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The '''New Trier Varsity''' is a high school tournament held each December since 2005 at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois. It typically attracts many of the top teams in Illinois.
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The '''Reinstein Varsity''' is a high school tournament held each December since 2005. From 2005 through 2019, it was held at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois and called the '''New Trier Varsity'''. It was not held in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. In 2021, New Trier put up too many obstacles to keep hosting it, so [[David Reinstein]] moved it to [[Barrington]].
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This tournament typically attracts many of the top teams in Illinois and a couple of top teams from outside Illinois. In 2010, the tournament split into two divisions so that the elite teams could play more matches against each other, with the top division being called the Über-Competitive Division. Since 2014, the Über-Competitive Division has been played on collegiate questions. The Standard Division, which is larger, continues to be played on high school questions, and it has used an NAQT A-Set since 2016.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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2012's NTV was the third consecutive year of mirroring GSAC, and the third consecutive year of splitting into Über-Competitive and Standard divisions. Likely due to the relatively late date of December 22, attendance was slightly depressed. In the Über-Competitive Division, [[Belvidere North|Belvidere North A]] defeated [[Detroit Catholic Central]] in the second game of a final in which they had been advantaged; in the Standard Division, a less-than-full-strength [[Carbondale]] beat a less-than-full-strength [[Wheaton North]] in a one-game cross-bracket final.
 
2012's NTV was the third consecutive year of mirroring GSAC, and the third consecutive year of splitting into Über-Competitive and Standard divisions. Likely due to the relatively late date of December 22, attendance was slightly depressed. In the Über-Competitive Division, [[Belvidere North|Belvidere North A]] defeated [[Detroit Catholic Central]] in the second game of a final in which they had been advantaged; in the Standard Division, a less-than-full-strength [[Carbondale]] beat a less-than-full-strength [[Wheaton North]] in a one-game cross-bracket final.
  
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The tournament continues to this day, though we no longer write a paragraph in the wiki every year.
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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| [[Carbondale|Carbondale A]]
 
| [[Carbondale|Carbondale A]]
 
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| 2010 ("ADVANTAGE") [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_NTV_ADVANTAGE/2010_NTV_uber_playoffs2_standings.php Über-Competitive Division]**
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| 2010 ("ADVANTAGE") [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3061/stats/uber-competitive_combined/ Über-Competitive Division]**
 
| 24
 
| 24
 
| [[GSAC]]
 
| [[GSAC]]
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| [[IMSA]]
 
| [[IMSA]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| 2010 ("ADVANTAGE") [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_NTV_ADVANTAGE/2010_NTV_standard_playoffs_standings.php Standard Division]
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| 2010 ("ADVANTAGE") [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/647/stats/full/ Standard Division]
 
| 24
 
| 24
 
| [[GSAC]]
 
| [[GSAC]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, IL)|Auburn C]]
 
| [[Auburn (Rockford, IL)|Auburn C]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| 2011 ("ELEGANT") [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2011_NTV_ELEGANT/2011_NTV_ELEGANT_Uber_playoff_standings.php Über-Competitive Division]
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| 2011 ("ELEGANT") [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3009/stats/uber-competitive_combined/ Über-Competitive Division]
 
| 24
 
| 24
 
| [[GSAC]]
 
| [[GSAC]]
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| [[Seven Lakes]]
 
| [[Seven Lakes]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| 2011 ("ELEGANT") [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2011_NTV_ELEGANT/2011_NTV_ELEGANT_Standard_playoff_standings.php Standard Division]
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| 2011 ("ELEGANT") [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3009/stats/standard_combined/ Standard Division]
 
| 30
 
| 30
 
| [[GSAC]]
 
| [[GSAC]]
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| [[Oak Park-River Forest]]
 
| [[Oak Park-River Forest]]
 
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| 2012 ("INTENSE") [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2012_NTV_INTENSE/2012_NTV_Uber_playoff_standings.php Über-Competitive Division]
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| 2012 ("INTENSE") [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2995/stats/uber-competitive_combined/ Über-Competitive Division]
 
| 16
 
| 16
 
| [[GSAC]]
 
| [[GSAC]]
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| [[Stevenson|Stevenson A]]
 
| [[Stevenson|Stevenson A]]
 
