Northwest Pennsylvania Regional

The Northwest Pennsylvania region is held in Penn State Erie. The 2018 competition will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2017.

The region primarily serves Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, and Warren counties.

History
Although the region's teams currently struggle to be competitive at the state level, the Northwest region has a rich history of high-placing teams. Although Kane Area Middle School is the only team that qualified for the national tournament from this region that still competes in the region, Northwest has produced several national qualifiers at the B Division level and several top-10 finishers at the C Division level.

In the early 2000s, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School and Montour High School competed in the region, due to its location at Westminster College. Also, Shady Side Academy Middle School and Shady Side Academy High School both competed in the region from 2002-2006, and Sewickley Academy competed in the region in 2006. All of these schools competed in the Southwest Pennsylvania region from 2007 onwards.

In 2008, State College Area High School left the Central Pennsylvania region and began competing in this region. They did so until 2012, when they moved back to the Central region. Likewise, the two middle schools that feed into State College, Mount Nittany Middle School and Park Forest Middle School, began competing in the region in 2008 and left in 2012.

Past Regional Champions
This is a record of the past regional champions and runners up, and their respective places at the state competition. Scores at the regional and state competitions may be shown in parentheses. This region typically sends 4-6 teams to states per division.


 * *In 2013, Venango Catholic High School beat Laurel Senior High School on tiebreaks.

Division B

 * Butler Junior High School
 * Brookville Area Junior High School
 * Clarion Area Junior High School
 * Clarion-Limestone Junior High School
 * DuBois Area Middle School
 * Farrell Area Middle School
 * Harbor Creek Junior High School
 * Kane Area Middle School
 * Laurel Junior High School
 * Maplewood Junior High School
 * Mount Nittany Middle School
 * Neshannock Junior High School
 * New Castle Christian Academy
 * North Clarion Middle School
 * North East Middle School
 * Northwestern Middle School
 * Oil City Middle School
 * Park Forest Middle School
 * Penns Valley Junior High School
 * Redbank Valley Junior High School
 * Sugar Valley Rural Charter School
 * Wattsburg Area Middle School
 * West Shamokin Middle School
 * Wilmington Area Middle School
 * Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Division C

 * Brockway Area High School
 * Brookville Area Senior High School
 * Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School
 * Clarion Area High School
 * Clarion-Limestone High School
 * DuBois Area Senior High School
 * Franklin Area High School
 * Harbor Creek High School
 * Indiana Area Senior High School
 * Kane Area High School
 * Kittanning Senior High School
 * Laurel Senior High School
 * Maplewood Senior High School
 * Meadville Senior High School
 * Montour High School
 * Neshannock Senior High School
 * North Clarion Senior High School
 * North East High School
 * Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy
 * Northwestern High School
 * Oil City High School
 * Penns Manor High School
 * Penns Valley High School
 * Pittsburgh Allderdice High School
 * Redbank Valley Senior High School
 * Ridgway Area High School
 * Seneca High School
 * Sharpsville Area High School
 * State College Area High School
 * Titusville High School
 * Union Area High School
 * Venango Catholic High School
 * Venango Technology Center
 * Warren Area High School
 * Wilmington Area High School