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McKenzie Middle Projected Winner of National Contest

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McKenzie Middle School students are the projected winners of the Middle/Elementary School Winners.
The provisional Vocabulary Bowl Middle/Elementary School Champion is McKenzie Middle School of Tennessee. This will be the first championship title for the relentless Rebels, who were neck-and-neck with second place Harris Road Middle School of North Carolina all season until a Herculean effort on the final day gave McKenzie the decisive edge.
This is a nationwide contest hosted by vocabulary.com to encourage students to learn vocabulary words. The contest will be certified later this week.
Words Mastered 2020-21 Season

The projected top four winners are:
First Place — McKenzie Middle School, 218,033
Second Place — Harris Road Middle School, Concord, North Carolina, 205,322
Third Place — Hialeah Gardens Middle School, Hialeah Gardens, Florida, 134,311
Fourth Place — Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck, New York, 127,824