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Heights Academic Challenge Team Wins Round One in HS Quiz Show

The Hasbrouck Heights High School Academic Challenge Team competed on MSG Varsity's "The Challenge" quiz show for high school students.

The Hasbrouck Heights school community got to watch some of their very own on television Thursday night as the episode of MSG Varsity's "The Challenge" quiz show featured the high school's academic challenge team.

The Hasbrouck Heights team made up of Connor McCabe, Connor Di Corcia, Michael Perez and Chris Sciancelapore racked up 355 points winning round one against Waldwick High Schoo which earned 280 points. 

The show quizzed the students on various subjects from math to literature to current events, even music.

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Students Kushal Parikh, Ben Ker, Diggy Mehta and Darien Cheng are also on the academic challenge team. The team goes back in January to tape Round 2 of the show.


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