McDowell High School
McDowell High School logo
School Founded 1954
Team Established Late 1990's
History
City Erie, PA
Team Colors Dark Blue, White
Principal Brian Fuller
Head Coach Daniel Andrzejczak
Associate/Other Head Coach(es) William Caugherty
National Championships 0
State Championships 0
Regional/County Championships 1 (2014)
Region/County Location Western PA
Highest Finish 19th (Nationals 2013)
School Website http://www.edline.net/pages/mtsd_mcdowell
McDowell High School (often called simply "McDowell") resides in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is the only functioning public high school in the Millcreek District, and as well as many teams in the Erie area, it maintains a bitter rivalry with local magnet school Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy .
McDowell's head coach is the wonderfully bald Mr. Andrzejczak, also known as Mr. A, Azak, or simply 'A'.
The Assistant coach is William Caugherty.
Notable students:
Mary Evans, the highest scoring Scholastic score in State history (8,293).
Andrea Hall, the second-highest Scholastic score in State history (8,247).
Justin Burkett , the eighth-highest Varsity score in State history. (7,703)
Justin Eichenlaub, the ninth highest Honors score in State history and highest in team history. It was also the highest score at the 2000 State competition. (8,624)
Jackie Hunt, the ninth-highest Scholastic score in State history. (> 7,900 and < 7,987.7)
Katie Ryan, who had the highest score at States in the 2013 State competition. (8,020)
Ben Fugate is a soccer god and had the highest objective total at a competition (5,880; 2017 Regionals), and the highest team E-National score. (6,540.9; 2017)
Notable Teams:
2012-2013, The only Mcdowell team to go to in person nationals after finishing second in the state.
2016-2017, The highest scoring Mcdowell team at a full competition (43,784, States), and the highest scoring E-Nationals team. (33,119.6)
Ranks by Year [ edit ] In 2015, no PA Western Regional was held.
Year
Regionals Finish
Regionals Score
State Finish
State Score
National Finish
National Score
1999
N/A
N/A
2nd
N/A
DNC
DNC
2000
N/A
N/A
2nd
N/A
DNC
DNC
2001
N/A
N/A
9th
32,077
DNC
DNC
2002
N/A
N/A
8th
37,652
DNC
DNC
2003
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
DNC
DNC
2004
N/A
N/A
5th
37,290
DNC
DNC
2005
N/A
N/A
5th
34,443
DNC
DNC
2006
N/A
N/A
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
2007
N/A
N/A
8th
35,852
DNC
DNC
2008
2nd
41,325
2nd
41,388
DNC
DNC
2009
3rd
41,408
2nd
42,480
DNC
DNC
2010
5th
37,327
4th
39,013
DNC
DNC
2011
4th
35,080
3rd
39,811
5th (Large E-Nationals)
23,255
2012
3rd
35,712
3rd
36,830
DNC
DNC
2013
3rd
37,927
2nd
40,579
19th
37,998.2
2014
1st
39,950
3rd
40,132
3rd (Large E-Nationals)
28,123
2015*
N/A
N/A
5th
37,131
4th (Large E-Nationals)
26,160
2016
2nd
38,268
6th
37,773
DNC
DNC
2017
2nd
42,077
3rd
43,784
3rd (Large E-Nationals)
33,119.6
2018
2nd
39,044
4th
39,133
DNC
DNC
2019
3rd
39,660
3rd
38,242
4th (Large E-Nationals)
28,491
Teams by Year [ edit ] 2012–2013: Russia [ edit ] John's regional Essay was thrown out due to illegible handwriting.
Spot
Name
Grade
Regionals
Objs
Subs
States
Objs
Subs
H1
Katie Ryan
11th (2rd Year)
7,214
5,103
2,111
8,020
5,380
2,640
H2
Meghan Good
11th (1st Year)
7,278
4,800
2,478
7,493
4,774
2,719
H3
Mikayla Blinzler
11th (3rd Year)
5,676
3,474
2,202
6,400
3,834
2,566
S1
Andrea Hall
11th (2nd Year)
7,041
4,911
2,130
7,421
4,969
2,452
S2
John Pfadt
10th (2nd Year)
5,753*
4,326
1,427
6,804
4,520
2,284
S3
Tony DiSanto
12th (4th Year)
5,816
3,334
2,482
5,510
3,986
1,524
V1
Benjamin Dennison
12th (1st Year)
4,856
3,051
1,805
5,552
2,937
2,615
V2
Kirsten Lazar
12th (4th Year)
5,722
3,077
2,645
5,289
2,834
2,455
V3
Dannielle Sidelinger
10th (2nd Year)
4,026
1,829
2,197
3,690
1,729
1,961
2013–2014: The First World War [ edit ]
Spot
Name
Grade
Regionals
Objs
Subs
States
Objs
Subs
E-Nationals
H1
Katie Ryan
12th (3rd Year)
7,811
5,303
2,508
7,850
5,383
2,467
5,886
H2
Meghan Good
12th (2nd Year)
7,310
4,623
2,687
7,028
4,491
2,537
5,189
H3
Mikayla Blinzler
12th (4th Year)
6,355
4,089
2,266
6,472
4,363
2,109
4,698
S1
Andrea Hall
12th (3rd Year)
8,050
5,183
2,867
8,247
5,514
2,733
6,126
S2
John Pfadt
11th (3rd Year)
7,144
4,477
2,667
7,069
4,897
2,172
5,177
S3
Hunter Mott
9th (1st Year)
5,005
2,789
2,216
5,481
3,203
2,278
3,719
V1
Mitchell Weber
11th (3rd Year)
5,196
3,066
2,130
5,239
2,980
2,259
3,009
V2
Tyler Minski
11th (1st Year)
4,439
2,191
2,248
4,699
2,397
2,302
2,736
V3
Caitlin Sitler
11th (1st Year)
3,896
2,131
1,765
4,340
2,260
2,080
2,517
2014–2015: New Alternatives in Energy: Ingenuity and Innovation [ edit ]
Spot
Name
Grade
States
Objs
Subs
E-Nationals
H1
Benjamin Fugate
9th (1st Year)
6,747
4,486
2,261
5,243.9
H2
Emily Brocious
10th (1st Year)
5,757
3,509
2,248
3,866.4
H3
Hannah Silbaugh
10th (1st Year)
5,488
3,029
2,459
3,166.4
S1
John Pfadt
12th (4th Year)
6,865
4,509
2,356
4,902
S2
Hunter Mott
10th (2nd Year)
6,487
4,223
2,264
4,437.9
S3
Nathaniel Quiles
11th (3rd Year)
5,729
3,474
2,255
3,957.1
V1
Sara DiSanto
12th (1st Year)
6,371
3,771
2,600
4,083
V2
Mitchell Weber
12th (4th Year)
4,904
2,849
2,055
3,626.9
V3
Caitlin Sitler
12th (2nd Year)
4,460
2,900
1,560
2,737.9
2015–2016: India [ edit ]
Spot
Name
Grade
Regionals
Objs
Subs
States
Objs
Subs
H1
Benjamin Fugate
10th (2nd Year)
7,680
5,157
2,523
7,941
5,523
2,418
H2
Jensen Bendig
10th (2nd Year)
6,653
4,017
2,582
6,629
4,066
2,563
H3
Tyler Lyons
11th (2nd Year)
6,188
3,923
2,265
6,151
3,680
2,471
S1
Hunter Mott
11th (3rd Year)
7,076
4,683
2,393
6,870
4,457
2,413
S2
Wolfgang Mueller
11th (1st Year)
6,717
4,346
2,371
6,658
4,254
2,404
S3
Hannah Silbaugh
11th (2nd Year)
6,517
4,197
2,320
6,284
3,809
2,475
V1
Kohl Kellogg
9th (1st Year)
5,716
3,329
2,387
5,605
3,417
2,188
V2
Autumn Dipko
9th (1st Year)
4,426
2,477
1,949
4,070
2,317
1,753
V3
Trey Proper
9th (1st Year)
3,876
2,319
1,557
3,845
1,989
1,856
2016–2017: The Second World War [ edit ]
Spot
Name
Grade
Regionals
Objs
Subs
States
Objs
Subs
E-Nationals
H1
Benjamin Fugate
11th (3rd Year)
7,993
5,880
2,113
8,247
5,823
2,424
6,540.9
H2
Jensen Bendig
11th (3rd Year)
6,612
4,469
2,143
6,951
4,500
2,451
5,375.3
H3
David Wang
10th (1st Year)
6,169
3,947
2,222
5,629
3,614
2,015
4.181.9
S1
Hunter Mott
12th (4th Year)
7,823
5,251
2,572
7,836
5,197
2,639
5,782.1
S2
Wolfgang Mueller
12th (2nd Year)
6,842
4,369
2,473
7,007
4,894
2,113
5,297.6
S3
Tyler Lyons
12th (3rd Year)
6,348
4,423
1,925
6,237
4,260
1,977
4,548.1
V1*
Hannah Silbaugh
12th (3rd Year)
6,935
4,503
2,432
4,776.6
V1
Rachel Flanagan
11th (1st Year)
6,580
4,346
2,234
6,808
4,534
2,274
5,347.1
V2
Kohl Kellog
10th (2nd Year)
6,227
3,937
2,290
5,461
3,986
1,475
4,095.1
V3
Zain Machaal
10th (1st Year)
4,778
2,666
2,112
Hannah was not residing in the district at the time of Regionals so she competed as an individual. By States, she resided in the district and took the position of Varsity One. As a result, Zain was not a member of the State and E-National team. 2017–2018: Africa [ edit ]
Spot
Name
Grade
Regionals
Objs
Subs
States
Objs
Subs
H1
Jennifer Wang
10th (2nd Year)
8,012
5,491
2,521
7,881
5,383
2,498
H2
Jensen Bendig
12th (4th Year)
7,670
5,029
2,641
7,247
4,817
2,430
H3
Benjamin Fugate
12th (4th Year)
7,719
5,483
2,236
7,935
5,689
2,246
S1
Siddarth Ravi
12th (1st Year)
5,485
3,369
2,116
5,025
3,051
1,974
S2
Jack Sullivan
11th (3rd Year)
5,807
3,649
2,158
5,202
3,617
1,585
S3
Dennis Hackanen
11th (2nd Year)
5,613
3,200
2,413
5,540
3,397
2,143
V1
Rachel Flanagan
12th (2nd Year)
6,139
3,934
2,205
6,100
3,983
2,117
V2
Zain Machaal
11th (2nd Year)
5,754
3,789
1,965
6,475
4,311
2,164
V3
Kohl Kellogg
11th (3rd Year)
5,349
3,731
1,618
6,057
3,674
2,383
2018–2019: The 1960's [ edit ]
Spot
Name
Grade
Regionals
Objs
Subs
States
Objs
Subs
E-Nationals
H1
Jennifer Wang
11th (3rd Year)
7,934
5,317
2,617
8,197
5,457
2,740
5,883.6
H2
Kelvin LI
? (1st Year)
7,573
5,543
2,030
7,153
5,100
2,053
6,047.2
H3
Sam Flanagan
9th (1st Year)
6,646
4,469
2,177
6,589
4,149
2,440
4,765.9
S1
Jack Sullivan
12th (4th Year)
6,479
4,226
2,253
5,900
3,740
2,160
4,701.7
S2
Drew Kwiatkowski
10th (2nd Year)
5,463
3,843
1,620
4,837
3,517
1,320
4,272.3
S3
Katie Brocious
10th (2nd Year) ??
4,989
3,103
1,886
5,480
3,220
2,260
3,141.6
V1
Kohl Kellogg
12th (4th Year)
6,450
4,131
2,319
6,822
4,257
2,565
4,423.6
V2
Zain Machaal
12th (3rd Year)
5,761
3,631
2,130
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
V3
Teddy Buchanan
10th (2nd Year) ??
4,775
2,889
1,886
4,690
2,961
1,729
3,162.6
Zain was unable to attend the State and E-National competitions. Highest Event Scores [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Ben Fugate
2017
940
E-Nationals
Ben Fugate
2017
920
Regionals
Katie Ryan
2014
920
E-Nationals
Katie Ryan
2014
880
ASL Scrimmage #1
Laura McKnight
2008
880
Regionals
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Andrea Hall
2014
940
States
Andrea Hall
2014
900
E-Nationals
Andrea Hall
2014
900
Regionals
John Pfadt
2014
880
ASL Scrimmage #1
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Burkett
2009
840
States
Justin Burkett
2009
780
Regionals
Justin Burkett
2008
780
Regionals
Rachel Flanagan
2017
780
E-Nationals
Hannah Silbaugh
2017
760
States
Language & Literature [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Ben Fugate
2017
920
Regionals
Ben Fugate
2018
920
States
Jensen Bendig
2018
920
Regionals
Kelvin Li
2019
920
E-Nationals
Jensen Bendig
2017
900
Regionals
David Wang
2019
900
WPAAD Scrimmage #3
Kelvin Li
2019
880
Regionals
Jennifer Wang
2019
880
States
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
John Pfadt
2013
840
Regionals
Andrea Hall
2013
800
Regionals
Hunter Mott
2017
800
Regionals
Jennifer Moczulski
2004
800
States
Wolfgang Mueller
2017
780
States
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Rachel Flanagan
2017
920
Regionals
Rachel Flanagan
2016
900
ASL Scrimmage #2
Rachel Flanagan
2018
880
Regionals
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Ben Fugate
2017
880
States
Ben Fugate
2017
880
ASL Scrimmage #2
Laura McKnight
2010
880
States
Dylan Yetter
2008
880
Regionals
Dylan Yetter
2008
860
States
Ben Fugate
2016
840
Regionals
Katie Ryan
2014
840
Regionals
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Victoria Pfadt
2011
860
States
Andrea Hall
2014
840
States
Victoria Pfadt
2012
820
States
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Burkett
2008
780
States
Justin Burkett
2009
780
Regionals
Mike Murabito
2008
720
Regionals
Rachel Flanagan
2017
720
States
Adam Krull
2008
700
Regionals
Science [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Ben Fugate
2016
960
ASL Scrimmage #2
Katie Ryan
2013
940
States
Ben Fugate
2016
920
Regionals
Jensen Bendig
2016
920
ASL Scrimmage #2
Katie Ryan
2014
920
E-Nationals
Katie Ryan
2014
920
ASL Scrimmage #2
Katie Ryan
2013
920
ASL Scrimmage #2
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Wolfgang Mueller
2016
920
ASL Scrimmage #2
Nathaniel Quiles
2016
920
ASL Scrimmage #2
Hunter Mott
2016
900
Regionals
Hannah Silbaugh
2016
880
Regionals
Wolfgang Mueller
2016
880
Regionals
Andrea Hall
2013
880
Nationals
Tyler Lyons
2016
880
ASL Scrimmage #2
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Burkett
2008
800
States
Kohl Kellogg
2016
800
Regionals
Sara DiSanto
2015
760
States
Kohl Kellogg
2018
740
States
Kohl Kellogg
2019
740
States
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Jennifer Wang
2018
971
Regionals
Ben Fugate
2018
943
Regionals
Kelvin Li
2019
943
Regionals
Jennifer Wang
2018
914
WPAAD Scrimmage #2
Jennifer Wang
2019
914
WPAAD Scrimmage #3
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Hunter Mott
2016
857
States
Hunter Mott
2017
829
ASL Scrimmage #1
Drew Kwiatkowski
2019
800
WPAAD Scrimmage #3
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Nicholas Kulesza
2004
720
States
Kohl Kellogg
2019
657
States
Kohl Kellogg
2019
629
WPAAD Scrimmage #3
Social Science [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Ben Fugate
2017
920
States
Ben Fugate
2016
900
ASL Scrimmage #3
Katie Ryan
2014
880
Regionals
Katie Ryan
2014
880
ASL Scrimmage #3
Chris Shoup
2009
880
States
Kelvin Li
2019
880
WPAAD Scrimmage #3
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Andrea Hall
2013
920
ASL Scrimmage #3
Andrea Hall
2014
900
States
Andrea Hall
2014
900
E-Nationals
John Pfadt
2013
880
States
John Pfadt
2014
880
Regionals
Andrea Hall
2014
880
Regionals
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Burkett
2009
920
ASL Scrimmage #2
Justin Burkett
2009
900
Regionals
Justin Burkett
2009
880
States
Rachel Flanagan
2017
880
E-Nationals
Economics [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Katie Ryan
2013
960
Regionals
Katie Ryan
2012
920
States
Ben Fugate
2017
900
Regionals
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Hunter Mott
2017
940
Regionals
Andrea Hall
2014
900
States
Hunter Mott
2016
880
Regionals
Hunter Mott
2017
880
E-Nationals
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Burkett
2009
860
States
Justin Burkett
2009
840
ASL Scrimmage #3
Justin Burkett
2009
820
Regionals
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Jensen Bendig
2016
982
Regionals
Jennifer Wang
2018
979
Regionals
Jennifer Wang
2019
970
States
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Andrea Hall
2014
950
Regionals
John Daniel Kelley
2007
934
States
Amy Wang
2009
912
States
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Rachel Flanagan
2017
952
WPAAD Scrimmage #1
Sara DiSanto
2015
940
States
Adam Krull
2008
925
States
These scores are for the combined impromptu and prepared speech event and not for either as an individual.
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Meghan Good
2014
957
Regionals
Katie Ryan
2012
945
States
Jennifer Wang
2019
930
States
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Victoria Pfadt
2012
1,000
States
John Daniel Kelley
2007
977
States
Andrea Hall
2014
970
Regionals
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Adam Krull
2007
970
States
Kohl Kellogg
2018
955
States
Austin Anderson
2010
930
States
Interview [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Ben Fugate
2017
990
Regionals
Meghan Good
2014
990
ASL Scrimmage #2
Gangadeep Kang
2016
990
ASL Scrimmage #2
Gangadeep Kang
2017
990
ASL Scrimmage #1
Athena Moniot
2016
990
ASL Scrimmage #3
Dylan Yetter
2009
987
States
Jensen Bendig
2015
980
ASL Scrimmage #1
Athena Moniot
2017
980
ASL Scrimmage #2
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Hunter Mott
2017
1000
ASL Scrimmage #3
John Pfadt
2015
990
ASL Scrimmage #3
Nate Mannion
2016
990
ASL Scrimmage #3
Tyler Lyons
2016
980
ASL Scrimmage #2
Hannah Silbaugh
2016
980
ASL Scrimmage #1
Wolfgang Mueller
2016
980
ASL Scrimmage #1
Morgan Glaspell
2015
980
ASL Scrimmage #3
Nathaniel Quiles
2015
980
States
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Tyler Minski
2014
997
Regionals
Dannielle Sidelinger
2013
990
ASL Scrimmage #2
Desirae Doty
2010
990
States
Amanda Flick
2011
987
States
Record Board [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Eichenlaub
2000
8,624
States
Ben Fugate
2017
8,247
States
Jennifer Wang
2019
8,197
States
Katie Ryan
2013
8,020
States
Jennifer Wang
2018
8,012
Regionals
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Mary Evans
2000
8,293
States
Andrea Hall
2014
8,247
States
Andrea Hall
2014
8,050
Regionals
Jackie Hunt
2000
7,9xx
States
Hunter Mott
2017
7,823
Regionals
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Competition
Justin Burkett
2009
7,703
States
Justin Burkett
2009
7,316
Regionals
Hannah Silbaugh
2017
6,935
States
Justin Burkett
2008
6,919
States
Kohl Kellogg
2019
6,822
States
Record Board—E-Nationals [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Ben Fugate
2017
6,540.9
Kelvin Li
2019
6,047.2
Katie Ryan
2014
5,886
Jennifer Wang
2019
5,883.6
Jensen Bendig
2017
5,375.3
Ben Fugate
2015
5,243.1
Meghan Good
2014
5,189
Scholastic [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Andrea Hall
2014
6,126
Hunter Mott
2017
5,782.1
Wolfgang Mueller
2017
5,297.6
John Pfadt
2014
5,177
John Pfadt
2015
4,902
Varsity [ edit ]
Name
Year
Score
Rachel Flanagan
2017
5,347.1
Hannah Silbaugh
2017
4,776.6
Kohl Kellogg
2019
4,423.6
Kohl Kellogg
2017
4,095.1
Sara DiSanto
2015
4,083
Mitchell Weber
2015
3,626.9
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