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North Kansas City (MO)
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Location:
North Kansas City, MO
Coaches Randy Jackson
State Championships 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008 MSHSAA; 2008, 2009 NAQT
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

North Kansas City High School, also known as NKC or Northtown, is a suburban public school in North Kansas City. Its quizbowl team has been active since the 1980s in local, regional, and national tournaments. Under longtime coach Larry Allen, the team won the MSHSAA Class 4 State Championship six times, in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, and 2008, as well as the first two NAQT Missouri Qualifiers. The team holds a number of MSHSAA records and has seen national success, finishing 6th at the 1999 PACE NSC, 5th at the 1999 NAQT HSNCT, 13th at the 2007 NAQT HSNCT, and 5th at the 2008 PACE NSC.

Randy Jackson assumed coaching duties following Allen's retirement after the 2010 season.

Alumni

Tournament Hosting

This section needs some improvement by someone who knows more about the history of NKC...

North Kansas City has hosted many tournaments over the years in varying formats. Its Varsity invitational tournament sometimes included elements of the Panasonic Academic Challenge as Larry Allen was the longtime sponsor of the Missouri team.

On November 17, 2007, NKC hosted a Junior Varsity tournament that had 22 teams and which was won by Park Hill South HS. It is noted for the circulation of its questions to college players for amusement.

On December 8th, 2007, NKC, in an attempt to expand pyramidal questions in Missouri, tried hosting an NAQT tournament on set 69A. After a large number of dropouts within the month before the tournament, 3 teams did not show up. With only 4 teams there was a round robin, and then Lexington decided to leave after the third game, so everyone decided to just play an advantaged final and end early. Liberty (MO), going undefeated in the prelims, won the final against Savannah. Stats

NKC hosted a mirror of the Fall Novice Tournament on November 7, 2009, won by Liberty.

The 2010 iteration of the varsity tournament was held on January 16, 2010 and was in the tossup/bonus format, written by Mike Wehrman. The questions for this tournament got significantly more difficult in the playoffs, ending with a Savannah 120, Cameron 100 final.

The 2011 iteration of the varsity tournament was held on February 26, 2011 using HSAPQ Tournament 16, and was the first NKC tournament to be certified by the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance. The field significantly shrunk the morning of the tournament due to icy weather, which also precluded tournament director Charlie Dees' attendance, so MOQBA president Jeffrey Hill assisted coach Randy Jackson with the eight team tournament. Park Hill South went undefeated to win the tournament.


MSHSAA Class 4 State Champion
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1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2007, 2008
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NAQT Missouri Champion
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2008, 2009
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