On March 18th, busy students involved in all the extracurricular events they can handle are about to make some very difficult choices for what is being called “March 18th Madness.”

Travel Soccer’s Westport Win Tournament is on March 18th. All girls in travel soccer will be playing four, 40-minute games per day. As Staples High School this competition in one of only three soccer tournaments.

Western Regionals is a band and chrous competition open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. There is usually about 95 to 100 students. Auditions took place back in December, and those who were accepted will play in a band and sing in a chorus on March 18 at Wilton High School.

On teams of 15 students grades 6-9 have been training for the statewide competition for Science Olympiad. Science Olympiad is an extracurricular event in which students train all year in 23 events ranging from biology to building and everything inbetween. Run by engineering teachers Art Ellis and Kathryn Nicholas, in order to get to nationals in Ohio, the Bedford Science Olympiad team needs to get first place in the all day state competition held in Farmington, Conn. on March 18.

National History Day is a history project for 8th graders in which students have worked for months on their projects like exibits, websites, and documentaries, with which they will compete. One must place in the top three in their region in order to advance in the competition. You don’t find out you’re time slot until you get to the Fairfield County competition which takes place on March 18.

Despite the sheer bad luck of these events all falling on the same day, some are asking why people would sign up for all these events. Some students are saying that people should have figured out the scheduling earlier.

Those who are in two or three of the events argue that they are doing what they love, and they don’t want to have to restrict their passions. When 8th grader Lucas Lieberman was asked why he does all of these events, he replied “Music has always been a part of my life. I love science and even though I can’t make it to states, I could potentially still go to other event dates and I can still be a part of the process and help my peers. I enjoy and love so many different things, so I want to be involved in all of them.”

As one student said, “Students want to try new things because I enjoy and love so many different areas of stuff.” In the end, these students will have to make some tough decisions about their plans for March 18th.