Quaker Valley To Compete In KDKA's Hometown High Q Playoffs

Sewickley PA

24 May, 2022

3:41 PM

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Press release from Quaker Valley School District: May 23, 2022 The QV Team will compete in the Quarterfinals on Saturday, May 28. Tune in to KDKA-TV at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 28, 2022, and again at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, to watch Quaker Valley High School students compete in a playoff episode of KDKA's Hometown High Q, an academic challenge hosted by KDKA chief meteorologist Ray Petelin. The Quaker Valley team is comprised of seniors Patrick Munn, Grant Huddleston, Hayden Earlewine, Mary Pangburn, Jacob Boone, Michael Lipton, and Wyatt Riker. Coached by high school math teacher Matt Welch and assisted by academic specialist Dr. Linda Conlon, the team will compete in Hometown High Q Quarterfinals against teams from Allderdice and Bethel Park High Schools. This is the 17th year in a row that Quaker Valley High School has competed in KDKA's Hometown High Q, along with the team's 8th playoff appearance in the last 10 years. The half-hour show pits three school teams, which are comprised of three students each, against one another. Students must answer questions from a variety of general high school curriculum subject areas. 81 schools from across the Pittsburgh region compete on the show every year. The top nine schools in the competition are awarded educational grants courtesy of Williams. This press release was produced by Quaker Valley School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.