Memorable season for Buffalo Grove High Scholastic Bowl Team

Buffalo Grove High School’s varsity Scholastic Bowl team, led by seniors and MSL “All-Stars” Matt Wilber and Bernard Xie, won its Sectional tournament on March 10, thus qualifying for State.

“This is the first time in school history we have made it to state, and we are one of only eight teams to qualify,” said varsity coach Brian Foecking.

At the Class AA state championships March 16 in Peoria, Buffalo Grove won its first round handily against Champaign Centennial High School, but lost to Macomb High School in the second round.

Illinois Math and Science Academy won the 2012 Academic Bowl.

Buffalo Grove was the only Northwest suburban high school to qualify for State; besides IMSA, New Trier High School also qualified from the suburbs.

Buffalo Grove’s varsity team had an impressive regular season overall record of 42-9, 9-1 in the Mid-Suburban League.

This season the team garnered an array of championship wins: the MSL East Championship, MSL Conference Championship, Regional Championship and Sectional Championship.

The Scholastic Bowl’s Junior Varsity team, is coached by Chris Karl. The JV team won the MSL East Championship this season, losing only to Fremd in the MSL Championship tournament.

The team’s overall record is 46-13, 10-1 in the MSL. Led by sophomores Max Farbman and Danny Weiner, with strong contributions from sophomores Eric van Wazer and Katya Konova, the JV team has had one of its most memorable seasons.