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.
2013-2014 Players
Freshmen (2017)
Atharv Garje
Ayan Agarwal
Harrison Wang
Peyton Pielet
Sophomores (2016)
James Zhou
Andrew Coyner
Jack Mueller
Hugo Zoells
BJ Ryan
Steven Botsoe
Anika Arvanitis
Ian Sokolowski
Nikolai Vorobiev
Juniors (2015)
None
Seniors (2014)
None
History
While the school has had a string of conference, sectional, and regional titles since its state championship in 1992, Hinsdale Central has not played a major role in the Illinois Quizbowl scene in a while.
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. Sophomore Sunny Chen, the leading freshman scorer, naturally stepped up to the leadership position.
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.
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