(Chelsea Update would like to thank Dwight Kidder for the information in this story.)
With its championship win at the Southeast Michigan Tri-County League, the quiz bowl team from Chelsea High School proved itself worthy to play on a national stage.
On Friday, May 27, the team will represent their school in a 271-team national competition: National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ High School National Championship Tournament.
Quiz bowl is a competitive, academic, interscholastic activity for teams of four students. Quiz bowl teams use buzzers to answer questions about science, math, history, literature, mythology, geography, social science, current events, sports, and popular culture. The matches feature a blend of individual competition and team collaboration, since no individual player is likely to be an expert in all subject areas. Participation in quiz bowl both reinforces lessons from the classroom and encourages players to develop new intellectual interests.
Chelsea has attended the High School National Championship Tournament two times before. Most recently, in 2021, they finished 4-4.
Chelsea may face familiar foes in Atlanta, as Detroit Catholic Central (from Novi), Okemos, and Saline will also be attending.
The team comes in with some nationals experience: Daniel Budd, Peter Fredenberg, and Evan Sing played the 2021 High School National Championship Tournament; Evan Sing played the 2021 High School Individual Player National Championship Tournament; and Evan Sing played the 2020 High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia.
The team will consist of Charles Budd, Daniel Budd, Peter Fredenberg, Forrest Gorby, Chase Seaberg, and Evan Sing. The team will be coached by Sing and Lisa Zocharski.
Tournament results will be updated throughout the three days of competition at http://www.naqt.com/go/stats/12402 so everyone can follow along and see how the team does. You can also follow #hsnct on Twitter.
ABOUT NAQT
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, founded in 1996, organizes the premier middle school, high school, and college quiz bowl championships in North America. In addition to its national championships, NAQT provides questions to invitational tournaments, league championships, and television shows throughout the year. NAQT operates out of the Twin Cities and Kansas City, but its members mentor coaches, host tournaments, volunteer their services, and share their expertise across the United States.
