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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Cedar Crest High School<br />
|image = <br />
|citystate = Lebanon, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Shane Thomas<br />
|clubpresident = Ford Starks<br />
|currectcaptain = Danny Peelen<br />
|state = 2023<br />
|nats = none<br />
|nats appearances = [[2014 HSNCT]], [[2015 HSNCT]], [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = 2082<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Cedar Crest''' High School is a public school in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. They compete in the [[Lancaster-Lebanon League]].<br />
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==Notable Results==<br />
===Tournament Finishes===<br />
*2nd Place, Manheim Township Winter Invitational, 2015<br />
*T-77th, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
===Lancaster-Lebanon League===<br />
*Champion, 2002<br />
*Runner-up, 2012<br />
[[Category: High school teams]]<br />
[[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Greater_Pennsylvania_Quizbowl_Resource&diff=61346Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource2023-06-07T03:29:00Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Pic|Image = GPQB_Logo.png<br />
|Caption = Official Logo for the [//gpqb.wordpress.com/ Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]<br />
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The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. Founded in July 2014, it was previously known as '''Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource''' until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in June 2015.<br />
<br />
==Purpose==<br />
The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]], as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.<br />
<br />
==Question Writing==<br />
The members of the site organized and edited the [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1871/ 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative], a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.<br />
<br />
==Awards==<br />
The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players cannot win the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.<br />
<br />
===Past Winners===<br />
{| border="3" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Player of the Year<br />
! JV Player of the Year<br />
! Coach of the Year<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| [[Ryan Bilger]], [[Emmaus|Emmaus High School]]<br />
| [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| Missy Doll, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy<br />
| [[Sam Scarfone]], [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School<br />
| [[Vijay Anne]], [[Henderson|Henderson High School]]<br />
| Andrew Gianelli, [[Camp Hill|Camp Hill High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| [[Connor Mayers]], [[Penn Manor|Penn Manor High School]]<br />
| Abbi Smith, [[Friends Select|Friends Select School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Will Yaeger]], [[Hempfield| Hempfield High School]] <br />
| [[Albert Zhang]], [[State College| State College High School]]<br />
| Steve Sobieck, [[Henderson| Henderson High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| Will Steger, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Shan Hogan, [[Carver HSES|Carver Engineering & Science]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020-21<br />
| Anish Kodali, [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Danny Peelen, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
| Elissa Manlove, [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-22<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Jacob Paciello, [[South Side|South Side High School]]<br />
| Shane Thomas, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2022-23<br />
| Danny Peelen, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
| Ryan Smith, [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| Todd Gunther, [[Berwick|Berwick High School]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Poll==<br />
<br />
The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.<br />
<br />
Because there is no [[NAQT]] or official pyramidal state championship (the only official state tournament held is the [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]]), which despite improvements over the past few years still has some drawbacks in its format) the poll has served as a ''de facto'' state title for performance on pyramidal questions.<br />
<br />
===Past Results===<br />
{| border="2" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Fifth<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Delaware Valley]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
| [[Great Valley]]<br />
| [[West Chester Henderson|Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020-21<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-22<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Cedar Crest]]<br />
| [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
| [[Wissahickon]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2022-23<br />
| [[Cedar Crest]]<br />
| [[Wissahickon]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Great Valley]]<br />
| [[Carlisle]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/ Link to the GPQB Website]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/656320281165140/?fref=nf GPQB on Facebook]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/paquizbowl GPQB on Twitter]<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]][[Category:Internet]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Greater_Pennsylvania_Quizbowl_Resource&diff=61051Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource2023-05-22T22:16:22Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Pic|Image = GPQB_Logo.png<br />
|Caption = Official Logo for the [//gpqb.wordpress.com/ Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. Founded in July 2014, it was previously known as '''Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource''' until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in June 2015.<br />
<br />
==Purpose==<br />
The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]], as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.<br />
<br />
==Question Writing==<br />
The members of the site organized and edited the [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1871/ 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative], a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.<br />
<br />
==Awards==<br />
The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players cannot win the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.<br />
<br />
===Past Winners===<br />
{| border="3" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Player of the Year<br />
! JV Player of the Year<br />
! Coach of the Year<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| [[Ryan Bilger]], [[Emmaus|Emmaus High School]]<br />
| [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| Missy Doll, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy<br />
| [[Sam Scarfone]], [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School<br />
| [[Vijay Anne]], [[Henderson|Henderson High School]]<br />
| Andrew Gianelli, [[Camp Hill|Camp Hill High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| [[Connor Mayers]], [[Penn Manor|Penn Manor High School]]<br />
| Abbi Smith, [[Friends Select|Friends Select School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Will Yaeger]], [[Hempfield| Hempfield High School]] <br />
| [[Albert Zhang]], [[State College| State College High School]]<br />
| Steve Sobieck, [[Henderson| Henderson High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| Will Steger, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Shan Hogan, [[Carver HSES|Carver Engineering & Science]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020-21<br />
| Anish Kodali, [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Danny Peelen, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
| Elissa Manlove, [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-22<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Jacob Paciello, [[South Side|South Side High School]]<br />
| Shane Thomas, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2022-23<br />
| Danny Peelen, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
| Ryan Smith, [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| Todd Gunther, [[Berwick|Berwick High School]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Poll==<br />
<br />
The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.<br />
<br />
Because there is no [[NAQT]] or official pyramidal state championship (the only official state tournament held is the [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]]), which despite improvements over the past few years still has some drawbacks in its format) the poll has served as a ''de facto'' state title for performance on pyramidal questions.<br />
<br />
===Past Results===<br />
{| border="2" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Fifth<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Delaware Valley]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
| [[Great Valley]]<br />
| [[West Chester Henderson|Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020-21<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-22<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Cedar Crest]]<br />
| [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
| [[Wissahickon]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/ Link to the GPQB Website]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/656320281165140/?fref=nf GPQB on Facebook]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/paquizbowl GPQB on Twitter]<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]][[Category:Internet]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Manheim_Township&diff=61050Manheim Township2023-05-22T22:14:03Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Manheim Township High School<br />
|image = Manheim.gif<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Missy Doll<br />
|state = [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|1998 PSAC]],[[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|1999 PSAC]],[[GPQB| 2016 GPQB Poll]], [[GPQB| 2020 GPQB Poll]], [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|2022 PSAC]]<br />
|nats = [[2000 NAC]]<br />
|nats appearances = HSNCT: [[2013 HSNCT|2013]], [[2014 HSNCT|2014]], [[2015 HSNCT|2015]], [[2016 HSNCT|2016]], [[2017 HSNCT|2017]], [[2018 HSNCT|2018]], [[2019 HSNCT|2019]], [[2021 HSNCT|2021]]<br />
NSC: [[2013 NSC|2013]], [[2014 NSC|2014]], [[2015 NSC|2015]], [[2016 NSC|2016]], [[2018 NSC|2018]]<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = 1778<br />
| }}<br />
'''Manheim Township''' High School is a high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They host the annual [[Manheim Township Academic Challenge]] and [[Manheim Township Middle School Academic Challenge]]. <br />
==Team History==<br />
The Manheim Township Quiz Bowl team first began to emerge as a regional powerhouse under [[Anne Clouser]], during which successful students such as [[Brad Rutter]] and [[Jeff Hoppes]] were members of the team. Some time after her retirement, Adrian Klopp became the coach and led the team to moderate success at [[NAC]]. Starting with the 2010-2011 season, Missy Doll and Chris Manning became the team's co-coaches. They won the local quiz-show Brainbusters in their 2011-2012 season, and in 2012-2013, encouraged their league to switch to [[NAQT]] questions from [[Questions Unlimited]]. They have stopped attending the [[NAC]], and they made their first appearances at [[HSNCT]] and [[NSC]] in 2013. Manheim Township tied for 13th at the [[2016 HSNCT]]. <br />
<br />
==Notable Accomplishments==<br />
*T-13th place, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
*1st place, [[BATE]] (2016)<br />
*1st place, [[NAQT Western Pennsylvania Championship]], (2015)<br />
*1st and 2nd place, [[Blue Hen]] XVI (2014)<br />
*2nd and 3rd place, [[NAQT Western Pennsylvania Championship]], (2014)<br />
*3rd, 4th, 6th, and 8th place, [[Mellon Bowl]] XI (2013)<br />
*1st, 6th and 7th place, [[Blue Hen]] XV (2013)<br />
*2nd place, [[SAGACITY]] VIII (2012)<br />
*2012 [[Brainbusters]] Champion<br />
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* Ranked #1 in [[Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]] end of season poll, 2015-16<br />
<br />
==Noted Alumni==<br />
*[[Jeff Hoppes]]<br />
*[[Andrew Nadig]]<br />
*[[Brad Rutter]] - [[Jeopardy!]] champion and all-time game show winnings leader.<br />
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==Succession of titles==<br />
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==Succession of minor titles==<br />
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAC]]<br />
|year = [[2000 NAC|2000]]<br />
|previous = [[1999 James Island|James Island]]<br />
|next = [[2001 Irmo|Irmo]]<br />
| }}<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://mtquizbowl.net Manheim Township Quiz Bowl]<br />
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[[Category: High school teams]]<br />
[[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]<br />
[[Category: NAC championship teams]]<br />
[[Category: Manheim Township]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:Stubs]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_State_Academic_Competition&diff=60645Pennsylvania State Academic Competition2023-05-09T15:07:08Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''Pennsylvania State Academic Competition''' is a [[quizbowl]] tournament held each year around May in Harrisburg, in the state House of Representatives and Senate Chambers. Each year's top three competing teams are awarded scholarships. It is run by the [http://www.cciu.org/ Chester County Intermediate Unit].<br />
<br />
The competition is televised live by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) and rebroadcast throughout the year.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The Pennsylvania State Academic Competition (PSAC) was started in 1992 by Pennsylvania Representative Joseph Pitts. The first year contained 12 qualifying schools but has since been expanded to one school for each of Pennsylvania's 29 "intermediate units". For several years, the winning team received a scholarship to the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]], and its format is loosely based on PAC. Most years, the field is around 24 teams. <br />
<br />
==Format==<br />
Three teams compete head-to-head in each game in the tournament. The game is broken into two tossup rounds made up of 10 questions each, and two "fanfare" rounds where each table is given a series of 6 questions. Tossup rounds allow conferring before a team buzzes in, and give the team up to 15 seconds after the entire question is read to come up with an answer. One buzzer is supplied to each player. Fanfare rounds are 60 second timed affairs. Each team gets one fanfare per round. Prior to the adoption of simultaneous fanfares on a whiteboard, this could result in widely varying swings in difficulty between the fanfares given to different teams. This concern has subsided after the adoption of single fanfares for a round answered by all teams as of the 2019 competition. Fanfare questions are asked in rapid succession and once a team passes on a question, they are not permitted to go back to answer it. <br />
<br />
The day's preliminary matches are followed by 3 semi-finals and final match for the top 9 and 3 teams respectively. The semi-final round was introduced at some point between 1999 and 2007. Prior to that time each team played two preliminary matches; of the teams which won both preliminary matches, the three teams with the highest points per game were selected to play in the final match. The preliminary matches are currently randomly assigned, which can lead to wildly imbalanced schedules.<br />
<br />
During the 2021 competition, after a lobbying effort led by coach Bern McCauley of [[Great Valley]], the competition adopted a two team format for its online competition that year (due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) It is not clear if this will continue or the competition will return to three teams for the upcoming season.<br />
<br />
==Qualifying and Costs==<br />
''Main article:[[Pennsylvania Regional Academic Competitions]]''<br />
<br />
Qualifying teams, usually the winners of local championships, are chosen by the various intermediate units. In addition, the previous year's champion receives an automatic bid to attend the tournament.<br />
<br />
The top three competing teams are each awarded scholarships. The winner receives 2,000 dollars, while the runners-up receive 500. There is no charge for participating teams, but hotel costs are only partially subsidized, and travel costs are the responsibility of each district.<br />
<br />
==Questions==<br />
Up until 2016, PSAC used house-written questions, some of which were recycled from year-to-year and from the CCIU tournaments. In 2016, after fielding many complaints about the questions, PSAC switched to the [[NAQT]] state championship set for tossups and a mix of NAQT and CCIU-written fanfare questions. <br />
<br />
Sample old questions included:<br />
<br />
Q. Written by Stephen Crane, this novel depicts the civil war by describing an individual soldier's reactions, fears, cowardice and courage in the battle zone. What is the name of Crane's novel?<br />
A. "The Red Badge of Courage"<br />
<br />
Q. In 1963, representatives from thirty African nations met in Addis Adaba, capital of Ethiopia, and signed a charter establishing the O.A.U.. What do the letters O.A.U. stand for?<br />
A. Organization of African Unity<br />
<br />
Q. This German physiologist was noted for his work with digestion; however, he is better known for stating the theory that all animals are made up of cells. Name him.<br />
A. Theodor Schwann<br />
<br />
Q. In 1953 Congress pass a legislative act which extended the U.S. government's guarantee to protect the rights of workers to organize or join labor unions. Name the act.<br />
A. Wagner Act<br />
<br />
Q: What kind of colleges are best for women? <br />
A: Women's colleges<br />
<br />
Q: Cetology is the study of whales. For 10 points, who wrote Moby Dick?<br />
A: Herman Melville<br />
<br />
2003 was notable for having at least 4 different questions on characters from Catch-22 as tossups in different rounds, as well as at least 4 different questions on ranks in the US military in different rounds.<br />
<br />
==Notable Events==<br />
<br />
In 2013, an extremely unlikely three way tie occurred between [[Conestoga]], [[West Chester Henderson]], and [[State College]] in the championship match. Conestoga won the tournament after a five question tiebreaker.<br />
<br />
==Winners==<br />
* 2023: [[Cedar Crest]]<br />
* 2022: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 2021: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic<br />
* 2019: [[Hempfield]]<br />
* 2018: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2017: [[Spring Grove]]<br />
* 2016: [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
* 2015: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2014: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2013: [[Conestoga]]<br />
* 2012: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2011: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2010: [[West Chester Rustin]]<br />
* 2009: [[Wilson]]<br />
* 2008: [[2008 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2007: [[Scranton]]<br />
* 2006: [[2006 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2005: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2004: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2003: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2002: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 2001: [[Moravian]]<br />
* 2000: [[Lancaster Catholic]]<br />
* 1999: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1998: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1997: [[State College]]<br />
* 1996: [[West Chester East]]<br />
* 1995: [[General McLane]]<br />
* 1994: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 1993: [[Radnor]]<br />
