West Suburban Conference

The West Suburban Conference or WSC is a long established competitive league that serves 14 large public high schools in the western suburbs of Chicago. All member schools compete in the "large school" class (Class AA) of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). In general, its teams do not play much quizbowl outside of the conference and IHSA meets, though occasionally a competitive team emerges and places well at local tournaments, state championships, and national championships. As there are currently 12 teams, 6 meets are organized between October and February at three locations hosting four schools each. Teams play two matches at each meet, slowly playing a round robin, with the 12th match being against the same team as the 1st match.

Membership

Gold Division*

School	Town	Nickname	Enrollment
Addison Trail High School	Addison, Illinois	Blazers	1,874 (2008)
Downers Grove South High School	Downers Grove, Illinois	Mustangs	3,183 (2008)
Hinsdale South High School	Darien, Illinois	Hornets	1,882 (2008)
Leyden High Schools	Franklin Park, Illinois	Eagles	3,492 (2008)
Morton High Schools	Mustangs	7,945 (2008)
Willowbrook High School	Villa Park, Illinois	Warriors	2,145 (2008)

Silver Division*

School	Town	Nickname	Enrollment
Downers Grove North High School	Downers Grove, Illinois	Trojans	2,266 (2008)
Glenbard West High School	Glen Ellyn, Illinois	Hilltoppers	2,127 (2008)
Hinsdale Central High School	Hinsdale, Illinois	Red Devils	2,624 (2008)
Lyons Township High School	La Grange, Illinois	Lions	3,840 (2008)
Oak Park and River Forest High School	Oak Park, Illinois	Huskies	3,098 (2008)
York Community High School	Elmhurst, Illinois	Dukes	2,582 (2008)

• The Gold and Silver Divisions are each missing one team, Proviso East and Proviso West, respectively, because neither school currently fields a Scholastic Bowl team.

Champions

The West Suburban Conference champion is decided officially by the winner of the 12 game regular season. The only tiebreaker is head-to-head, so in the case that the top two teams happened to have played each other twice and split, such as in 2011-12, the regular season title is split. The school that wins the regular season gets its name engraved on a board of all the winners, and the top two teams qualify for HSNCT.

The end of season conference tournament, confusingly, also determines an official champion. The format is a painstakingly slow single-elimination format, with teams still playing two games each week. It may or may not determine who wins a plaque, but honestly no one knows, since usually the same team wins both.

NAQT Years

Year	Champion	Record	Runner-up	Record	Nationals
2013-14	Hinsdale Central	15-0	Lyons Township	13-2	-
2012-13*	Hinsdale Central	11-1	Downers Grove North	11-1	No
2011-12	Downers Grove North	14-1	Hinsdale Central / Oak Park-River Forest	12-2 / 12-3	No
2010-11	Oak Park-River Forest	-	Downers Grove North	-
2009-2010	Oak Park-River Forest	14-1	-	-	OPRF, 9-5, T-17

• Conference tournament cancelled due to weather and scheduling