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Welcome to the 2024 Season of Pennsylvania Science Olympiad!

States: April 27th, 2024 at Penn State Altoona

Central Region at Millersville University: March 23rd, 2024

Central East Region at Kutztown University: March 12th, 2024

Northeast Region at Penn State Wilkes Barre: March 6th, 2024

Northwestern Region: TBD

Southeast Region at Penn State Abington: March 8th, 2024

Southwest Region at Pennwest California: March 16th, 2024

Reposting from the Discord. I have been pretty out of the loop for the last couple years, but it's great to see the registration numbers of teams within Philadelphia. Before the urban initiative it felt like we were lucky if there were 1-2 teams from inside the city, but now based on Scilympiad I count 8 schools in B and 15 schools in C. Just really nice that the growth has sustained.

Teams advancing to states: https://pascioly.org/regionals

Div B:
Central:
Eagle View Middle School
Hershey Middle School
Mountain View Middle School
Middletown Area Middle School
Camp Hill Middle School
Nittany Christian School,
Waynesboro Middle School

Central East
Springhouse Middle School
Fugett Middle School
Pierce Middle School

Northeast
Harlan Rowe Middle School
North Pocono Middle School
Strath Haven Middle School
Abington Heights Middle School
Wayne Highlands Middle School
Wilkes-Barre Academy
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School
Weatherly Middle School

Northwest
North Clarion Junior High School
Clarion Area Junior/Senior High School
North East Middle School
Wattsburg Area Middle School

Southeast
Bala Cynwyd Middle School
Garnet Valley Middle School
The Shipley School
Black Rock Middle School
Welsh Valley Middle School
Springton Lake Middle School
Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School
William Meredith Middle School
G. A. Stetson Middle School

Southwest
Winchester Thurston Middle School
Franklin Regional Middle School
Quaker Valley Middle School
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12
Norwin Middle School

Div C:
Central
Cumberland Valley High School
Hershey High School
State College Area High School
Elizabethtown Area High School
Manheim Central High School
Warwick High School

Central East
Parkland High School
West Chester East High School
Conestoga High School
Northwestern Lehigh High School
B. Reed Henderson High School
Exeter Township Senior High School
Emmaus High School

Northeast
Athens Area High School
North Pocono High School
Stroudsburg High School
Lehighton Area High School
Strath Haven High School
Dallas High School
Northwest
North Clarion High School
Clarion Area Junior/Senior High School

Southeast
Harriton High School
Lower Merion High School
Penncrest High School
Garnet Valley High School
Bayard Rustin High School
North Penn High School
JR Masterman School
Central High School
Springfield High School

Southwest
Shady Side Academy
Winchester Thurston Upper Schooll
Mt. Lebanon High School
Franklin Regional Senior High Schooll
Norwin High School
Quaker Valley High School, Quaker Valley

Good luck to Harlan Rowe, Springhouse, Harriton, and CV at nats in a few days

Looks like the regionals have been slightly realigned: https://pascioly.org/regionals.

Chester County goes to CEPA and a bunch of counties go to NWPA. The changes should balance out the number of teams a bit, though I wonder if the eventual goal is to have 7 regionals again, as the new CEPA geometry is a bit awkward. Re-splitting SEPA is an option, but as a bit of a PASO historian it would be kind of cool to see Juniata host a regional and give teams in the middle of the state a closer option.

In my research, I managed to determine the top 3 of every NEPA regional tournament since it began in 1991, so I then compiled the number of top 3s every team had in two tables: https://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/North ... _By_School. Some interesting trends:

• There is a massive gap in Division B between the top 2, Stroudsburg and Wyoming Area, and the rest of the field. However, neither of these two teams competes anymore. Unless either of them returns, the region is wide open for Harlan Rowe, North Pocono, and Abington Heights to make up ground.
• Athens has NEVER finished 2nd or 3rd in the region. They've never finished 4th or 5th either. They either win, or finish 6th or worst. That's wild.
• While 15 B programs have finished top 3 in the region more than once, only 9 C programs can say the same. Not sure if this is just noise, or speaks to the uncertainty that comes with Division B being more coach-dependent than Division C. But, it does mean that my alma mater's 2nd-place finish in 2012 puts us 10th on the list, which I am deeply entertained by.

Anyway, just wanted to share. NEPA historically has done a great job getting its region publicized in area newspapers, which has helped a massive amount when collecting this info. I have not had nearly the same luck with any other region, or with the state tournament itself. So, kudos to NEPA.