* 1992: [[Conestoga]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
[http://www.cciu.org/page/384 Chester County Intermediate Unit's PSAC Page]<br />
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[[Category:State championships]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:Bad quizbowl]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=60284GVQBT2023-03-31T16:03:23Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
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<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| January 4th<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 52<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Clark (NV)]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Oxford]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5809/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2022<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2023<br />
| January 7th<br />
| IQBT #1<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Cedar Crest| Cedar Crest A]]<br />
| [[Montgomery Blair]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM| Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [[High Tech| High Tech A]] and [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7907/]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=60283GVQBT2023-03-31T16:01:43Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| January 4th<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 52<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Clark (NV)]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Oxford]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5809/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2022<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2023<br />
| January 7th<br />
| IQBT #1<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Cedar Crest| Cedar Crest A]]<br />
| [[Montgomery Blair]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM| Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [[High Tech| High Tech A]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7907/]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=60282GVQBT2023-03-31T16:01:16Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| January 4th<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 52<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Clark (NV)]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Oxford]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5809/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2022<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2023<br />
| January 7th<br />
| IQBT #1/SANDS<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Cedar Crest| Cedar Crest A]]<br />
| [[Montgomery Blair]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM| Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [[High Tech| High Tech A]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7907/]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_State_Academic_Competition&diff=59939Pennsylvania State Academic Competition2023-03-09T00:57:28Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Pennsylvania State Academic Competition''' is a [[quizbowl]] tournament held each year around May in Harrisburg, in the state House of Representatives and Senate Chambers. Each year's top three competing teams are awarded scholarships. It is run by the [http://www.cciu.org/ Chester County Intermediate Unit].<br />
<br />
The competition is televised live by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) and rebroadcast throughout the year.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The Pennsylvania State Academic Competition (PSAC) was started in 1992 by Pennsylvania Representative Joseph Pitts. The first year contained 12 qualifying schools but has since been expanded to one school for each of Pennsylvania's 29 "intermediate units". For several years, the winning team received a scholarship to the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]], and its format is loosely based on PAC. Most years, the field is around 24 teams. <br />
<br />
==Format==<br />
Three teams compete head-to-head in each game in the tournament. The game is broken into two tossup rounds made up of 10 questions each, and two "fanfare" rounds where each table is given a series of 6 questions. Tossup rounds allow conferring before a team buzzes in, and give the team up to 15 seconds after the entire question is read to come up with an answer. One buzzer is supplied to each player. Fanfare rounds are 60 second timed affairs. Each team gets one fanfare per round. Prior to the adoption of simultaneous fanfares on a whiteboard, this could result in widely varying swings in difficulty between the fanfares given to different teams. This concern has subsided after the adoption of single fanfares for a round answered by all teams as of the 2019 competition. Fanfare questions are asked in rapid succession and once a team passes on a question, they are not permitted to go back to answer it. <br />
<br />
The day's preliminary matches are followed by 3 semi-finals and final match for the top 9 and 3 teams respectively. The semi-final round was introduced at some point between 1999 and 2007. Prior to that time each team played two preliminary matches; of the teams which won both preliminary matches, the three teams with the highest points per game were selected to play in the final match. The preliminary matches are currently randomly assigned, which can lead to wildly imbalanced schedules.<br />
<br />
During the 2021 competition, after a lobbying effort led by coach Bern McCauley of [[Great Valley]], the competition adopted a two team format for its online competition that year (due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) It is not clear if this will continue or the competition will return to three teams for the upcoming season.<br />
<br />
==Qualifying and Costs==<br />
''Main article:[[Pennsylvania Regional Academic Competitions]]''<br />
<br />
Qualifying teams, usually the winners of local championships, are chosen by the various intermediate units. In addition, the previous year's champion receives an automatic bid to attend the tournament.<br />
<br />
The top three competing teams are each awarded scholarships. The winner receives 2,000 dollars, while the runners-up receive 500. There is no charge for participating teams, but hotel costs are only partially subsidized, and travel costs are the responsibility of each district.<br />
<br />
==Questions==<br />
Up until 2016, PSAC used house-written questions, some of which were recycled from year-to-year and from the CCIU tournaments. In 2016, after fielding many complaints about the questions, PSAC switched to the [[NAQT]] state championship set for tossups and a mix of NAQT and CCIU-written fanfare questions. <br />
<br />
Sample old questions included:<br />
<br />
Q. Written by Stephen Crane, this novel depicts the civil war by describing an individual soldier's reactions, fears, cowardice and courage in the battle zone. What is the name of Crane's novel?<br />
A. "The Red Badge of Courage"<br />
<br />
Q. In 1963, representatives from thirty African nations met in Addis Adaba, capital of Ethiopia, and signed a charter establishing the O.A.U.. What do the letters O.A.U. stand for?<br />
A. Organization of African Unity<br />
<br />
Q. This German physiologist was noted for his work with digestion; however, he is better known for stating the theory that all animals are made up of cells. Name him.<br />
A. Theodor Schwann<br />
<br />
Q. In 1953 Congress pass a legislative act which extended the U.S. government's guarantee to protect the rights of workers to organize or join labor unions. Name the act.<br />
A. Wagner Act<br />
<br />
Q: What kind of colleges are best for women? <br />
A: Women's colleges<br />
<br />
Q: Cetology is the study of whales. For 10 points, who wrote Moby Dick?<br />
A: Herman Melville<br />
<br />
2003 was notable for having at least 4 different questions on characters from Catch-22 as tossups in different rounds, as well as at least 4 different questions on ranks in the US military in different rounds.<br />
<br />
==Notable Events==<br />
<br />
In 2013, an extremely unlikely three way tie occurred between [[Conestoga]], [[West Chester Henderson]], and [[State College]] in the championship match. Conestoga won the tournament after a five question tiebreaker.<br />
<br />
==Winners==<br />
* 2022: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 2021: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic<br />
* 2019: [[Hempfield]]<br />
* 2018: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2017: [[Spring Grove]]<br />
* 2016: [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
* 2015: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2014: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2013: [[Conestoga]]<br />
* 2012: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2011: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2010: [[West Chester Rustin]]<br />
* 2009: [[Wilson]]<br />
* 2008: [[2008 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2007: [[Scranton]]<br />
* 2006: [[2006 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2005: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2004: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2003: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2002: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 2001: [[Moravian]]<br />
* 2000: [[Lancaster Catholic]]<br />
* 1999: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1998: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1997: [[State College]]<br />
* 1996: [[West Chester East]]<br />
* 1995: [[General McLane]]<br />
* 1994: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 1993: [[Radnor]]<br />
* 1992: [[Conestoga]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.cciu.org/page/384 Chester County Intermediate Unit's PSAC Page]<br />
<br />
[[Category:State championships]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:Bad quizbowl]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Invitational&diff=59918Henderson Invitational2023-03-08T16:46:46Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Henderson Invitational''' is a high school tournament held at [[West Chester Henderson]] in West Chester, PA. In recent years it has been a major event in determining the early to mid season narratives about rising teams and state title contenders among southeast Pennsylvanian teams.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Emmaus]] <br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]] <br />
| [[West Chester East| West Chester East A]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5879]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 14th<br />
| IS-150<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[PALCS| PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6562]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Concord|Concord A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7585]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Princeton High| Princeton]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=8574]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Friends Select|Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5240/stats/combined/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-188<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Trinity]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2022<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-215<br />
| 28<br />
| [[Wissahickon| Wissahickon A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Cedar Crest| Cedar Crest A]]<br />
| [[Germantown Friends]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Invitational&diff=59917Henderson Invitational2023-03-08T16:46:17Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Henderson Invitational''' is a high school tournament held at [[West Chester Henderson]] in West Chester, PA. In recent years it has been a major event in determining the early to mid season narratives about rising teams and state title contenders among southeast Pennsylvanian teams.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Emmaus]] <br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]] <br />
| [[West Chester East| West Chester East A]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5879]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 14th<br />
| IS-150<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[PALCS| PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6562]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Concord|Concord A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7585]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Princeton High| Princeton]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=8574]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Friends Select|Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5240/stats/combined/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-188<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Trinity]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2022<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-215<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wissahickon| Wissahickon A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Cedar Crest| Cedar Crest A]]<br />
| [[Germantown Friends]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Invitational&diff=59916Henderson Invitational2023-03-08T16:45:38Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Henderson Invitational''' is a high school tournament held at [[West Chester Henderson]] in West Chester, PA. In recent years it has been a major event in determining the early to mid season narratives about rising teams and state title contenders among southeast Pennsylvanian teams.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Emmaus]] <br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]] <br />
| [[West Chester East| West Chester East A]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5879]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 14th<br />
| IS-150<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[PALCS| PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6562]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Concord|Concord A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7585]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Princeton High| Princeton]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=8574]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Friends Select|Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5240/stats/combined/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-188<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Trinity]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|-<br />
| 2022<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-215<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wissahickon| Wissahickon A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Cedar Crest| Cedar Crest A]]<br />
| [[Germantown Friends]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Great_Valley&diff=59915Great Valley2023-03-08T16:42:16Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Great Valley<br />
|image = GVQBLogoMock.png<br />
|citystate = Malvern, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Bern McCauley<br />
|state = 2018 PSAC, 2021 PSAC, [[GPQB| 2021 GPQB Poll]], [[GPQB| 2022 GPQB Poll]]<br />
|nats = <br />
|nats appearances = HSNCT (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) PACE (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = 1220 (Grades 9-12)<br />
| }}<br />
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[[Great Valley]] High School is a public school located in Malvern, PA in Southeastern PA's Chester County. The school competes in the [[Chester County Intermediate Unit]] competition's non-pyramidal league each year as well as many regional invitational tournaments. They host the [[GVQBT]] Invitational every February.<br />
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==Team History==<br />
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The Great Valley High School team has existed since at least the early 1990s. GV solely played on non-pyramidal local questions until the spring of 2013. To this date, GV has won Chester County league twice (2016-2017 & 2017-2018), though they have never received a league player of the year award. Great Valley won their first PA State Academic Competition Championship in 2018.<br />
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Under the tutelage of coach Bern McCauley, the team began to play pyramidal tournaments sporadically in 2012-2013, but became regulars on the circuit by 2014-2015. Still in a period of mixed focus on local and pyramidal quizbowl, the team has started to focus largely on the pyramidal circuit since 2015, despite challenging the top teams in the CCIU format. GV attended their first HSNCT and PACE-NSC in 2016. They have peaked at #2 in the GPQB Poll in 2017, and finished T-77 at 2016 HSNCT and 35th at PACE-NSC 2016. They finished T-97 at HSNCT 2017. Great Valley made their first appearance in the HSQBRank Top 100 in 2016. <br />
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Their first varsity tournament win occurred with the team defeating State College at the 2016 Lehigh Valley Academy Tournament, though they did win the six-team Villanova Tournament a few years prior. Since then, they have won the 2018 Manheim Township Spring Tournament. They have also competed at [[National History Bee and Bowl]] events, winning regional events and placing at nationals.<br />
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==Notable Team Accomplishments==<br />
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*T-77th Place, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
*35th Place, [[2016 PACE-NSC]]<br />
*Champions, Lehigh Valley Invitational, 2016<br />
*3rd Place, Pennsylvania State Academic Competition, 2017<br />
*Champions, Chester County Academic League, 2017<br />
*T-97th Place, [[2017 HSNCT]]<br />
*Champions, Manheim Township Spring Tournament, 2018<br />
*13th Place, JV Division, National History Bowl<br />
*31st Place, Varsity Division, National History Bowl<br />
*Champions, Pennsylvania State Academic Competition, 2018<br />
*Champions, Chester County Academic League, 2018<br />
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==Notable Individual Accomplishments==<br />
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*Sam Scarfone (Class of 2018) will represent Team Pennsylvania at 2018 NASAT<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Clas of 2018) was 1st Team All-State by GPQB for 2017-2018<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Class of 2018) was the GPQB Varsity Player of the Year and 1st Team All-State by GPQB for 2016-2017<br />
*Daniel Chen (Class of 2018) was 2nd Team All State by GPQB for 2016-2017<br />
*Deakon McCurdy (Class of 2016) was the first GV Alum to play a college tournament (Fall 2016 Columbia Tournament for NYU with his name spelled as "Deaton McCordy")<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Class of 2018) was the JV Player of the Year (Outstanding Freshman/Sophomore in PA) and Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2015-2016.<br />
*Deakon McCurdy (Class of 2016) was Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2015-2016<br />
*Coach Bern McCauley was the 2015-2016 Chester County and 2015-2016 GPQB Coach of the Year<br />
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==Alumni==<br />
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*Dan Dore, Class of 2012<br />
*Philip Chow, Class of 2012<br />
*Deakon McCurdy, Class of 2016<br />
*Everett Beauregard, Class of 2017<br />
*Sam Scarfone, Class of 2018<br />
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==Fun Facts==<br />
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The 2012 GV Academic Team qualified for the Chester County Academic League final only to have most of the team miss the league championship due to a music trip.<br />
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[[Category:High school teams]] [[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Greater_Pennsylvania_Quizbowl_Resource&diff=59914Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource2023-03-08T16:41:35Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Pic|Image = GPQB_Logo.png<br />
