Aug 26

Upcoming Fall MS Tournaments

Hello Parents, Teachers, and Coaches,


Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year; we hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer break.


The Sacramento Fall Middle School Tournament will take place on Saturday, September 28 at Churchill Middle School in Carmichael. Entry fee information/details can be found here; registration takes place on the NAQT website here.


The Bay Area Fall Middle School Tournament will take place on Saturday, October 19 at Stratford School-Fremont Osgood in Fremont. Entry fee information/details can be found here; registration takes place on the NAQT website here. We have increased the base entry fee but have also increased the discount amounts.


Both of these competitions feature separate JV/Varsity divisions; participants who are new to quiz bowl are encouraged to compete in the JV division. The top 15% of teams at both events will qualify for the 2020 MSNCT (to be held near Chicago in May) but only teams that compete in the Varsity division are eligible to qualify.


Please note: these two events will use the same set (NAQT MS #31); schools can compete at either event but cannot compete at both. We ask that each team consist of no more than 6 members.


One must have an account on the NAQT website in order to register.

Stay tuned for details regarding the Cal Cup tournaments/other competitions.

May 13

Last Bay Area Tournament of the School Year

This event is taking place at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. Apologies for the delay in confirming the host.

The High School Division is using SCT DII; these questions are similar in difficulty to those at HS Nationals; Novice-level teams should not compete at this event.

Register for the HS division here; entry fees/discounts can be found here. The current field cap is 10 and we each school can enter at most 2 teams (until we recruit more staff).

MS field can be found here and entry fees/discounts can be found here. Please drop your team(s) from the field if they are no longer able to compete so that we can accommodate the waitlist teams.

For both divisions we ask that each team consist of no more than 6 members.

Be aware that the entry fees/discounts are different for the MS/HS divisions although we are offering a $30 discount per staffer provided.

Please write out any checks to Bellarmine College Preparatory.

May 13

MSNCT Results

Congratulations to Churchill A for finishing in second place at MSNCT this weekend near Chicago! Hopkins finished in third place. Stratford-Sunnyvale tied for eight place, Churchill B tied for thirteenth place, and Challenger-Almaden/Bret Harte/Harker all tied for twenty-first place.

Out of 919 total participants, Arin from Challenger-Almaden was, by far, the top prelim scorer with 138.02 ppg. Pareekshith from Hopkins was the number two prelim scorer with 110.99 ppg, Siddharth was the number four prelim scorer with 102.66 ppg, and Sahas was the number ten prelim scorer with 76.06 ppg.

Stats/results are here

May 06

Results from Sac Spring HS Tournament

Congratulations to Davis A for winning the Varsity Division and to Harper for winning the JV Division at the Sac Spring HS tournament! Thanks to all of our volunteers for your help and to Mr. Freund/Rio for hosting.
Stats/Results are here.

Nicholas

May 06

Results from NAQT NorCal State Tournament

Congratulations to Bellarmine A for winning NAQT States on Saturday! Thank you to our great staff for your help and to Mr. Fleitas/Bellarmine for hosting. Stats/Results are here.

Apr 14

Sacramento Spring HS Tournament

This event will take place on Saturday, May 4 at Rio Americano HS in Sacramento. This competition features separate Varsity (IS-177) and JV (IS-184A) divisions. Please note that if your team competed at or staffed the March 30 Sunnyvale MS tournament then your school must play in the Varsity Division. The current field cap is 12 for Varsity and 6 for JV. Teams are limited to 6 members.

Sacramento-area school can start registering now; Bay Area teams must wait until Monday, April 22 to begin registration. MS Teams are welcome to compete.

Entry fee info is here; I have increased the staff discount to $30 per staffer provided. Schools that are new to quiz bowl will play this tournament for free.

Register here

Apr 14

Results from Sunnyvale MS Tournament

Congratulations to Challenger-Almaden for winning the Competitive Division and to Stratford-Sunnyvale C for winning the Standard Division at the Stratford-Sunnyvale Middle School Tournament! Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers for your assistance and to Ms. Gilbert/Ms. Turner/Stratford-Sunnyvale for hosting!

Results are here (check back soon for the final standings for competitive).

Apr 14

Registration for NAQT NorCal States

Registration is now open for the NAQT NorCal State Championship Tournament, to be held on Saturday, April 20 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. This event is using NAQT IS-183 (not SCT); we have an initial field cap of 36 and teams may consist of no more than 6 members. Middle School teams cannot compete at this event (sorry).

Details are here

Register here

Apr 14

Cal Cup #4 Results

Congratulations to Stanford Online High School A for winning the Competitive Division, to Quavo A for winning the Standard Division, and to King’s Academy for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #4! Thank you to all of our incredible staffers for your help, to Mr.Fleitas/Mr. Flowers/Bellarmine for hosting, and to everyone who made the 7th year of California Cup a success!

Competitive results are here

Standard results are here

Novice results are here

The final overall Cal Cup standings can be found here. Escobar won the Competitive Division, Quavo won the Standard Division, and Davis won the Novice Division. We will present the awards at the NAQT State Tournament; great job to all of the winners!

Mar 20

Cal Cup #4 (Sun, March 31) Registration

Cal Cup #4 is taking place on Sunday, March 31 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose.

To register, please fill out this form (all teams, including package teams, must fill out the form).

We are implementing a field cap of 15 for Competitive, 20 for Standard, and 20 for Novice. Thus, all non-package teams will be placed on the waitlist until we determine the status of all of the package teams.

Cal Cup 4 will use BHSAT for the Competitive+Standard divisions and PSACA’s Groundhog Day for the Novice division.