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|-  
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| 2012 ("INTENSE") [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2012_NTV_INTENSE/2012_NTV_Standard_playoff_standings.php Standard Division]
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| 2012 ("INTENSE") [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2995/stats/standard_combined/ Standard Division]
 
| 36
 
| 36
 
| [[GSAC]]
 
| [[GSAC]]
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| [[St. Viator|St. Viator A]]
 
| [[St. Viator|St. Viator A]]
 
| [[Keith Country Day]]
 
| [[Keith Country Day]]
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|-
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| 2013 ("MENTALIST") Über-Competitive Division
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| 24
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| [[GSAC]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]] A
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| [[IMSA]]
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| [[Stevenson]]
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| [[Northmont]]
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|-
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| 2013 ("MENTALIST") Standard Division
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| 36
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| [[GSAC]]
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| [[Latin]]
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| [[Wheaton Warrenville South]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]] C
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| [[Kaneland]]
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|-
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| 2014 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2793/stats/uber_div_complete/ Über-Competitive Division]
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| 14
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| [[DEES]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]]
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| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| [[Northmont]]
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| [[Hinsdale Central]]
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|-
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| 2014 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2793/stats/standard_div_combined/ Standard Division]
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| 42
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| [[HSAPQ]]
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| [[Latin]]
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| [[Oak Park-River Forest]]
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| [[Homewood-Flossmoor]] & Williams
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|-
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| 2015 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3498/stats/uber-competitive_complete/ Über-Competitive Division]
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| 8
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| [[Missouri Open]]
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| [[Hinsdale Central]]
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| [[Barrington|Horse]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]]
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| [[Stevenson]] A
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|-
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| 2015 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3498/stats/standard_division_complete/ Standard Division]
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| 48
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| [[SMART]]
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| [[Macomb|Specters of Europe]]
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| [[Latin]]
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| [[Stevenson]] B
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| [[Wheaton Warrenville South]]
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|-
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| 2016 [https://neg5.org:3000/t/SyoC94fNe/stats Über-Competitive Division]
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| 12
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| [[Terrapin XXIX]]
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| [[Naperville North]]
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| [[Barrington]]
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| [[Chattahoochee|Chattahoochee A]]
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| [[Stevenson]] A
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|-
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| 2016 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/7874 Standard Division]
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| 48
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| [[NAQT]] IS-161A
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| [[Loyola]]
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| [[Carmel]]
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| [[Fremd]] B
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| [[Lyons]]
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| 2017 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/8796 Über-Competitive Division]
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| 8
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| [[WAO II]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn A]]
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| [[Miami Valley School|Miami Valley]]
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| [[Latin School (IL)|Latin A]]
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| [[St. Joseph (IN)|St. Joseph]]
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| 2017 [hhttps://www.naqt.com/go/stats/8796 Standard Division]
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| 28
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| [[NAQT]] IS-171A
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| [[Palatine|Palatine A]]
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| [[Fremd|Fremd B]]
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| [[Evanston]]
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| [[Latin School (IL)|Latin C]]
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| 2018 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/9857 Über-Competitive Division]
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| 10
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| [[Sun God]]
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| [[University of Illinois Lab]]
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| [[Chattahoochee]]
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| [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn A]]
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| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|-
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| 2018 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/9857 Standard Division]
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| 46
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| [[NAQT]] IS-180A
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| [[Oak Park-River Forest]]
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| [[Fremd|Fremd A]]
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| [[Evanston|Evanston A]]
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| [[Latin School (IL)|Latin B]]
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|-
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| 2019 [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5896/stats/uber_-_all_games/ Über-Competitive Division]
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| 10
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| [[Penn Bowl]]
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| [[Stevenson]]
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| [[Miami Valley]]
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| [[Chattahoochee]]
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| [[University of Illinois Lab]]
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| 2019 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/10735 Standard Division]
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| 38
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| [[NAQT]] IS-189A
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| Chicago Christian
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| Palatine
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| Evanston
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| Latin
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|-
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| 2021 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/12721 Über-Competitive Division]
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| 16
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| [[ARCADIA]]
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| [[Carmel|Carmel A]] and [[Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove A]] (co-champions)
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|
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| [[Barrington|Barrington A]]
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| [[Chattahoochee|Chattahoochee A]]
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|-
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| 2021 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/12721#17518 Standard Division]
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| 36
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| [[NAQT]] IS-207A
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| [[Timothy Christian]]
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| [[Springfield]]
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| [[Maine East]]
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| [[Carl Sandburg|Carl Sandburg A]]
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|-
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| 2022 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/13422 Über-Competitive Division]
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| 16
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| [[C++]]
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| [[Barrington|Barrington A]]
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| [[Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove A]]
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| [[Chattahoochee|Chattahoochee A]]
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| [[Fremd|William Fremd A]]
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|-
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| 2022 [https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/13422#18695 Standard Division]
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| 54
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| [[NAQT]] IS-216A
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| [[Timothy Christian]]
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| [[Springfield]]
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| [[Walter Payton|Walter Payton College Prep A]]
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| [[Evanston|Evanston A]]
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|-
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| 2023 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14684 Über-Competitive Division]
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| 24
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| [[ILLIAC II]]
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| [[Barrington|Barrington A]]
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| [[Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove A]]
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| [[Innovation|Innovation Academy A]]
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| [[Fremd|William Fremd A]]
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|-
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| 2023 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14684#20658 Standard Division]
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| 47
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| [[NAQT]] IS-225A
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| [[Springfield]]
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| [[Belvidere]]
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| [[Carbondale]]
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| [[Lisle]]
 
