The Holy Cross players get ready to be interviewed after a
win in the preliminary round
Joe stands by the buzzers with the squad from
Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Merivale High School and Martingrove Collegiate get ready to tangle in their first round match-up
The holding area at Studio Oasis, where teams ate lunch, studied and prepared strategy for games
Susan Stewart (r) warms the audience up before
a match
The dudes from St. Michael's huddle up and get
psyched before their big wildcard match
Joe goes over the script and questions before each
show with series producer Sidney Cohen
Team Dilks keeps things running backstage, and are a big reason why Joe loves doing
the show: Jim (back), Dan, Anne, Christine, Tracie, Susan and Justin (front)
Margann from Holy Cross gets some attention in make-up
from Hillary and Janice
Joe takes a minute with the #2-seeded school in the tournament, John F. Ross C.V.I.
Judges Ravi Lall and Patricia Beecham, head researcher
Anne Francis, and producer Dan Dilks
... as did Leaside at the national Reach For The Top finals in
Edmonton, AB
Threepeat champion University of Toronto Schools went
on to represent Ontario ...
Joe hosted another season of Reach For The Top, the revival of the popular high school
quiz show which airs Sunday nights on TVOntario throughout the fall and winter. Here's
a look behind the fourteen-team Ontario Reach finals.