Acton-Boxborough

Acton-Boxborough High School (A-B) is a public high school in Acton, Massachusetts.Its quizbowl team was formed in 2012, but it began competing in High School Quiz Show two years before.

2012-2013

A-B began competing in quizbowl events in Massachusetts. The A team of juniors Victor Pavao, Tom Russel, Sarang Yeola, and freshman Spencer Thrope went to MIT Fall and went 0-3 in prelims but swept through the playoff's. On highschool quiz show the team won their first game before being eliminated in the quarter finals. They then finished the season by attending MITBAT where they went 3-2 in prelims and 4-3 in playoffs. They atended Cental Mass at their next tournament. They won the tournament with an 8-3 record.

2013-2014

The team greatly improved over the summer. The emergence of Victor Pavao as the best player in MA increased the win total for A-B. This year they also fielded a B team at several tournaments. Their first tournament was MIT fall. THet went 5-1 in prelims(losing to Kellenberg A) and in the playoffs they went 1-3. This was good enough to place 6th and qualify for PASE and HSNCT.

Roster

A team

Spencer Thrope (2014-2016 QB captain)

Aidan Pavao

Alex Kim

Sid Salunkhe

B team

Maxwell Kim

Kevin Hu

Alumni

Kevin Liu '14-Case Western

Tom Russell '14-Purdue (12-14 Captain)

Sarang Yeola '14-Maryland (active)

Victor Pavao '14-Villanova

Jeff Gao '14-UNH

John Russell '12-Tufts (2012 Captain)

Josh Xiong '15 MIT