2013 Scholastic Bowl Summary
The Peoria Heights Varsity Scholastic Bowl team won the Peoria County tournament. The team was 8-6 in
the Peoria Area League regular season and 5-7 in the Prairieland Conference. The team was fourth at the
Galesburg Rotary Tournament, third in the Class A Masonic Sectional and also third at the PHHS
Invitational. The team competed in 73 contests on 17 dates with a final record of 38-35. The varsity school
record is 1093-557 or about 1105-570 (including “B” or JV games) in 28 years of competition.
Team leader in toss-ups was Junior Matt Dang who answered 209 toss-up questions. Senior Jesse Lynch
answered 118 (216 career) toss-ups. Junior Nick Runyon was the third varsity scorer with 57 followed by
juniors Bob Miller and Joe Dismang with 30 and 24. Seniors Gwen Clayton and Amanda Markovich
contributed 16 (22 career) and 7 (11 career). Seniors John Moore, Amber Phillips 1 (2 career), and Logan
Troxel 2 (3 career) also played as did Juniors Charles Bender, Emma Frederick, and Cameron Miller.
Junior Nicholas McCumber answered 11 toss-ups. Sophomore Michael Raices answered 15 toss-up
questions. Sophomores Cody Schindler, Ryan Klute, and Christien Messner, and Freshmen James Janis
and Rachel Seitz answered 7, 1, 1, 1, and 1 respectively. A 5.98 per quiz toss-up average resulted from a
total of 502 answers by varsity players.
A pin in lieu of a third varsity letter went to Senior Jesse Lynch. A second year varsity pin was awarded to
Junior Nick Runyon. Varsity letters letters went to Senior Gwen Clayton and Juniors Matt Dang and Bob
Miller, and Sophomore Michael Raices. Pins in place of a second JV letter were awarded to Joe Dismang,
Nicholas McCumber, Christien Messner, and Cody Schindler (16 FS plus 7 varsity). Junior Varsity letters
were awarded to Alex Campbell (14 FS), Michelle Dang (23 FS), James Janis (5 FS plus 1 varsity), Ryan
Klute (38 FS plus 1 varsity), Rachel Seitz (19 FS plus 2 varsity), and Emmy Tiethoff (8 FS). Participation
certificates were awarded to Nathan Anderson, Shelby Davis, Amanda Markovich, Logan Monast, Amber
Phillips, and Logan Troxel. Captain pins were awarded to Matt and Jesse for the varsity team and Cody and
Ryan for the FS team. Twenty-seven students participated but only twenty-one met the award criteria plus
several did not qualify for higher awards due to absences.
The frosh-soph record was 15-23. They answered 139 toss-ups in the 38 quizzes for a 3.66 question per
quiz average. Mr. Greg Higby was the FS coach.
Matt Dang earned all-tournament recognition at the PORTA Tournament (#3 quizzer). He was also AllConference, named to the IHSA Sectional Team, and All-Tourney at the PHHS Invitational. Jesse Lynch
was narned to the All-Conference Team and to the PHHS Invitational Team. Jesse (with 118) and Matt
(with 209) also earned One Hundred Point Club plaques and Nick Runyon (with 57) a Fifty Point Club
plaque. The team won the IHSA Team Academic Award recognition for the 12th year in a row (minimum
3.0 team average GPA). Seniors Gwen Clayton, Amanda Markovich, John Moore, and Amber Phillips
plus juniors Emma Frederick, Bob Miller, and Nick Runyon earned individual IHSA Academic Scholar
pins for having at least a 3.5 GPA.
Thanks to all the parents, staff, former team members, and non-scholastic bowl students who helped make
this a successful, fun, and learning year. They made it possible to successfully host five times this year.
One Hundred Point Club
Bert Wombacher in 1991 with 104
Drew Stout in 1992 with 137
Drew Stout in 1993 with 185
Drew Stout in 1994 with 252
Daniel Walters in 1995 with 203
Daniel Walters in 1996 with 367
Caitlin McLaughlin in 1996 with 100
Pat Aylward in 1997 with 186
Nathan Pauli in 1997 with 121
Nathan Pauli in 1998 with 271
Stephen Woo in 1999 with 140
Ben Walbert in 2000 with 103
Stephen Woo in 2000 with 249
Stephen Woo in 2001 with 246
Adam Wallenfang in 2002 with 171
Adam Wallenfang in 2003 with 219
Matt Fuller in 2004 with 146
Dylan Troxel in 2004 with 229
Dylan Troxel in 2005 with 368
Dylan Troxel in 2006 with 471
Greg Gauf in 2007 with 121
Burl Rolett in 2007 with 100
Zack Troxel in 2007 with 121
Greg Gauf in 2008 with 218
Justin Hayse in 2008 with 109
Burl Rolett in 2008 with 153
Zack Troxel in 2008 with 233
Burl Rolett in 2009 with 258
Alex Tiethoff in 2010 with 202
Eric Markovich in 2010 with 156
Duncan Ryan in 2010 with 128
Duncan Ryan in 2011 with 300
Duncan Ryan in 2012 with 589
Jasmine Seitz in 2012 with 187
*Matt Dang in 2013 with 209
Jesse Lynch in 2013 with 118
*denotes still active quizzer