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|citystate = Honaker, VA
 
|citystate = Honaker, VA
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|currentcoach = [[Charlie Perkins]]                           (Head Coach; 2015-present)
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|currentcoach = [[Valerie Sykes]] (2021-Present)
  
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[[Caleb Perkins]]                         (Assistant Coach; 2017-2019)
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[[Charlie Perkins]]                           (Head Coach: 2016-2021)           (Asst. Coach: 2021-Present)
  
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Danielle Kinder (2014-2015)  
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[[Caleb Perkins]]                                  (Asst. Coach: 2018-2019)
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[[Danielle Kinder]] (2015)
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[[Taylor Richardson]]                       (Asst. Coach: 2014)
  
 
[[Alex Zachwieja]] (1995-2014)  
 
[[Alex Zachwieja]] (1995-2014)  
  
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Kevin Stilwell (1995-2005)
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[[Kevin Stilwell]] (1995-2005)
  
 
|state =VHSL [[VHSL Class 1A|1A]]: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
 
|state =VHSL [[VHSL Class 1A|1A]]: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
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! A Team
 
! A Team
 
! B Team
 
! B Team
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! C Team
 
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| Fall 2007
 
| Fall 2007
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| 5-2, 2nd place
 
| 5-2, 2nd place
 
| 3-5, 3rd place
 
| 3-5, 3rd place
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| Fall 2007
 
| Fall 2007
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| 4-2, 5th place
 
| 4-2, 5th place
 
| 1-5, 11th place
 
| 1-5, 11th place
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| Fall 2008
 
| Fall 2008
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| 6-3, 8th place
 
| 6-3, 8th place
 
|  
 
|  
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| Fall 2008
 
| Fall 2008
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| 6-2, 5th place
 
| 6-2, 5th place
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
 
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| Fall 2008
 
| Fall 2008
 
| Cave Spring Invitational III
 
| Cave Spring Invitational III
 
| 6-3, 5th place
 
| 6-3, 5th place
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| Robinson Invitational IV (NC)
 
| Robinson Invitational IV (NC)
 
| 5-2, 5th place
 
| 5-2, 5th place
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|
 
|-
 
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| 4-2, 2nd place
 
| 4-2, 2nd place
 
|  
 
|  
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|-
 
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| Fall 2009
 
| Fall 2009
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| 4-4, 9th place
 
| 4-4, 9th place
 
|  
 
|  
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Spring 2010
 
| Spring 2010
 
| Robinson Invitational V (NC)
 
| Robinson Invitational V (NC)
 
| 4th place (as Robert Zimmerman HS)
 
| 4th place (as Robert Zimmerman HS)
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|
 
|
 
|
 
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| 5-3, 5th place
 
| 5-3, 5th place
 
|  
 
|  
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Spring 2011
 
| Spring 2011
 
| Cave Spring NCIS
 
| Cave Spring NCIS
 
| 4-4, 5th place
 
| 4-4, 5th place
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|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| 5-4, 5th place
 
| 5-4, 5th place
 
| 4-4-1, 9th place
 
| 4-4-1, 9th place
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Fall 2011
 
| Fall 2011
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| 4-6, 6th place
 
| 4-6, 6th place
 
| 3-7
 
| 3-7
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Spring 2012
 
| Spring 2012
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| 6-4, 4th place
 
| 6-4, 4th place
 
| 3-7, 15th place
 
| 3-7, 15th place
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Spring 2012
 
| Spring 2012
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| 5-6, 4th place
 
| 5-6, 4th place
 
|  
 
|  
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| Fall 2012
 
| Fall 2012
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| 6-4, 7th place
 
| 6-4, 7th place
 
| 3-7, 15th place
 
| 3-7, 15th place
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Fall 2012
 
| Fall 2012
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| 6-4, 4th place
 
| 6-4, 4th place
 
| 5-5, 6th place
 
| 5-5, 6th place
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Spring 2013
 
| Spring 2013
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| 6-4, 4th place
 
| 6-4, 4th place
 
| 5-5, 7th place
 
| 5-5, 7th place
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Spring 2013
 
| Spring 2013
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1209 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1209 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational]
 
| 7-2, 3rd place (as Schrodinger's Academy)
 
