April Clark wins Bee Super Bowl Challenge, $100
SANDPOINT — The annual Bee Super Bowl Challenge crowned another winner this Sunday night and they have a familiar last name.
April Clark is this year’s champion after picking the Chiefs to top the 49ers and Patrick Mahomes as the MVP. She also nearly predicted the exact final score, missing it by 1 point.
Pretty impressive.
This isn’t the first time a member of the Clark family has won the challenge. In 2016, April’s twin sister, Amy, triumphed over everyone else to claim the $100 grand prize and now she has done the same.
What are the odds that two members of the same family win the Bee challenge? I’d assume pretty slim but I haven’t heard back yet from Vegas on the odds.
It’s a reality though and when asked if she rubbed the victory in her sister’s face, April gave the typical sibling response.
“Of course I did,” the 19-year-old joked. “It was my turn this time.”
April graduated from Sandpoint High in 2018 where she was a star on the Bulldogs tennis team along with her sister. The duo currently lives together in Coeur d’Alene while attending North Idaho College.
April has been sending predictions in for the challenge along with her sister, dad, Wayne, and mom, Cathy, for the past six years.
Its become a family tradition and one they take very seriously. Each family member sends in their pick separately without telling each other until after the email has been sent so then on Super Bowl Sunday they can have a little competition.
April said she really didn’t have a method for choosing the final score of the game (which she predicted would be 31-21) but as a Seahawks fan she had one rule that made choosing a winner simple.
“Well, I didn’t want the 49ers to win so that was the start,” she said. “Basically, just pick the Chiefs and I just got lucky I guess.”
That guess looked like it was in jeopardy midway through the fourth quarter and April admitted she was getting nervous that the game was out of reach. Luckily, the Chiefs prevailed.
“I honestly wasn’t expecting to win,” she said. “Toward the end, I was starting to sit on the edge of my seat like ‘oh my gosh I’m actually going to win this thing,’ and then my dad was like ‘oh no, there’s no way,’ and then I won it.”
To most people $100 might not seem like a lot, but for a college student its like winning the lottery and getting a year’s worth of Top Ramen.
So, the law enforcement major plans on using the money to cover the cost of one of the most important things in life — rent.
“I’m probably going to pay some bills with it, nothing too exciting,” April said.