Results from Sac Winter HS Tournament

Congratulations to Sagittarius for winning the Varsity Division and to Davis D for winning the JV Division at the Sacramento Winter HS Tournament! Thank you to all of our volunteers for your help and to Mr. Hansen/Churchill for hosting.
Sagittarius, Mira Loma A, Davis A, and Folsom qualified for the 2020 High School National Championship Tournament.
I’d also like to congratulate Sacramento Country Day School for qualifying for the 2020 Small School National Championship Tournament!

Stats/Results are here

Sacramento Winter High School Tournament

This competition is taking place on Saturday, December 21 at Churchill Middle School in Carmichael. Bay Area teams may compete but must wait until 12PM on Friday to register (in order to give Sacramento-area teams time to register first).

Registration takes place here

Entry fee info is here; please write out any checks to Churchill IB/PTO.

We have exhausted the available IS-A sets which means we will use IS-190 for both divisions; JV teams should be aware that these questions are a bit tougher. (The website currently states that we are using IS-185A for JV but that is incorrect).

Sacramento Winter MS Tournament

This competition is taking place on Saturday, January 11 at Cavitt Junior High School in Granite Bay. We will have separate Varsity/JV Divisions; teams may have a maximum of six members.

Bay Area schools may compete but must wait until 12PM on Monday, December 23 to register (to provide Sacramento teams an opportunity to sign up first).

This competition will use NAQT MS-33. We plan to use this set in the Bay Area but have yet to confirm the date/location for that event.

Entry fee info can be found here. Please write out any checks to Cavitt Junior High School

Registration takes place on the NAQT website here.

Registration for Cal Cup #2 is now open

Cal Cup #2 is taking place on Saturday, January 18 at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. We expect to announce the date/location of Cal Cup #3 and #4 very soon. The field cap for CC2 is 18 for Competitive, 18 for Standard, and 20 for Novice. All teams, including package teams, must fill out this registration form.

Tuesday, January 14 is the last date to register. In addition, all teams (including package teams) must have a roster posted on that date; teams that do not have a roster posted will be dropped from the field. CC2 is using LOGIC for Competitive+Standard and SCOP Novice for Novice.

Teams may pay in advance (either their entire amount or a non-refundable deposit of $10) by PayPal to Alvin Huang => https://www.paypal.me/AlvinQuizBowl [Please indicate your team name+letter(s)!]. The entry fee is refundable (minus the $10 deposit minus any late drop fees). Cal Cup #2 is the last opportunity for teams to purchase the package.

Starting with Cal Cup #2 we are changing how we process registrations. At 8PM on January 5 we will post the list of teams in the field based on the following priority list; registration becomes first come/first serve after that time. Thus, if you plan to pay ahead of time and wish to get a higher priority then you should pay prior to 8PM on January 5.

1) Teams that purchase the package 2) Teams that pay the entry fee ahead of time 3) Teams that pay the deposit ahead of time 4) Teams that provide an experienced moderator (based on our discretion) 5) Teams that provide other staffers 6) Teams that bring a working buzzer system 7) Teams from new high schools 8) Teams that include at least one high school student that are not in any of the above categories
9) Middle school teams not in any of the above categories

Updated Groger Rankings

The newly released Groger rankings of high school teams from around the country feature 18 teams from Northern California:
#5 Saratoga #7 Mission San Jose #12 Stanford Online #37 Harker A #41 Davis #75 Homestead #82 Bellarmine #89 Mira Loma #101 Archbishop Mitty #102 Challenger-Almaden #110 Harker B #121 Dougherty Valley #129 Saint Francis #136 Monta Vista #148 Churchill #152 Eriksen #166 Dublin #173 Valley Christian

The full list of 175 teams can be found here

Read more about Groger rankings here

Expect an announcement this week regarding Cal Cup #2.

Results from da Vinci MS Tournament

Congratulations to Churchill A for winning the Varsity Division and to Visions for winning the JV Division at the da Vinci Middle School Tournament! Thank you to all of our volunteers for your help and to Ms. Ballard/Ms. Wallace/da Vinci for hosting!
Stats/Results are here
Stay tuned for an announcement regarding the next Sacramento Middle School Tournament.

Results from Sunnyvale MS Tournament

Congratulations to the champions of yesterday’s middle school tournament at Stratford-Sunnyvale: Challenger-Almaden (varsity) and Stratford-Sunnyvale C (jv). Thanks to our hosts, Kelsey Berryman, Efren Caliva, and Adrienne Davies of Stratford-Sunnyvale, and to all the staff who made this tournament possible. We look forward to seeing everyone at Bay Area middle school tournaments in spring 2020! Results are here

Results from Cal Cup #1

Congratulations to Escobar A for winning the Competitive Division, to Challenger-Almaden for winning the Standard Division, and to Lowell for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #1! This was our largest competition ever (77 teams)- many thanks go to the staff for their help and to Mr. Fleitas/Mr. Flowers/Bellarmine for hosting. We would also like to congratulate Fremont Christian for qualifying for the 2020 Small School National Championship Tournament!

Stats/results can be found here

We are still working to confirm the dates/sites of the other Cal Cup tournaments; we will provide updates when they are ready. We ask that one representative from each school fill out this form regarding potential dates for the other Cal Cup tournaments (if you have not already done so).

We will be implementing a new system for registration starting with Cal Cup #2; we will provide details when registration opens.

Stratford-Sunnyvale is hosting a middle school competition on Sunday, November 17 and we are searching for more volunteers to help staff. If any of your team members are available to help please have them fill out this staff form.

Results from NorCal ACF Fall

Thanks to all those who came out to compete in ACF Fall! Berkeley B cleared the field with a single loss, earning the overall, UG, and DII titles.

Escobar won the High School Division.

College stats are here; High School stats are here.

Results from Davis Classic Tournament

Congratulations to Mission San Jose for winning the Third Annual Davis Classic Tournament! Thank you to the staff for helping out and to the Skinner Family/Mr. Williams/Davis High for hosting!

Stats/results are here

Congratulations to “Fat Free Water: Starting at $20” for winning the always-entertaining Ethan Skinner-produced DESPACITO III: Tokyo Drift trash tournament at lunch.