|Caption = Official Logo for the [//gpqb.wordpress.com/ Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]<br />
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The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. Founded in July 2014, it was previously known as '''Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource''' until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in June 2015.<br />
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==Purpose==<br />
The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]], as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.<br />
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==Question Writing==<br />
The members of the site organized and edited the [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1871/ 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative], a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players cannot win the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.<br />
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===Past Winners===<br />
{| border="3" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Player of the Year<br />
! JV Player of the Year<br />
! Coach of the Year<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| [[Ryan Bilger]], [[Emmaus|Emmaus High School]]<br />
| [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| Missy Doll, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy<br />
| [[Sam Scarfone]], [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School<br />
| [[Vijay Anne]], [[Henderson|Henderson High School]]<br />
| Andrew Gianelli, [[Camp Hill|Camp Hill High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| [[Connor Mayers]], [[Penn Manor|Penn Manor High School]]<br />
| Abbi Smith, [[Friends Select|Friends Select School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Will Yaeger]], [[Hempfield| Hempfield High School]] <br />
| [[Albert Zhang]], [[State College| State College High School]]<br />
| Steve Sobieck, [[Henderson| Henderson High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| Will Steger, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Shan Hogan, [[Carver HSES|Carver Engineering & Science]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020-21<br />
| Anish Kodali, [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Danny Peelen, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
| Elissa Manlove, [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-22<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Jacob Paciello, [[South Side|South Side High School]]<br />
| Shane Thomas, [[Cedar Crest|Cedar Crest High School]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Poll==<br />
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The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.<br />
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Because there is no [[NAQT]] or official pyramidal state championship (the only official state tournament held is the [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]]), which despite improvements over the past few years still has some drawbacks in its format) the poll has served as a ''de facto'' state title for performance on pyramidal questions.<br />
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===Past Results===<br />
{| border="2" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Fifth<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Delaware Valley]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
| [[Great Valley]]<br />
| [[West Chester Henderson|Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020-21<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-22<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Cedar Crest]]<br />
| [[Moravian Academy]]<br />
| [[Wissahickon]]<br />
|}<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/ Link to the GPQB Website]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/656320281165140/?fref=nf GPQB on Facebook]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/paquizbowl GPQB on Twitter]<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]][[Category:Internet]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=State_College&diff=51831State College2021-09-09T03:33:50Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = State College Area High School<br />
|image = statecollege.jpg<br />
|citystate = State College, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Sheila Abruzzo, Kerry O'Melia<br />
|state = 2009, 2010<br />
|nats = [[NSC]]: [[1998 NSC]], [[1999 NSC]], [[2000 NSC]], [[2001 NSC]], [[2010 NSC]], [[2011 NSC]] <br/> [[HSNCT]]: [[2000 HSNCT]], [[2011 HSNCT]] <br/> [[NAC]]: [[1998 NAC]] <br/> [[ACF]] DII: [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]], [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]<br />
|nats appearances = numerous<br />
| }}<br />
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The '''State College Area High School''' is a public high school team in State College, Pennsylvania. One of the greatest programs in the modern era of quizbowl, the State College dynasty has won six PACE NSCs, two HSNCTs, and one NAC. During that time State College was coached by [[Julie Gittings]], who was the recipient of the 2007 [[Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award]] for her unprecedented achievements. They also did Knowledge Masters, which won seven times, [[Science Bowl]], and Ocean Bowl. [[Mount Nittany]] and [[Park Forest]] are State College's feeder middle schools.<br />
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For a period in the mid-2000s, State College hosted [http://www.scasd.org/2497501115113746/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=52027&2497501115113746Nav=|&NodeID=2026 SCAT], a spring NAQT IS-A Tournament.<br />
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== History ==<br />
''(this section requires improvement)''<br />
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The State College quizbowl team has its origins in the [[Knowledge Master Open]] club.<br />
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The team has had two eras of near-complete national dominance in high school quizbowl: once in the late 1990s-early 2000s, and again in the late 2000s-early 2010s.<br />
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The 2010 season saw State College claim both the [[ACF]] Division II and [[PACE NSC]] championship titles. That same year, members of State College competing as Team Pennsylvania won the inaugural [[NASAT]] over South Carolina.<br />
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Julie Gittings retired from teaching in 2011 and was replaced as quizbowl coach by Karin Sutherland. Since 2012, State College has been much less dominant on the national stage, though the team has remained a statewide powerhouse.<br />
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== Records ==<br />
* They are the only team to win either a particular national or any national in four straight years, by winning all four PACE NSC tournaments from 1998 to 2001. They also won an NAC title and an NAQT title during that timeframe. Until [[TJHSST|Thomas Jefferson]] in 2019, State College was the only team to successfully defend its title as NSC champion (and did so again in 2011).<br />
* State College holds the record for a game-by-game winning streak at the PACE NSC. Their 37-victory streak is bookended by playoff bracket losses to Henry Ford II in 1998 and Georgetown Day in 2001.<br />
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==Alumni==<br />
* [[Graham Moyer]]<br />
* [[David Liu]]<br />
* Christoph Schlom<br />
* Ben Geselowitz<br />
* Ruilong Ma<br />
* Bruce McAninch<br />
* [[Albert Zhang]]<br />
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==Former Coaches==<br />
* Smita Gandhi<br />
* Julie Gittings (1997-2011)<br />
* Matthew Patton (2011-2020)<br />
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==Succession of titles==<br />
{{NSC Champions}}<br />
{{HSNCT Champions}}<br />
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Division II<br />
|year = [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]]<br />
|previous = [[Ike Jose]]<br />
|next = [[State College]]<br />
| }}<br />
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Division II<br />
|year = [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]<br />
|previous = [[State College]]<br />
|next = [[Haverford]]<br />
| }}<br />
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===Succession of minor titles===<br />
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAC]]<br />
|year = [[1998 NAC|1998]]<br />
|previous = [[1997 Edison|Edison]]<br />
|next = [[1999 James Island|James Island]]<br />
| }}<br />
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[[Category:State College]] [[Category:High school teams]] [[Category:NAQT HSNCT championship teams]] [[Category:PACE NSC championship teams]] [[Category: NAC championship teams]] [[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_State_Academic_Competition&diff=51830Pennsylvania State Academic Competition2021-09-09T03:24:42Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''Pennsylvania State Academic Competition''' is a [[quizbowl]] tournament held each year around May in Harrisburg, in the state House of Representatives and Senate Chambers. Each year's top three competing teams are awarded scholarships. It is run by the [http://www.cciu.org/ Chester County Intermediate Unit].<br />
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The competition is televised live by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) and rebroadcast throughout the year.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Pennsylvania State Academic Competition (PSAC) was started in 1992 by Pennsylvania Representative Joseph Pitts. The first year contained 12 qualifying schools but has since been expanded to one school for each of Pennsylvania's 29 "intermediate units". For several years, the winning team received a scholarship to the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]], and its format is loosely based on PAC. Most years, the field is around 24 teams. <br />
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==Format==<br />
Three teams compete head-to-head in each game in the tournament. The game is broken into two tossup rounds made up of 10 questions each, and two "fanfare" rounds where each table is given a series of 6 questions. Tossup rounds allow conferring before a team buzzes in, and give the team up to 15 seconds after the entire question is read to come up with an answer. One buzzer is supplied to each player. Fanfare rounds are 60 second timed affairs. Each team gets one fanfare per round. Prior to the adoption of simultaneous fanfares on a whiteboard, this could result in widely varying swings in difficulty between the fanfares given to different teams. This concern has subsided after the adoption of single fanfares for a round answered by all teams as of the 2019 competition. Fanfare questions are asked in rapid succession and once a team passes on a question, they are not permitted to go back to answer it. <br />
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The day's preliminary matches are followed by 3 semi-finals and final match for the top 9 and 3 teams respectively. The semi-final round was introduced at some point between 1999 and 2007. Prior to that time each team played two preliminary matches; of the teams which won both preliminary matches, the three teams with the highest points per game were selected to play in the final match. The preliminary matches are currently randomly assigned, which can lead to wildly imbalanced schedules.<br />
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During the 2021 competition, after a lobbying effort led by coach Bern McCauley of [[Great Valley]], the competition adopted a two team format for its online competition that year (due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) It is not clear if this will continue or the competition will return to three teams for the upcoming season.<br />
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==Qualifying and Costs==<br />
''Main article:[[Pennsylvania Regional Academic Competitions]]''<br />
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Qualifying teams, usually the winners of local championships, are chosen by the various intermediate units. In addition, the previous year's champion receives an automatic bid to attend the tournament.<br />
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The top three competing teams are each awarded scholarships. The winner receives 2,000 dollars, while the runners-up receive 500. There is no charge for participating teams, but hotel costs are only partially subsidized, and travel costs are the responsibility of each district.<br />
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==Questions==<br />
Up until 2016, PSAC used house-written questions, some of which were recycled from year-to-year and from the CCIU tournaments. In 2016, after fielding many complaints about the questions, PSAC switched to the [[NAQT]] state championship set for tossups and a mix of NAQT and CCIU-written fanfare questions. <br />
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Sample old questions included:<br />
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Q. Written by Stephen Crane, this novel depicts the civil war by describing an individual soldier's reactions, fears, cowardice and courage in the battle zone. What is the name of Crane's novel?<br />
A. "The Red Badge of Courage"<br />
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Q. In 1963, representatives from thirty African nations met in Addis Adaba, capital of Ethiopia, and signed a charter establishing the O.A.U.. What do the letters O.A.U. stand for?<br />
A. Organization of African Unity<br />
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Q. This German physiologist was noted for his work with digestion; however, he is better known for stating the theory that all animals are made up of cells. Name him.<br />
A. Theodor Schwann<br />
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Q. In 1953 Congress pass a legislative act which extended the U.S. government's guarantee to protect the rights of workers to organize or join labor unions. Name the act.<br />
A. Wagner Act<br />
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Q: What kind of colleges are best for women? <br />
A: Women's colleges<br />
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Q: Cetology is the study of whales. For 10 points, who wrote Moby Dick?<br />
A: Herman Melville<br />
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2003 was notable for having at least 4 different questions on characters from Catch-22 as tossups in different rounds, as well as at least 4 different questions on ranks in the US military in different rounds.<br />
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==Notable Events==<br />
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In 2013, an extremely unlikely three way tie occurred between [[Conestoga]], [[West Chester Henderson]], and [[State College]] in the championship match. Conestoga won the tournament after a five question tiebreaker.<br />
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==Winners==<br />
* 2021: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic<br />
* 2019: [[Hempfield]]<br />
* 2018: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2017: [[Spring Grove]]<br />
* 2016: [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
* 2015: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2014: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2013: [[Conestoga]]<br />
* 2012: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2011: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2010: [[West Chester Rustin]]<br />
* 2009: [[Wilson]]<br />
* 2008: [[2008 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2007: [[Scranton]]<br />
* 2006: [[2006 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2005: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2004: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2003: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2002: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 2001: [[Moravian]]<br />
* 2000: [[Lancaster Catholic]]<br />
* 1999: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1998: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1997: [[State College]]<br />
* 1996: [[West Chester East]]<br />
* 1995: [[General McLane]]<br />
* 1994: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 1993: [[Radnor]]<br />
* 1992: [[Conestoga]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
[http://www.cciu.org/page/384 Chester County Intermediate Unit's PSAC Page]<br />
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[[Category:State championships]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:Bad quizbowl]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=SAGACITY&diff=51828SAGACITY2021-09-09T03:19:49Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''SAGACITY''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Pittsburgh|the University of Pittsburgh]]. It is held every November on an NAQT set, and has run uninterrupted for over a decade. The first incarnation was a spring event, before it settled into a slot typically the Saturday before Thanksgiving.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| March 25th<br />
| IS-54<br />
| 12<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny C]]<br />
| Two-Way Tie<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=1938]<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-60<br />
| 13<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side A]]<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side B]]<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side C]]<br />
| Three-Way Tie<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2145]<br />
|-<br />
| 2007<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-68<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport| Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Keystone Oaks| Keystone Oaks A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2366]<br />
|-<br />
| 2008<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-77<br />
| 14<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport| Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Woodland Hills| Woodland Hills A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2664]<br />
|-<br />
| 2009<br />
| November 21st<br />
| IS-86<br />
| 18<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe A]]<br />
| [[Rocky Grove]]<br />
| [[Charleston Catholic]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3165]<br />
|-<br />
| 2010<br />
| November 20th<br />
| IS-96<br />
| 9<br />
| [[Rock Grove]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe A]]<br />
| [[Mercersburg Academy]]<br />
| [[General McClane]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3406]<br />
|-<br />
| 2011<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-107<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Pine-Richland]]<br />
| [[Woodland Hills]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe B]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4032]<br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-118<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Dublin Scioto]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston B]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4592]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-132<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic| Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Chartiers Valley| Chartiers Valley A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6025]<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe C]]<br />
| [[Hampton]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe C]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6025]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 21st<br />
| IS-151A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[DuBois]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6889]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| IS-161A<br />
