Cistercian Preparatory quiz bowl team advances to national tournament

Irving—With its strong finish at the Tal Atkins Memorial Quiz Bowl Tournament, the quiz bowl team from Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving proved themselves worthy to play on a national stage. On Friday, Apr. 25, the team will represent their school in a 148-team national competition: National Academic Quiz Tournaments' Small 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.
 Cistercian attended the Small School National Championship Tournament two times before. Most recently, in 2024, they made the playoffs and finished in eleventh place.
 The SSNCT is the only quiz bowl national championship pitting small schools against each other. It has one division containing non-selective public schools with 500 or fewer students in their top three grades, and another division for other schools with 350 or fewer students in their top three grades. Cistercian may face familiar foes in Rosemont, as St. Mark's School of Texas (Dallas) and Westwood School (Dallas) will also compete.
 The team comes in with some nationals experience: Henry Butler, Dhruv Gohel, and Andrew Kosel played the 2024 Middle School National Championship Tournament in Rosemont, IL.
 The team, in the Open Division, will consist of Henry Butler, Dhruv Gohel, Roman Jeffery, and Andrew Kosel. The team will be coached by Grant Mindle.
 Tournament results will be updated throughout the three days of competition at http://www.naqt.com/go/stats/16001 so everyone can see how the team does. You can also follow #ssnct on Instagram. 
 SOURCE Cistercian Preparatory School