Trevor Nigus: Article creation - Cary-Grove High School [IL]

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Article creation - Cary-Grove High School [IL]

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'''Cary-Grove High School''' is a public high school in Cary, Illinois in the northwest Chicago suburbs near [[Barrington]]. It competes in Class AA, the "big school" division, of the [[Illinois High School Association]]'s State Championship series. The Trojans also compete in the Fox Valley Conference.

Cary-Grove is one of the oldest quiz bowl programs in Illinois history predating modern [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl|scholastic bowl]] by many years. The Trojans began competing in the mid-1960's behind [[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame]] coach, Harold "Bud" Lachel. They remained a contender well through the 1990's with its best appearance at the [[1991 IHSA State Championship Tournament]] where Cary-Grove finished 2nd to [[Centralia]], 222-376, the last year of the single-class tournament.

The Trojans have been frequent hosts of Masonic Sectionals, IHSA Regionals, & IHSA Sectional tournaments.

==Notable Team Accomplishments==
*IHSA State Tournament: 1991 - 2nd Place
*IHSA Sectional titles: 1996-2A, 1991
*IHSA Regional titles: 2023-2A, 2021-2A, 2014-2A, 2010-2A, 2009-2A, 2007-2A
*Masonic State Qualifier: 1997
*Fox Valley Conference Champions: 2023

==Individual Awards==
===IHSSBCA All-Sectional Honorees===
*2022: Brady Seaburg (2A)

[[Category: High school teams]]
[[Category: Illinois high school teams]]

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Trevor Nigus: Article creation - Cary-Grove High School [IL]