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Despite once again losing their best players Allen Wang and Joseph George, JPS QB surpassed expectations and won first place at Princeton University's PHSAT XXVIII, after defeating Hunter A (their best player Andrew Zeng was unavailable) by a 5 point margin in playoffs and again in finals 325-300. Their top players were evenly matched scorers Nishanth Bhargava and Kushal Aluru.
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Despite once again losing their best players Allen Wang and Joseph George, JPS QB surpassed expectations and won first place at Princeton University's PHSAT XXVIII after defeating Hunter A (their best player Andrew Zeng was unavailable) by a 5 point margin in playoffs and again in finals 325-300. Their top players were evenly matched scorers Nishanth Bhargava and Kushal Aluru.
  
 
==Middle Schools==
 
==Middle Schools==

Revision as of 13:57, 3 October 2021

J.P. Stevens High School
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Location:
Edison, NJ
Club Presidents Kushal Aluru
Coaches Karan Menon, Jeff Xie
National Championships 31st place 2021 HSNCT, 24st place 2021 NHBB, 24th place 2019 NHBB
Program Status Active
School Size 2500
NAQT Page link

John P. Stevens High School is a public high school in Edison, New Jersey. Its quiz bowl team, formerly known as the STARS, competes at the regional, state, and national levels.

History

The Rutgers Academic Challenge Years

The team was originally known as the Rutgers Academic Challenge team.

The STARS Years

At around the end of the 2006 academic school year, the JPS team was named STARS. The team name stands for "Stevens' Tough and Rough Scholars".

2006-2007

This year began with the STARS appearing in the 2006-2007 season of The New Jersey Challenge. After defeating Wayne Valley High School, the STARS then lost to Bergen County Academies.

Later, the STARS took part in the NAQT at Rutgers. Despite undermanned to a point where they were unable to have a full team, the STARS managed to win 4 of 12 games.

Finally that year, the STARS sent two teams to take part in BRITE. However, after both teams advanced to the Top 16 after the playoffs, they were matched up against each other in the next game. The winning team advanced to the quarterfinals where they were defeated by North Brunswick High School.

2007-2008

The STARS participated in the NAQT at Princeton. However, they were quite soundly defeated and were unable to advance past the playoffs.

Later, they once again took part in BRITE. The STARS once again managed to make the Top 16 before getting eliminated.

Revival

2012-2015

In 2012, J.P. Stevens Quiz Bowl was revived. Featuring players like future Jeopardy Teen Tournament Champion Jeff Xie and Team Captains Andy Shi and Vishal Baloor, the team played at The Eleventh Annual Joseph Bookstaber Memorial Tournament. They also qualified for the HSNCT in 2012, placing 5th at NAQT New Jersey State championships. In 2013, the team once again competed at NAQT New Jersey State Championships, though they placed 16th.

2017-2019

In 2017, J.P. Stevens Quiz Bowl was brought back once again, this time under former National Geography Bee Champion Karan Menon. Karan Menon would finish as the strongest player in J.P. Stevens Quiz Bowl history. They placed 13th at East Brunswick Funfest IV, and 5th at NACs in Washington DC.

Renaissance

2019-present

The next year, despite losing their best player, the J.P. Stevens Quiz Bowl team placed 5th at East Brunswick Funfest V, under the strong play of newcomer Allen Wang, junior Vice President Joseph George, and seniors Harini Raghavan and President Divyesh Trivedi. In the 2020-21 season, the J.P. Stevens team enjoyed further success, with strong performances at Prison Bowl League, Ithaca Fall, and a 2nd place finish at the Southside Holiday Tournament. This strong play catapulted the team into a 75th place national ranking.

After qualifying two teams, A and B team attended the 2021 HSNCT. Both teams qualified for playoffs, an indicator of the depth of J.P. Stevens Quiz bowl program. The two teams had many upsets against schools that were ranked significantly higher, culminating in a 31st place finish for the A team, and a 49th place finish for the B team, the first time J.P. Stevens Quiz bowl attended HSNCT, and two of the highest placings in NJ.

2021-22 season

Despite once again losing their best players Allen Wang and Joseph George, JPS QB surpassed expectations and won first place at Princeton University's PHSAT XXVIII after defeating Hunter A (their best player Andrew Zeng was unavailable) by a 5 point margin in playoffs and again in finals 325-300. Their top players were evenly matched scorers Nishanth Bhargava and Kushal Aluru.

Middle Schools

The JP Stevens team has two middle school feeders in John Adams and Woodrow Wilson Middle School. John Adams Middle School in the 2020-21 season enjoyed a win at the New Jersey State Championship, with the duo of Mihir Tadeparti and Thomas Catuosco breaking the Hoppes-Mikanowski limit. They did not attend MSNCT, but were ranked highly among middle school teams in the 2021 season.

Notable Alumni

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