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{{Highschoolteam|Name = Team Pi-oneers
 
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|citystate = Cupertino, CA
 
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|currentpres = [[Shiva Oswal]]
 
|currentpres = [[Shiva Oswal]]
 
|state = 1 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=118697&playoffs=true (MS, 2017)]
 
|state = 1 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=118697&playoffs=true (MS, 2017)]
|nats = 2018 [[MSNCT]],2017 & 2018 US Academic Bowl, 2018 MS National History Bowl
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|nats = [[2018 MSNCT]], 2017 & 2018 US Academic Bowl, 2018 MS National History Bowl
|nats appearances = MSNCT: [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5699 2015], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=91450&playoffs=true 2016], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=109429&playoffs=true 2017], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=8399 2018] HSNCT: [https://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=106625&playoffs=true 2017], [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=130290 2018] PACE NSC: [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4427/ 2017]
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|nats appearances = MSNCT: 2015-2018 <br/>HSNCT: 2017-2018 <br/>PACE NSC: 2017
|status = Active
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|status = Defunct
|size = 4 - 12
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|website = https://www.sfbaghs.org/
 
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'''Team Pi-oneers''' or '''Team Pi-Oneers''' is a homeschool collective in Cupertino, California. It is coached by Arvinder Oswal. Pi-oneers participated in the [[MSNCT]] in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Pi-oneers A tied for 8th at the [[2016 MSNCT]]. Pi-oneers B player Arjun Subramanian was the top All-Star player at MSNCT-16.
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'''Team Pi-oneers''' or '''Team Pi-Oneers''' was a homeschool collective in Cupertino, California. It was coached by Arvinder Oswal. Pi-oneers participated in the [[MSNCT]] in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Pi-oneers [[A-team|A]] tied for 8th at the [[2016 MSNCT]]. Pi-oneers B player Arjun Subramanian was the top All-Star player at MSNCT-16.
  
 
In the 2016–2017 season, the Middle School team only had [[User:Shiva Oswal|Shiva Oswal]] and Bilal Ron, but still won the Northern California State Championships. They went on to garner 8th place (again) in the [[2017 MSNCT]]. Meanwhile, high school players Josh Rollin and Dalton Manbeck-Mosig went to the [[2017 HSNCT]] and the 2017 PACE NSC, where they finished 218th and 87th respectively.  
 
In the 2016–2017 season, the Middle School team only had [[User:Shiva Oswal|Shiva Oswal]] and Bilal Ron, but still won the Northern California State Championships. They went on to garner 8th place (again) in the [[2017 MSNCT]]. Meanwhile, high school players Josh Rollin and Dalton Manbeck-Mosig went to the [[2017 HSNCT]] and the 2017 PACE NSC, where they finished 218th and 87th respectively.  
  
The 2017–2018 season saw Oswal, now an 8th grader, post 187 ppg in a Middle School Tournament (playing solo), after Bilal Ron left to found the [[Gunderson | Gunderson Quiz Bowl Program]]. Shiva then went on to win the [[2018 MSNCT|2018 Middle School National Championship Tournament]] playing solo, a feat that apparently was unprecedented in quizbowl history prior to that.
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The 2017–2018 season saw Oswal, now an 8th grader, post 187 ppg in a Middle School Tournament (playing solo), after Bilal Ron left to found the [[Gunderson | Gunderson Quiz Bowl Program]]. Shiva then went on to win the [[2018 MSNCT|2018 Middle School National Championship Tournament]] playing solo, an unprecedented feat.
  
 
==Notes==  
 
==Notes==  
Team Pi-oneers is known for having a friendly local rivalry with [[Challenger-Ardenwood]] from 2015-spring 2017 and then BASIS Independent Silicon Valley from fall 2017-2018. It also has a national rivalry with [[Midtown Classical]]. In 2018, [[Josh Rollin]] was officially promoted to Team Statistician. The team has more or less merged with [[Stanford Online]].
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Team Pi-oneers is known for having a friendly local rivalry with [[Challenger-Ardenwood]] from 2015-spring 2017 and then BASIS Independent Silicon Valley from fall 2017-2018. It also has a national rivalry with [[Midtown Classical]]. In 2018, [[Josh Rollin]] was officially promoted to Team Statistician. With the exception of the [[National History Bee and Bowl|History Bowl]] (where as of 2018-19 Rollin and Oswal still compete in the varsity division under the Pi-oneers name), the team has more or less merged with [[Stanford Online]].
  
==Image==
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As of 2020, the team is entirely defunct.
''About the image to the right:'' Three members of Pi-oneers, including [[Shiva Oswal]] (center) & [[Josh Rollin]] (right), pose with books they won in a competition. Behind them is an image of the famous cover of the Pink Floyd album, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon The Dark Side of the Moon]'', depicted in a mural.
 
  
==External Links==
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{{MSNCT Champions}}
* [https://www.naqt.com/stats/school-results.jsp?org_id=78861 NAQT Stats page]
 
* [https://www.sfbaghs.org/ Website]
 
  
 
[[Category:Middle school teams]]
 
[[Category:Middle school teams]]
 
[[Category: High school teams]]
 
[[Category: High school teams]]
 
[[Category: California high school teams]]
 
[[Category: California high school teams]]

Latest revision as of 01:09, 16 November 2021

Team Pi-oneers
Pi-oneers.jpg
Location:
Cupertino, CA
Club Presidents Shiva Oswal
Coaches Arvinder Oswal
State Championships 1 (MS, 2017)
National Championships 2018 MSNCT, 2017 & 2018 US Academic Bowl, 2018 MS National History Bowl
National Appearances MSNCT: 2015-2018
HSNCT: 2017-2018
PACE NSC: 2017
Program Status Defunct
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link
Website link

Team Pi-oneers or Team Pi-Oneers was a homeschool collective in Cupertino, California. It was coached by Arvinder Oswal. Pi-oneers participated in the MSNCT in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Pi-oneers A tied for 8th at the 2016 MSNCT. Pi-oneers B player Arjun Subramanian was the top All-Star player at MSNCT-16.

In the 2016–2017 season, the Middle School team only had Shiva Oswal and Bilal Ron, but still won the Northern California State Championships. They went on to garner 8th place (again) in the 2017 MSNCT. Meanwhile, high school players Josh Rollin and Dalton Manbeck-Mosig went to the 2017 HSNCT and the 2017 PACE NSC, where they finished 218th and 87th respectively.

The 2017–2018 season saw Oswal, now an 8th grader, post 187 ppg in a Middle School Tournament (playing solo), after Bilal Ron left to found the Gunderson Quiz Bowl Program. Shiva then went on to win the 2018 Middle School National Championship Tournament playing solo, an unprecedented feat.

Notes

Team Pi-oneers is known for having a friendly local rivalry with Challenger-Ardenwood from 2015-spring 2017 and then BASIS Independent Silicon Valley from fall 2017-2018. It also has a national rivalry with Midtown Classical. In 2018, Josh Rollin was officially promoted to Team Statistician. With the exception of the History Bowl (where as of 2018-19 Rollin and Oswal still compete in the varsity division under the Pi-oneers name), the team has more or less merged with Stanford Online.

As of 2020, the team is entirely defunct.