| 18<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Norwin| Norwin A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=7830]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Pine Richland| Pine Richland A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=8858]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 32<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College B]]<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=9478]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| November 16th<br />
| IS-189A<br />
| 30<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College B]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5840/stats/all_games/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| colspan= 8| Not held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Ridiculous Acronyms]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=51827GVQBT2021-09-09T03:15:17Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| January 4th<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 52<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Clark (NV)]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Oxford]]<br />
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5809/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2021<br />
| colspan=8 | Not Held due to COVID pandemic<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Invitational&diff=51826Henderson Invitational2021-09-09T03:10:00Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''Henderson Invitational''' is a high school tournament held at [[West Chester Henderson]] in West Chester, PA. In recent years it has been a major event in determining the early to mid season narratives about rising teams and state title contenders among southeast Pennsylvanian teams.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Emmaus]] <br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]] <br />
| [[West Chester East| West Chester East A]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5879]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 14th<br />
| IS-150<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[PALCS| PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6562]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Concord|Concord A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7585]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Princeton High| Princeton]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=8574]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Friends Select|Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5240/stats/combined/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-188<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Trinity]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=10586]<br />
|-<br />
| 2020<br />
| colspan=8|Not Held due to COVID Pandemic<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Greater_Pennsylvania_Quizbowl_Resource&diff=43007Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource2020-08-06T02:24:18Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Pic|Image = GPQB_Logo.png<br />
|Caption = Official Logo for the [//gpqb.wordpress.com/ Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. Founded in July 2014, it was previously known as '''Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource''' until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in June 2015.<br />
<br />
==Purpose==<br />
The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]], as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.<br />
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==Question Writing==<br />
The members of the site organized and edited the [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1871/ 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative], a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players cannot win the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.<br />
<br />
===Past Winners===<br />
{| border="3" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Player of the Year<br />
! JV Player of the Year<br />
! Coach of the Year<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| [[Ryan Bilger]], [[Emmaus|Emmaus High School]]<br />
| [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| Missy Doll, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy<br />
| [[Sam Scarfone]], [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School<br />
| [[Vijay Anne]], [[Henderson|Henderson High School]]<br />
| Andrew Gianelli, [[Camp Hill|Camp Hill High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| [[Connor Mayers]], [[Penn Manor|Penn Manor High School]]<br />
| Abbi Smith, [[Friends Select|Friends Select School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Will Yaeger]], [[Hempfield| Hempfield High School]] <br />
| [[Albert Zhang]], [[State College| State College High School]]<br />
| Steve Sobieck, [[Henderson| Henderson High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| Will Steger, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| AZ Faiz, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
| Shan Hogan, [[Carver HSES|Carver Engineering & Science]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
==Poll==<br />
<br />
The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.<br />
<br />
Because there is no [[NAQT]] or pyramidal state championship (the only official tournament held is the non-pyramidal [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]]), the poll has served as a ''de facto'' state title for performance on pyramidal questions.<br />
<br />
===Past Results===<br />
{| border="2" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Fifth<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Delaware Valley]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
| [[Great Valley]]<br />
| [[West Chester Henderson|Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019-20<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley B]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
* [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/ Link to the GPQB Website]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/656320281165140/?fref=nf GPQB on Facebook]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/paquizbowl GPQB on Twitter]<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]][[Category:Internet]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Manheim_Township&diff=43006Manheim Township2020-08-06T02:21:49Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Manheim Township High School<br />
|image = Manheim.gif<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Missy Doll<br />
|state = [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|1998 PSAC]],[[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|1999 PSAC]],[[GPQB| 2016 GPQB Poll]], [[GPQB| 2020 GPQB Poll]]<br />
|nats = [[2000 NAC]]<br />
|nats appearances = HSNCT: [[2013 HSNCT|2013]], [[2014 HSNCT|2014]], [[2015 HSNCT|2015]], [[2016 HSNCT|2016]], [[2017 HSNCT|2017]], [[2018 HSNCT|2018]] <br />
NSC: [[2013 NSC|2013]], [[2014 NSC|2014]], [[2015 NSC|2015]], [[2016 NSC|2016]], [[2018 NSC|2018]]<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = 1778<br />
| }}<br />
'''Manheim Township''' High School is a high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They host the annual [[Manheim Township Academic Challenge]] and [[Manheim Township Middle School Academic Challenge]]. <br />
==Team History==<br />
The Manheim Township Quiz Bowl team first began to emerge as a regional powerhouse under [[Anne Clouser]], during which successful students such as [[Brad Rutter]] and [[Jeff Hoppes]] were members of the team. Some time after her retirement, Adrian Klopp became the coach and led the team to moderate success at [[NAC]]. Starting with the 2010-2011 season, Missy Doll and Chris Manning became the team's co-coaches. They won the local quiz-show Brainbusters in their 2011-2012 season, and in 2012-2013, encouraged their league to switch to [[NAQT]] questions from [[Questions Unlimited]]. They have stopped attending the [[NAC]], and they made their first appearances at [[HSNCT]] and [[NSC]] in 2013. Manheim Township tied for 13th at the [[2016 HSNCT]]. <br />
<br />
==Notable Accomplishments==<br />
*T-13th place, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
*1st place, [[BATE]] (2016)<br />
*1st place, [[NAQT Western Pennsylvania Championship]], (2015)<br />
*1st and 2nd place, [[Blue Hen]] XVI (2014)<br />
*2nd and 3rd place, [[NAQT Western Pennsylvania Championship]], (2014)<br />
*3rd, 4th, 6th, and 8th place, [[Mellon Bowl]] XI (2013)<br />
*1st, 6th and 7th place, [[Blue Hen]] XV (2013)<br />
*2nd place, [[SAGACITY]] VIII (2012)<br />
*2012 [[Brainbusters]] Champion<br />
<br />
* Ranked #1 in [[Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]] end of season poll, 2015-16<br />
<br />
==Noted Alumni==<br />
*[[Jeff Hoppes]]<br />
*[[Andrew Nadig]]<br />
*[[Brad Rutter]] - [[Jeopardy!]] champion and all-time game show winnings leader.<br />
<br />
==Succession of titles==<br />
<br />
==Succession of minor titles==<br />
<br />
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAC]]<br />
|year = [[2000 NAC|2000]]<br />
|previous = [[1999 James Island|James Island]]<br />
|next = [[2001 Irmo|Irmo]]<br />
| }}<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://mtquizbowl.net Manheim Township Quiz Bowl]<br />
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[[Category: High school teams]]<br />
[[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]<br />
[[Category: NAC championship teams]]<br />
[[Category: Manheim Township]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:Stubs]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Ben_Herman&diff=43004Ben Herman2020-08-04T13:28:54Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox|Name = Ben Herman<br />
|Image = BenHerman.jpg<br />
|Subjects = European and American History, Impressionism, Baseball<br />
|schoolcur = [[Penn State]] (2015-2020)<br />
|schoolpast = [[Delaware]] (2011-2015)<br />
|highschool = [[West Chester Henderson]] (2007-2011)<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Ben Herman''' is a quizbowl advocate currently based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is a former player for Henderson High School in West Chester, PA and the University of [[Delaware]]. Though no longer actively playing, he served in an advisory role for the [[Penn State]] team during grad school. His rather meager playing accomplishments include getting a correct tossup on John Quincy Adams without hearing a single word of the question through a freak sarcastic buzz (at a practice), and making no negs to 31 gets at [[ACF Regionals]] 2014.<br />
<br />
Ben is best known, however, for his outreach work in Pennsylvania. He is a co-founder of the [[Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]] blog with [[Chris Chiego]], and is its most frequent contributor. He also moderates a thick schedule of around dozen Pennylvania high school and middle school quizbowl tournaments annually, directing or backseat directing many of them. He has also worked toward organizing PA coaches and bridging once separate areas of the state into a more cohesive advocacy group.<br />
[[Category: People]]<br />
[[Category: Jews]]<br />
[[Category: Delaware]]<br />
[[Category: Penn State]]<br />
[[Category: Players active in 2011]]<br />
[[Category: Players active in 2012]]<br />
[[Category: Players active in 2013]]<br />
[[Category: Players active in 2014]]<br />
[[Category: Players active in 2015]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=41309Nittany Lion Novice2019-11-14T06:59:08Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
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<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| December 5th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| DEFT<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
|October 12th<br />
|SCOP Novice 10<br />
|28<br />
|[[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College B]]<br />
|[[Wellsboro]]<br />
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5817/stats/combined/]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Penn State]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=West_Chester_Henderson&diff=41292West Chester Henderson2019-11-13T06:26:47Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = West Chester B. Reed Henderson Senior High School<br />
|image = HHSLogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = West Chester, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Steve Sobieck and Bruce Kozak<br />
|state = 2011, 2012 [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]] <br />
|nats = <br />
|nats appearances = [[2016 HSNCT]], [[2017 HSNCT]], [[2018 HSNCT]], [[2019 HSNCT]]<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = ~1300<br />
|}}<br />
<br />
B. Reed Henderson is a public school in West Chester, Pennsylvania.<br />
<br />
==Team History==<br />
The Henderson High school team has existed since at least the early 1990s. Henderson soley played on poor quality local questions until 2009. Prior to this period, Henderson had little on the buzzer sucess (with just one championship in the county format), but produced several county players of the year.<br />
<br />
Under the tutelage of coach Steve Sobieck, the team began to play good tournaments starting with [[PHSAT]] and [[CSWIFT]]. After a period of mixed focus on local and pyramidal quizbowl, the team has focused solely on the pyramidal circuit. They have been one of the stronger schools in Philadelphia area high school quizbowl since that time, although until late 2015 they had never won an all-subject tournament. This first win occurred with the team rallying for a 260 point comeback against [[Cedar Crest]] in the finals at [[Manheim Township]]'s winter invitational. They have also frequently competed at [[National History Bee and Bowl]] events. To date Henderson's A teams have never had a losing season. They made their nationals debut at HSNCT in 2016 where they tied for 34th place and finished 2nd among PA teams attending the tournament. Henderson bettered this performance at HSNCT in 2019, where they tied for 12th out of 336 competing teams.<br />
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Henderson hosts the [[Henderson Invitational]] high school tournament every November.<br />
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==Notable Accomplishments==<br />
*T-12th Place, [[2019 HSNCT]]<br />
*T-34th Place, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
*1st Place, [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]], 2011 and 2012<br />
*1st Place, Pennsylvania NHBB States, 2011 and 2013<br />
*1st Place, Manheim Township Academic Challenge, 2015<br />
*1st Place, Philly Fall Invitational, 2019<br />
*2nd Place, GVQBT, 2014<br />
*2nd Place, [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]], 2016<br />
*2nd Place, Penn State Spring Academic Bowl, 2016<br />
*2nd Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational, 2017<br />
*2nd Place, Manheim Township Academic Challenge, 2018<br />
*3rd Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational, 2016<br />
*3rd Place, Philly Fall Invitational, 2018<br />
*3rd Place, [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]], 2019<br />
<br />
==Current Team Members==<br />
*Vijay Anne<br />
*Vikram Chodapaneedi<br />
<br />
==Notable Alumni==<br />
<br />
*[[Ben Herman]], Class of 2011<br />
*Ryan Mullner, Class of 2011<br />
*Griffin Cahill, Class of 2014<br />
*Maggie Mitchell, Class of 2014<br />
*Ashish Kumbhardare, Class of 2016<br />
*Nick Luca, Class of 2016<br />
*Alex Sankaran, Class of 2016<br />
*David Smoczynski, Class of 2016<br />
*Aravind Sivaram, Class of 2018<br />
*Siddharth Chenrayan, Class of 2019<br />
*Adam Fernandes, Class of 2019<br />
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[[Category: High school teams]]<br />
[[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=40829Nittany Lion Novice2019-10-13T04:49:54Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
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<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| December 5th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| DEFT<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
|October 12th<br />
|SCOP Novice 10<br />
|28<br />
|[[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College B]]<br />
|[[Wellsboro]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Penn State]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=40828Nittany Lion Novice2019-10-13T04:49:34Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| December 5th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| DEFT<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
|October 12th<br />
|COP Novice 10<br />
|28<br />
|[[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College B]]<br />
|[[Wellsboro]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Penn State]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=40827Nittany Lion Novice2019-10-13T04:48:54Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| December 5th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| DEFT<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
|SCOP Novice 10<br />
|[[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College A]]<br />
|[[State College| State College B]]<br />
|[[Wellsboro]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Penn State]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Great_Valley&diff=39977Great Valley2019-06-21T06:01:12Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Great Valley<br />
|image = GVQBLogoMock.png<br />
|citystate = Malvern, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Bern McCauley<br />
|state = 2018 PSAC<br />
|nats =<br />
|nats appearances = HSNCT (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) PACE (2016, 2018, 2019)<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = 1220 (Grades 9-12)<br />
| }}<br />
<br />
[[Great Valley]] High School is a public school located in Malvern, PA in Southeastern PA's Chester County. The school competes in the [[Chester County Intermediate Unit]] competition's non-pyramidal league each year as well as many regional invitational tournaments. They host the [[GVQBT]] Invitational every February.<br />
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<br />
==Team History==<br />
<br />
The Great Valley High School team has existed since at least the early 1990s. GV solely played on non-pyramidal local questions until the spring of 2013. To this date, GV has won Chester County league twice (2016-2017 & 2017-2018), though they have never received a league player of the year award. Great Valley won their first PA State Academic Competition Championship in 2018.<br />
<br />
Under the tutelage of coach Bern McCauley, the team began to play pyramidal tournaments sporadically in 2012-2013, but became regulars on the circuit by 2014-2015. Still in a period of mixed focus on local and pyramidal quizbowl, the team has started to focus largely on the pyramidal circuit since 2015, despite challenging the top teams in the CCIU format. GV attended their first HSNCT and PACE-NSC in 2016. They have peaked at #2 in the GPQB Poll in 2017, and finished T-77 at 2016 HSNCT and 35th at PACE-NSC 2016. They finished T-97 at HSNCT 2017. Great Valley made their first appearance in the HSQBRank Top 100 in 2016. <br />
<br />
Their first varsity tournament win occurred with the team defeating State College at the 2016 Lehigh Valley Academy Tournament, though they did win the six-team Villanova Tournament a few years prior. Since then, they have won the 2018 Manheim Township Spring Tournament. They have also competed at [[National History Bee and Bowl]] events, winning regional events and placing at nationals.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable Team Accomplishments==<br />
<br />
*T-77th Place, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
*35th Place, [[2016 PACE-NSC]]<br />
*Champions, Lehigh Valley Invitational, 2016<br />
*3rd Place, Pennsylvania State Academic Competition, 2017<br />
*Champions, Chester County Academic League, 2017<br />
*T-97th Place, [[2017 HSNCT]]<br />
*Champions, Manheim Township Spring Tournament, 2018<br />
*13th Place, JV Division, National History Bowl<br />
*31st Place, Varsity Division, National History Bowl<br />
*Champions, Pennsylvania State Academic Competition, 2018<br />
*Champions, Chester County Academic League, 2018<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable Individual Accomplishments==<br />
