The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance Presents… Midseason Attempt at a NorCal Statistical Analysis Made by Unofficial Student Association (aka MANSA MUSA) Article I: A Brief Overview of the Circuit, circa January 2016 One factor that makes a midseason analysis difficult is the lack of headtohead games between full A teams. Only twice this season …
Category: High School
Dec 12
Bellarmine Novice: January 16, 2016
Bellarmine’s quiz bowl team will be running our annual novice tournament on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. We will be using NAQT’s Introductory Invitational Set #153A. This particular set of questions is intentionally geared towards newer teams. The initial field cap will be 36 teams, with possible expansion, …
Dec 12
Sacramento Winter: January 9, 2016
NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Winter HS Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2016. We will have separate JV and Varsity divisions for this tournament. Location: This tournament will take place at Rio Americano HS, Sacramento, California. Registration will begin at 9:00AM and we hope to …
Sep 16
2015-2016 Season Preview
Note: Varsity [V] or junior varsity [JV] denotations next to player names show what level they will compete at for the 2015-2016 season (ie teams with [V] players on the roster may not compete in JV divisions, but [JV] players may compete in either division). This is preliminarily based off of a two years’ experience …
Sep 10
Sacramento Fall: September 19, 2015
The Northern California Quizbowl Alliance and Rio Americano High School are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Fall HS Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Location: This tournament will take place at Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, California. Registration will begin at 9:00AM and we hope to start round 1 at 9:30AM. We …
Sep 10
Welcome back!
Welcome back to a new season of northern California quizbowl! Here’s what we’ve got in store for 2015-16: -Our first event of the year will be Sacramento Fall, Saturday, September 19th, at Rio Americano HS in Sacramento. -Our Bay Area novice tournaments return for October this year. Berkeley High and Valley Christian (San Jose) will …
Aug 20
ACF Fall High School Mirror at Bellarmine: November 08, 2015
We are pleased to announce the Northern California high school site of ACF Fall 2015, to be held at Bellarmine College Preparatory on Sunday, 8 November 2015. ACF Fall is the year’s premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, suited for advanced high school teams looking for a more challenging tournament. We do hope that you join …
Apr 22
Northern California State Championship Results and Analysis
Statistics from the Northern California State Championship can be found here. This write-up contains only the top eight teams. 1st place – Saratoga With the failure to appear of Bellarmine’s entire usual A-team, Saratoga easily went 13-0 to become the Northern California state champions. With a PPG among the highest ever seen in NAQT …
Mar 06
Cal Cup #3 Results and Analysis PART TWO – JUNIOR VARSITY
Junior varsity statistics from California Cup #3 can be found here. This write-up is part two of two write-ups and contains only the top seven junior varsity teams. 1st place – California Crosspoint California Crosspoint leaps back to a first place finish after third in their last tournament, with sophomore Benson Yi taking 4th scorer and …
Mar 03
Cal Cup #3 Results and Analysis PART ONE — VARSITY
Varsity statistics from California Cup #3 can be found here. This write-up is part one of two write-ups and contains only the top six varsity teams. 1st place – Bellarmine A Led for the first time this season by senior Jonchee Kao (4th scorer at 50 PPG, Bellarmine for the most part retains …