{
  "id": 2655768,
  "title": "NSMQ 2026: Kumasi Sec. Tech. deny St. Mary’s one-eighth spot after late comeback bid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/nsmq-2026-kumasi-sec-tech-deny-st-marys-one-eighth-spot-after-late",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T21:28:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/nsmq-2026-kumasi-sec-tech-deny-st-marys-one-eighth-spot-after-late-comeback-bid/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kumasi Senior Technical School secured a decisive victory over St. Mary's Senior High School in the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), denying the latter a spot in the One-Eighth Stage. Despite a valiant late charge, St. Mary's could not close the 3-point gap from Round Three, ultimately falling short by 15 points to Kumasi Sec. Tech. The Kumasi team's strong performance in the final round, where they answered three questions correctly while St. Mary's answered only one, proved decisive, as they claimed the 49-34 victory. Agona Senior High Technical School rounded out the competition with 24 points. Kumasi Sec. Tech. and Agona SHTS both earned cash prizes, with the latter receiving the JuPay Clean Sheet award. The 2026 NSMQ, organized by Primetime Limited and sponsored by various organizations, concluded at the CNC Auditorium, with broadcast support from JoyNews and VitaMilk.",
  "summary": "Kumasi Sec. Tech. SHS has denied St. Mary’s SHS a place in the One-Eighth Stage of the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) after holding off a late charge from the Merries to win the contest at the CNC Auditorium.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "NSMQ 2026: West Africa SHS powers past Oda SHS, Mankessim SHTS to book one-eighth spot on 80th anniversary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/nsmq-2026-west-africa-shs-powers-past-oda-shs-mankessim-shts-to-book",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:27:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}