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<nowiki>**</nowiki>This is the first recorded use of the phrase "Über-Competitive Division"
  
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]

Latest revision as of 08:05, 19 December 2023

The Reinstein Varsity is a high school tournament held each December since 2005. From 2005 through 2019, it was held at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois and called the New Trier Varsity. It was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, New Trier put up too many obstacles to keep hosting it, so David Reinstein moved it to Barrington.

This tournament typically attracts many of the top teams in Illinois and a couple of top teams from outside Illinois. In 2010, the tournament split into two divisions so that the elite teams could play more matches against each other, with the top division being called the Über-Competitive Division. Since 2014, the Über-Competitive Division has been played on collegiate questions. The Standard Division, which is larger, continues to be played on high school questions, and it has used an NAQT A-Set since 2016.

History

In Spring 2005, student Nick Matchen asked Coach David Reinstein if the New Trier students could host a tournament. Reinstein said they could do it as long as they found good questions in Illinois Scholastic Bowl format. Nick and his friend Carlo Angiuli decided the best way to do that would be to write their own questions. Most of the questions were written during Fall 2005, the junior years of Nick and Carlo, with help from some of the seniors on that year's team.

Twenty teams attended the first tournament. The tournament used power pairings like the Scobol Solo, but due to the small number of teams and some logistical errors by Reinstein, there were too many repeat matches. In the Championship, Bloomington, featuring Kristina Warren and Hunter Fast, won a close upset against a very strong Auburn team featuring Tyler Kerr and Colleen Powers. A discussion during lunch of the tournament led to the formation of Aegis Questions, who would write the questions for the tournament in future years.

The second tournament, in 2006, followed a standard format of round robin brackets followed by single elimination in the afternoon. For the second year in a row, Bloomington won a close Championship Match. This time, they beat Oak Park-River Forest in the Final after OPRF had qualified for the afternoon as the 8th seed.

The third tournament, in 2007, returned to power matching and, for the first time, featured ACF style bonuses. There was rough weather the day of the tournament, forcing Bloomington and IMSA to cancel and the tournament to get off to an uneven start. Everything worked out OK in the end, however. In the Championship, Wheaton North continued its undefeated season by defeating Auburn. Wheaton North had finished in 3rd Place the first two years.

The 2008 New Trier Varsity was written mostly by '08 alumnus Jonah Greenthal and Reinstein with some contributions from New Trier alumni and players, Illinois ABT members, and Jeff Price and was edited by Greenthal. It essentially used ACF format except for the presence of computational math tossups and bonuses which were handled as usual in Illinois, and for the fact that bonus parts rebounded. Auburn went undefeated in the 32-team power-matching morning, then lost to only Loyola in the afternoon. Based on overall records, Auburn won the tournament and Loyola collected second place; Carbondale was third and Stevenson fourth, with Maine South as the consolation champion.

New Trier Varsity 2009 featured the long-awaited elimination of computational math, as part of a move to a near-ACF distribution. It was once again edited by Jonah Greenthal, assisted by Reinstein, Matt Laird, and Dan Donohue, among others. It was won by Auburn A in the second game of a final in which they had the disadvantage against St. Ignatius. The top scorer was Andrew Deveau.

The 2010 tournament was a mirror of GSAC, which that year was edited by J.R. Roach and Tommy Casalaspi. There were 24 teams from 4 states in the “Über-Competitive” division, and 24 teams in the “Standard” division. In the former, Auburn A won over Stevenson; in the latter, Keith Country Day A won over Fenton.

