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Mount Sinai High School students win first place at Bay Scallop Bowl

Mount Sinai High School’s first-place Bay Scallop Bowl

Photo credit: Brittany Wait

Just before the 12th annual Bay Scallop Bowl was scheduled to take place on Feb. 9, a blizzard buried Stony Brook University in 30 inches of snow, postponing the science competition a week.

But that didn’t phase Nick O’Mara and the rest of the Mount Sinai High School science team. A week later, on Feb. 16, they placed first.

“We were disappointed, but that didn’t slow us down,” said...

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