<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Class of 2018) will represent Team Pennsylvania at 2018 NASAT<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Clas of 2018) was 1st Team All-State by GPQB for 2017-2018<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Class of 2018) was the GPQB Varsity Player of the Year and 1st Team All-State by GPQB for 2016-2017<br />
*Daniel Chen (Class of 2018) was 2nd Team All State by GPQB for 2016-2017<br />
*Deakon McCurdy (Class of 2016) was the first GV Alum to play a college tournament (Fall 2016 Columbia Tournament for NYU with his name spelled as "Deaton McCordy")<br />
*Sam Scarfone (Class of 2018) was the JV Player of the Year (Outstanding Freshman/Sophomore in PA) and Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2015-2016.<br />
*Deakon McCurdy (Class of 2016) was Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2015-2016<br />
*Coach Bern McCauley was the 2015-2016 Chester County and 2015-2016 GPQB Coach of the Year<br />
<br />
<br />
==Alumni==<br />
<br />
*Dan Dore, Class of 2012<br />
*Philip Chow, Class of 2012<br />
*Deakon McCurdy, Class of 2016<br />
*Everett Beauregard, Class of 2017<br />
*Sam Scarfone, Class of 2018<br />
<br />
==Fun Facts==<br />
<br />
The 2012 GV Academic Team qualified for the Chester County Academic League final only to have most of the team miss the league championship due to a music trip.<br />
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[[Category:High school teams]] [[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Burgh&diff=39960Battle of the Burgh2019-06-17T19:45:53Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Battle of the Burgh''' is a tournament hosted by [[Pitt|the University of Pittsburgh]] for high school teams. It has alternatively been known simply as '''Burgh'''. It has been held in the winter or spring since 2006, and in the March of each year since 2008. It is likely that every edition of this tournament has used questions from [[NAQT]].<br />
<br />
== Results ==<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
|-<br />
| 1999?<br />
| Results needed<br />
| Results needed<br />
| Results needed<br />
| Results needed<br />
|-<br />
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20010506175334/http://www.pitt.edu/~epsst13/qb/bobstat.htm 2000?]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop]]<br />
| [[Shady Side|Shady Side A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2001<br />
| [[Woodward Academy]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| Results needed<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2002<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny B]]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/11926 2003]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| Results needed<br />
|-<br />
| 2004*<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[NW Penn Academy]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2004*<br />
| [[Schenley]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[Seneca Valley]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny C]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2007<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[Schenley]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2008<br />
| [[LOT Academy]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Shady Side|Shady Side A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]] and <br>[[Garfield Heights]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2009<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [[Solon|Solon A]]<br />
| [[Solon|Solon B]]<br />
|- <br />
| 2010<br />
| [[Mercersburg|Mercersburg Academy A]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
|- <br />
| 2011<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Rocky Grove]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Altoona|Altoona A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston|Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Dubois|Dubois A]]<br />
| [[Warren G. Harding]]<br />
| Winchester Thurston B<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [[Boardman]]<br />
| [[Dubois|Dubois A]]<br />
| [[Lake Highland]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Solon]]<br />
| [[Boardman]]<br />
| [[Olentangy Liberty|Olentangy Liberty A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
|[[Indiana Area|Indiana Area A]]<br />
|[[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
|[[Hampton]]<br />
|[[Shady Side]]/[[General McLane|General McLane A]]/[[Allderdice]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
|[[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice B]]<br />
|[[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
|[[Copley| Copley A]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice B]]<br />
|[[Copley| Copley B]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
|[[Camp Hill]]<br />
|[[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]]<br />
|[[Mercyhurst Prep]]<br />
|[[Morgantown]]<br />
|}<br />
* It is assumed that an edition of this tournament was held in 1999, since "Battle of the Burgh II" was held in 2000; however, [[NAQT|NAQT's]] website does not list results for any non-[[HSNCT]] tournament for the 1998-1999 season.<br />
* There were two 2004 editions of this tournament: the first was held on March 20, 2004, and the second was held on November 20, 2004.<br />
* In 2008, North Allegheny and Shady Side A tied for 2nd.<br />
* In 2011, Camp Hill and Rocky Grove finished tied for 2nd.<br />
* The 2011 edition was deemed "Battle of the Burgh XIV", but at this time evidence of only 13 Battles of the Burgh (Battle of the Burghs?) have been found.<br />
* In the 2017 Tournament, Allderdice A was initially declared the winner. However, due to an error using SQBS, Winchester Thurston had actually won and was retroactively awarded first.<br />
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[[Category:High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:Pitt]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=West_Chester_Henderson&diff=39958West Chester Henderson2019-06-17T19:40:26Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = West Chester B. Reed Henderson Senior High School<br />
|image = HHSLogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = West Chester, PA<br />
|currentcoach = Steve Sobieck and Bruce Kozak<br />
|state = 2011, 2012 [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]] <br />
|nats = <br />
|nats appearances = [[2016 HSNCT]], [[2017 HSNCT]], [[2018 HSNCT]], [[2019 HSNCT]]<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = ~1300<br />
|}}<br />
<br />
B. Reed Henderson is a public school in West Chester, Pennsylvania.<br />
<br />
==Team History==<br />
The Henderson High school team has existed since at least the early 1990s. Henderson soley played on poor quality local questions until 2009. Prior to this period, Henderson had little on the buzzer sucess (with just one championship in the county format), but produced several county players of the year.<br />
<br />
Under the tutelage of coach Steve Sobieck, the team began to play good tournaments starting with [[PHSAT]] and [[CSWIFT]]. After a period of mixed focus on local and pyramidal quizbowl, the team has focused solely on the pyramidal circuit. They have been a mid range power in Philadelphia area high school quizbowl since that time, although until late 2015 they had never won an all-subject tournament. This first win occurred with the team rallying for a 260 point comeback against [[Cedar Crest]] in the finals at [[Manheim Township]]'s winter invitational. They have also frequently competed at [[National History Bee and Bowl]] events. To date Henderson's A teams have never had a losing season. They made their nationals debut at HSNCT in 2016 where they tied for 34th place and finished 2nd among PA teams attending the tournament. Henderson bettered this performance at HSNCT in 2019, where they tied for 12th out of 336 competing teams.<br />
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Henderson hosts the [[Henderson Invitational]] high school tournament every November.<br />
<br />
==Notable Accomplishments==<br />
*T-12th Place, [[2019 HSNCT]]<br />
*T-34th Place, [[2016 HSNCT]]<br />
*1st Place, [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]], 2011 and 2012<br />
*1st Place, Pennsylvania NHBB States, 2011 and 2013<br />
*1st Place, Manheim Township Academic Challenge, 2015<br />
*2nd Place, GVQBT, 2014<br />
*2nd Place, [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]], 2016<br />
*2nd Place, Penn State Spring Academic Bowl, 2016<br />
*2nd Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational, 2017<br />
*2nd Place, Manheim Township Academic Challenge, 2018<br />
*3rd Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational, 2016<br />
*3rd Place, Philly Fall Invitational, 2018<br />
*3rd Place, [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]], 2019<br />
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==Current Team Members==<br />
*Vijay Anne<br />
*Vikram Chodapaneedi<br />
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==Notable Alumni==<br />
<br />
*[[Ben Herman]], Class of 2011<br />
*Ryan Mullner, Class of 2011<br />
*Griffin Cahill, Class of 2014<br />
*Maggie Mitchell, Class of 2014<br />
*Ashish Kumbhardare, Class of 2016<br />
*Nick Luca, Class of 2016<br />
*Alex Sankaran, Class of 2016<br />
*David Smoczynski, Class of 2016<br />
*Aravind Sivaram, Class of 2018<br />
*Siddharth Chenrayan, Class of 2019<br />
*Adam Fernandes, Class of 2019<br />
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[[Category: High school teams]]<br />
[[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Greater_Pennsylvania_Quizbowl_Resource&diff=39915Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource2019-06-13T23:19:14Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Pic|Image = GPQB_Logo.png<br />
|Caption = Official Logo for the [//gpqb.wordpress.com/ Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource]<br />
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The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. Founded in July 2014, it was previously known as '''Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource''' until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in June 2015.<br />
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==Purpose==<br />
The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]], as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.<br />
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==Question Writing==<br />
The members of the site organized and edited the [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1871/ 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative], a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players cannot win the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.<br />
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===Past Winners===<br />
{| border="3" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Player of the Year<br />
! JV Player of the Year<br />
! Coach of the Year<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| [[Ryan Bilger]], [[Emmaus|Emmaus High School]]<br />
| [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| Missy Doll, [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy<br />
| [[Sam Scarfone]], [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]<br />
| Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School<br />
| [[Vijay Anne]], [[Henderson|Henderson High School]]<br />
| Andrew Gianelli, [[Camp Hill|Camp Hill High School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM Academy]] <br />
| [[Connor Mayers]], [[Penn Manor|Penn Manor High School]]<br />
| Abbi Smith, [[Friends Select|Friends Select School]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Will Yaeger]], [[Hempfield| Hempfield High School]] <br />
| [[Albert Zhang]], [[State College| State College High School]]<br />
| Steve Sobieck, [[Henderson| Henderson High School]]<br />
|}<br />
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<br />
==Poll==<br />
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The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.<br />
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Because there is no [[NAQT]] or pyramidal state championship (the only official tournament held is the non-pyramidal [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]]), the poll has served as a ''de facto'' state title for performance on pyramidal questions.<br />
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===Past Results===<br />
{| border="2" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Season<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Fifth<br />
|-<br />
| 2015-16<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Delaware Valley]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
| [[Great Valley]]<br />
| [[West Chester Henderson|Henderson]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016-17<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017-18<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018-19<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Henderson]]<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[Friends Select]]<br />
| [[State College]]<br />
|}<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/ Link to the GPQB Website]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/656320281165140/?fref=nf GPQB on Facebook]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/paquizbowl GPQB on Twitter]<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]][[category: Quizbowl on the internets]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_State_Academic_Competition&diff=38850Pennsylvania State Academic Competition2019-04-27T15:44:13Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''Pennsylvania State Academic Competition''' is a [[quizbowl]] tournament held each year around May in Harrisburg, in the state House of Representatives and Senate Chambers. Each year's top three competing teams are awarded scholarships. It is run by the [http://www.cciu.org/ Chester County Intermediate Unit].<br />
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The competition is televised live by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) and rebroadcast throughout the year.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Pennsylvania State Academic Competition (PSAC) was started in 1992 by Pennsylvania Representative Joseph Pitts. The first year contained 12 qualifying schools but has since been expanded to one school for each of Pennsylvania's 29 "intermediate units". For several years, the winning team received a scholarship to the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]], and its format is loosely based on PAC. Most years, the field is around 24 teams. <br />
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==Format==<br />
Three teams compete head-to-head in each game in the tournament. The game is broken into two tossup rounds made up of 10 questions each, and two "fanfare" rounds where each table is given a series of 6 questions. Tossup rounds allow conferring before a team buzzes in, and give the team up to 15 seconds after the entire question is read to come up with an answer. One buzzer is supplied to each player. Fanfare rounds are 60 second timed affairs. Each team gets one fanfare per round, which can result in widely varying swings in difficulty between the fanfares given to different teams. Fanfare questions are asked in rapid succession and once a team passes on a question, they are not permitted to go back to answer it. <br />
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The day's preliminary matches are followed by 3 semi-finals and final match for the top 9 and 3 teams respectively. The semi-final round was introduced at some point between 1999 and 2007. Prior to that time each team played two preliminary matches; of the teams which won both preliminary matches, the three teams with the highest points per game were selected to play in the final match. The preliminary matches are currently randomly assigned, which can lead to wildly imbalanced schedules.<br />
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==Qualifying and Costs==<br />
''Main article:[[Pennsylvania Regional Academic Competitions]]''<br />
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Qualifying teams, usually the winners of local championships, are chosen by the various intermediate units. In addition, the previous year's champion receives an automatic bid to attend the tournament.<br />
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The top three competing teams are each awarded scholarships. The winner receives 2,000 dollars, while the runners-up receive 500. There is no charge for participating teams, but hotel costs are only partially subsidized, and travel costs are the responsibility of each district.<br />
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==Questions==<br />
Up until 2016, PSAC used house-written questions, some of which were recycled from year-to-year and from the CCIU tournaments. In 2016, after fielding many complaints about the questions, PSAC switched to the [[NAQT]] state championship set for tossups and a mix of NAQT and CCIU-written fanfare questions. <br />
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Sample old questions included:<br />
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Q. Written by Stephen Crane, this novel depicts the civil war by describing an individual soldier's reactions, fears, cowardice and courage in the battle zone. What is the name of Crane's novel?<br />
A. "The Red Badge of Courage"<br />
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Q. In 1963, representatives from thirty African nations met in Addis Adaba, capital of Ethiopia, and signed a charter establishing the O.A.U.. What do the letters O.A.U. stand for?<br />
A. Organization of African Unity<br />
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Q. This German physiologist was noted for his work with digestion; however, he is better known for stating the theory that all animals are made up of cells. Name him.<br />
A. Theodor Schwann<br />
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Q. In 1953 Congress pass a legislative act which extended the U.S. government's guarantee to protect the rights of workers to organize or join labor unions. Name the act.<br />
A. Wagner Act<br />
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Q: What kind of colleges are best for women? <br />
A: Women's colleges<br />
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Q: Cetology is the study of whales. For 10 points, who wrote Moby Dick?<br />
A: Herman Melville<br />
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2003 was notable for having at least 4 different questions on characters from Catch-22 as tossups in different rounds, as well as at least 4 different questions on ranks in the US military in different rounds.<br />
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==Notable Events==<br />
<br />
In 2013, an extremely unlikely three way tie occurred between [[Conestoga]], [[West Chester Henderson]], and [[State College]] in the championship match. Conestoga won the tournament after a five question tiebreaker.<br />
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==Winners==<br />
* 2019: [[Hempfield]]<br />
* 2018: [[Great Valley]]<br />
* 2017: [[Spring Grove]]<br />
* 2016: [[Lehigh Valley]]<br />
* 2015: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2014: [[Downingtown East]]<br />
* 2013: [[Conestoga]]<br />
* 2012: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2011: [[West Chester Henderson]]<br />
* 2010: [[West Chester Rustin]]<br />
* 2009: [[Wilson]]<br />
* 2008: [[2008 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2007: [[Scranton]]<br />
* 2006: [[2006 State College|State College]]<br />
* 2005: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2004: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2003: [[Emmaus]]<br />
* 2002: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 2001: [[Moravian]]<br />
* 2000: [[Lancaster Catholic]]<br />
* 1999: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1998: [[Manheim Township]]<br />
* 1997: [[State College]]<br />
