Capital's brainiacs to compete in national bowl

Capital High School students gathered in the gym to celebrate thewin of one of the school's best teams.

It was not a football team.

It was not a basketball team.

In fact it wasn't even a sports team.

It was the school's quiz bowl team.

Seniors Samuel Smith, 17, Garrett Maner, 18, Christian White, 16,Megan Ross, 17, and Joseph Stephenson, 18, were the center ofattention during an assembly after winning the regional math andscience quiz bowl in Morgantown Saturday.

The competition was not easy.

The students beat out dozens of schools from around the state,including those that have traditionally dominated the bowl, such asMorgantown High …