Nevada

**Nevada**
Nevada
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General Information
Member of SO since	2000
Total teams	24 ( 11% 2024 to 2025)
Division B Champion	Davidson Academy
Division C Champion	Clark High School
State Tournament Location	University of Nevada Las Vegas
Website	www.nevadaso.org

Nevada is a member state of Science Olympiad in the western region of the United States. The state joined Science Olympiad in 2000, and since then, participation has significantly increased, with 8 teams competing in Division B and 16 teams competing in Division C during the 2025 state competition.

In previous years, regional tournaments have been hosted in Nevada, but they ceased in 2018. All teams now compete in a state-wide competition for the chance to go to nationals. Invitationals have been held in Nevada in the past, like the Las Vegas Invitational and the Davidson Academy Invitational, but none have been held since the 2022-2023 season.

History

Past State Champions

This is a record of the past state champions and runners up, and their respective places at the national competition, if applicable. Scores at the state competition may be shown in parentheses.

Season	Division B					Division C
	Champion		Runner-Up		Third Place	Champion		Runner-Up		Third Place
	Team	Nats Place	Team	Nats Place	Team	Team	Nats Place	Team	Nats Place	Team
2000	Eagle Valley Middle School	54th
2001	Eagle Valley Middle School	54th				Pershing County High School	54th
2002	Eagle Valley Middle School	50th				Las Vegas High School	55th
2003	Eagle Valley Middle School	51st				Las Vegas High School	53rd
2004	Hyde Park Middle School	53rd				Las Vegas High School	47th
2005	Hyde Park Middle School	56th				The Meadows School	57th
2006	Hyde Park Middle School	52nd				Pershing County High School	58th
2007	Hyde Park Middle School	45th				Coral Academy of Science	55th
2008	Hyde Park Middle School	37th				Green Valley High School	57th
2009	Hyde Park Middle School	32nd				Green Valley High School	52nd
2010	Hyde Park Middle School	38th				Ed W. Clark High School	53rd
2011	Hyde Park Middle School	41st				Ed W. Clark High School	45th
2012	Hyde Park Middle School	52nd				Centennial High School*		Ed W. Clark High School¹	37th
2013	Hyde Park Middle School	48th				Ed W. Clark High School	40th	Davidson Academy
2014	Hyde Park Middle School	39th	Davidson Academy			Centennial High School	55th	Ed W. Clark High School
2015	Hyde Park Middle School	35th	Davidson Academy			Ed W. Clark High School	45th	Davidson Academy
2016	Hyde Park Middle School²	44th	Davidson Academy			Ed W. Clark High School²	36th	Davidson Academy
2017	Hyde Park Middle School³	41st	Davidson Academy			Ed W. Clark High School³	28th	Davidson Academy
2018	Hyde Park Middle School	31st	Davidson Academy			Ed W. Clark High School	25th	Davidson Academy
2019	Bob Miller Middle School	48th	Davidson Academy			Ed W. Clark High School⁴	19th	Davidson Academy
2020	Cancelled due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak
2021	Davidson Academy⁵	40th				Ed W. Clark High School⁴	23rd	Davidson Academy
2022	Bob Miller Middle School	51st	Davidson Academy			Ed W. Clark High School⁴	30th	Davidson Academy
2023	Davidson Academy	37th	Bob Miller Middle School			Ed W. Clark High School	30th	Davidson Academy
2024	Davidson Academy	41st	Bob Miller Middle School			Ed W. Clark High School	36th	Davidson Academy
2025	Davidson Academy	43rd	Bob Miller Middle School			Ed W. Clark High School	30th	Advanced Technologies Academy

¹ Clark High School was originally named the champion, but after a scoring error was discovered, Centennial discovered that it was the rightful champion. A heated controversy ensued, with neither school budging from its stance. Eventually, it was decided that Centennial would be declared the state champion, but Clark would represent Nevada at nationals, since if the erroneous standings had not been removed from the total score, Clark would have been the State Champions. For additional information, see the following articles: Controversy Ruling

² In Division B, a second team from Hyde Park Middle School placed second. In Division C, a second team from Clark High School placed second. In both divisions, Davidson Academy was the runner up school.

³ In Division B, a second team from Hyde Park Middle School placed second. In Division C, a second team from Clark High School placed second, and a third team from Clark High School placed third. In both divisions, Davidson Academy was the runner up school.

⁴ In Division C, a second team from Clark High School placed 2nd.

⁵ An error prevented Challenger School from being able to log into the online competition, making the Davidson Academy the only team competing.

Scoresheets

Division B

2025 (Duos

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Division C

2025 (Duos

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Format

Teams in Nevada participate directly in the state tournament - there are no regional tournaments.

Competitions

Name	Type	Date	Division	Format
2026 Nevada State Tournament	State	2026-04-11	B/C	In-person

Nevada does not currently have any regional competitions, only hosting a state tournament.

Invitational Competitions

Nevada has not had any invitationals since the 2022-2023 season.

Historical Invitationals (does not include pre-2020 competitions)
Las Vegas Invitational (C) - January 4th, 2020
Las Vegas Invitational (C) - December 19th, 2020
Las Vegas Invitational (C) - January 15th, 2022
Davidson Academy Invitational (B) - November 12th, 2022

State Competitions

(Does not include state competitions before 2017)
Year	Competition Location	Date
2025	University of Nevada Las Vegas	April 5th
2024	University of Nevada Las Vegas	March 30th
2023	University of Nevada Las Vegas	March 25th
2022	Online	March 27th
2021	Online	April 10th
2020	Cancelled	Cancelled
2019	Ed W. Clark High School	March 2nd
2018	Rancho High School	March 10th
2017	University of Nevada Reno	March 4th