* 1996: [[West Chester East]]<br />
* 1995: [[General McLane]]<br />
* 1994: [[Downingtown]]<br />
* 1993: [[Radnor]]<br />
* 1992: [[Conestoga]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.cciu.org/page/384 Chester County Intermediate Unit's PSAC Page]<br />
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[[Category:State championships]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:Bad quizbowl]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Downingtown_East&diff=38845Downingtown East2019-04-26T20:01:46Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Downingtown East<br />
|image = D-eastlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Exton, PA<br />
|currentcoach = <br />
|state = 2014, 2015 [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]]<br />
|nats =<br />
|nats appearances = 2014 NSC, 2017 HSNCT, 2018 HSNCT<br />
| }}<br />
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[[Downingtown East]] is located in Exton, PA, a fairly affluent suburb in Southeastern PA's Chester County. The school competes in the [[Chester County Intermediate Unit]] competition each year as well as (increasingly) nearby invitational tournaments. D-East won the [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]] in 2014 and 2015.<br />
<br />
In 2017, [[Jackie Wu]] was named the recipient of the 2017 [[Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award]] for her work in helping to convert her school and her region to pyramidal good quizbowl practices.<br />
<br />
==Current Roster==<br />
<br />
==Notable Alumni==<br />
* [[Neil Vinjamuri]] (2014)<br />
* [[Nick Wu]] (2015)<br />
* [[Emily Dickson]] (2017)<br />
* [[Jackie Wu]] (2018)<br />
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[[Category:High school teams]] [[Category: Pennsylvania high school teams]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Friends_Select&diff=38358Friends Select2019-02-23T22:41:38Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Friends Select School<br />
|citystate = Philadelphia, PA<br />
|currentpres = <br />
|currentcoach = Ian Lockey<br />
|nats appearances = [[2016 HSNCT]], [[2017 HSNCT]], [[2018 SSNCT]], [[2018 HSNCT]]<br />
|status = Active<br />
| }}<br />
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'''Friends Select''' is a Quaker school in Philadelphia, PA. They have won the first three[[Philadelphia City-Wide Championship]]s and are a regular on the Pennsylvania quizbowl circuit. Their most notable achievement within wider quizbowl to date was placing second in the Open Division of the [[2018 SSNCT]].<br />
[[Category:Pennsylvania high school teams]]<br />
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==Team History==<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notable Accomplishments==<br />
*1st Place, Philadelphia City-Wide QuizBowl Championship 2016, 2017, and 2018<br />
*2nd Place, Tri-State Falcon Fall Tournament 2016<br />
*3rd Place, Downingtown East Spring Invitational 2017<br />
*T-1st Place, Wissahickon Invitational 2017<br />
*1st Place, Lehigh Valley Invitational 2017<br />
*3rd Place, Downingtown East Invitational 2018<br />
*3rd Place, Quaker Fall Open 2017<br />
*3rd Place, Downingtown East Invitational 2018<br />
*3rd Place, Manhiem Township Spring 2018<br />
*2nd Place, [[2018 SSNCT]]<br />
<br />
==Current Team Members==<br />
*Richard Chen<br />
*Jake Shapiro<br />
*Rudyard Lynch<br />
*Saras Perry-Anderson<br />
*Desean Smith<br />
*Daniel Nelson<br />
*Jonah Taranta<br />
*Matt D'Annunzio<br />
*Silas Mohr<br />
*Aidan Pulliam<br />
*Minas Macos<br />
*Charlotte Kaplan<br />
*Alex Shapiro<br />
*Hannah<br />
*Pascal Han<br />
*Alec Kane<br />
*Jeremy Cohen<br />
*Hannah Dubb<br />
<br />
==Alumni==<br />
*Henry Mohr (2016)<br />
*Drew Kaplan (2016)<br />
*Imon Rahaman (2016)<br />
*Laura Haskin (2016)<br />
*Emma Miller (2017)<br />
<br />
==Individual Accomplishments==<br />
*Rudyard Lynch was 2nd Team All State by GPQB for 2016-2017<br />
*Richard Chen was Honorable Mention All-State by GPQB in 2016-2017, and was subsequently named 1st Team in 2017-18</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=38357GVQBT2019-02-23T22:40:33Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=38356GVQBT2019-02-23T22:40:18Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=GVQBT&diff=38355GVQBT2019-02-23T22:37:00Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''GVQBT''', or Great Valley Quizbowl Tournament, is a high school tournament held at [[Great Valley]] in Malvern, PA. Its initial iteration was a late March event, since then it has settled into a mid-February slot. GVQBT is noted as one of the largest invitationals in Pennsylvania every season.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| March 29th<br />
| IS-129A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]] <br />
| [[Henderson|Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Unionville]] <br />
| [[Moravian Academy]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| February 14th<br />
| IS-139A<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| [[Conestoga]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5398]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| February 20th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 42<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[PALCS|PALCS A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township C]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6666]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| February 11th<br />
| GSAC<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy|Lehigh Valley Academy A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Downingtown East|Downingtown East A]]<br />
| [https://neg5.org/t/NklSZ_fEdf/stats/team?phase=1]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 24th<br />
| BSHAT<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM|Downingtown STEM A]]<br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4707/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| February 23rd<br />
| Scottie<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Hempfield|Hempfield A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Henderson| Henderson A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]] and [[Friends Select| Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5650/]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=SAGACITY&diff=37970SAGACITY2018-11-27T20:36:12Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''SAGACITY''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Pittsburgh|the University of Pittsburgh]]. It is held every November on an NAQT set, and has run uninterrupted for over a decade. The first incarnation was a spring event, before it settled into a slot typically the Saturday before Thanksgiving.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| March 25th<br />
| IS-54<br />
| 12<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny C]]<br />
| Two-Way Tie<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=1938]<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-60<br />
| 13<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side A]]<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side B]]<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side C]]<br />
| Three-Way Tie<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2145]<br />
|-<br />
| 2007<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-68<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport| Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Keystone Oaks| Keystone Oaks A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2366]<br />
|-<br />
| 2008<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-77<br />
| 14<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport| Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Woodland Hills| Woodland Hills A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2664]<br />
|-<br />
| 2009<br />
| November 21st<br />
| IS-86<br />
| 18<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe A]]<br />
| [[Rocky Grove]]<br />
| [[Charleston Catholic]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3165]<br />
|-<br />
| 2010<br />
| November 20th<br />
| IS-96<br />
| 9<br />
| [[Rock Grove]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe A]]<br />
| [[Mercersburg Academy]]<br />
| [[General McClane]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3406]<br />
|-<br />
| 2011<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-107<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Pine-Richland]]<br />
| [[Woodland Hills]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe B]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4032]<br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-118<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Dublin Scioto]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston B]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4592]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-132<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic| Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Chartiers Valley| Chartiers Valley A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6025]<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe C]]<br />
| [[Hampton]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe C]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6025]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 21st<br />
| IS-151A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[DuBois]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6889]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| IS-161A<br />
| 18<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Norwin| Norwin A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=7830]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Pine Richland| Pine Richland A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=8858]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 32<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College B]]<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=9478]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:Ridiculous Acronyms]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=SAGACITY&diff=37969SAGACITY2018-11-27T20:33:44Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''SAGACITY''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Pittsburgh|the University of Pittsburgh]]. It is held every November on an NAQT set, and has run uninterrupted for over a decade. The first incarnation was a spring event, before it settled into a slot typically the Saturday before Thanksgiving.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| March 25th<br />
| IS-54<br />
| 12<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny| North Allegheny C]]<br />
| Two-Way Tie<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=1938]<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-60<br />
| 13<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side A]]<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side B]]<br />
| [[Shady Side| Shady Side C]]<br />
| Three-Way Tie<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2145]<br />
|-<br />
| 2007<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-68<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport| Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Keystone Oaks| Keystone Oaks A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2366]<br />
|-<br />
| 2008<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-77<br />
| 14<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport| Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Woodland Hills| Woodland Hills A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2664]<br />
|-<br />
| 2009<br />
| November 21st<br />
| IS-86<br />
| 18<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe A]]<br />
| [[Rocky Grove]]<br />
| [[Charleston Catholic]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3165]<br />
|-<br />
| 2010<br />
| November 20th<br />
| IS-96<br />
| 9<br />
| [[Rock Grove]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe A]]<br />
| [[Mercersburg Academy]]<br />
| [[General McClane]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3406]<br />
|-<br />
| 2011<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-107<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Pine-Richland]]<br />
| [[Woodland Hills]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe B]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4032]<br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-118<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Dublin Scioto]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston B]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4592]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| November 23rd<br />
| IS-132<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic| Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Chartiers Valley| Chartiers Valley A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6025]<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe C]]<br />
| [[Hampton]]<br />
| [[Tippecanoe| Tippecanoe C]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6025]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 21st<br />
| IS-151A<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Allderdice]]<br />
| [[DuBois]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=6889]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| IS-161A<br />
| 18<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Norwin| Norwin A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=7830]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Alagar Homeschool]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston| Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[Pine Richland| Pine Richland A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=8858]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 32<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College B]]<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=9478]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]<br />
[[Category:High school tournaments with missing results]]<br />
[[Category:Ridiculous Acronyms]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Grail&diff=37935Grail2018-11-19T21:05:15Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>A '''grail''' is a feat wherein one team correctly answers all tossups heard in a match. The team does not need to answer all of the bonus parts correctly to achieve a grail.<br />
<br />
==Incomplete List of Teams That Have Achieved a Grail==<br />
<br />
===Middle School===<br />
*[[Middlesex Middle|Middlesex Middle A]] at 2015 [[Manheim Township]] Middle School Academic Challenge against Landisville Middle A (785-(-5))<br />
*[[Miami Valley School (middle school)|Miami Valley School A]] four times: once against Willis at Olentangy Liberty's AQUILA I (645-(-10)), once at the 2015 Ohio Middle School State Championship against St. Mary B (700-0), once at the 2016 Harvest Prep Fall Challenge against Delaware Dempsey (760-0), and once at the 3rd Annual Copley Middle School Invitational against St. Hilary A (765 -(-10)).<br />
*[[Barrington Station]] twice: at 2017 SMV Fall Gladiator Open against [[St. Mary's Visitation|St. Mary's Visitation B]] [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=776358 715–0] on November 4, 2017; and at 2018 Northwestern University Jr. Wildcat against [[St. Giles|St. Giles A]] [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=821933 710–(-10)] on March 10, 2018<br />
<br />
===High School===<br />
*[[Eden Prairie]] A at [[SOCIAL]] III in 2006 against [[North Saint Paul]] B (730–0)<br />
*[[St. Anselm's]] at the [[2010 NSC]] against [[Seven Lakes]] B (810–0)<br />
*[[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]] at the 2009 [[Loyburn]] against[[St. Viator]] (725–0)<br />
*[[St. Joseph (NJ)]] at the 2010 [[Caesar Rodney]] [[Rider Bowl]] against [[Delcastle]] B (715–0)<br />
*[[Maggie Walker]] twice at the 2009 [[Weekend of Quizbowl]] in consecutive rounds against [[St. Catherine's]] (780–0) and [[St. Anselm's]] (565–(–5))<br />
*[[Torrey Pines]] at the 2009 [[UCSD]] mirror of [[HFT]] against [[Canyon Crest]] (630–(–5))<br />
*[[Hunter]] in the ''finals'' of the 2010 [[Princeton High School Tournament]] against [[Bergen County Academies]] (765-0)<br />
*[[Copley]] at the 2010 FKT at Olmstead Falls against Southeast B (640-0)<br />
*[[Liberty (MO)|Liberty]] at the 2012 [[North Kansas City]] Varsity Invitational Tournament against [[Lafayette (St. Joseph, MO)|Lafayette]] (565-0)<br />
*[[Ladue]] twice at the 2012 [[Mort Walker Invitational]] against [[Smith-Cotton]] and [[Rock Bridge]] B 750-0, both times, once at the 2012 [[Tiger Bowl]] against [[Oakville]] B (930-10), and once at the 2013 Mort Walker Invitational against [[Tuscumbia]] (730-(-5))<br />
*[[Warren G. Harding]] at [[Ohio State|Ohio State's]] 2012 Buckeye Spring Tournament against [[Coshocton]] (740-0)<br />
*[[Rock Bridge]] at LIST II against Parkway South in 2012, (700-0)<br />
*[[Christiansburg]] at the 2012 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational against Honaker (710-(-10))<br />
*[[Early College at Guilford]] at the 2012 [[Tar Heel Cup]] against an exhibition team.<br />
*[[Raleigh Charter]] at the 2012 [[GSAC]] XX against Dinwiddie B and at the 2014 Millbrook Fall Tournament against Cleveland B<br />
*[[High Tech]] at the 2012 [[FAcT]] (IS-121A) against Suffield B (775-0) and at the 2013 [[Princeton High School Tournament]] against Phoenixville B (755-0)<br />
*[[Macomb|Macomb A]] at the 2013 Springfield Invitational against Bloomington B (655-0)<br />
*[[Cistercian|Cistercian A]] at the 2013 [[St. Mark's]] Invitational against [[Parish Episcopal]] (710-(-5))<br />
*[[Hickman]] at the 2013 [[Hallsville]] Invitational against Helias C (705-0)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]] twice at the 2013 [[University of Kentucky Spring Championship]], against Shelby Valley C (805-(-10)) and Mercy Academy (735-(-5)) and again at WUHSAC against Oakville B (700-10).<br />
*[[Wayzata|Wayzata A]] at the 2013 [[SOCIAL]] against [[Mounds Park|Mounds Park B]] (865-0).<br />
*[[Colonel By|Colonel By A]] at [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1719/stats/all_games/teamdetail/ Lisgar's JAMES Mirror] against [[Lisgar]] D (710 to 0)<br />
*[[Colonel By|Colonel By A]] at the 2013 Ottawa Quiz Bowl tournament IX against Colonel By D (790-0) <br />
*[[South Range]] at 2014 Mahoning County League against [[Poland Seminary]] (805-0)<br />
*[[Saratoga]] at the 2014 BELLOCO tournament against [[Mills]] (640-(-30))<br />
*[[Glasgow]] at 2014 [[NAQT Kentucky Championship]] against [[Ballard|Ballard B]] (560 (-20))<br />
*[[Enloe]] at 2014 [[Bacon Bowl]] at [[Millbrook]] against [[Smithfield-Selma]] B (770-0)<br />
*[[Hallsville]] at 2014 [[SSNCT]] against Miami Community Charter (695-0) (22 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central B]] at 2014 Ohio Fall Kickoff Tournament at [[Sidney]] against Urbana B (730-0)<br />
*[[Richard Montgomery]] at 2014 [[VCU]] Winter VII against "Homeschool Out of the Box" B (795-0)<br />
*[[Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker A]] at 2014 [[VCU]] Winter VII against Mount Vernon B (745-0)<br />
*[[Northmont|Northmont A]] at 2014 Rowdy Raider Invitational against Culver B (740-(-5))<br />
*[[Bellarmine|Bellarmine A]] at 2015 Wildcat Classic against [[Dougherty Valley|Dougherty Valley C]] (725-(-5))<br />
*[[Arcadia|Arcadia C]] at 2015 SAT against [[Bishop's School|Bishops B]] (795-0)<br />
*[[La Jolla|La Jolla A]] at 2015 ATLAS II against [[Santa Monica|Santa Monica C]] (730-(-5))<br />
*[[La Jolla|La Jolla A]] at [[Triton Winter|Triton Winter V]] against Scripps Ranch (750-0)<br />
*[[Arcadia|Arcadia A]] at 2015 PI against Irvine (745-(-5))<br />
*[[Souderton]], in their first pyramidal tournament ever, against Renaissance Academy at [[Great Valley]]'s 2015 winter tournament (690-(-5))<br />
*[[Northmont|Northmont A]] at 2015 Quizbowl Invitational for Northwest Ohio Academics against Mohawk A (815-0) and Lincolnview B (720-0)<br />
*[[Glasgow]] at 2015 [[SSNCT]] against Woodland (765-(-10)) (23 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]] at [[2015 PACE NSC]] against Del Norte (660-30)<br />