| 7-2, 3rd place (as Schrodinger's Academy)
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| 7-2, 3rd place
 
| 7-2, 3rd place
 
| 4-4, 8th place
 
| 4-4, 8th place
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|-
 
|-
 
| Fall 2013
 
| Fall 2013
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| 9-1, 1st place
 
| 9-1, 1st place
 
|  
 
|  
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| Spring 2014
 
| Spring 2014
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2079 Dorman Cavalier Challenge]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2079 Dorman Cavalier Challenge]
 
| 6-2, 8th place
 
| 6-2, 8th place
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| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2467 Cave Spring Invitational IX]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2467 Cave Spring Invitational IX]
 
| 3-7, 8th place
 
| 3-7, 8th place
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| 7-3, 17th place
 
| 7-3, 17th place
 
| 4-6, 16th place
 
| 4-6, 16th place
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| Fall 2015
 
| Fall 2015
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| 4-4, 8th place
 
| 4-4, 8th place
 
| 1-7, 18th place
 
| 1-7, 18th place
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| Fall 2015
 
| Fall 2015
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| 5-3, 4th place (as Honaker "B")
 
| 5-3, 4th place (as Honaker "B")
 
| 0-6, 15th place
 
| 0-6, 15th place
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|-
 
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| Fall 2015
 
| Fall 2015
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| 2-0, 1st place
 
| 2-0, 1st place
 
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|  
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| Spring 2016
 
| Spring 2016
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| 7-3, 3rd place
 
| 7-3, 3rd place
 
| 5-5, 4th place
 
| 5-5, 4th place
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| Fall 2016
 
| Fall 2016
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| 3-7, 6th place
 
| 3-7, 6th place
 
| 1-9, 12th place
 
| 1-9, 12th place
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| Fall 2016
 
| Fall 2016
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| 8-1, 2nd place
 
| 8-1, 2nd place
 
| 3-6, 7th place
 
| 3-6, 7th place
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| Fall 2016
 
| Fall 2016
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3850 Cave Spring Invitational XI]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3850 Cave Spring Invitational XI]
 
| 6-4, 7th place
 
| 6-4, 7th place
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| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7994 Tornado Invitational]
 
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7994 Tornado Invitational]
 
| 5-4, 5th place
 
| 5-4, 5th place
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| 10-0, 1st place
 
| 10-0, 1st place
 
| 4-6, 10th place
 
| 4-6, 10th place
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|-
 
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| Spring 2017
 
| Spring 2017
 
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7759 NCIS VI]
 
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7759 NCIS VI]
 
| 3-7, 6th place
 
| 3-7, 6th place
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| 5-5, T-41st, T-19th (Very Small Schools)
 
| 5-5, T-41st, T-19th (Very Small Schools)
 
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|  
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| Fall 2017
 
| Fall 2017
 
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=126231&playoffs=true Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament II]
 
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=126231&playoffs=true Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament II]
 
| 5-4, 3rd place
 
| 5-4, 3rd place
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| 6-3, 4th place
 
| 6-3, 4th place
 
| 4-5, 5th place
 
| 4-5, 5th place
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| Fall 2017
 
| Fall 2017
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| 7-3, 10th place
 
| 7-3, 10th place
 
| 4-6, 31st place
 
| 4-6, 31st place
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| Spring 2018
 
| Spring 2018
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| 7-2, 3rd place
 
| 7-2, 3rd place
 
| 4-5, 5th place
 
| 4-5, 5th place
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| Spring 2018
 
| Spring 2018
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| 5-3, 3rd place
 
| 5-3, 3rd place
 
| 2-6, 11th place
 
| 2-6, 11th place
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| Fall 2018
 
| Fall 2018
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| 6-5, 8th place
 
| 6-5, 8th place
 
| 5-5
 
| 5-5
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| Fall 2018
 
| Fall 2018
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| 5-5, 6th place
 
| 5-5, 6th place
 
| 3-4
 
| 3-4
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| Fall 2018
 
| Fall 2018
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| 8-0, 1st place
 
| 8-0, 1st place
 
| 5-3, 9th place
 
| 5-3, 9th place
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| Fall 2018
 
| Fall 2018
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| 9-2, 4th place
 
| 9-2, 4th place
 
| 4-6
 
| 4-6
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| Fall 2018
 
| Fall 2018
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| 9-1, 1st place
 
