2014-2015
May 16, 2015 was a landmark day for the Centennial High School It’s Academic team. The TV team, composed of junior Gary Tse, captain and senior Ryan Heslin, and senior Anant Mishra, won a nail-biting game against the Washington D.C. area champions Blake High School and Central Virginia champions Rappahannock High School at the 2015 Superbowl competition. Centennial was able to maintain a large lead against both teams in the early rounds. Suddenly, Blake made a comeback and tied the game. A tiebreaker question was given to the teams: “Themistocles devised a strategy for the Athenians when they faced....” Ryan buzzed, and was able to make an amazing play by correctly answering “(Battle of) Salamis”. This question gave the team the 20 points that were needed to win the competition. This was the second time Centennial won the Superbowl tournament, the other time being in 2009.