Wow, South Carroll athletes sure can eat a lot of wings.

In the final first-round showdown of the Carroll County Buffalo Wild Wings challenge, the Cavaliers blew away the competition. Not only did they beat Century in Wednesday's head-to-head competition, but they ate nearly twice as much as any other county school during the opening round.

The Cavaliers earned $755.49 for their athletics department -- 15 percent of the proceeds from everything purchased with a specially-marked South Carroll coupon between 3 and 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Westminster restaurant. That really puts the pressure on the rest of the remaining field -- Francis Scott Key, North Carroll and Winters Mill -- for the next round. Key, the previous week's winner, earned $379.57 -- the second most in the competition.

South Carroll turned Wednesday afternoon's contest into an event, complete with cheerleaders, banners and their mascot. The Cavaliers move on to the winter round and will face Winters Mill on Jan. 28. Key will battle North Carroll on Feb. 11.

Coupons for the winter round, which can be copied as many times as needed, will be available beginning Nov. 1.

The two finalists go for the grand prize on April 15. While each school, win or lose, continues to earn 15 percent of the proceeds for its athletics department, one school will end up with the Buffalo Wild Wings Scholar Athlete Scholarship, worth 15 percent of the total take for all schools from all days of the competition. So far, it's worth $2,567.57.

-- Katherine Dunn