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.

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. They attended Central Mass at their next tournament. They won the tournament with an 8-3 record. They also sent their B team who finished 2-3 in prelims and 2-3 in playoffs to finish 4-6 and 9th overall. Next they attended WHAT a tournament at Williams where they went 3-3. At their next tournament they sent an A and B team to the CT invitational. Their A and B teams would go 3-2 in prelims. However the A team made it into the top bracket, where they would go onto win the tournament in a final against Darrien B. The B team went 6-3 at the tournament and finished 8th overall the A team would finish 8-3. They would finish the year with the State NAQT championship where they would place 2nd overall to Lexington A. They also attended PASE where they would start 2-5 in prelims. Then, 1-4 in playoffs and 1-2 in super playoffs to finish 4-11 and in a tie for 67th. Their B team also attended PASE going 0-7 in prelims and 0-5 in playoffs. In Super playoffs they would go 2-1 to finish with a 2-13 record and in a tie for 93rd.

2014-2015

A-B had a very inconsistent start to the year. They placed 8th at MIT fall. After going 4-1 in prelims, they would go on to get swept in playoffs.They then attended Yale fall where they place tenth out of 27 teams losing out on the top bracket due to a tiebreaker. After they would attend Northeastern where they placed 4th out of ten teams. At AMSA's central MA tournament they went undefeated in prelims. However in playoffs they went 3-4 to place fifth. They also attended Harvard fall where they went 3-2 in prelims but due to a tiebreaker they would not make the top bracket. They would finish 6-4 at Harvard. the last tournament of 2014 was LIMIT where A-B place 3rd, qualifying for nationals with a 9-3 record and a 4-0 record in prelims.A-B's next tournament was BHASAT where they went 2-1 in prelims and went 3-4 in playoffs to finish 12th overall. At HSAPQ states A-B would finish 4th overall. At NAQT states A-B would place 3rd overall losing a close tiebreaker game to AMSA for second place. A-B finished the year by attending HSNCT where they went 4-6 and placed 169th. However, Josh Xiong was named an all-star for the tournament.

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