| 9-1, 1st place
 
| 3-7, 9th place
 
| 3-7, 9th place
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| Spring 2019
 
| Spring 2019
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| 9-0, 1st place
 
| 9-0, 1st place
 
| 8-2, 2nd place
 
| 8-2, 2nd place
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| Fall 2019
 
| Fall 2019
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| 5-3, 6th place
 
| 5-3, 6th place
 
| 0-8
 
| 0-8
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| Fall 2019
 
| Fall 2019
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| 9-0, 1st place
 
| 9-0, 1st place
 
| 2-7
 
| 2-7
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| Fall 2019
 
| Fall 2019
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| 7-4, 5th place
 
| 7-4, 5th place
 
| 1-9
 
| 1-9
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| Fall 2019
 
| Fall 2019
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| 10-0, 1st place
 
| 10-0, 1st place
 
| 3-7, 9th place
 
| 3-7, 9th place
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| Spring 2020
 
| Spring 2020
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| 9-0, 1st place
 
| 9-0, 1st place
 
| 3-6, 8th place
 
| 3-6, 8th place
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|-
 
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| Spring 2021
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| NCIS X
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| 5-3, 4th place
 
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|
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| '''Total Tournaments Played: 51'''
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| '''A Team All Time Record: 300-149''' (on record)
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| Fall 2021
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| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7199/ Cave Spring Invitational XVI]
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| 5-5, 10th place
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| 5-5, 7th place
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| 4-6, 11th place
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| '''Total Tournaments Played: 53'''
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| '''A Team All Time Record: 310-157''' (on record)
 
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| '''First Place Finishes: 9'''
 
| '''First Place Finishes: 9'''
 
| '''Second Place Finishes: 4 (1 from B Team)'''
 
| '''Second Place Finishes: 4 (1 from B Team)'''
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| ''' Top 5s: 37 (1 from B Team; 72.5%)'''
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| ''' Top 5s: 38 (1 from B Team; 72.5%)'''
 
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| 2021
 
| 2021
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| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/player/index.jsp?contact_id=409576 McKenzie Sykes], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/index.jsp?contact_id=443405 Cassie Adkins], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/index.jsp?contact_id=409575 Abigail Sykes], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/index.jsp?contact_id=479938 Garrett Shortt]
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| [[2021 HSNCT]], [[2021 SSNCT]], [[2021 NSC]]
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| 2022
 
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| [[2022 SSNCT]]
 
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*After a year of minimal activity in 2015 and with no remaining players from the 2014 state championship season, the team was turned over to one of Zachwieja's former players, [[Charlie Perkins]] in 2016. Under his guidance, the team has returned to prominence once again, winning two consecutive 1A State Championships-- the first VHSL team in Russell County to ever do so in sports or academic competitions. Perhaps more astounding is that neither team featured a player with more than 2 years of Scholastic Bowl experience; the 2016 team, in fact, had 6 of its 7 players in their rookie season.  
 
*After a year of minimal activity in 2015 and with no remaining players from the 2014 state championship season, the team was turned over to one of Zachwieja's former players, [[Charlie Perkins]] in 2016. Under his guidance, the team has returned to prominence once again, winning two consecutive 1A State Championships-- the first VHSL team in Russell County to ever do so in sports or academic competitions. Perhaps more astounding is that neither team featured a player with more than 2 years of Scholastic Bowl experience; the 2016 team, in fact, had 6 of its 7 players in their rookie season.  
  
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*After their back-to-back VHSL 1A State Championships in 2016 & 2017, Honaker returned to the VHSL State Tournament in 2018 and earned Runner-Up honors despite having their first Senior-less lineup and only one returning 'starter' from its consecutive title run-- Sophomore Aidan Cook-- who would be named to the State All-Star Team as the #4 scorer across VHSL Classes 1-6. Cook would later opt to forego his 2020 Senior season of Scholastic Bowl after leading Honaker to an undefeated 2019 VHSL season. Despite this, the 2020 Honaker team led the 2020 Class 1 VHSL State Tournament in total points scored and also defeated the eventual 2020 State Champions, the George Wythe Maroons, preventing the Maroons from accomplishing an undefeated VHSL season themselves.  
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*After their back-to-back VHSL 1A State Championships in 2016 & 2017, Honaker returned to the VHSL State Tournament in 2018 and earned Runner-Up honors despite having their first Senior-less lineup and only one returning 'starter' from its consecutive title run-- Sophomore Aidan Cook-- who would be named to the State All-Star Team as the #4 scorer across VHSL Classes 1-6. Cook would later opt to forego his 2020 Senior season of Scholastic Bowl after leading Honaker to an undefeated 2019 VHSL season. Despite this, the 2020 Honaker team led the 2020 Class 1 VHSL State Tournament in total points scored despite a 1-2 win-loss record and also defeated the eventual 2020 State Champions, the George Wythe Maroons, preventing the Maroons from accomplishing an undefeated VHSL season themselves.  
  