*[[Dorman|Dorman A]] at 2015 Glasgow Scottie Invitational against Merrol Hyde B (705-0)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central B]] at 2015 TEAMS against Hinsdale Central B (610-0)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]] at 2015 TEAMS against Pine Garden Stream Woods (730-0)<br />
*[[West Point|West Point A]] at the 2016 [[West Point Rainwater Invitational]] against Sylacauga B (475-0)<br />
*[[Miami Valley School|Miami Valley A]] at 2017 [[SSNCT]] against [[Doral Red Rock|Doral Red Rock B]] (870-(-5)) (24 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[High Tech|High Tech A]] at 2018 [[Scarlet Knight Winter]] against Middlesex County Academy B (725-0)<br />
*[[Copley|Copley A]] at 2018 [[Battle Buzz]] against Keystone B (635-0)<br />
*[[Jesuit|Jesuit A]] at the 2018 [[LQBA]] Louisiana State Championship against Woodlawn (690-(-10))<br />
*[[Ottawa Hills]] at the 2018 [[Beavercreek Fall Invitational]] against Clermont Northeastern B (730-(-5))<br />
*[[Copley|Copley A]] at the 2018 [[Hicksville Invitational]] against Hillsdale B (705-0)<br />
*[[Allderdice|Allderdice A]] at the 2018 [[SAGACITY]] against John Marshall B (690-0)<br />
*[[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] at the 2018 [[Henderson Invitational]] against Smithtown East A (670-(-5)) This occured on the same day as the Allderdice grail, so there were two grails in the same state at different tournaments on November 17th, 2018.<br />
<br />
===College/Open===<br />
<br />
*[[Jonathan Magin]] and [[Rom Masrour]] at the 2008 Illinois Open Literature <br />
*A [[Jerry Vinokurov]]-led open team (consisting of [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Andrew Hart]], and [[Dennis Jang]]) at [[Cardinal Classic]] 2008, against [[Berkeley]].<br />
*[[Chipola College]] ([[Dallin Kelson]] playing solo) at the Valencia site of the 2010 Delta Burke (defeating Mercer B in the first round of the playoffs 620-0)<br />
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at the [[2011 SCT]] East Carolina site, defeating [[Virginia Tech]] 680--5 (23 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[Cherchez La Femme Nikita Khrushchev]] (featuring [[Jake Sundberg]], [[Mark Morris]], [[Dargan Ware]], and [[Megan Patterson]]) at the 2011 [[HSNCT]] Mirror in Chattanooga (defeating [[Chuck Pearson]] and Eli Miles of Shorter, playing as Chuck Pearson Farewell Tour) (655-(-15))<br />
*[[Penn]] ([[Dallas Simons]], [[Patrick Liao]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]) at the mid-Atlantic mirror of [[QUARK]] (defeating [[Johns Hopkins]] B)<br />
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at [[Michigan Fall Tournament]] against Liberty A (820-0)<br />
*[[Stanford|Stanford A]] at [[2013 ACF Fall]] against Berkeley D (690 to -10)<br />
*[[Illinois|Illinois B]] at 2014 [[SCT]], defeating [[Northern Illinois]] 860-0 (24 toss-ups heard).<br />
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at [[2014 ACF Nationals]] against Stanford (660 to -5)<br />
*[[Stanford|Stanford B]] at [[2015 SCT|2015 DII Berkeley SCT]] against UC Davis (720-(-5))<br />
*[[Oklahoma]] at [[2015 ACF Regionals]] against [[Kansas State]] (580 to -25)<br />
*[[Stanford|Stanford A]] at [[2016 SCT|2016 DI Berkeley SCT]] against Berkeley C (705-0)<br />
*[[Princeton]] at [[Penn Bowl|2017 Penn Bowl]] against [[NYU|NYU B]] [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4683/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t14 (560-0)]<br />
*[[Penn State|Penn State A]] at [[2017 ACF Fall]] against Rochester B (630-0)<br />
*[[Minnesota|Minnesota B]] at [[2017 ACF Fall]] against Drake B (740-(-5)).[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4536/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t12]<br />
*[[Minnesota|Minnesota A]] at 2018 [[SCT]] (combined field) against [[Grinnell]] (845-(-30)) (22 toss-ups heard)<br />
<br />
==Individual Grail==<br />
<br />
An individual grail occurs when a single individual, playing solo or with teammates, answers every tossup in a regulation match. <br />
<br />
===Grails===<br />
<br />
*[[Tristan Willey]] (then of [[Macomb]], but playing independently at the collegiate level) grailed against [[Central Michigan|Central Michigan A]] at [[2011 ACF Fall]] at [[NIU]]. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/143/stats/combined/playerdetail/#p1_27]. <br />
<br />
*[[Seth Kendall]] of [[Kentucky]] grailed against UTK B at the [[2005 ACF Fall]].[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2181&p=27529]<br />
<br />
===Near-Grails===<br />
*[[Jerry Vinokurov]] was one tossup short of this mark playing solo against [[Athens State]] B at [[2006 ACF Nationals]]. <br />
*[[Tom Waters]], playing as an individual against GW B at a Maryland tournament in 1995, similarly managed 19 out of 20 tossups<br />
*[[R. Hentzel]] legendarily had an attempt at an individual grail foiled when he failed to identify an "Easy-Bake Oven." <br />
*[[Dylan Minarik]] playing solo at [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3576/stats/prelims/teamdetail/#t3 MUT 2016] almost grailed against [[NIU]] C, after NIU C answered the first tossup correctly and Dylan got the next 19.<br />
<br />
==High School Individual Grails==<br />
*[[Eric Xu]] of [[Western Albemarle]] grailed against [[Mount Vernon]] B at [[RAYNOR]] (run by [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]).<br />
*[[Alex Schmidt]] of [[Lehigh Valley]] grailed against [[Smithtown West]] A at [[Harvard Fall Tournament]] XII.<br />
<br />
==Middle School Individual Grails==<br />
[[William Groger]] of [[Miami Valley School (middle school)| Miami Valley]] A grailed against St. Hilary A at the 3rd Annual Copley Middle School Invitational.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
*[[Andrew Hart Grail]]<br />
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[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]<br />
[[Category: Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Henderson_Invitational&diff=37931Henderson Invitational2018-11-19T20:30:19Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>The '''Henderson Invitational''' is a high school tournament held at [[West Chester Henderson]] in West Chester, PA. In recent years it has been a major event in determining the early to mid season narratives about rising teams and state title contenders among southeast Pennsylvanian teams.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| November 22nd<br />
| IS-142<br />
| 27<br />
| [[Emmaus]] <br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]] <br />
| [[West Chester East| West Chester East A]] <br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5879]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 14th<br />
| IS-150<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[PALCS| PALCS A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6562]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 19th<br />
| IS-160<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Lehigh Valley Academy]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Great Valley| Great Valley A]]<br />
| [[Concord|Concord A]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7585]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| November 18th<br />
| IS-170<br />
| 30<br />
| [[Downingtown STEM]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Princeton High| Princeton]]<br />
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=8574]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| November 17th<br />
| IS-179<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter A]]<br />
| [[Penn Manor]]<br />
| [[Hempfield]]<br />
| [[Friends Select|Friends Select A]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5240/stats/combined/]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Grail&diff=37923Grail2018-11-17T23:40:19Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>A '''grail''' is a feat wherein one team correctly answers all tossups heard in a match. The team does not need to answer all of the bonus parts correctly to achieve a grail.<br />
<br />
==Incomplete List of Teams That Have Achieved a Grail==<br />
<br />
===Middle School===<br />
*[[Middlesex Middle|Middlesex Middle A]] at 2015 [[Manheim Township]] Middle School Academic Challenge against Landisville Middle A (785-(-5))<br />
*[[Miami Valley School (middle school)|Miami Valley School A]] four times: once against Willis at Olentangy Liberty's AQUILA I (645-(-10)), once at the 2015 Ohio Middle School State Championship against St. Mary B (700-0), once at the 2016 Harvest Prep Fall Challenge against Delaware Dempsey (760-0), and once at the 3rd Annual Copley Middle School Invitational against St. Hilary A (765 -(-10)).<br />
*[[Barrington Station]] twice: at 2017 SMV Fall Gladiator Open against [[St. Mary's Visitation|St. Mary's Visitation B]] [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=776358 715–0] on November 4, 2017; and at 2018 Northwestern University Jr. Wildcat against [[St. Giles|St. Giles A]] [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=821933 710–(-10)] on March 10, 2018<br />
<br />
===High School===<br />
*[[Eden Prairie]] A at [[SOCIAL]] III in 2006 against [[North Saint Paul]] B (730–0)<br />
*[[St. Anselm's]] at the [[2010 NSC]] against [[Seven Lakes]] B (810–0)<br />
*[[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]] at the 2009 [[Loyburn]] against[[St. Viator]] (725–0)<br />
*[[St. Joseph (NJ)]] at the 2010 [[Caesar Rodney]] [[Rider Bowl]] against [[Delcastle]] B (715–0)<br />
*[[Maggie Walker]] twice at the 2009 [[Weekend of Quizbowl]] in consecutive rounds against [[St. Catherine's]] (780–0) and [[St. Anselm's]] (565–(–5))<br />
*[[Torrey Pines]] at the 2009 [[UCSD]] mirror of [[HFT]] against [[Canyon Crest]] (630–(–5))<br />
*[[Hunter]] in the ''finals'' of the 2010 [[Princeton High School Tournament]] against [[Bergen County Academies]] (765-0)<br />
*[[Copley]] at the 2010 FKT at Olmstead Falls against Southeast B (640-0)<br />
*[[Liberty (MO)|Liberty]] at the 2012 [[North Kansas City]] Varsity Invitational Tournament against [[Lafayette (St. Joseph, MO)|Lafayette]] (565-0)<br />
*[[Ladue]] twice at the 2012 [[Mort Walker Invitational]] against [[Smith-Cotton]] and [[Rock Bridge]] B 750-0, both times, once at the 2012 [[Tiger Bowl]] against [[Oakville]] B (930-10), and once at the 2013 Mort Walker Invitational against [[Tuscumbia]] (730-(-5))<br />
*[[Warren G. Harding]] at [[Ohio State|Ohio State's]] 2012 Buckeye Spring Tournament against [[Coshocton]] (740-0)<br />
*[[Rock Bridge]] at LIST II against Parkway South in 2012, (700-0)<br />
*[[Christiansburg]] at the 2012 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational against Honaker (710-(-10))<br />
*[[Early College at Guilford]] at the 2012 [[Tar Heel Cup]] against an exhibition team.<br />
*[[Raleigh Charter]] at the 2012 [[GSAC]] XX against Dinwiddie B and at the 2014 Millbrook Fall Tournament against Cleveland B<br />
*[[High Tech]] at the 2012 [[FAcT]] (IS-121A) against Suffield B (775-0) and at the 2013 [[Princeton High School Tournament]] against Phoenixville B (755-0)<br />
*[[Macomb|Macomb A]] at the 2013 Springfield Invitational against Bloomington B (655-0)<br />
*[[Cistercian|Cistercian A]] at the 2013 [[St. Mark's]] Invitational against [[Parish Episcopal]] (710-(-5))<br />
*[[Hickman]] at the 2013 [[Hallsville]] Invitational against Helias C (705-0)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]] twice at the 2013 [[University of Kentucky Spring Championship]], against Shelby Valley C (805-(-10)) and Mercy Academy (735-(-5)) and again at WUHSAC against Oakville B (700-10).<br />
*[[Wayzata|Wayzata A]] at the 2013 [[SOCIAL]] against [[Mounds Park|Mounds Park B]] (865-0).<br />
*[[Colonel By|Colonel By A]] at [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1719/stats/all_games/teamdetail/ Lisgar's JAMES Mirror] against [[Lisgar]] D (710 to 0)<br />
*[[Colonel By|Colonel By A]] at the 2013 Ottawa Quiz Bowl tournament IX against Colonel By D (790-0) <br />
*[[South Range]] at 2014 Mahoning County League against [[Poland Seminary]] (805-0)<br />
*[[Saratoga]] at the 2014 BELLOCO tournament against [[Mills]] (640-(-30))<br />
*[[Glasgow]] at 2014 [[NAQT Kentucky Championship]] against [[Ballard|Ballard B]] (560 (-20))<br />
*[[Enloe]] at 2014 [[Bacon Bowl]] at [[Millbrook]] against [[Smithfield-Selma]] B (770-0)<br />
*[[Hallsville]] at 2014 [[SSNCT]] against Miami Community Charter (695-0) (22 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central B]] at 2014 Ohio Fall Kickoff Tournament at [[Sidney]] against Urbana B (730-0)<br />
*[[Richard Montgomery]] at 2014 [[VCU]] Winter VII against "Homeschool Out of the Box" B (795-0)<br />
*[[Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker A]] at 2014 [[VCU]] Winter VII against Mount Vernon B (745-0)<br />
*[[Northmont|Northmont A]] at 2014 Rowdy Raider Invitational against Culver B (740-(-5))<br />
*[[Bellarmine|Bellarmine A]] at 2015 Wildcat Classic against [[Dougherty Valley|Dougherty Valley C]] (725-(-5))<br />
*[[Arcadia|Arcadia C]] at 2015 SAT against [[Bishop's School|Bishops B]] (795-0)<br />
*[[La Jolla|La Jolla A]] at 2015 ATLAS II against [[Santa Monica|Santa Monica C]] (730-(-5))<br />
*[[La Jolla|La Jolla A]] at [[Triton Winter|Triton Winter V]] against Scripps Ranch (750-0)<br />
*[[Arcadia|Arcadia A]] at 2015 PI against Irvine (745-(-5))<br />
*[[Souderton]], in their first pyramidal tournament ever, against Renaissance Academy at [[Great Valley]]'s 2015 winter tournament (690-(-5))<br />
*[[Northmont|Northmont A]] at 2015 Quizbowl Invitational for Northwest Ohio Academics against Mohawk A (815-0) and Lincolnview B (720-0)<br />
*[[Glasgow]] at 2015 [[SSNCT]] against Woodland (765-(-10)) (23 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]] at [[2015 PACE NSC]] against Del Norte (660-30)<br />
*[[Dorman|Dorman A]] at 2015 Glasgow Scottie Invitational against Merrol Hyde B (705-0)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central B]] at 2015 TEAMS against Hinsdale Central B (610-0)<br />
*[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]] at 2015 TEAMS against Pine Garden Stream Woods (730-0)<br />
*[[West Point|West Point A]] at the 2016 [[West Point Rainwater Invitational]] against Sylacauga B (475-0)<br />
*[[Miami Valley School|Miami Valley A]] at 2017 [[SSNCT]] against [[Doral Red Rock|Doral Red Rock B]] (870-(-5)) (24 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[High Tech|High Tech A]] at 2018 [[Scarlet Knight Winter]] against Middlesex County Academy B (725-0)<br />
*[[Copley|Copley A]] at 2018 [[Battle Buzz]] against Keystone B (635-0)<br />
*[[Jesuit|Jesuit A]] at the 2018 [[LQBA]] Louisiana State Championship against Woodlawn (690-(-10))<br />
*[[Ottawa Hills]] at the 2018 [[Beavercreek Fall Invitational]] against Clermont Northeastern B (730-(-5))<br />
*[[Copley|Copley A]] at the 2018 [[Hicksville Invitational]] against Hillsdale B (705-0)<br />
*[[Allderdice|Allderdice A]] at the 2018 [[SAGACITY]] against John Marshall B (690-0)<br />
<br />
===College/Open===<br />
<br />
*[[Jonathan Magin]] and [[Rom Masrour]] at the 2008 Illinois Open Literature <br />
*A [[Jerry Vinokurov]]-led open team (consisting of [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Andrew Hart]], and [[Dennis Jang]]) at [[Cardinal Classic]] 2008, against [[Berkeley]].<br />
*[[Chipola College]] ([[Dallin Kelson]] playing solo) at the Valencia site of the 2010 Delta Burke (defeating Mercer B in the first round of the playoffs 620-0)<br />
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at the [[2011 SCT]] East Carolina site, defeating [[Virginia Tech]] 680--5 (23 toss-ups heard)<br />
*[[Cherchez La Femme Nikita Khrushchev]] (featuring [[Jake Sundberg]], [[Mark Morris]], [[Dargan Ware]], and [[Megan Patterson]]) at the 2011 [[HSNCT]] Mirror in Chattanooga (defeating [[Chuck Pearson]] and Eli Miles of Shorter, playing as Chuck Pearson Farewell Tour) (655-(-15))<br />
*[[Penn]] ([[Dallas Simons]], [[Patrick Liao]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]) at the mid-Atlantic mirror of [[QUARK]] (defeating [[Johns Hopkins]] B)<br />
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at [[Michigan Fall Tournament]] against Liberty A (820-0)<br />
*[[Stanford|Stanford A]] at [[2013 ACF Fall]] against Berkeley D (690 to -10)<br />
*[[Illinois|Illinois B]] at 2014 [[SCT]], defeating [[Northern Illinois]] 860-0 (24 toss-ups heard).<br />
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at [[2014 ACF Nationals]] against Stanford (660 to -5)<br />
*[[Stanford|Stanford B]] at [[2015 SCT|2015 DII Berkeley SCT]] against UC Davis (720-(-5))<br />
*[[Oklahoma]] at [[2015 ACF Regionals]] against [[Kansas State]] (580 to -25)<br />
*[[Stanford|Stanford A]] at [[2016 SCT|2016 DI Berkeley SCT]] against Berkeley C (705-0)<br />
*[[Princeton]] at [[Penn Bowl|2017 Penn Bowl]] against [[NYU|NYU B]] [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4683/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t14 (560-0)]<br />
*[[Penn State|Penn State A]] at [[2017 ACF Fall]] against Rochester B (630-0)<br />
*[[Minnesota|Minnesota B]] at [[2017 ACF Fall]] against Drake B (740-(-5)).[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4536/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t12]<br />
*[[Minnesota|Minnesota A]] at 2018 [[SCT]] (combined field) against [[Grinnell]] (845-(-30)) (22 toss-ups heard)<br />
<br />
==Individual Grail==<br />
<br />
An individual grail occurs when a single individual, playing solo or with teammates, answers every tossup in a regulation match. <br />
<br />
===Grails===<br />
<br />
*[[Tristan Willey]] (then of [[Macomb]], but playing independently at the collegiate level) grailed against [[Central Michigan|Central Michigan A]] at [[2011 ACF Fall]] at [[NIU]]. [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/143/stats/combined/playerdetail/#p1_27]. <br />
<br />
*[[Seth Kendall]] of [[Kentucky]] grailed against UTK B at the [[2005 ACF Fall]].[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2181&p=27529]<br />
<br />
===Near-Grails===<br />
*[[Jerry Vinokurov]] was one tossup short of this mark playing solo against [[Athens State]] B at [[2006 ACF Nationals]]. <br />
*[[Tom Waters]], playing as an individual against GW B at a Maryland tournament in 1995, similarly managed 19 out of 20 tossups<br />
*[[R. Hentzel]] legendarily had an attempt at an individual grail foiled when he failed to identify an "Easy-Bake Oven." <br />
*[[Dylan Minarik]] playing solo at [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3576/stats/prelims/teamdetail/#t3 MUT 2016] almost grailed against [[NIU]] C, after NIU C answered the first tossup correctly and Dylan got the next 19.<br />
<br />
==High School Individual Grails==<br />
*[[Eric Xu]] of [[Western Albemarle]] grailed against [[Mount Vernon]] B at [[RAYNOR]] (run by [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]).<br />
*[[Alex Schmidt]] of [[Lehigh Valley]] grailed against [[Smithtown West]] A at [[Harvard Fall Tournament]] XII.<br />
<br />
==Middle School Individual Grails==<br />
[[William Groger]] of [[Miami Valley School (middle school)| Miami Valley]] A grailed against St. Hilary A at the 3rd Annual Copley Middle School Invitational.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
*[[Andrew Hart Grail]]<br />
<br />
[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]<br />
[[Category: Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Blue_Hen&diff=37773Blue Hen2018-10-16T11:54:20Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Blue Hen''' was a high school [[quizbowl]] tournament that was held every March at the [[University of Delaware]]. It is currently defunct. Run on [[NAQT]] questions, it tended to attract a mid-size field of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. teams.<br />
<br />
Originally the tournament only allowed Delaware teams to participate. Starting with Blue Hen III the field was opened up to outside schools. The top Delaware school received the Founders' Trophy, which contains the names of the Delaware ACC members on the team in 1999.<br />
<br />
The names listed on the Founders Cup are David Balseiro, Richard (Hayden) Hurst, Dave DeForge, Kate Gample-Wallenjeck, Rajeev Gorowara, Arnadlo Gutierez, Eric, and Michael Rulon.<br />
<br />
One feature formerly popular with some teams was the trash round. This was run on a packet written by the Delaware team while a set of pairings was being calculated, either a late preliminary or the playoff bracket.<br />
<br />
