Nicholas Karas
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Nov 16
Cal Cup #2 Registration is now open!
Cal Cup #2 is taking place on Saturday, December 18 (on Discord). We will use CALISTO 2 for Competitive/Standard and CERES for Novice (both housewrite sets). Entry fee/discount/payment info is the same as Cal Cup #1. The field cap, for now, is 14 teams per division. New: If a middle school registers several teams we will place 2 in …
Nov 16
Results from Cal Cup #1
Congratulations to Homestead for winning the Competitive Division, to BASIS for winning the Standard Division, and to Churchill A for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #1! Many thanks go to our staff for your help. Stats/results are here
Nov 01
Results from CA HS Novice Tournament
Congratulations to Vista Del Lago for winning the 2021 California Fall HS Novice Tournament! Thank you to all of our staff (especially our new team staff!) for your help and to Freddie for co-TD-ing this event. Complete stats/results can be found here.
Oct 27
Results from Sac Fall HS Tournament
Congratulations to Mira Loma for winning the Varsity division and to Harvest Park for winning the JV division! Thank you to all of our staff for your help! Stats/results are here => https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=12707
Oct 18
California Cup #1 Registration now open!
California Cup #1 (Cal Classic) will take place online (Discord) on Saturday, November 13. We are using NAQT IS-206 for the Competitive+Standard divisions and NAQT IS-207A for the Novice division. Like last year, teams will pay for each tournament separately. Teams consist of up to six members. This will likely be the only Cal Cup tournament …
Oct 17
Results from ACF Fall College Mirror
Congratulations to Claremont Colleges Common Links for winning the (online) mirror of West Coast/Northwest ACF Fall! Thank you to all of the staff for your help. Stats/results are here
Oct 17
Results from ACF Fall HS Mirror
Congratulations to Mira Loma A for winning the 2021 ACF Fall HS mirror for California and Georgia Teams! Thank you to all of our staff for your help, to Oishee for her assistance with Zoom, and to Alistair for his help with scoresheets. Stats/results are here
Oct 07
Update on Sac HS Tournament
We have closed the field (for now) for the Oct 23 Sacramento HS tournament; however, we are letting all schools (Bay Area/out of state/middle schools/etc.) sign up for the waitlist. We will expand the field if we can get more staff. Register here
Sep 19
ACF Fall HS Mirror (Oct 17)
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance, in collaboration with Southern California Quiz Bowl and the Georgia Academic Team Association, is pleased to announce that the CA+GA high school site of 2021 ACF Fall will be held on Zoom on Sunday, October 17, 2021. This competition is open to all high schools in the states of California …
Sep 16
CA Fall Novice Tournament (Oct 30)
The California Fall Novice Tournament will take place online (Discord) on Saturday, October 30; we plan to use the SCOP Novice set for this event. All high schools from California are welcome to compete (middle school teams cannot compete– sorry!) We are using the same eligibility standards as last year (listed here). Ineligible high school students …