2007 Scholastic Bowl Summary

PHHS was second in the Prairieland Conference with a 16-5 record, , third at the Masonic, fourth of 20 at Orion, fifth at Aledo, and eighth in the twenty-member Peoria Area League with a 9-5 record.  The varsity team competed in 75 contests on 21 (18IHSA) dates with a final record of 46-29.  The varsity school record is now 738-403 in the 21 years of competition. 

 For the second time a number of PHHS students participated in a Solo Tournament at the U of I. 

Team leader in toss-ups was a tie between juniors Greg Gauf and  Zack Troxel both with 121.  Sophomore and captain Burl Rolett answered 96 plus 15 in one FS tournament.  Junior  Justin Hayse answered 71 followed by senior Ansel Wachter with 18 and junior Julio Soto with 17.   Juniors Sam Boles and Nikki Markovich answered 11, junior William Jenkins 5, and  junior Zack Lawrence 2.  A total of 475 toss-ups were answered for a 6.33 per quiz average. 

A pin in lieu of a second varsity letter was awarded to junior Greg Gauf.  Varsity letters were awarded to Burl Rolett, Julio Soto, Zack Troxel, and Ansel Wachter.  Varsity participation certificates go to juniors Sam Boles, William Jenkins, and Zack Lawrence.  Junior Varsity letters were awarded to Nikki Markovich, Eric Markovich, Sam Mathews, and Alex Tiethoff with  second year JV pins to Willow Crane and Justin Hayse.  Frosh-soph participation certificates were awarded to Jesse Barber and Cory Scribner.

 Zack Troxel earned all-tournament recognition at the Bloomington IHSSBCA Fall Tournament.  Zack Troxel, Greg Gauf, and Burl Rolett earned spots on the All-Conference Team.   Zack and Greg received all-sectional recognition.  Zack was honored with second team all-state selection.

Justin Hayse was awarded a Fifty Point Club plaque.  Greg Gauf, Burl Rolett, and Zack Troxel earned One Hundred Point Club plaque recognition.

The frosh-soph record was 19-16 on ten dates.   Sophomore Willow Crane (82) and Freshman Sam Mathews (42) shared captain duties.  Freshmen Eric Markovich (29), Alex Tiethoff (14), and Jesse Barber (6) also answered toss-ups.  The team answered 188 questions  for a  5.37  per quiz average.  The team was second at the Peoria Christian tournament and second in the conference.  Eric Markovich was 4th while Sam Mathews and Willow Crane tied for 9th on the FS Prairieland all-tournament team.  Willow Crane (fifth) and Burl Rolett (first) earned all-tournament recognition at Peoria Christian.   Mrs. Marilyn Sidle was the freshmen-sophomore coach.

Thanks to all the parents, staff, and non-scholastic bowl students who helped make this a successful, fun, and learning year.   

Prairieland Conference Results

The Peoria Heights High School scholastic bowl team placed second in the Prairieland Conference championship with a 16-5 record.  Conference members include first place Lewistown at 19-2, Elmwood, Havana, Bushnell, Cuba, Abingdon, and Astoria.   PHHS has been conference champion nine of the past twelve years plus two seconds and a third.   The conference contests are held over seven dates with three quizzes each evening.

All-conference medallions were awarded to Alex Davis (12) of Elmwood with 92 toss-ups answered, Hannah Kline (12) of Lewistown with 57, Mark Kline (11) of Lewistown with 48, Tyler McGrew (12) of BPC with 40, Zack Troxel (11) of PHHS with 39, Greg Gauf (11) of PHHS with 34, Melissa Baughman (11) of Cuba with 34, Kyle Dinges (11) of Abingdon and Dustin  Smith  (11) of Havana tied with 31, and Burl Rolett (10) of PHHS with 28.    Other Heights students answering conference questions included Sam Boles (11) with 2, Justin Hayse (11) with 16, Nikki Markovich (11) with 3, and Julio Soto (11) with 2.  The 124 tos-ups PHHS answered was tops with conference champion answering 116. 

 

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

Stephen Woo in 2000 with 249

Ben Walbert in 2000 with 103

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

Burl Rolett in 2007 with 100

Greg Gauf in 2007 with 121

Zack Troxel in 2007 with 121

 

Career PHHS Toss-up List

 

1143    Dylan Troxel                             2006

 709     Stephen Woo                           2001

 681     Daniel Walters              1996

 631     Drew Stout                               1994

 423     Adam Wallenfang                     2003

 392     Nathan Pauli                             1998

 296     Ben Walbert                             2001

 259     Bert Wombacher                      1991

 250     Pat Aylward                             1997

 231     Matt Fuller                               2004

 216     David Mast                              2001

 189     Caitlin McLaughlin                    1996

 180     Matt McClain                           1990

 165     Jeff Schwindenhammer 2006

 159     Hal Woo                                  2006

 128     Susie Woo                               2003

 101     Tony Buecker                           1995

 101     Jake Murrie                              1991

            *designates still active quizzers