Westview High School Sending Team To National Science Bowl For Fourth Straight Year

For a brief time, it looked like Beaverton's Westview High School's streak of trips to the National Science Bowl would end at three. But a late surge helped the team overcome a challenge from Portland's Carlin Gabel High School.

Westview High School's Team 1 ended up victorious in the 26th Annual Bonneville Power Administration Regional Science Bowl. That means a fourth straight all-expenses paid trip the Department of Energy's National Science Bowl.

The competition attracted 61 teams from high schools in Oregon and Washington.

In addition to Westview's Team 1, which came in first, and Catlin Gabel's Team 1, which came in second - other teams from the Portland metro region dominated the standings.

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Sunset High School Team 1 of Beaverton, Oregon, finished third, and Westview's Team 2 came in fourth.

BPA hosts the science bowl to showcase students' talents in science, technology, engineering and math, as well as to encourage them to consider careers in these fields. This helps to build the future labor pool of scientists and innovators so critical to the energy industry.

The BPA Regional Science Bowl is sponsored by the University of Portland, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Vernier Software and Technology.

The National Science Bowl is April 27-May 1 in Washington, D.C..

BPA REGIONAL SCIENCE BOWL ALL STARS

BPA recognized the following students who answered the most questions correctly in the morning rounds:

• Daniel Chiu, Catlin Gabel High School
• Mathew Seeley, Lake Oswego High School
• Ashwin Sah, Jesuit High School
• Kevin Rin, Sunset High School
• Erica Chiang, Lake Oswego High School
• Benjamin Lee, Grant High School
• Chandler Watson, Oregon Episcopal High School
• Andrew Jin, Sunset High School
• Vincent Doddapaneni, Valley Catholic High School

Photo Bonneville Power Administration