HCS Competes at Fall Husker Invitational Quiz Bowl
Launch the media gallery 1 playerAustin Schmidt (12), Tara Buzek (10), and Brian Bearinger (9) traveled to Lincoln Saturday, November 9, to participate in the 2024 Fall Husker Invitational Quiz Bowl competition at UNL.
The competition consisted of 14 teams from nine schools and was an official National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT). It was the first NAQT tournament Heartland has attended, and it was an interesting experience. Main differences in this tournament included three bonus questions after each toss-up along with prizes being awarded to top individual performers.
The Heartland team competed in 10 rounds and ended the day in the top bracket with a 6-4 record. This ranked the team 5th out of the 14 teams. Heartland had victories over teams from Omaha Westside, Omaha Nation, Wahoo, Milford, Raymond Central, and Elkhorn High. The losses were to two teams from Elkhorn North, Elkhorn B, and Norris. In addition to the impressive team performance, Austin Schmidt ended the day ranked as the 3rd highest competitor based on the number of correct toss-up answers he gave during all of the competitions.