Clark High team captures science title

Clark County public school students swept the top spots at a regional science competition, and a team from Clark High School will represent the area at nationals in April.

Four students and an alternate from Clark High School won the

27th annual regional Nevada Science Bowl over the weekend for the first time since 2005. They bested 31 teams from 29 schools, including another team from Clark High School.

“The last two years we took second place. This year we managed to take first. It was a big thrill,” said coach Chuck Bean, who teaches physics at the school.

The students on the winning team are Jay Desai, Brennan Ferrington, Ashish Kalakuntla, Jeff Luo and Alex Bean. In addition to earning $5,000 Coral Academy of Sciencelas Vegas

Coral Academy of Sciencereno

Coronado High School

The Davidson Academy of Nevada

Douglas High School

Faith Lutheran High School Foothill High School

Green Valley High School (two teams)

Laughlin High School Legacy High School

Liberty High School

The Meadows School

for the school’s math and science department, the students will compete in Washington, D.C., in April.

Clark County schools took home the top five spots. Clark’s first team was followed by Coronado High School, Palo Verde High School and Rancho High School. Clark’s second team tied with Green Valley High Northwest Career & Technical Academy (two teams)

Pahrump High School Pershing County High School

Palo Verde High School Rancho High School Reno High School

Sierra Vista High School Southeast Career & Technical Academy Timpview High School West Career & Technical Academy

Whittell High School

School for fifth place.

Last year’s champion, Davidson Academy of Nevada — a school for gifted students in Reno — was unable to take the top spot again, tying for seventh place. Darwin Morgan, a spokesman in the Nevada National

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