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Acton Boxborough Regional High School
Location: Acton, MA
Coaches	Dana Homer
National Appearances	HSNCT: 2015-2019, 2023 PACE: 2014
Program Status	Active
School Size	1,751
NAQT Page	link

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School is a public high school in Acton, Massachusetts.

History

Acton-Boxborough attended 2012 MIT Fall and finished with a 6-3 record. A team of Victor Pavao, Tom Russell, Sarang Yeola, and Spencer Thrope continued attending regional tournaments. The team of mostly seniors attended 2014 NSC, which along with winning the state's High School Quiz Show competition, increased visibility and membership of the club.

In 2015, a brand new roster of players led by Josh Xiong finished 4-6 and placed 169th at HSNCT. A team consisting of Prat Hegde, Sky Li, and Caleb Trotz finished 32nd at 2018 HSNCT, with an 8-5 record, Acton-Boxborough's best performance at a national tournament. A recording of the devastating loss to McLean can be heard here [[1]]. At the 2019 HSNCT, a team led by the Sousounis brothers tied for 97th.

The team is currently active.

Alumni

A full history of Acton-Boxborough on NAQT sets can be found[[2]].

Nathan Wolf (2018-2022)
Ayan Nayak (2021-2022)
Basil Sousounis (2018-2020)
Chris Sousounis (2017-2021)
Sky Li (2016-2018)
Prat Hegde (2015-2018)
Sid Salunkhe (2014-2016)
Caleb Trotz (2016-2018)
Aidan Pavao (2014-2016)
Spencer Thrope (2012-2016)
Josh Xiong (2014-2015)
Victor Pavao (2012-2014)
Tom Russell (2012-2014)
Sarang Yeola (2012-2014)

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-|clubpresident = Spencer Thrope
+|clubpresident =
-|currentcoach = Susan Bohmiller (2011-present)
+|currentcoach = Dana Homer
-|state =
+|status = Active
-|nats =
+|size = 1,751
-|nats appearances = HSNCT: 2015, 2017, 2018
+|nats appearances = HSNCT: 2015-2019, 2023
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-'''Acton-Boxborough Regional High School''' is a public high school in Acton, Massachusetts. The school's quizbowl team formed in 2012.
+'''Acton-Boxborough Regional High School''' is a public high school in Acton, Massachusetts.
 == History ==
-Acton-Boxborough attended their first quizbowl tournament, the 2012 [[MIT]] Fall, with no previous quizbowl experience. The team surprisingly finished 6-3 overall, and began actively studying and participating in quiz bowl events. The team consisted of juniors Victor Pavao, Tom Russell, Sarang Yeola, and freshman Spencer Thrope. In the spring 2013, they attended MIT's MITBAT VII, where they finished 7-5. In the fall of 2013, Acton-Boxborough finished 3rd overall at the 2013 MIT Fall, qualifying them for both national tournaments for the first time ever. Membership steadily grew and they were consistently able to field a B team of mostly sophomores. They would finish at or near the top at several Northeast circuit tournaments, but finished 67th overall at PACE.
+Acton-Boxborough attended 2012 [[MIT]] Fall and finished with a 6-3 record. A team of [[Victor Pavao]], Tom Russell, Sarang Yeola, and Spencer Thrope continued attending regional tournaments. The team of mostly seniors attended [[2014 NSC]], which along with winning the state's High School Quiz Show competition, increased visibility and membership of the club.
-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.
+In 2015, a brand new roster of players led by Josh Xiong finished 4-6 and placed 169th at [[2015 HSNCT|HSNCT]]. A team consisting of Prat Hegde, Sky Li, and Caleb Trotz finished 32nd at [[2018 HSNCT]], with an 8-5 record, Acton-Boxborough's best performance at a national tournament. A recording of the devastating loss to McLean can be heard here [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/naqt-static/podcasts/2018-hsnct/17.mp3]]. At the 2019 [[HSNCT]], a team led by the Sousounis brothers tied for 97th.
-A new wave of players, including Prat Hegde, Sky Li, and Caleb Trotz, led the A team in the 2017-2018 season. They finished in 2nd at 2017 MIT Fall, but had tough performances at [[HFT]] and [[Lexington]]'s LIIMIT. However, due to consistent studying and practice, they had a great performance at 2018 HSNCT. Several players had stunning individual performances. A recording of the devastating loss to McLean can be heard [[here|https://s3.amazonaws.com/naqt-static/podcasts/2018-hsnct/17.mp3]]. They finished in 32nd with an 8-5 overall record, Acton-Boxborough's best performance at a national tournament.
+The team is currently active.
-== Status ==
-Basil Sousounis currently leads the A team in performance, consistently attending local tournaments and finishing at or near the top. The team will be attending the 2019 HSNCT.
-== Current Roster ==
-Basil Sousounis (junior) <br />
-Nethra Prasanna (senior)<br />
-Vivek Aysola (sophomore)<br />
-Rama Nagireddy (sophomore)<br />
-Sam Qiu (sophomore)<br />
-Stephan Shishkov (sophomore) <br />
-Chris Sousounis (sophomore)<br />
-Sid Warrier (sophomore)<br />
-Maggie Fernald (freshman)<br />
-Ryan Fletcher (freshman)<br />
-Alex Wang (freshman)<br />
-Nathan Wolf (freshman)<br />
 == Alumni ==
-''' (*) indicates active quizbowl community member '''
+A full history of Acton-Boxborough on NAQT sets can be found[[https://www.naqt.com/stats/school/players.jsp?org_id=72847|here]].
-Prat Hegde, captain, [[Northeastern]] <br />
+Nathan Wolf (2018-2022) <br />
-Sky Li*, captain, [[Toronto]] <br />
+Ayan Nayak (2021-2022) <br />
-Caleb Trotz, captain, [[Brown]] <br />
+Basil Sousounis (2018-2020) <br />
-Eric Hua, [[Georgetown]] <br />
+[[Chris Sousounis]] (2017-2021) <br />
-Max Kim, Bentley <br />
+Sky Li (2016-2018) <br />
-Victor Wang, Waterloo <br />
+Prat Hegde (2015-2018) <br />
-Sam Maffa (2017-2018), [[Brown]]
+Sid Salunkhe (2014-2016) <br />
-Anna Li (2017-2018), [[UMass Amherst]] <br />
+Caleb Trotz (2016-2018) <br />
-Sam Maffa (12) <br />
+Aidan Pavao (2014-2016) <br />
-Ari Xuan (11) <br />
+Spencer Thrope (2012-2016) <br />
-Spencer Thrope (2012-2016), captain, [[Virginia Tech]] <br />
+Josh Xiong (2014-2015) <br />
-Aidan Pavao (2014-2016), [[Boston College]] <br />
+[[Victor Pavao]] (2012-2014) <br />
-Alex Kim <br />
+Tom Russell (2012-2014) <br />
-Sid Salunkhe (2014-2016), [[Georgia Tech]] <br />
+Sarang Yeola (2012-2014) <br />
-Kevin Hu <br />
-Josh Xiong* (2014-2015), [[MIT]] <br />
-Kevin Liu (2013-2014), Case Western <br />
-Jeff Gao (2013-2014), UNH <br />
-Tom Russell (2012-2014), captain, [[Purdue]] <br />
-Sarang Yeola* (2012-2014), [[Maryland]]<br />
-Victor Pavao* (2012-2014), Villanova <br />
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 [[Category: Massachusetts high school teams]]
 [[Category: High school teams]]

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