Other Accomplishments
The most successful organization in West Central Area history has been the school's Mock Trial team, taking the section title nine times in 11 years. The Destination Imagination team became the first organization in WCA history to win a state championship in 2001 and repeated in 2003. The Destination Imagination team moved on to the world championships both of those years and placed 9th in the world in 2003. The Knights have fielded a national championship qualifying team in the televised Academic Challenge (national). West Central (Elbow Lake - Barrett- Wendel) was one of the eight inaugural knowledge bowl teams in the state of Minnesota back in 1979. Now almost every district in the state has a knowledge bowl team.
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