Dec 03

Updated Groger Rankings

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 #148 Churchill #152 Eriksen #166 Dublin #173 Valley Christian

The full list of 175 teams can be found here

Read more about Groger rankings here

Expect an announcement this week regarding Cal Cup #2.

Nov 19

Results from da Vinci MS Tournament

Congratulations to Churchill A for winning the Varsity Division and to Visions for winning the JV Division at the da Vinci Middle School Tournament! Thank you to all of our volunteers for your help and to Ms. Ballard/Ms. Wallace/da Vinci for hosting!
Stats/Results are here
Stay tuned for an announcement regarding the next Sacramento Middle School Tournament.

Nov 19

Results from Sunnyvale MS Tournament

Congratulations to the champions of yesterday’s middle school tournament at Stratford-Sunnyvale: Challenger-Almaden (varsity) and Stratford-Sunnyvale C (jv). Thanks to our hosts, Kelsey Berryman, Efren Caliva, and Adrienne Davies of Stratford-Sunnyvale, and to all the staff who made this tournament possible. We look forward to seeing everyone at Bay Area middle school tournaments in spring 2020! Results are here

Nov 11

Results from Cal Cup #1

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 like to congratulate Fremont Christian for qualifying for the 2020 Small School National Championship Tournament!

Stats/results can be found here

We are still working to confirm the dates/sites of the other Cal Cup tournaments; we will provide updates when they are ready. We ask that one representative from each school fill out this form regarding potential dates for the other Cal Cup tournaments (if you have not already done so).

We will be implementing a new system for registration starting with Cal Cup #2; we will provide details when registration opens.

Stratford-Sunnyvale is hosting a middle school competition on Sunday, November 17 and we are searching for more volunteers to help staff. If any of your team members are available to help please have them fill out this staff form.

Nov 11

Results from NorCal ACF Fall

Thanks to all those who came out to compete in ACF Fall! Berkeley B cleared the field with a single loss, earning the overall, UG, and DII titles.

Escobar won the High School Division.

College stats are here; High School stats are here.

Nov 11

Results from Davis Classic Tournament

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 22

Results from Bay Area Fall MS Tournament

Congratulations to Challenger-Almaden (varsity) and Stratford-Fremont A (JV), the champions of the 2019 Stratford-Fremont middle school tournament. Complete team and individual stats are available on naqt.com.

Our thanks to our host, John Fox of Stratford-Fremont, and to all the staff who made this tournament possible.

Oct 18

Results from Sacramento Fall HS Tournament

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

Third Annual Davis Classic Tournament (Oct 26)

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 PACE NSC (but not for NAQT HSNCT).
Registration will begin at 8:30AM and we plan to start round 1 at 9:00AM. All teams will play in one division; we will not have separate JV and Varsity divisions. We have a field cap of 12 teams.

Entry fee info is here (we increased the base fee but also increased the staffer discount)

Registration takes place via this Google form

Oct 14

November Middle School Tournaments

Registration is now open for the following two competitions.

1) The Sacramento November Middle School Tournament will take place on Saturday, November 16 at Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School in Sacramento. Entry fee details can be found here; registration takes place on the NAQT website here.

2) The Bay Area November Middle School Tournament will take place on Sunday, November 17 at Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School in Sunnyvale. Entry fee details can be found here; registration takes place on the NAQT website here.

(Yes, we are opening registration for Nov 17 prior to the completion of the Oct 19 Bay Area MS tournament).

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 #32); 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.