Penn Academic Super Bowl teams place first at Valparaiso

Posted on March 21, 2016

Penn High School Academic Super Bowl-Social Studies students proudly display their first-place ribbons won at the Valparaiso Invitational on Thursday, March 17.  Left to right are: Luke Jerzak, Emily Schlundt, Celine Wang, Keegan Palonis and coach Pete DeKever.

Penn High School Academic Super Bowl teams grabbed three first place finishes along with a second  place performance to win top overall honors, barely edging Crown Point, at the 10-school Valparaiso Invitational on Thursday night, March 17.

 
The topic for Academic Super Bowl in Indiana this year is "Hoosier Heritage".
 
The Kingsmen first-place efforts came in Social Studies, Fine Arts and Math, while the second place finish came in Interdisciplinary, which is a combination of each of the other five subject areas.
 
Here are the top three schools in each of the six subject areas:
 
SOCIAL STUDIES
 
1.)  Penn
2.)  Crown Point
3.)  Chesterton
 
FINE ARTS
 
1)  Penn
2.)  Andrean
3.)  Portage
 
MATH
 
1.)  Penn (Perfect Score of 25)
2.)  Crown Point
3.)  Chesterton
 
INTERDISCIPLINARY
 
1.)  Crown Point
2.)  Penn
3.)  Andrean
 
SCIENCE
 
1.)  Hobart
2.)  Valparaiso
3.)  Crown Point
 
ENGLISH
 
1.)  Crown Point
2.)  LaPorte
3.)  Andrean
 
Next up for Academic Super Bowl teams in Indiana is regional competition on April 19.  Penn and Mishawaka will compete at Mishawaka High School.
 
Academic Super Bowl consists of 25 multiple choice questions for each round with three students from each school competing at one time.
 
Submitted by:  Joe DeKever

Last Modified January 12, 2022