Nicholas Karas
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Sep 27
Sac Fall MS Results
Congrats to the tournament winners: Hopkins A (Varsity) and Cavitt (JV)! Thank you to Ray for his help as the TD, to Mr. Hansen/Churchill for hosting, and to all of the staff for your help! Results are here
Sep 25
Cal Cup #1 Registration
Registration is now open for Cal Cup #1, to be held on Saturday, October 10 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon (we would like to thank Coach Su for his assistance with making this event possible). As in previous years, this competition will feature three separate divisions: Competitive, Standard, and Novice. The initial field cap …
Sep 16
Fall Quiz Bowl Calendar
Welcome to the new school year! We hope everyone has had a pleasant summer. Please let us know if anyone would like to be added or removed from our email list. (1) We have started a waitlist for the Sacramento Fall Middle School tournament, to be held on Sat, Sep 26 at Churchill in Carmichael. …
May 11
West Coast Championship Tournament
NorCal teams are welcome to compete at this event, to be held on Sunday, May 17 on Zoom; details can be found here.
Jan 17
Cal Cup #3 Registration
(1) Cal Cup #3 is taking place on Saturday, February 14 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. We are using house-write sets this time: PLANETFALL III for Competitive, MINI Dart for Standard, and RQBco for Novice; thus, teams cannot qualify for HSNCT from this event. Register here (we are using the NAQT registration system even though …
Jan 07
Sacramento Winter HS Tournament
Registration is now open for the Sac Winter HS tournament, to be held online (Discord) on Saturday, January 24. Middle school, Bay Area, and out-of-state teams are welcome to compete but Sacramento-area schools will receive priority in case of a waitlist. This competition will feature NAQT IS-244 for Varsity and NAQT IS-245A for JV; teams hoping …
Jan 07
Middle School Tournament Results
Congratulations to the winners of the Cavitt Winter Tournament and the Bay Area Winter Tournament! Thank you to all of the staff for your help!
Dec 02
Upcoming Quiz Bowl Events
(1) The Bay Area Winter MS tournament will take place online (Discord) on Saturday, December 20. This event features separate JV/Varsity divisions and will use NAQT MS #55 for both divisions. Schools outside the Bay Area/California are welcome to compete but schools that have already heard the set cannot compete. Register here. (2) The Sacramento Winter …
Nov 17
Cal Cup #2 Results
Congratulations to the Cal Cup #2 winners – Amador Valley (Competitive), BASIS Fremont A (Standard), and Challenger-Strawberry Park (Novice). Thank you to all of the staff for your help and to Dougherty Valley for hosting! Results are here
Oct 22
Cal Cup #2 Updates
All teams in the field are required to have a roster posted by the end of Tuesday, October 28 – that is also the last day teams can register. Rosters can be updated after that time but we want to see that progress is being made before then. The field can be found here. Please make …