Category: High School

Valley Christian High School Tournament (January 14)

NCQBA and Valley Christian are pleased to announce that the Valley Christian Winter High School Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017. This tournament will have separate JV and Varsity divisions; the field cap is 40 teams. Top 15% of Varsity teams will qualify for both Nationals (NSC and HSNCT). Location: This tournament …

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Sacramento Winter HS Tournament (January 28)

NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Winter HS Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017. This tournament will have separate JV and Varsity divisions; the field cap is 18 teams. Until 1 week prior to the start of the tournament we are reserving 6 spots in the …

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Cal Cup #1 and #2 Results

Congrats to Davis A for winning the Varsity division of Cal Cup #1 and congrats to Davis B for winning the JV division of Cal Cup #1. Results are here.   Congrats to Davis A for winning the Varsity division of Cal Cup #2 and congrats to Bellarmine C for winning the JV division of …

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Sacramento HS Fall: September 17, 2016

NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Fall HS Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016. All teams will play in 1 division; we will not have separate JV and Varsity divisions. The field cap is 18 teams. Until 1 week prior to the start of the tournament …

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California Cup #4 @ UC Berkeley: March 5, 2016

The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Quiz Bowl Club at UC Berkeley are pleased to announce that we will be holding the fourth annual California Cup. The California Cup consists of four quiz bowl tournaments held throughout the year, and it is widely considered the premier academic competition event in Northern California. Cal Cup …

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Mid-Season Analysis

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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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