir High