High School Bowl is a quiz bowl television program produced by WNMU. Each season of High School Bowl features 40 high schools from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin who compete against each other in a bracketed tournament, vying to become the annual champion. Each team is composed of four people, including a captain, who answer questions on a variety of subjects: including history, science, art, math, music, literature, and geography. Questions for High School Bowl have been provided by National Academic Quiz Tournaments since 2014. High School Bowl has been hosted by Jim Koski since 2014; past hosts include G.G. Gordon and Dave Goldsmith. As of 2019, High School Bowl is WNMU Public TV-13's highest rated production.
At the end of every season, Northern Michigan University, where WNMU programs are filmed, awards scholarships to the first and second place teams, $2500 and $1500 respectively. In addition, one college-bound senior contestant receives the Dave Goldsmith Scholarship, $1500 goes towards a college education. The scholarship was set up by the Goldsmith family in 2002 after his death, and previously Dave Goldsmith hosted High School Bowl for 24 years.
Records Since High School Bowls inception in 1977, Houghton High School of Houghton, Michigan has taken the most championships out of every other participating high school; 10 wins out of 41 seasons. Second to Houghton in terms of wins is Marquette Senior High School of Marquette, Michigan with 7 championships. Other notable participants include Gladstone High School of Gladstone, Michigan and Hancock Central High School of Hancock, Michigan, both with 4 victories.
In recorded history, Marquette Senior High School and Houghton High School have the most second-place finishes, with 7. Second to Marquette Senior High School and Houghton High School is Sault Area High School of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, achieving 6 runner-up finishes. Marquette Senior High School holds the record for the greatest consecutive streak of victories, having won five years in a row from 1979 to 1983. Negaunee High School follows closely with three consecutive wins from 2010 to 2012.
Past winners Year First place Second place 1978 Gladstone High School 1979 Marquette Senior High School 1980 Marquette Senior High School 1981 Marquette Senior High School 1982 Marquette Senior High School 1983 Marquette Senior High School 1984 Houghton High School Marquette Senior High School 1985 Marquette Senior High School Houghton High School 1986 Houghton High School L'Anse High School 1987 Norway High School Marquette Senior High School 1988 Menominee High School Westwood High School 1989 Norway High School Houghton High School 1990 Calumet High School Sault Area High School 1991 Hancock Central High School Marquette Senior High School 1992 Houghton High School Gwinn High School 1993 Iron Mountain High School West Iron County High School 1994 Houghton High School Hancock Central High School 1995 Marquette Senior High School Houghton High School 1996 Houghton High School Sault Area High School 1997 Westwood High School Sault Area High School 1998 Hancock Central High School Sault Area High School 1999 Hancock Central High School Escanaba High School 2000 Westwood High School Hancock Central High School 2001 Hancock Central High School Westwood High School 2002 Gwinn High School Gladstone High School 2003 Sault Area High School Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School 2004 Gladstone High School Gwinn High School 2005 Gladstone High School Chassell Township School 2006 Hurley School District Ishpeming High School 2007 Gladstone High School Marquette Senior High School 2008 Houghton High School Negaunee High School 2009 Gwinn High School Luther L. Wright High School 2010 Negaunee High School Marquette Senior High School 2011 Negaunee High School Marquette Senior High School 2012 Negaunee High School Iron Mountain High School 2013 Superior Central High School Houghton High School 2014 Houghton High School Sault Area High School 2015 A.D. Johnston High School Luther L. Wright High School 2016 Houghton High School Luther L. Wright High School 2017 Houghton High School Luther L. Wright High School 2018 Sault Area High School Luther L. Wright High School 2019 Houghton High School A.D. Johnston High School Source:
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