East Chapel Hill
| East Chapel Hill (NC) | |
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| Location: Chapel Hill, NC | |
| Coaches | Brian Link |
| Program Status | Unknown |
| School Size | Unknown |
| NAQT Page | link |
East Chapel Hill High School is a high school located in the eastern portion of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Current members of East's quiz bowl team include generalist Jacob Reed, Sung-Hoon Kim (science/mythology specialist), Salman Iftikhar (current events/trash specialist), Bernie Amaldoss (science specialist), Yuyi Li, Ritam Chakraborty, James Creissen, Kathy Dai, Matt Dominguez, Grant Holub-Moorman, Alex Kelly, Kevin Lee, Alex Li, Hong Niu, Leigha Vilen, and Michelle Xia.
In the 2012-2013 season, the team of Amaldoss, Iftikhar, Kim (Sung-Hoon), and Reed has so far placed second at Quaker Bowl.
In the 2011-2012 season, the team of Holub-Moorman (William), Kim (Sung-Hoon), Lin, and Reed won St. Mary's Belles' Bowl and the State History Bowl Championship and placed second at Tar Heel Cup, Quaker Bowl, Enloe Invitational, the Duke Academic Fall Tournament, and the Duke Spring Tournament. The team also qualified for the 2012 HSNCT; East tied for 13th place overall in the playoffs, with individuals ranked Nos. 31 and 43. East also achieved No. 43 of all time on points per game scored at HSNCT, and No. 9 for points scored in a single game at HSNCT. Holub-Moorman and Reed were also named to the North Carolina All-Star Team, which placed 7th overall in the 2012 NASAT.
In the 2010-2011 season, the A team placed 4th at the Duke Invitational Meet, 3rd at Raleigh Charter's Right Triangle Open, and won WCHL 1360AM's Community Quiz Bowl challenge against Carrboro and Chapel Hill High Schools.
Alumni
Notable ex-players include Will Holub-Moorman (member of the 2012 North Carolina All-Star Quiz Bowl Team), Roman Lin (science specialist), Alex Loyal (art history and physics specialist), Alex Mariakakis (Music, especially jazz, specialist), Josh Loyal (generalist), Ezra Dunkle Polier (History and Politics specialist), Jun Hong (military history expert), and Arthur Kim (generalist).