In 2011, the tournament again mirrored GSAC and again split into an Über-Competitive Division and a Standard Division. The Über-Competitive Division featured 24 teams from 6 states, and was won by IMSA A clearing the field; Auburn A got second place. In the Standard Division, Barrington earned first place over St. Viator A.

2012's NTV was the third consecutive year of mirroring GSAC, and the third consecutive year of splitting into Über-Competitive and Standard divisions. Likely due to the relatively late date of December 22, attendance was slightly depressed. In the Über-Competitive Division, Belvidere North A defeated Detroit Catholic Central in the second game of a final in which they had been advantaged; in the Standard Division, a less-than-full-strength Carbondale beat a less-than-full-strength Wheaton North in a one-game cross-bracket final.

The tournament continues to this day, though we no longer write a paragraph in the wiki every year.

Results

Year # of Teams Set Champion Second Third Fourth
2005 20 housewrite Bloomington Auburn Wheaton North Loyola
2006 36 by Aegis Questions Bloomington Oak Park-River Forest Wheaton North Carbondale
2007 32* by Aegis Questions Wheaton North Auburn Maine South Loyola
2008 32 housewrite Auburn A Loyola A Carbondale Stevenson
2009 ("ANTACID") 48 housewrite Auburn A St. Ignatius Oak Park-River Forest Carbondale A
2010 ("ADVANTAGE") Über-Competitive Division** 24 GSAC Auburn A Stevenson A DCC A IMSA
2010 ("ADVANTAGE") Standard Division 24 GSAC Keith Country Day A Fenton PORTA Auburn C
2011 ("ELEGANT") Über-Competitive Division 24 GSAC IMSA A Auburn A Dorman Seven Lakes
2011 ("ELEGANT") Standard Division 30 GSAC Barrington St. Viator A Fenton Oak Park-River Forest
2012 ("INTENSE") Über-Competitive Division 16 GSAC Belvidere North A Detroit Catholic Central Loyola Academy A Stevenson A
2012 ("INTENSE") Standard Division 36 GSAC Carbondale Wheaton North St. Viator A Keith Country Day
2013 ("MENTALIST") Über-Competitive Division 24 GSAC Auburn A IMSA Stevenson Northmont
2013 ("MENTALIST") Standard Division 36 GSAC Latin Wheaton Warrenville South Auburn C Kaneland
2014 Über-Competitive Division 14 DEES Auburn Detroit Catholic Central Northmont Hinsdale Central
2014 Standard Division 42 HSAPQ Latin Oak Park-River Forest Homewood-Flossmoor & Williams
2015 Über-Competitive Division 8 Missouri Open Hinsdale Central Horse Auburn Stevenson A
2015 Standard Division 48 SMART Specters of Europe Latin Stevenson B Wheaton Warrenville South
2016 Über-Competitive Division 12 Terrapin XXIX Naperville North Barrington Chattahoochee A Stevenson A
2016 Standard Division 48 NAQT IS-161A Loyola Carmel Fremd B Lyons
2017 Über-Competitive Division 8 WAO II Auburn A Miami Valley Latin A St. Joseph
2017 [hhttps://www.naqt.com/go/stats/8796 Standard Division] 28 NAQT IS-171A Palatine A Fremd B Evanston Latin C
2018 Über-Competitive Division 10 Sun God University of Illinois Lab Chattahoochee Auburn A Detroit Catholic Central
2018 Standard Division 46 NAQT IS-180A Oak Park-River Forest Fremd A Evanston A Latin B
2019 Über-Competitive Division 10 Penn Bowl Stevenson Miami Valley Chattahoochee University of Illinois Lab
2019 Standard Division 38 NAQT IS-189A Chicago Christian Palatine Evanston Latin
2021 Über-Competitive Division 16 ARCADIA Carmel A and Buffalo Grove A (co-champions) Barrington A Chattahoochee A
2021 Standard Division 36 NAQT IS-207A Timothy Christian Springfield Maine East Carl Sandburg A
2022 Über-Competitive Division 16 C++ Barrington A Buffalo Grove A Chattahoochee A William Fremd A
2022 Standard Division 54 NAQT IS-216A Timothy Christian Springfield Walter Payton College Prep A Evanston A
2023 Über-Competitive Division 24 ILLIAC II Barrington A Buffalo Grove A Innovation Academy A William Fremd A
2023 Standard Division 47 NAQT IS-225A Springfield Belvidere Carbondale Lisle

*In 2007, there was a separate B Team division with 6 teams won by Loyola

**This is the first recorded use of the phrase "Über-Competitive Division"

The 2020 tournament was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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