North Allegheny Senior High School Team One and Marshall Middle School Team One, both from Wexford, claimed victory at the 31st annual Western Pa. Bowl (WPASB), held Feb. 26 and March 5, 2022, in a virtual setting. Forty-one teams from 27 high schools and 30 teams representing 17 middle schools throughout Western Pennsylvania participated in the competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). 

The winners of the 2022 WPASB competition will represent Western Pennsylvania in DOE’s National Science Bowl scheduled for April 29-May 3 which will also be in a virtual format. 

The WPASB tested students’ knowledge of math and science topics. High school teams competed Saturday, Feb. 26, followed by middle school students a week later. This year’s Science Bowl continued with the altered format that went in effect last year; teams competed individually instead of head-to-head with the highest scoring teams moving up. The final winning teams in the two events will compete in the National Science Bowl.

Coming in at second, third and fourth place in the high school competition were North Allegheny Senior High School Team Two, South Fayette High School Team One and Mt. Lebanon High School Team One respectively.

In the middle school contest, Jefferson Middle, Franklin Regional Middle and Ingomar Middle came in second, third and fourth place respectively.

The high schools competing in the regional competition were Baldwin SHS, Bethel Park, Canon-McMillan, Central Catholic, Elizabeth Forward, Fox Chapel Area, Franklin Regional, Gateway, Hempfield Area Senior, Keystone Oaks, Mapletown Junior-Senior, Mars Area Senior, Moon, Mt. Lebanon Senior, North Allegheny Senior, North Allegheny Intermediate, North Hills, Norwin Senior, Peters Twp., Plum, Ringgold Senior, Sewickley Academy, South Fayette Twp., Thomas Jefferson, Trinity Senior, Upper Saint Clair, Woodland Hills. The 31st WPASB marked the debut participation of Trinity, Moon, Peters Twp. And Mapletown Junior-Senior. 

The middle schools competing in the regional competition were Baldwin, Blessed Trinity Academy, Carson, Eden Hall Upper Elementary, Fort Couch, Franklin Regional, Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior, Independence, Ingomar, Jefferson, Mars Area, Marshall, Norwin Intermediate, Pleasant Hills, Riverside, Trinity, Westmont Hilltop. For Blessed Trinity Academy, Eden Hall Upper Elementary, Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior, Norwin Intermediate and Trinity, 2022 marked their first time participating in the WPASB.

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