Jan 11
Congratulations to Davis A, which went undefeated to win the 2014 Sacramento Winter Tournament!
Complete team and individual statistics are here.
Thanks to:
-tournament director Nicholas Karas
-moderators Ashley Gonik and Joe Benapfl
-our hosts at Jesuit, Julia Yang and Timothy Caslin, for making this tournament possible.
I hope everyone will be able to join us for our next Sacramento-area event, hosted by Rio Americano on Sunday, March 2nd!
Dec 18
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Berkeley Quiz Bowl are pleased to announce that Berkeley will host the 2014 NAQT Northern California State Championship on Saturday, March 15, 2014.
Location: This tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. Details of which classroom building(s) will be posted closer to the date of the tournament.
Questions: We will be using NAQT Invitational Series IS #136. No computational math will be read.
The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2014 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, to be held May 31-June 1 near Chicago. In addition, the highest-finishing team that has not yet qualified for the HSNCT will qualify at this tournament (whether or not that team places in the top 15% of the state championship field).
Eligibility: All high schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event.
Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.
Fees:
Base fee: $80 per team
$10 discount: second or subsequent team from the same school
$10 discount per working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)
$20 discount per experienced moderator
$10 discount per scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)
$30 discount: new to quizbowl (played no pyramidal tournaments before October 1, 2013)
$20 discount: teams that travel 60 or more miles one-way (distance measured from your high school to UC Berkeley by Google Maps)
Payment will be taken at check-in on March 15th. Please make checks out to “Tanay Kothari.”
How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes (jeff.hoppes@gmail.com), on or before Monday, March 10th, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.
The UC Berkeley Quiz Bowl Club is a student group acting independently of the University of California. The student organization is the host of the 2014 NAQT Northern California State Championship and takes full responsibility for the guests.
Dec 15
Congratulations to Stratford Santa Clara A, who defeated Saint Andrew’s A 275-255 in a one-game final to win the 2013 Stratford Santa Clara Invitational!
Complete team and individual statistics are available here.
Thanks to our host, Bryan Martin of Stratford Santa Clara, and the rest of our staff team: Larissa Kelly, Matt Bruce, Stefanie Frazier, Hieu Nguyen, and Roshan Sathyanarayana.
Special thanks to Chris Fleitas of Bellarmine for the loan of two buzzer systems.
Nov 25
I am pleased to report that nine northern California teams are now ranked in the top 100 nationwide!
Congratulations to Bellarmine A (#31), Menlo (#35), Escobar (#38), Amador Valley (#54), Foothill (#59), Bellarmine B (#65), Davis (#75), Crystal Springs (#88), and Mira Loma (#96).
Nov 25
Congratulations to Bellarmine A (varsity) and Davis (JV), the champions of our second California Cup tournament! Complete statistics are here.
Bellarmine A, Escobar, Menlo, Bellarmine B, Amador Valley, and Crystal Springs qualified for NAQT’s High School National Championship Tournament (May 31-June 1, Chicago). Pacific Grove became the first California team to qualify for NAQT’s Small School National Championship Tournament (May 3-4, Minneapolis).
Nov 18
Congratulations to Mira Loma A, which defeated Davis A 425-205 in the second game of an advantaged final to win the 2013 Sacramento Fall Tournament!
Full standings:
1. Mira Loma A (7-1)
2. Davis A (6-2)
3. Moreau Catholic A (4-2)
4. Davis B (3-3)
5. Mira Loma C (2-4)
6. Mira Loma B (1-5)
7. Moreau Catholic B (0-6)
Julian Fuchs of Davis A was the leading individual scorer with 79.17 points per game.
Complete team and individual statistics are here.
My thanks to:
-TD Nicholas Karas
-Andrew Shibata from Berkeley for volunteering to moderate
-our hosts at Mira Loma, Scott Martinez and Claire August, who made this tournament possible
I hope to see everyone at Sacramento Winter on January 11th at Jesuit High in Carmichael!
Nov 11
Congratulations to Bellarmine A (varsity) and Amador Valley C (JV), the champions of this year’s first California Cup tournament!
Complete statistics are here; thanks to all of our moderators, and special thanks to Arcadia for making the trip up from southern California.
Nov 09
NCQBA and Jesuit High School are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Winter Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2014.
Location: This tournament will take place at Jesuit High School, 1200 Jacob Lane, Carmichael, California. Registration will begin at 9:30AM and we hope to start round 1 at 10:00AM. We will have a field cap of 12 teams.
Questions: This will be a mirror of the Ohio Fall Kickoff Tournament (FKT).
Eligibility: All high schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event.
Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.
Fees:
Base fee: $65 per team
-$10 second or subsequent team from the same school
-$15 schools playing their first quizbowl tournament
-$10 working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)
-$10 scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)
Payment will be taken at check-in on January 11. Please make checks out to Jeff Hoppes.
How to register: please contact the tournament director, Nicholas Karas (njsking (at) hotmail (dot) com), on or before Wednesday, January 8, 2014, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.
Nov 04
NCQBA and Mira Loma High School are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Fall Tournament will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013.
Location: This tournament will take place at Mira Loma High School, 4000 Edison Avenue, Sacramento, California. Check-in will begin at 9:30AM and we hope to start round 1 at 10:00AM. We will have a field cap of 12 teams.
Questions: We will be using NAQT Invitational Series #127A.
The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2014 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, to be held in Chicago on May 30-June 1, 2014.
Eligibility: All high schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event.
Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.
Fees:
Base fee: $65 per team
-$10 second or subsequent team from the same school
-$15 schools playing their first quizbowl tournament
-$10 working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)
-$10 scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)
Payment will be taken at check-in on November 16. Please make checks out to Jeff Hoppes.
How to register: please contact the tournament director, Nicholas Karas (njsking (at) hotmail (dot) com), on or before Wednesday, November 13, 2013, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.
Nov 04
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and the Stratford School are pleased to announce that Stratford will host its second annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Saturday, December 14, 2013.
Location: This tournament will take place at Stratford Schools Santa Clara, 890 Pomeroy Avenue, Santa Clara, California.
Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School Series #7. (For practice material similar to the questions we will use at the tournament, please consider the NAQT New Middle School Package and the 2013 Collaborative Middle School Tournament.)
The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2014 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament, to be held in Atlanta on May 10-11, 2014.
Eligibility: All middle schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event. This tournament is open to any players who have not yet completed 8th grade, though the questions are targeted at 7th and 8th graders.
Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.
Fees:
Base fee: $60 per team
-$10 second or subsequent team from the same school
-$10 working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)
-$20 experienced moderator
-$10 scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)
Payment will be taken at check-in on December 14th. Please make checks out to Jeff Hoppes.
How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes (jeff.hoppes@gmail.com), on or before Monday, December 9th, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.