- State College Area High School
- State College Area High School
State High Quiz Bowl Team Competes Nationally
As it turned out, the State College Area High School Quiz Bowl team proved as sharp online as in person.
With tournaments cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annually strong team recently switched to virtual competition, concluding its regular season in the WAIT Online Knowledge Event. Against a national field, members Jupiter Ding, Allen Farabaugh, Kyle Hynes, Ananya Tadigadapa and Albert Zhang just missed a top 10 performance, finishing 11th.
Along the way, the quintet beat five teams ranked in the top 100 of high schools, including Adlai Stevenson High School from New York City and East Chapel Hill High School from Chapel Hill, N.C., both of which are ranked higher nationally than the top-ranked Pennsylvania high school, Manheim Township.
Zhang’s individual score placed him in the top 10 among competitors, while Ding and Farabaugh finished with top 50 scores.