 
*Honaker made its debut on the national stage at the [[SSNCT|2017 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament]] after its 20th year of playing [[VHSL]] and 10th year playing NAQT format. Despite only having 3 of their 7 players in attendance, they qualified for the playoffs and finished tied for 41st place, while also finishing within the top 20 Very Small Schools. Honaker's Captain, [http://www.naqt.com/stats/individual-performance.jsp?team_member_id=367050 Caleb Perkins], earned the distinction of 19th individual scorer in the tournament, as well as the 13th-best scorer from a very small school-- the first Top 20 individual finish at the national level for any Virginian west of the New River Valley.
 
*Honaker made its debut on the national stage at the [[SSNCT|2017 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament]] after its 20th year of playing [[VHSL]] and 10th year playing NAQT format. Despite only having 3 of their 7 players in attendance, they qualified for the playoffs and finished tied for 41st place, while also finishing within the top 20 Very Small Schools. Honaker's Captain, [http://www.naqt.com/stats/individual-performance.jsp?team_member_id=367050 Caleb Perkins], earned the distinction of 19th individual scorer in the tournament, as well as the 13th-best scorer from a very small school-- the first Top 20 individual finish at the national level for any Virginian west of the New River Valley.

Latest revision as of 09:09, 2 December 2021

Honaker
Hhstigers.jpg
Location:
Honaker, VA
Coaches Valerie Sykes (2021-Present)

Charlie Perkins                           (Head Coach: 2016-2021)           (Asst. Coach: 2021-Present)

Caleb Perkins                                 (Asst. Coach: 2018-2019)

Danielle Kinder (2015)

Taylor Richardson                       (Asst. Coach: 2014)

Alex Zachwieja (1995-2014)

Kevin Stilwell (1995-2005)

State Championships VHSL 1A: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
National Appearances 2017 SSNCT
Program Status Active
School Size 343 Students (8-12)
NAQT Page link

Honaker is a very small school in the coalfields of far southwestern Virginia. They are known as the most decorated & storied Academic Team in the region, winning 12 VHSL Region D championships as well as 5 Region 1A West/Super Region 1CD championships, whilst also advancing to the VHSL Scholastic Bowl state tournament 19 times in the format's 24 year history. Honaker has been classified as a VHSL Group A school (1998-2013), VHSL Class 1A (2014-2017), and is currently classified as a VHSL Class 1 school.

The team has won 4 VHSL State Runner-Up titles (2010, 2012, 2013, 2018) and 4 VHSL 1A State Championships (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019), leading all current Class 1 teams in both achievements.

VHSL Season Records

Years in bold indicate a VHSL State Championship season. Years in italics indicate a VHSL State Runner-Up season.

