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'''Kings Park High School''' is a public high school located in Kings Park, New York. KPHS had a trivia team that was disbanded in 2004, but except for some 90s-era [[RQB]] packets and an alleged appearance on the 2003 season of [[The Challenge]], there is no evidence of how active this team was. The current incarnation of the Kings Park quiz bowl team (nicknamed "Brainstormers" despite [[Half Hollow Hills West]] using the same name) has existed since the 2007-8 school year, and is currently coached by Rob Celeste.
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'''Kings Park High School''' is a public high school located in Kings Park, Long Island, New York. The current incarnation of the KPHS quizbowl team has existed since the 2007-8 school year, and has been coached by Rob Celeste since its founding.  
  
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==Tournament Attendance==
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==Success on The Challenge==
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Kings Park's team received most of its recognition through the trivia show [[The Challenge]]. In its first appearance on the 2007-8 season, the team managed to get to round 3, only to be stopped by perennial contender (but only on The Challenge) Sachem North, which went on to become Long Island champions. In the 2008-9 season, Kings Park won the Suffolk finals over [[Half Hollow Hills West]] by 15 points, only to lose to eventual Tri-State champion [[Great Neck South]] by about the same margin. In the 2009-10 season, Kings Park again made it to the Suffolk finals, only to lose to [[Smithtown East]] by a small margin. This was actually a blessing in disguise for the captain, who got incredibly sick the day the taping would have been and definitely wouldn't have liked having to spend that time being curb-stomped by [[Kellenberg]]. Kings Park did not get selected for the 2010-1 season.
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Kings Park's team received most of its recognition through the trivia show [[The Challenge]]. In its first appearance on the 2007-8 season, the team managed to get to round 3, only to be stopped by perennial contender Sachem North, who went on to become Long Island champions.  
  
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Kings Park has gotten increasingly more involved in other tournaments. For the 2007-8 school year Kings Park sent two teams to [[LIFT]] VII, although only two of the students sent to the tournament were actually on the trivia team because someone in the administration thought it would be unfair to send the Challenge team for some odd reason. They also sent three teams (this time including the actual A team) to [[Half Hollow Hills West]]'s annual tournament, and although the A team was one of the highest-scoring teams with a 2-2 record in prelims, only the B team got into the playoffs with the 31st seed, getting shut down by [[Kellenberg]] A. For 2008-9 there were plans to go to both tournaments again, but scheduling conflicts (notably Hills West's tournament getting moved into Kings Park's midterms week due to a snow day) prevented them, like many other schools, from attending. The 2009-10 team saw both LIFT and the Hills West Invitational again, this time putting both teams into Hills West's playoffs, as well as [[Chatham]]'s tournament. They also had to survive the unimaginable horror of [[RQB]], the playoffs of which the B team managed to get into with a 5-0 record but the A team did not thanks to a hose-tastic first round and a loss by 3 points in the fourth.
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In the 2008-9 season, Kings Park won the Suffolk County finals over [[Half Hollow Hills West]] by 15 points, only to lose to eventual Tri-State champion [[Great Neck South]] by about the same margin.
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In the 2009-10 season, Kings Park again made it to the Suffolk finals, only to lose to [[Smithtown East]] by a small margin.
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==NAQT and other tournaments==
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Kings Park's attendance at tournaments has slowly increased since it's founding. In it's founding year the team attended [[Kellenberg]]'s LIFT, and [[Half Hollow Hills West]]'s annual tournament. Neither team was particularly competitive, but the B team did make the top 32 at Hills.  
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In 08-09 they did not make it to any pyramidal tournaments.
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In 09-10 the team became more active in NAQT, attending LIFT, Hills, and CAT IV (Chatham), with the A team taking considerable runs in each. By the end of the year, the B team was looking strong as well, taking 11th place at Chatham.
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In 10-11 is when the team really took off. Team captain Will Schneider became a driving force in team attendance and practice, himself scoring regularly over 70ppg. They took part in 5+ events, and Will put Kings Park on the map by representing the school as a staffer in the first annual [[National History Bowl]].
  
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The 2010-11 team has been the most active to date, going to 3 tournaments as of February, going to [[RQB]] yet again despite the complaints of the entire A team last year and planning to host a tournament of their own.
 
  
 
==Players, Past and Present==
 
==Players, Past and Present==

Revision as of 15:27, 3 May 2011

Kings Park High School is a public high school located in Kings Park, Long Island, New York. The current incarnation of the KPHS quizbowl team has existed since the 2007-8 school year, and has been coached by Rob Celeste since its founding.

Success on The Challenge

Kings Park's team received most of its recognition through the trivia show The Challenge. In its first appearance on the 2007-8 season, the team managed to get to round 3, only to be stopped by perennial contender Sachem North, who went on to become Long Island champions.

In the 2008-9 season, Kings Park won the Suffolk County finals over Half Hollow Hills West by 15 points, only to lose to eventual Tri-State champion Great Neck South by about the same margin.

In the 2009-10 season, Kings Park again made it to the Suffolk finals, only to lose to Smithtown East by a small margin.


NAQT and other tournaments

Kings Park's attendance at tournaments has slowly increased since it's founding. In it's founding year the team attended Kellenberg's LIFT, and Half Hollow Hills West's annual tournament. Neither team was particularly competitive, but the B team did make the top 32 at Hills.

In 08-09 they did not make it to any pyramidal tournaments.

In 09-10 the team became more active in NAQT, attending LIFT, Hills, and CAT IV (Chatham), with the A team taking considerable runs in each. By the end of the year, the B team was looking strong as well, taking 11th place at Chatham.

In 10-11 is when the team really took off. Team captain Will Schneider became a driving force in team attendance and practice, himself scoring regularly over 70ppg. They took part in 5+ events, and Will put Kings Park on the map by representing the school as a staffer in the first annual National History Bowl.


Players, Past and Present

Greg Cordts '08

Emily Duffel '08

Bobby Kaminski '09

Robert Pond '10

Evan Goldaper '09

Seth Fichtelberg '09

Andrew Dedonato '10

Jason Chaves '10

Luke Stephan '10

Will Schneider '11

Ishwarya Anathabhotla '11

Ryan Parigoris '11

Shannon Wetzler '12

etc

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