Hinsdale Central
| Hinsdale Central Red Devils | |
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| Location: Hinsdale, Illinois | |
| Coaches | Alan McCloud |
| State Championships | 1992 IHSA |
| Program Status | Unknown |
| School Size | Unknown |
| NAQT Page | link |
Hinsdale Central High School is a public high school in Hinsdale, Illinois, near Chicago. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series.
The team was coached by Donna Watkins throughout the 1990s and for a few additional years. Under her, the team won the 1992 IHSA State Championship and finished 2nd in 1998 and 2002. The team historically never entered a large number of invitationals--most of its matches were played within the West Suburban Conference, though it is more active in the Northern Illinois Quizbowl circuit now.
Team Roster
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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| Atharv Garje | Andrew Coyner | JD Randell | - |
| Ayan Agarwal | Sunny Chen | ||
| Harrison Wang | Jack Mueller | ||
| Michael Noonan | Hugo Zoells | ||
| Peyton Pielet | BJ Ryan | ||
| ' | Ankush Bajaj | ||
| James Zhou | |||
| Steven Botsoe | |||
| Anika Arvanitis | |||
| Ian Sokolowski | |||
| Jack Mason | |||
| Tony Yang |
History
Early Years
While the school had a string of conference, sectional, and regional titles since its state championship in 1992, Hinsdale Central did not play a major role in the Illinois Quizbowl scene.
2013-2014
Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, with the graduation of its five solid Varsity seniors, Hinsdale Central was left with a large leadership vacuum, due to weak retention of '14 and '15 players. The sophomores proved to be highly motivated, though, surpassing the previous team in all aspects and bringing the program to new heights. The all sophomore and freshman team showed many signs of potential as the season went on, with decent placement and wins at major tournaments, many of which were attended unaffiliated.
As expected, the team maintained recent dominance within the West Suburban Conference, going undefeated for 15 games. The team won the semifinal and final matches even with top scorer Sunny Chen absent.
Individual Awards
IHSSBCA All-Sectional
- Sunny Chen (2014)
- James Zhou (2014)
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