Dec 04
Cal Cup #2 is taking place on Saturday, January 18 at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. We expect to announce the date/location of Cal Cup #3 and #4 very soon. The field cap for CC2 is 18 for Competitive, 18 for Standard, and 20 for Novice. All teams, including package teams, must fill out …
Dec 03
The newly released Groger rankings of high school teams from around the country feature 18 teams from Northern California:#5 Saratoga #7 Mission San Jose #12 Stanford Online #37 Harker A #41 Davis #75 Homestead #82 Bellarmine #89 Mira Loma #101 Archbishop Mitty #102 Challenger-Almaden #110 Harker B #121 Dougherty Valley #129 Saint Francis #136 Monta Vista …
Nov 11
Congratulations to Escobar A for winning the Competitive Division, to Challenger-Almaden for winning the Standard Division, and to Lowell for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #1! This was our largest competition ever (77 teams)- many thanks go to the staff for their help and to Mr. Fleitas/Mr. Flowers/Bellarmine for hosting. We would also …
Nov 11
Congratulations to Mission San Jose for winning the Third Annual Davis Classic Tournament! Thank you to the staff for helping out and to the Skinner Family/Mr. Williams/Davis High for hosting! Stats/results are here Congratulations to “Fat Free Water: Starting at $20” for winning the always-entertaining Ethan Skinner-produced DESPACITO III: Tokyo Drift trash tournament at lunch.
Oct 18
Congratulations to Sagittarius B for winning the Varsity Division and to Davis D for winning the JV Division at the Sacramento Fall HS Tournament! As always, a big thanks goes to all of our staff for helping out and to Mr. Hansen/Churchill for hosting+getting rooms at the last minute. Stats/results are here.
Oct 16
The Third Annual Davis Classic Tournament is taking place on Saturday, October 26 (earlier this year) at Davis Senior High School.This competition is using the BLAST set; the questions are harder-level and are designed for experienced teams; teams that are new to quiz bowl should not play this event. This competition is a direct qualifier for …
Oct 14
Congratulations to Churchill A for winning the Varsity Division and to Churchill I for winning the JV Division at the Sac Fall MS Tournament! Thank you to all of our volunteers for your help, to Bellarmine for letting us borrow buzzers, and to Mr. Hansen/Churchill for hosting! Stats/results can be found here Churchill set a …
Oct 10
Welcome to the eighth season of California Cup! Like last year, all four Cal Cup competitions will feature three divisions: Competitive, Standard, and Novice. Teams that intend to play 3 or 4 of the Cal Cup tournaments are encouraged to purchase “the package” (play the tournaments for the price of 3). Only teams that purchase …
Oct 04
We plan to run the Sac HS Tournament on Sat, Oct 12 at Churchill Middle School in Carmichael. At this point, our opinion is that it is highly likely that the district will approve our request; if there is an issue then we will hear about it on Tuesday. Registration is now open for Sacramento-area …
Sep 27
The current plan is that the Sacramento Fall HS Tournament will take place on Saturday, October 12. The hope was that the competition would take place at Vista Del Lago HS in Folsom but today I determined that that would not be feasible. Thus, I am still in the process of confirming a host school; …