Housatonic Academic Bowl Team places seventh nationally

Housatonic Academic Bowl Team places seventh nationally

Front row, from left: John DeDonato, Leahy Galvin, Lola Moerschell, Sara Huber, Tess Marks, Daniela Brennan, Ellie Wolgemuth, Ishaan Tantri, Abigail Perotti.Second row, from left: Danny Lesch, Jassim Mohydin, Junxin Zhang, Harper Howe, Manny Matsudaira, Owen Schnept, and Jonas Johnson.

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FALLS VILLAGE — The Housatonic Valley Regional High School Academic Bowl Team recently finished seventh place in the nation in a field of approximately 300 schools in the Spring 30-20-10 tournament hosted by the Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance.

In the 30-20-10 Tournament, teams compete to answer questions in a wide variety of categories, from traditional academic subjects like math and history while also including questions about sports and pop culture. The Fall and Spring 30-20-10 events are the largest quiz bowl tournaments in the country.

The Housatonic team, now in its 30th season, consists of seniors Daniela Brennan, Leahy Galvin, Harper Howe, Sara Huber, Katelin Lopes, Tess Marks, Manny Matsudaira, Lola Moerschell, Jassim Mohydin, Ellie Wolgemuth, and Junxin Zhang; juniors Silas Tripp and Shanaya Duprey; sophomores John DeDonato, Sydney Howe, Jonas Johnson, Danny Lesch, and Ishaan Tantri; and freshmen Kip Galvin, Katherine Money, Abigail Perotti, Karmela Quinion, Bridger Rinehart, and Owen Schnepf.

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