Nicholas Karas
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Sep 18
California Cup #1 Registration
Welcome to the new California Cup season! Cal Cup #1 will take place on Saturday, October 4 at Dougherty Valley HS in San Ramon. As in previous years, this event will feature three divisions: Competitive, Standard, and Novice. We will be using SHOW-ME Four for Competitive/Standard and ORCUS for Novice [not NAQT]. The initial field cap will be 12 teams for …
Sep 15
Sacramento Fall HS Results
Congratulations to the winners: Mission San Jose (Varsity) and Folsom (JV)! Thank you to Churchill for hosting and to all of the staff for your help. Results are here
Sep 09
Bay Area Fall Novice Tournament
This event will take place on Saturday, September 27 at Menlo (Private) School in Atherton. As in previous years, we have two divisions: HS Novice and MS (not-novice). The HS division is not an HSNCT qualifier while the MS division is an MSNCT qualifier; middle school participants who are new to quiz bowl may find …
Aug 29
Fall Quiz Bowl Schedule
Hello Teams, Parents, and Coaches! Welcome to the new school year! We hope everyone had a pleasant summer. Our plan for this school year is to run more events earlier in the calendar; in particular, we are hoping to run two Cal Cup tournaments each semester. We are tentatively planning to run the Bay Area Fall Novice …
Jun 09
Nationals Results
Congratulations to the Northern California teams that competed at Nationals this year! SSNCT results are here MSNCT results are here HSNCT results are here PACE NSC results are here
Apr 24
Sacramento Spring HS Tournament @ Discord
Registration is now open for the Sacramento Spring HS tournament, to be held online (Discord) on Saturday, May 3. We are using SSNCT for Varsity and IS-238A for JV; teams playing at in-person SSNCT are not eligible to play in the Varsity division. Middle school teams, Bay Area teams, and out-of-state teams are welcome to compete at …
Apr 07
Cal Cup #4 Updates + Roster Submission
(1) The Cal Cup #4 field has been posted here – please verify that your team(s) are listed correctly. Please let us know ASAP if you need to drop!Tuesday, April 8 (tomorrow) is the last date to register. Teams can drop before 12pm (noon) on Friday, April 11 without penalty – subsequent drops will result in a …
Apr 07
Cal Cup #3 Results
Congratulations to the winners at Cal Cup #3: Mira Loma (Competitive), Harker (Standard), and Challenger-Strawberry Park B (Novice). Thank you to Saint Francis for hosting and to all of the staff for your help! Results are here.
Mar 07
Cal Cup #3 Updates + Roster Submission
The Cal Cup #3 field can be found here; please verify that your team(s) are listed correctly. Please let us know if you can provide more staffers and/or buzzers. (2) All teams – including package/waitlist teams! – are asked to please fill out this roster submission form by the end of Tuesday, March 11. Teams that have not submitted a …
Mar 07
Cavitt March Tournament Results
Congratulations to Cavitt A for winning the Cavitt tournament! Thank to you all of the staff for your help and to Cavitt for host. Results can be found here.