==Results==<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Blue Hen<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Field size<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| XVII (2015)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Georgetown Day School]] B<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| 34 <br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2707/stats/all_games/standings/ results]<br />
|-<br />
| XVI (2014)<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] B<br />
| [[Caravel]]<br />
| [[Newark Charter]] B<br />
| 12 <br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5175&playoffs=1 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XV (2013)<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]] A<br />
| 18 <br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1448/stats/combined/ results]<br />
|-<br />
| XIV (2012)<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]] A<br />
| [[Richard Montgomery]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| [[Oakland Mills]] <br />
| 18 <br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4147 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XIII (2011)<br />
| [[Saint Joseph]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] C<br />
| 20<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3734 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XII (2010)<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]] A<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Richard Montgomery]] A<br />
| 24<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3152 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XI (2009)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Half Hollow Hills West]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] C<br />
| [[Moravian]]<br />
| 34<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2675 results]<br />
|-<br />
| X (2008)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Moravian]]<br />
| [[Half Hollow Hills West]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| 26<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2369 results]<br />
|-<br />
| IX (2007)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| [[Walter Johnson]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| 20<br />
| About 36 teams were expected, but a snowstorm made travel from the north difficult.<br />
|-<br />
| VIII (2006)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] C<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| 24<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1851 results]<br />
|-<br />
| VII (2005)<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| [[Montgomery Blair]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| 17<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| VI (2004)<br />
| Benjamin Banneker<br />
| [[Howard]] A<br />
| [[A.I. Dupont]] A<br />
| [[Kellenberg Memorial]]<br />
| 24<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| V (2003)<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Blake]]<br />
| 41<br />
| Around 48 teams were expected, but several had to drop out when the U.S. invaded Iraq and districts banned outside travel.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| IV (2002)<br />
| [[Kellenberg Memorial]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Seton Hall Prep]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| 31<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| III (2001)<br />
| [[Archmere]] A<br />
| Council Rock A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| Warwick B<br />
| 30<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| II (2000)<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Archmere]] A<br />
| [[Archmere]] B<br />
| 14<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| I (1999)<br />
| [[Archmere]] A<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] A<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] B<br />
| [[Archmere]] B<br />
| 12<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Outside Links ==<br />
* [http://udel.edu/stu-org/acc/bhi/bhi.html University of Delaware page ]<br />
<br />
[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:Delaware]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Delaware]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Blue_Hen&diff=37772Blue Hen2018-10-16T11:54:09Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Blue Hen''' is a high school [[quizbowl]] tournament that was held every March at the [[University of Delaware]]. It is currently defunct. Run on [[NAQT]] questions, it tended to attract a mid-size field of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. teams.<br />
<br />
Originally the tournament only allowed Delaware teams to participate. Starting with Blue Hen III the field was opened up to outside schools. The top Delaware school received the Founders' Trophy, which contains the names of the Delaware ACC members on the team in 1999.<br />
<br />
The names listed on the Founders Cup are David Balseiro, Richard (Hayden) Hurst, Dave DeForge, Kate Gample-Wallenjeck, Rajeev Gorowara, Arnadlo Gutierez, Eric, and Michael Rulon.<br />
<br />
One feature formerly popular with some teams was the trash round. This was run on a packet written by the Delaware team while a set of pairings was being calculated, either a late preliminary or the playoff bracket.<br />
<br />
==Results==<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Blue Hen<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Field size<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| XVII (2015)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Georgetown Day School]] B<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Emmaus]]<br />
| 34 <br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2707/stats/all_games/standings/ results]<br />
|-<br />
| XVI (2014)<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] B<br />
| [[Caravel]]<br />
| [[Newark Charter]] B<br />
| 12 <br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5175&playoffs=1 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XV (2013)<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]] A<br />
| 18 <br />
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1448/stats/combined/ results]<br />
|-<br />
| XIV (2012)<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]] A<br />
| [[Richard Montgomery]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| [[Oakland Mills]] <br />
| 18 <br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4147 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XIII (2011)<br />
| [[Saint Joseph]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] C<br />
| 20<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3734 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XII (2010)<br />
| [[Georgetown Day]] A<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Richard Montgomery]] A<br />
| 24<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3152 results]<br />
|-<br />
| XI (2009)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Half Hollow Hills West]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] C<br />
| [[Moravian]]<br />
| 34<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2675 results]<br />
|-<br />
| X (2008)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Moravian]]<br />
| [[Half Hollow Hills West]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| 26<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2369 results]<br />
|-<br />
| IX (2007)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| [[Walter Johnson]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| 20<br />
| About 36 teams were expected, but a snowstorm made travel from the north difficult.<br />
|-<br />
| VIII (2006)<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] B<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] C<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| 24<br />
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1851 results]<br />
|-<br />
| VII (2005)<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| [[Montgomery Blair]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| 17<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| VI (2004)<br />
| Benjamin Banneker<br />
| [[Howard]] A<br />
| [[A.I. Dupont]] A<br />
| [[Kellenberg Memorial]]<br />
| 24<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| V (2003)<br />
| [[Gonzaga]]<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| [[Blake]]<br />
| 41<br />
| Around 48 teams were expected, but several had to drop out when the U.S. invaded Iraq and districts banned outside travel.<br />
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|-<br />
| IV (2002)<br />
| [[Kellenberg Memorial]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Seton Hall Prep]] A<br />
| [[Manheim Township]] A<br />
| 31<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| III (2001)<br />
| [[Archmere]] A<br />
| Council Rock A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| Warwick B<br />
| 30<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| II (2000)<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] A<br />
| [[Wilmington Charter]] A<br />
| [[Archmere]] A<br />
| [[Archmere]] B<br />
| 14<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| I (1999)<br />
| [[Archmere]] A<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] A<br />
| [[Caesar Rodney]] B<br />
| [[Archmere]] B<br />
| 12<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
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== Outside Links ==<br />
* [http://udel.edu/stu-org/acc/bhi/bhi.html University of Delaware page ]<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Delaware]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Vishwa_Shanmugam&diff=37761Vishwa Shanmugam2018-10-11T17:45:12Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox|Name = Vishwa Shanmugam<br />
|Image = Vishy.jpg|thumb<br />
|Subjects = Science, Literature, Philosophy<br />
|schoolcur = [[UMD]] (2018–)<br />
|highschool = [[Downingtown STEM]] (2014-18)<br />
| }}<br />
'''Vishwa Shanmugam''' played for [[Downingtown STEM]], where he became a regional powerhouse and a national all-star within a year. He captained Downingtown STEM to an eighth place finish at the [[2018 HSNCT]], where he was the overall 22nd scorer with 71.61 ppg. The same year, he led his team to an 18th place finish at the [[2018 NSC]], where he was the 6th place overall scorer with 112.78 ppg and the second most powers. Vishwa was also the 7th overall scorer at the [[2018 NASAT]] playing for Pennsylvania Blue, which placed 5th. Vishwa was named a member of the Second Team for the 2018 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]], and was also named [[Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource|Pennsylvania's]] quizbowl player of the year in 2018.<br />
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Vishwa currently plays for [[University of Maryland]]'s DII team.<br />
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Vishwa is famous for his generosity in the distribution of [https://www.blackforestusa.com/gummy-candy/gummy-bears/organic-gummy-bears.html Black Forest Organic Gummy Bears™].</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Burgh&diff=37735Battle of the Burgh2018-10-09T01:53:16Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Battle of the Burgh''' is a tournament hosted by [[Pitt|the University of Pittsburgh]] for high school teams. It has alternatively been known simply as '''Burgh'''. It has been held in the winter or spring since 2006, and in the March of each year since 2008. It is likely that every edition of this tournament has used questions from [[NAQT]].<br />
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== Results ==<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
|-<br />
| 1999?<br />
| Results needed<br />
| Results needed<br />
| Results needed<br />
| Results needed<br />
|-<br />
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20010506175334/http://www.pitt.edu/~epsst13/qb/bobstat.htm 2000?]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop]]<br />
| [[Shady Side|Shady Side A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2001<br />
| [[Woodward Academy]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| Results needed<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2002<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny B]]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/11926 2003]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| Results needed<br />
|-<br />
| 2004*<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[NW Penn Academy]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2004*<br />
| [[Schenley]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[Seneca Valley]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2006<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic B]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny|North Allegheny C]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2007<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[State College|State College B]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[Schenley]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2008<br />
| [[LOT Academy]]<br />
| [[North Allegheny]]<br />
| [[Shady Side|Shady Side A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]] and <br>[[Garfield Heights]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2009<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [[Solon|Solon A]]<br />
| [[Solon|Solon B]]<br />
|- <br />
| 2010<br />
| [[Mercersburg|Mercersburg Academy A]]<br />
| [[Shady Side]]<br />
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
|- <br />
| 2011<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Rocky Grove]]<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
| [[State College|State College A]]<br />
| [[Camp Hill]]<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
| [[Altoona|Altoona A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
| [[Winchester Thurston|Winchester Thurston A]]<br />
| [[Dubois|Dubois A]]<br />
| [[Warren G. Harding]]<br />
| Winchester Thurston B<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
| [[Northmont]]<br />
| [[Boardman]]<br />
| [[Dubois|Dubois A]]<br />
| [[Lake Highland]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
| [[Solon]]<br />
| [[Boardman]]<br />
| [[Olentangy Liberty|Olentangy Liberty A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
|[[Indiana Area|Indiana Area A]]<br />
|[[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic A]]<br />
|[[Hampton]]<br />
|[[Shady Side]]/[[General McLane|General McLane A]]/[[Allderdice]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
|[[Winchester Thurston]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice B]]<br />
|[[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
|[[Copley| Copley A]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice A]]<br />
|[[Allderdice| Allderdice B]]<br />
|[[Copley| Copley B]]<br />
|}<br />
* It is assumed that an edition of this tournament was held in 1999, since "Battle of the Burgh II" was held in 2000; however, [[NAQT|NAQT's]] website does not list results for any non-[[HSNCT]] tournament for the 1998-1999 season.<br />
* There were two 2004 editions of this tournament: the first was held on March 20, 2004, and the second was held on November 20, 2004.<br />
* In 2008, North Allegheny and Shady Side A tied for 2nd.<br />
* In 2011, Camp Hill and Rocky Grove finished tied for 2nd.<br />
* The 2011 edition was deemed "Battle of the Burgh XIV", but at this time evidence of only 13 Battles of the Burgh (Battle of the Burghs?) have been found.<br />
* In the 2017 Tournament, Allderdice A was initially declared the winner. However, due to an error using SQBS, Winchester Thurston had actually won and was retroactively awarded first.<br />
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[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=37732Nittany Lion Novice2018-10-09T01:43:22Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| December 5th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| DEFT<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=37729Nittany Lion Novice2018-10-07T00:52:03Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| December 5th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| November 12th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| SCOP Novice 8<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Nittany_Lion_Novice&diff=37728Nittany Lion Novice2018-10-07T00:50:12Z<p>Ben Herman: Created page with "'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at Penn State every autumn. It was started in 2015 by Ben Herman and Victor Prieto as an easy, accessibl..."</p>
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<div>'''Nittany Lion Novice''' is a high school tournament held at [[Penn State]] every autumn. It was started in 2015 by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Victor Prieto]] as an easy, accessible tournament for central Pennsylvania Schools, and way to get the Penn State team to start hosting events again. Despite isolation geographically, small field sizes, and having to move around the calendar a bit based on the college football schedule, the event has been able to get a few new schools involved with quizbowl. NLN served as the season opener for pyramidal events in Pennsylvania 2017 and 2018.<br />
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
! Year<br />
! Date<br />
! Set Used<br />
! # of Teams<br />
! Champion<br />
! Second<br />
! Third<br />
! Fourth<br />
! Full Results<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
| November 12th<br />
| SCOP Novice 6<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]] <br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana A]]<br />
| [[Westmont Hilltop|Westmont Hilltop B]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon| Huntingdon A]] <br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3267/stats/final_standings/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| December 5th<br />
| Pennsylvania Novice<br />
| 15<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Kellenberg|Kellenberg A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Indiana HS|Indiana]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3799/stats/final/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
| October 7th<br />
| SCOP Novice 8<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[State College| State College C]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township A]]<br />
| [[Manheim Township| Manheim Township B]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4497/stats/round_robin/]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
| October 6th<br />
| PSACA II<br />
| 11<br />
| [[State College| State College A]]<br />
| [[Mechanicsburg| Mechanicsburg]]<br />
| [[State College| State College F]]<br />
| [[Huntingdon|Huntingdon]]<br />
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5153/stats/combined_%28includes_finals%29/]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]]</div>Ben Hermanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Winchester_Thurston&diff=37677Winchester Thurston2018-09-21T06:34:49Z<p>Ben Herman: </p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = Winchester Thurston<br />
|image = WinchesterThurston.png<br />
|citystate = Pittsburgh, PA<br />
|currentcoach = <br />
|state = [[Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource|2017 GPQB Poll]]<br />
|nats = <br />
|nats appearances = [[HSNCT]]: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 <br/> [[SSNCT]]: 2017, 2018<br />
|status = Active<br />
|size = ~650<br />
| }}<br />
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The '''Winchester Thurston School''' is a private K-12 college prep day school in Pittsburgh. During the mid 2010s, they have consistently been one of the anchors of Pittsburgh Area quizbowl, winning numerous tournaments in the area. They tied for 21st at the 2013 HSNCT behind the play of [[Nathaniel Brodsky]]. Four seasons later tied for 9th at the 2017 HSNCT, behind a true four man effort featuring Jacob Dubner, Nathaniel Hull, Aiden Place, and EJ Eppinger each scoring at least 19 points per game. That performance marked the final coaching event for team founder David Hallas, who retired afterward.<br />
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