Livingston High School Team Wins QuBit Academic Tournament

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Livingston High School's A team, consisting of junior Robert Wang and senior Sophia Wu, recently won the tenth annual QuBIT Academic Tournament at High Technology High School in Lincroft, NJ, defeating Great Valley High School of Malvern, PA in the finals, 495-165. Despite missing half of their normal “A” team, the team went undefeated and encountered little resistance against some of the best teams and high schools in the greater PA, NJ, NY and CT area. Wang finished as the highest individual scorer overall, while Wu finished fifth overall.

Livingston’s “B” team, led by sophomores captain Arav Kaushik, Benjamin Laskov and Ethan Liu finished fourth overall, competing well against some great teams from the area.

Livingston’s “C” and “D” teams also finished solidly, placing 11th and 14th, respectively.

Livingston’s full “A” team is currently ranked seventh in the United States and will compete along with its “B” and “C” teams at the national tournaments in Atlanta, GA and Reston, VA later this spring.

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