New Trier

From QBWiki
Revision as of 11:38, 23 April 2012 by Fred Morlan (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
New Trier Trevians
Trevianhelmet.jpg
Location:
Winnetka, Illinois
Coaches Carolyn Gerhardt, Benjamin Yang, & Martin Funk
State Championships 2007 IHSA, 2007 NAQT
Program Status Unknown
School Size Unknown
NAQT Page link

New Trier High School is a public high school in Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. It competes in pretty much all of the mACF tournaments near Chicago, a national tournament each year, the Central Suburban League, Masonic, and IHSA Class AA (the "large school" division). The team is often stylized as the "New Trier High School Happy Buzzer Squadron". Past coaches include David Dickman (who started the team during the 1980s), Terry Witt, Michelle Shade (nee Karlin), Erin Weller, and David Reinstein. Reinstein coached the team from 1994-2011, during which time the team won over 1000 matches. In 2010 and 2011, New Trier was considered approximately the 10th best team in Illinois, and it generally was among the top five in Illinois for the fifteen years before that.

The invitationals New Trier typically attends are Northwestern Novice, Earlybird, Scobol Solo, SCOP Novice, Loyburn, IHSSBCA Kickoff, Rockford Auburn Harvard Fall Tournament mirror, New Trier Varsity, IMSAnity, Ultima, Huskie Bowl, Belvidere North Stampede, NAQT Illinois State Tournament, and ATROPHY.

Tournament Hosting

2005 saw the start of the New Trier Varsity, whose questions were written by Carlo Angiuli and Nick Matchen, two juniors on that year's team. The 2006 tournament was written by Aegis Questions, the official company started by Carlo and Nick along with others, most notably Loyola's Matt Laird. In 2007, Aegis again provided the questions, and the rules were modified to better fit mACF rather than Illinois Scholastic Bowl Format. In 2008, Aegis stopped providing questions to the tournament that had led to its own creation in order to focus on the Masonic series, but Aegis folded a month later. The 2008 tournament was thrown together in the last month mostly by Jonah Greenthal and David Reinstein. For 2009, Jonah recruited several writers who put together a solid housewrite that was mirrored by UCLA. Since 2010 the tournament has been a mirror of GSAC and has included a house team; in roughly the same time period, it has attracted many of the strongest teams from all around the country.

Since 2001, New Trier has hosted the Scobol Solo, which has always taken place in November but will take place in October in 2011. The questions are written by David Reinstein, who has received an increasing amount of help over the years, and it has annually attracted over 100 of the top players in the state (and occasionally some from outside of Illinois). Some consider it "the unofficial individual state championship." The tournament is Tossup Only and is power matched, guaranteeing students seven matches. Starting in 2010, the tournament uses a computer program written by Jonah Greenthal that instantly posts results.

Noted Team Accomplishments

The 2007 IHSA State Champions at the IHSSBCA Awards Dinner: Coach David Reinstein, Robert Sido, Sohaib Qadri, Carlo Angiuli, Nick Matchen, Jonah Greenthal. This is the only known photo showing Nick Matchen without a hat. Not pictured: Jeff Hirschey.
  • CSL Frosh-Soph Season Champions (12): 1994-97, 2000-04, 06-08
  • CSL Frosh-Soph Tournament Champions (9): 1995-96, 98-2001, 03, 06-07
  • CSL Varsity Season Champions (12): 1995, 97, 99-2003, 07-11
  • CSL Varsity Tournament Champions (10): 1995, 99, 02-03, 05, 07-11
  • IHSA Regional Titles (14): 1997-2000, 2002-10, 2012
  • IHSA Sectional Titles (11): 1990, 1995, 1997-99, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2010, 2012
  • IHSA Championship Tournament Champions: 2007
  • IHSA Championship Tournament Runner-Up: 1995
  • IHSA Championship Tournament Third Place: 1999, 2002, 2003
  • NAQT Illinois State Tournament: 2007
  • Midwest Championship: 2007

New Trier has qualified for the second day championship rounds almost every time it has entered a national tournament, namely the 2004 and 2007 PACE NSCs, and the 2005-10 NAQT HSNCTs. At the 2009 PACE NSC, the team ended up in the second tier after a close loss to Chaska, and the team finished lower at the 2011 NSC.

IHSSBCA Individual Awards

The following were honored by the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association (IHSSBCA) for outstanding play through their All-Sectional/All-State Program. Each sectional comprises roughly 24 geographically concentrated teams, and thus roughly 125 starting players. Through the 2006-07 season, the top ten players were recognized in each sectional,(starting with 2007-08, the number was raised to 15) with teams restricted to no more than two nominations (three nominations starting in 2007-08). There are twenty All-State awards given each year (10 First Team, 10 Second Team) in each of Illinois' two classes.

All-Sectional Honorees

All-State Honorees

Playing for Team Illinois

Players

Team Captains

External Links

IHSA State Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Fremd
2007
Auburn
Illinois NAQT State Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Stevenson
2007
Auburn
Retrieved from "https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=New_Trier&oldid=13289"