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Sachem North Students to Appear on The Challenge

Take their smarts to the airwaves for academic competition.

Students from Sachem North will participate in The Challenge, a television show on Long Island that shines light on the importance of academic competition.

The first round battle between Sachem and Northport will air Nov. 1 at 5:30 p.m. on Cablevision's iO TV (Channel 14).

Representing Sachem will be Daniel Brennan, Dylan Cowit, Jen Dragos (team captain), Michael O'Boyle and Ruchi Shah. The academic advisors are Joanne Holl and Corinne McMahon.

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Back for a second season as host of The Challenge is Jared Cotter, former FUSE TV host and a popular semi-finalist from American Idol.  Cotter will serve as moderator, asking competing high school teams questions based on their knowledge of history, arts and literature, current events, math, and science.  This season students will be taped competing before a live studio audience. 


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