Carmel (IN)

Carmel High School Location: 520 E. Main Street Carmel, IN 46032 State: Indiana
Club President	Akash Bhowmik
Coaches	Head Coach: James Hambley Assistant Coach: Shawn Curtis
State Championships	0
National Championships	0
National Appearances	1
Program Status	Active
School Size	5,286 students (2018-19)
Social Media	Unknown

Carmel High School is a large public school located in Carmel, Indiana. It participates in NAQT tournaments and the White River Academic League.

History

CHS's Quizbowl team was originally named the Academic Competition Team (A.C.T.). The A.C.T. played in the Westfield Insurance Brain Game, and notably came runner-up in 2012. One year after the Brain Game's cancelation in 2017, the A.C.T. would become the Quizbowl team entering the 2018-19 season.

2018-19 Season

2018-19 Roster

A Team

Akash Bhowmik, Justin Yu, Joey Heerens, Anthony Ou, Gary Zhang

B Team

Raphael Li, Jeffery Tan, Kyle Zheng, James Zhang, Audrey Satchivi, Andrew Sleugh, Austin Guo

2018-19 Season Results

Tournament	Date	A Team Place	B Team Place
Thirteenth Annual Rowdy Raider Tournament	12/1	11th
New Trier Varsity Tournament	12/15	10th	43rd
2019 NAQT Indiana State Championship	3/9	2nd	4th
2019 HSNCT	5/24-5/26	155th

2019-20 Season

2019 Free Agency

CHS underwent a major rebuilding process with the loss of many of its senior veterans. Among the new recruits were freshmen Archit Kalra, Harry Zheng, and Jordan Seigel, sophomores Shrithan Sandadi, Kevin Wang, Krish Jayarapu, and Nolan Jones, and junior Neal Joshi.

2019-20 Roster

A Team

Akash Bhowmik, Archit Kalra, Austin Guo, James Zhang, Colin Zou

B Team

Nolan Jones, Neal Joshi, Shrithan Sandadi, Harry Zheng, Kevin Wang, Krish Jayarapu, Jordan Seigel

2019-20 Season Summary

The Greyhounds started off the season qualifying for HSNCT at the Class Act High School Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky, with the A Team placing 4th overall. Following Class Act, the Hounds went to Northmont High School in Clayton, Ohio to compete in the Rowdy Raider Invitational, where A Team would finish 13th place. The Hounds would follow up by travelling to Clermont Northeastern High School in Batavia, Ohio to compete in the Southwestern by Northeastern Tournament, where A Team finished first against Little Miami C in the finals, the team that prevented B Team's HSNCT qualification by defeating them in the quarterfinals. After a huge victory for A Team and a narrow defeat for B Team, the A Team went to Tri Junior-Senior High School in Straughn, Indiana for the IASP Indiana State Regionals, qualifying for the IASP Indiana State Quiz Bowl Championship with a decisive first-place finish. Following the major win at Regionals, the Hounds traveled to William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio to compete in the Mason Mashup Invitational, where A Team grabbed the first-place finish and B Team would finish 3rd. At the IASP Indiana State Quiz Bowl Championship, the A Team would finish 3rd overall, marking an end to the 2019-20 season for the Greyhounds as the 2020 HSNCT would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Season Results

Tournament	Date	A Team Place	B Team Place
Class Act High School Invitational	11/23	4th	15th
Fourteenth Annual Rowdy Raider Invitational	12/7	13th	26th
Southwestern by Northeastern Tournament	12/14	1st	5th
IASP Indiana State Regionals Straughn	1/25	1st
Mason Mashup Invitational	2/29	1st	3rd
IASP Indiana State Quiz Bowl Championship	3/7	3rd

2020-21 Season

2020 Free Agency

Before the 2020 free agency, CHS announced the creation of three new teams: the C Team, the D Team, and the E Team. The C Team signed freshman Shravan Chengalva, sophomores Lucca Mo, Eric Yang, and Matthew Rao, and junior Raymond Pan. The B Team attempted to trade Jordan Seigel and a 2025 first-round pick to the C Team in return for Raymond Pan, but the trade was nullified by NAQT for "Quizbowl reasons." Archit Kalra signed a 3-year, $90 million extension with the A Team, becoming the highest paid player in Quizbowl history. Nolan Jones, affected by the tragic loss of Nolan James, decided to take his talents to South Beach and join the B Team in his ESPN-exclusive documentary "The Quizision," joining forces with Neal Joshi and Harry Zheng to form a Big Three. However, the B Team would lose their first option player in Shrithan Sandadi to the E Team, with Sandadi signing a 2-year, $30 million contract with the expansion franchise. The last expansion franchise, the D Team, signed Jack Liu on a $2, 2-year contract and Canaan He on a $5, 3-year contract, and are expected to become the first team in Quizbowl history to lose every match this coming 2020-21 season.

2020-21 Roster

A Team

Akash Bhowmik, Archit Kalra, Austin Guo, James Zhang, Colin Zou

B Team

Nolan Jones, Neal Joshi, Harry Zheng, Kevin Wang, Jordan Seigel

C Team

Raymond Pan, Shravan Chengalva, Lucca Mo, Eric Yang, Matthew Rao

D Team

Jack Liu, Canaan He

E Team

Shrithan Sandadi

2020-21 Season Results

Tournament	Date	A Team Place	B Team Place	C Team Place
University of Kentucky Fall Championship	10/10	4th	7th
Class Act High School Invitational	12/5	1st	5th
Purdue Boilermaker Buzzathon V	12/19	2nd	6th	19th
Country Roads Invitational	1/9	3rd	1st	13th
Detroit Academic Regular Tournament	1/16	2nd
IASP Indiana State Regionals Indiana Academy	1/23	1st
SATURNALIA @ UIUC	2/6	5th	11th
BHSAT XXX	2/27	4th	9th
IASP Indiana State Quiz Bowl Championship	3/6	2nd
Gopher Spring Tournament	3/13	3rd	5th	13th
ACRONYM 14 Online Championship	5/8	30th	40th
AQBL May: Saturday	5/8	1st
2021 HSNCT	5/29-5/30	8th	31st