Let the quiz-kid battle begin

The new season of WGBH television’s “High School Quiz Show” premieres tonight, and a team of four Sharon High School students is scheduled to appear next Sunday. The team of junior Hari Anbarasu and sophomores Clara Mao, Peter Riley, and Siddarth Singh will face Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, the same school that knocked Sharon out of the competition last year. Juniors Pitt Phonboon and Frank Zhou serve as alternates. The show is taped in advance. If Sharon wins, the students will face Brookline or Seekonk, whichever school wins tonight. The show airs on WGBH 2 at 6:30 p.m. Other schools south of Boston competing include Hingham and Milton, which face one another March 11. The state final airs May 20. - Jennette Barnes