Sep 09
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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 …
Feb 17
(1) Registration is now open for Cal Cup #3, to be held on Saturday, March 15 at Saint Francis HS in Mountain View. We plan to use VAULT for Competitive, SHOW-M3 for Standard, and RQBCo Novice for Novice. These are house-written sets (not NAQT); Competitive teams should be aware that their questions will be a bit more difficult than a regular-difficulty …
Feb 02
Congratulations to the winners at the Sacramento Winter Tournament – Leland (Varsity) and Churchill C (JV). Thank you to all of the staff for your help! Results can be found here.
Feb 02
We received a request to switch sets for Cal Cup #2; we are now planning to use SITH II for Competitive and Standard. Like CALISTO, this is a medium-difficulty, house-written high school set. We are still using the same set for Novice. The current Cal Cup #2 field can be found here – please double check that your teams …