If you are

an early riser on the weekends you may have seen the local high school

quiz show program "High-Q." If you have seen the show lately,

chances are you have seen the team from Fayette County High School.

Fayette County's

academic team has competed on "High-Q" for the past four years.

This year's squad emerged as the "High-Q" champions.

The team which

consists of captain Blake Alverson and fellow senior Jacob Lewin, along

with juniors Danny Cairns and Kirk Palan defeated Newnan, Sequoyah, Lovett,

Clarke Central (in the semifinals) and Parkview (in the finals) to win

the championship. The team is coached by Peter Lewin.

Along with

the title of "High-Q" champions, all four members won a Presidential

Scholarship to LaGrange College worth $82,000 each for all four years

of schooling at the private college.

The team begins

practicing in August, meeting two to three mornings a week. They go over

question format and competitive strategies and each member is asked to

focus on a particular area of study. The team then competes in a number

of Academic Competition League matches which are set up by the Regional

Educational Services Agency (RESA) in Griffin. The team has been crowned

RESA champs four times in the past 12 years and county champs from 1991-1999.

The team also

travels outside of the state. This year's team competed in both Tennessee

and South Carolina, while past teams have gone as far north as Connecticut

and as far west as California.

The team was

excited to be on the "High-Q" set and had a good time meeting

host Chuck Dowdle. It was also an exciting time for the parents of the

team as they went to the set and watched Fayette County win their first

ever "High-Q" championship.

"High-Q"

just wrapped their 17th year of production. It features three rounds:

the Face Off round, the Quick Quiz round and the Final Exam. The questions

are in a range of subjects including history, math, literature, science

and arts as well as current events.

"High-Q"

is on WSB Sunday mornings at 7 a.m.