MAPLE PARK – When Ken Dentino seeks to draw people to the Kaneland High School Scholastic Bowl team, he puts on a show. Unlike other athletic competitions, the event plays out like a game show, and the school’s longtime coach highlights that each year to eighth-graders at the school’s orientation event.

“We make a pretty big showing,” said Dentino, a math teacher who is in his 15th year as coach of the team. The group will bring out buzzers and demonstrate that it’s like a team version of “Jeopardy.”

The tactic has brought success. The team last weekend collected a Northern Illinois Big 12 championship – its second in the past two years. Its conference East Division title was its third straight. And Monday, the team will seek its third consecutive regional championship.