2019 Pennsylvania State Tournament
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Host | Juniata College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total teams | 36 (B), 39 (C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division B Champion | Springhouse Middle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division C Champion | Harriton High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | April 27, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Pennsylvania State Competition was held at Juniata College on April 27, 2019.
2019 saw one of the most competitive Division B tournaments in state history, with defending champion Springhouse Middle School, longtime contenders Bala Cynwyd Middle School and Shady Side Academy Middle School, and relative newcomer Harlan Rowe Middle School all within 24 points of each other. Ultimately, Springhouse defended their title, winning their fifth consecutive state championship with a score of 92, and Harlan Rowe emerged with a score of 101 to win second place, and earn their first trip to the national tournament in school history. It was also the first time a team representing the Northeast Regional qualified for the national tournament since Stroudsburg Junior High School won the 2006 tournament.
Division C was also highly competitive, with Harriton High School winning their fifth consecutive state title, but by a much closer margin than the prior two seasons. Bayard Rustin High School defeated Lower Merion High School by only three points to reclaim second place. By finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively, Cumberland Valley High School and Shady Side Academy High School became the first teams outside the Southeast Regional to finish in the top 5 of C Division since Athens Area High School's fifth place finish in 2012. Cumberland Valley's score of 143 represented the lowest score by a high school outside of the Southeast in at least 18 years.
Results
Regional Winners are bolded. Ties are broken by highest medal awarded.