During a one-match playoff on Feb. 25 to determine the Illinois winner of the National High School Ethics Bowl Competition, U-High’s team beat Marion High School after receiving winning scores. They received an invitation to compete in the national competition at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in early April.

After not making it to the 2021 national competition, co-captain Abe Callard, a senior, said he and co-captain Ryan Clark, also a senior, feel satisfaction about their win.

Others on the team are Sygne Stole and Yaseen Qureshi.

“Last year we just got to the finals of the regionals and we lost that, which was really disappointing, and then this year we built on what we learned last year about explaining ideas more in depth. We also got a new freshman on our team,” Abe said. “It’s just in time, since Ryan and I are going to be leaving soon.”