Spanish teacher Dolores Silva, who led City High Quiz Bowl to two state championships, has decided to step down as coach. Carson Tuttle, the Southeast Middle School Quiz Bowl coach, has decided to take Silva’s spot at City High in addition to coaching at Southeast.
“I’m really excited,” said Nico Vergara-Vanegas ‘28, a player on the 2025 state championship-winning team. “He made Quiz Bowl a ton of fun. Ms Silva was a really great coach, don’t get me wrong, but Mr. Tuttle is a legend.” Tuttle coached many of the current City High players during their time at Southeast. He led the middle school to four tournament wins, one state championship, and three trips to the Middle School National Championship in Chicago. “I’m [excited] to work with him again, and I think he can really take our teams to the next level.”
“Tuttle is awesome,” said Daniel Drollette ‘27. Drollette was the leading player in bringing Quiz Bowl to City High. “We’ve had Ms. Silva for the past two years, and she’s been great, but she doesn’t have a lot of hands-on experience with Quiz Bowl.” Drollette said that he hopes Tuttle’s practice routines will lead City Quiz Bowl to a higher level.
Samuel Richman ‘27, who has been a player at City since the start of the program in 2023, hopes that coaching at City will benefit Tuttle as well as the students.
“I think [that having Tuttle coach] could be a really good opportunity for both us as a team and Mr. Tuttle because it will give him an opportunity to coach at a higher level,” Richman said. “It’s going to be great having a coach who is very involved with Quiz Bowl itself.”
The students also expressed that they will be looking for a City High teacher to serve as a sponsor and assistant coach in the future.
“Currently, Ms. Silva is planning on continuing to be our sponsor, letting us use her room and resources while Tuttle takes over the coaching duties,” Drollette said. The team will likely be looking for an assistant coach to serve in the future, but Drollette is not concerned about the situation at the moment.
“I definitely think having one of the City teachers be an assistant coach or sponsor would be very beneficial,” said Richman. “Mr. Tuttle likely wouldn’t be able to be at City most mornings, so it would be great to have someone else to help and who’s more consistently available.”
Vergara-Vanegas said that Tuttle’s additional duties will likely be taxing and that having an assistant coach would be vital.
“Mr. Tuttle’s going to need all the help he can get,” Vergara-Vanegas said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I’m really excited for him to come over here. I hope he can bring something new to the table and that we can continue to be competitive.