Year Overall Record Scrimmages District Season Conf. 47 Season District/Conf Trn. Region D/Region 1D 1A West/Super Region VHSL State PPG
1998 2-2 None 2-0; 1st 0-2 DNQ
1999 18-5 None 10-0; 1st 6-1; 1st 2-2; 2nd 0-2
2000 12-5 None 10-1; 1st 1-2; 3rd 1-2 DNQ
2001 13-3 None 10-1; 1st 3-0; 1st 0-2 DNQ
2002 19-7 6-2 8-1; 1st 3-0; 1st 2-2; 2nd 0-2 130.8
2003 20-6 7-2 6-2; 2nd 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 0-2
2004 21-8 6-4 7-1; 1st 3-0; 1st 5-1; 1st 0-2 139.1
2005 18-6 7-3 7-1; 1st 3-0; 1st 1-2 DNQ
2006 27-7 13-3 8-0; 1st 1-2; 3rd 4-0; 1st 1-2; 5th 152.5
2007 19-7 5-5 8-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 0-2 166.5
2008 23-5 9-1 8-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 3-2; 2nd 0-2 188.5
2009 25-4 8-1 8-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-1; 1st 2-2; 4th 210.5
2010 34-3 16-1 8-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-2; 2nd 263.3
2011 24-6 10-3 6-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-1; 1st 1-2; 5th 233.5
2012 33-2 13-0 10-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-2; 2nd 262.8
2013 34-2 14-0 10-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-2; 2nd 283.6
2014 38-0 14-0 10-0; 1st 12-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 310.4
2015 15-5 None 7-3; 2nd 11-1; 1st 3-0; 1st 1-2; 5th DNQ 196.5
2016 28-7 6-5 8-0; 1st 10-2; 2nd 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 203.4
2017 36-6 13-5 7-1; 1st 12-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 249.1
2018 23-6 6-0 6-2; 2nd 3-0; 1st 4-2; 2nd 3-0; 1st 1-2; 2nd 244.8
2019 27-0 6-0 8-0, 1st 3-0; 1st 4-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 288.2
2020 21-5 4-1 8-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 2-2; 2nd 1-2; 4th 236.2
2021 15-3 2-1 6-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 3-0; 1st 1-2; 3rd 246.7
Totals 545-110 186-13   45-3   68-5   80-23 (Region & Super R.) 28-31  

Non-Scholastic Bowl Performances

The 2007-2008 season was the first year for Honaker in non-VHSL formats since 1997, when it placed a local format known as "PACE" (no known relation to PACE).

Due to the geographic isolation of Honaker and Southwest Virginia in general (ex. reaching an interstate from Honaker High School takes approx. 1 hour), their participation in weekend invitationals is typically limited to the areas of Virginia's New River Valley, western North Carolina, Northeast Tennessee, and northwestern South Carolina.

To put it in perspective, far-Southwest Virginia teams have a shorter drive to five or more state capitals (at a minimum: Nashville, Frankfort, Raleigh, Columbia, and Charleston) than to their own capital of Richmond.

Because of the region's difficult access and isolation from the state's main quiz bowl events, the Southwest Virginia Academic Team Alliance, also known as SWATA, was founded in part by Honaker and several other schools in the region in 2016. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, SWATA put together a series of four annual quiz bowl invitationals that were open to far-Southwest Virginia schools only. Honaker hosted SWATA's inaugural event, the Redbud Invitational, and followed in 2017 with the first Steele Memorial Invitational.


Semester/Year Tournament A Team B Team C Team
Fall 2007 EQUINE I at Auburn High School (Riner, VA) 5-2, 2nd place 3-5, 3rd place
Fall 2007 Cave Spring Invitational II 4-2, 5th place 1-5, 11th place
Fall 2008 Cavalier Classic XIII @ UVa 6-3, 8th place
Fall 2008 EQUINE II at Auburn High School 6-2, 5th place
Fall 2008 Cave Spring Invitational III 6-3, 5th place
Spring 2009 Robinson Invitational IV (NC) 5-2, 5th place
Fall 2009 Roanoke College Fall Invitational 4-2, 2nd place
Fall 2009 Cave Spring Invitational IV 4-4, 9th place
Spring 2010 Robinson Invitational V (NC) 4th place (as Robert Zimmerman HS)
Fall 2010 Cave Spring Invitational V 5-3, 5th place
Spring 2011 Cave Spring NCIS 4-4, 5th place
Fall 2011 Fall Novice @ VA Tech 5-4, 5th place 4-4-1, 9th place
Fall 2011 Cave Spring Invitational VI 4-6, 6th place 3-7
Spring 2012 Cave Spring NCIS II 6-4, 4th place 3-7, 15th place
Spring 2012 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational 5-6, 4th place
Fall 2012 Cavalier Classic XV @ UVa 6-4, 7th place 3-7, 15th place
Fall 2012 Cave Spring Invitational VII 6-4, 4th place 5-5, 6th place
Spring 2013 Cave Spring NCIS III 6-4, 4th place 5-5, 7th place
Spring 2013 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational 7-2, 3rd place (as Schrodinger's Academy)
Fall 2013 Blacksburg Invitational II 7-2, 3rd place 4-4, 8th place
Fall 2013 Cave Spring Invitational VIII 9-1, 1st place
Spring 2014 Dorman Cavalier Challenge 6-2, 8th place
Fall 2014 Cave Spring Invitational IX 3-7, 8th place
Fall 2015 Cave Spring Invitational X 7-3, 17th place 4-6, 16th place
Fall 2015 VOLDEMORT Novice @ VA Tech 4-4, 8th place 1-7, 18th place
Fall 2015 Demon Deacon Challenge @ Wake Forest 5-3, 4th place (as Honaker "B") 0-6, 15th place
Fall 2015 SWATA NAQT Round Robin 2-0, 1st place
Spring 2016 Cave Spring NCIS V 7-3, 3rd place 5-5, 4th place
Fall 2016 VTACO @ VA Tech 3-7, 6th place 1-9, 12th place
Fall 2016 Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament 8-1, 2nd place 3-6, 7th place
Fall 2016 Cave Spring Invitational XI 6-4, 7th place
Fall 2016 Tornado Invitational 5-4, 5th place
Spring 2017 Bulldog Invitational Tournament 10-0, 1st place 4-6, 10th place
Spring 2017 NCIS VI 3-7, 6th place
Spring 2017 2017 SSNCT 5-5, T-41st, T-19th (Very Small Schools)
Fall 2017 Legion Memorial Invitational Tournament II 5-4, 3rd place
Fall 2017 BEARCAT at VA High School 6-3, 4th place 4-5, 5th place
Fall 2017 Cave Spring Invitational XII 7-3, 10th place 4-6, 31st place
Spring 2018 Bulldog Invitational Tournament II 7-2, 3rd place 4-5, 5th place
Spring 2018 NCIS VII at Cave Spring 5-3, 3rd place 2-6, 11th place
Fall 2018 Virginia Tech Fall Kickoff 6-5, 8th place 5-5
Fall 2018 Secret City Classic 5-5, 6th place 3-4
Fall 2018 Legion Memorial Invitational III 8-0, 1st place 5-3, 9th place
Fall 2018 Cave Spring Invitational XIII 9-2, 4th place 4-6
Fall 2018 State Line Showdown 9-1, 1st place 3-7, 9th place
Spring 2019 Tornado Invitational 2 9-0, 1st place 8-2, 2nd place
Fall 2019 Virginia Tech Fall Tournament 5-3, 6th place 0-8
Fall 2019 Legion Memorial Invitational IV 9-0, 1st place 2-7
Fall 2019 Cave Spring Invitational XIV 7-4, 5th place 1-9
Fall 2019 State Line Showdown II 10-0, 1st place 3-7, 9th place
Spring 2020 Tornado Invitational III 9-0, 1st place 3-6, 8th place
Spring 2021 NCIS X 5-3, 4th place
Fall 2021 Cave Spring Invitational XVI 5-5, 10th place 5-5, 7th place 4-6, 11th place
Total Tournaments Played: 53 A Team All Time Record: 310-157 (on record)
First Place Finishes: 9 Second Place Finishes: 4 (1 from B Team) Top 5s: 38 (1 from B Team; 72.5%)

Typical "A" Lineup

Year Players Nationals Qualification(s)
2008 Orville Herndon, Garrett Cook, John Musick, Jordon Van Dyke
2009 John Musick, Jordon Van Dyke, Charlie Perkins, Alyssa Hubbard
2010 Charlie Perkins, Alyssa Hubbard, Josh O'Quinn, Nick Hubbard 2010 HSNCT
2011 Alyssa Hubbard, Jacob Mitchell, Nick Hubbard, Taylor Richardson
2012 Jacob Mitchell, Nick Hubbard, Taylor Richardson, Ashleigh Dye
2013 Jacob Mitchell, Taylor Richardson, Ashleigh Dye, Morgan Stacy / Mason Boyd
2014 Jacob Mitchell, Ashleigh Dye, Mason Boyd, Lindsey Dye 2014 SSNCT
2015 Mason Boyd, Lindsay Barton, Jacob Dye, Austin Hall
2016 Madison Ramsey, Caleb Perkins, Aidan Cook, Holly Lester 2016 HSNCT, 2016 SSNCT, 2016 NSC
2017 Lindsay Barton, Caleb Perkins, Aidan Cook, Holly Lester 2017 HSNCT, 2017 SSNCT, 2017 NSC
2018 Aidan Cook, Makayla Shortt, McKenzie Sykes, Patrick Hess/Heath Hubbard 2018 HSNCT, 2018 SSNCT, 2018 NSC
2019 Aidan Cook, Makayla Shortt, McKenzie Sykes, Patrick Hess/Heath Hubbard 2019 HSNCT, 2019 SSNCT, 2019 NSC
2020 Makayla Shortt, McKenzie Sykes, Cassie Adkins, Abigail Sykes 2020 HSNCT, 2020 SSNCT, 2020 NSC
2021 McKenzie Sykes, Cassie Adkins, Abigail Sykes, Garrett Shortt 2021 HSNCT, 2021 SSNCT, 2021 NSC
2022 2022 SSNCT

Other Notes

  • From 2007 through 2014, Honaker had an undefeated streak of 102 games at the district/conference level, including both regular season and tournaments. A record that still stands (after the 2021 season) is Honaker's 15-year undefeated streak at the district/conference tournament in order to qualify for Regionals. Honaker has never failed to qualify for a VHSL regional tournament in Scholastic Bowl's history, and has only failed to qualify for VHSL States 5 times since 1998.
  • Former Honaker coach Alex Zachwieja was a member of the VHSL Scholastic Bowl Advisory Committee (2009-2011), and finished his coaching career with over 400 victories along with an eight-year undefeated streak in the Black Diamond District/Crooked Road Conference. Teams under his tutelage also won six straight Regional-level titles. Zachwieja retired from Honaker High School after the 2014 state championship season, bringing an end to his 20-year tenure as head coach of Honaker's academic competition teams (1995-2014).
  • Honaker's 2014 Captain and top scorer in team history, Jacob Mitchell, once held the NAQT Record for most Points Per Tossup Heard in one game (on an IIS set or harder), with a stat line of 13-4-1 for 230 PPTUH.
  • After a year of minimal activity in 2015 and with no remaining players from the 2014 state championship season, the team was turned over to one of Zachwieja's former players, Charlie Perkins in 2016. Under his guidance, the team has returned to prominence once again, winning two consecutive 1A State Championships-- the first VHSL team in Russell County to ever do so in sports or academic competitions. Perhaps more astounding is that neither team featured a player with more than 2 years of Scholastic Bowl experience; the 2016 team, in fact, had 6 of its 7 players in their rookie season.
  • After their back-to-back VHSL 1A State Championships in 2016 & 2017, Honaker returned to the VHSL State Tournament in 2018 and earned Runner-Up honors despite having their first Senior-less lineup and only one returning 'starter' from its consecutive title run-- Sophomore Aidan Cook-- who would be named to the State All-Star Team as the #4 scorer across VHSL Classes 1-6. Cook would later opt to forego his 2020 Senior season of Scholastic Bowl after leading Honaker to an undefeated 2019 VHSL season. Despite this, the 2020 Honaker team led the 2020 Class 1 VHSL State Tournament in total points scored despite a 1-2 win-loss record and also defeated the eventual 2020 State Champions, the George Wythe Maroons, preventing the Maroons from accomplishing an undefeated VHSL season themselves.
  • Honaker made its debut on the national stage at the 2017 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament after its 20th year of playing VHSL and 10th year playing NAQT format. Despite only having 3 of their 7 players in attendance, they qualified for the playoffs and finished tied for 41st place, while also finishing within the top 20 Very Small Schools. Honaker's Captain, Caleb Perkins, earned the distinction of 19th individual scorer in the tournament, as well as the 13th-best scorer from a very small school-- the first Top 20 individual finish at the national level for any Virginian west of the New River Valley.
VHSL State Class 1 Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Galileo Magnet
2019
George Wythe
VHSL State Class 1A Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Honaker
2017
Galileo Magnet
VHSL State Class 1A Champion
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Year
Succeeded by
Rappahannock Co.
2016
Honaker
VHSL State Class 1A Champion
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Year
Succeeded by
None (Class Created)
2014
Rappahannock Co.
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