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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson and Michael Sedlack<br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
|nats appearances = PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017 <br> HSNCT: 2003, 2007-2017<br />
|size = 166<br />
|status = Active<br />
| }}<br />
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'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. <br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in Central Ohio and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. In addition to playing many events in Ohio, the program also has a tradition of going to tournaments in Pittsburgh, PA and many schools in West Virginia. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with an enrollment of 166 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2015-2016 academic calendar year; as such, they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT, a national tournament they have proudly attended for twelve years (including every iteration since 2007.) <br />
<br />
The program is notable for surviving, and staying competitive in the face of, the 'Great Recession.' The school had an enrollment of 317 students in grades 9-12 in 2007, before seeing that number plunge to 225 in 2011 and before plunging even further down to 166 in 2016. The school's enrollment decline largely lays in the fact that the City of Lancaster has an atrocious economy that, somehow, managed to get worse during the financial crisis of 2008. <br />
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Unlike many quiz bowl programs, almost all of Fisher's players also double (in some cases, triple) up on varsity sports during the school calendar year. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II for schools in the bottom half of Ohio's enrollment (2006 was the only year the Division II title was awarded for the NAQT State competition.) It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as a plethora of final four appearances at OAC State finals. <br />
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Fisher tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C. <br />
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== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Coert Wotruba<br />
*Jill Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Chase Turner<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
*Thomas "Tam" Moore<br />
*Brandon "Scrub Lord" Shull<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Austin Reid<br />
*Andrew Smith<br />
*Luke "Sicktastic" Skelton<br />
*[[Hunter Wotruba]]<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=37703Fisher Catholic2018-10-03T03:29:21Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Current Members */</p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson and Michael Sedlack<br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
|nats appearances = PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017 <br> HSNCT: 2003, 2007-2017<br />
|size = 166<br />
|status = Active<br />
| }}<br />
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'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. <br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in Central Ohio and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. In addition to playing many events in Ohio, the program also has a tradition of going to tournaments in Pittsburgh, PA and many schools in West Virginia. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with an enrollment of 166 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2015-2016 academic calendar year; as such, they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT, a national tournament they have proudly attended for twelve years (including every iteration since 2007.) <br />
<br />
The program is notable for surviving, and staying competitive in the face of, the 'Great Recession.' The school had an enrollment of 317 students in grades 9-12 in 2007, before seeing that number plunge to 225 in 2011 and before plunging even further down to 166 in 2016. The school's enrollment decline largely lays in the fact that the City of Lancaster has an atrocious economy that, somehow, managed to get worse during the financial crisis of 2008. <br />
<br />
Unlike many quiz bowl programs, almost all of Fisher's players also double (in some cases, triple) up on varsity sports during the school calendar year. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II for schools in the bottom half of Ohio's enrollment (2006 was the only year the Division II title was awarded for the NAQT State competition.) It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as a plethora of final four appearances at OAC State finals. <br />
<br />
Fisher tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C. <br />
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<br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Coert Wotruba<br />
*Jill Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Chase Turner<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
*Thomas "Tam" Moore<br />
*Brandon "Scrub Lord" Shull<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Austin Reid<br />
*Andrew Smith<br />
*Luke "Sicktastic" Skelton<br />
*Hunter Wotruba<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=37702Fisher Catholic2018-10-03T03:28:09Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Notable Alumni */</p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson and Michael Sedlack<br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
|nats appearances = PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017 <br> HSNCT: 2003, 2007-2017<br />
|size = 166<br />
|status = Active<br />
| }}<br />
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'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. <br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in Central Ohio and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. In addition to playing many events in Ohio, the program also has a tradition of going to tournaments in Pittsburgh, PA and many schools in West Virginia. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with an enrollment of 166 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2015-2016 academic calendar year; as such, they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT, a national tournament they have proudly attended for twelve years (including every iteration since 2007.) <br />
<br />
The program is notable for surviving, and staying competitive in the face of, the 'Great Recession.' The school had an enrollment of 317 students in grades 9-12 in 2007, before seeing that number plunge to 225 in 2011 and before plunging even further down to 166 in 2016. The school's enrollment decline largely lays in the fact that the City of Lancaster has an atrocious economy that, somehow, managed to get worse during the financial crisis of 2008. <br />
<br />
Unlike many quiz bowl programs, almost all of Fisher's players also double (in some cases, triple) up on varsity sports during the school calendar year. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II for schools in the bottom half of Ohio's enrollment (2006 was the only year the Division II title was awarded for the NAQT State competition.) It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as a plethora of final four appearances at OAC State finals. <br />
<br />
Fisher tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Coert Wotruba<br />
*Jill Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Chase Turner<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
*Thomas "Tam" Moore<br />
*Brandon "Scrub Lord" Shull<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Austin Reid<br />
*Andrew Smith<br />
*Luke "Sicktastic" Skelton<br />
*Hunter Wotruba<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Carter Corcoran (Class of 2017)<br />
*Brock Conrad (Class of 2017)<br />
*[[Hunter Wotruba]] (Class of 2017)<br />
*Zach Vogel (Class of 2017)<br />
*Alex Blackston (Class of 2018)<br />
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[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=National_Tournament_of_Academic_Excellence&diff=37701National Tournament of Academic Excellence2018-10-03T03:25:42Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Results */</p>
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<div>'''National Tournament of Academic Excellence''' (NTAE) is a United States national high school academic competition held in June. For most of its run the tournament has more famously been known as the '''Panasonic Academic Challenge''' (PAC), having been sponsored by Panasonic Corporation until 2008. The tournament was held each year from 1988-2009, and after a five year hiatus it was revived in 2014. Note that all information contained in this article is about previous incarnations of the NTAE/PAC and the 2014 version may be run slightly differently<br />
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The NTAE is co-sponsored by the Florida Department of Education and Disney. The Polk County School District ran the tournament and past TDs have included Terry Boehm, Peggy Harrod, and Lisa Rawls. Harrod held the longest tenure of the three. The tournament has always been held at various hotels in Disney World over the years.<br />
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Prior to the 2008 tournament, Peggy Harrod announced that she would be retiring after the [[2008 PAC]], and she was replaced by Lisa Rawls. Within a few weeks of the end of the 2008 tournament, the tournament website announced that the tournament would be returning to its original name, the National Tournament of Academic Excellence, indicating that Panasonic had withdrawn as a sponsor. The last NTAE was held in 2009 although its organizers still actively sought to hold another event.<br />
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In early 2014 after a five year hiatus, plans were officially announced that another NTAE will be held and Lisa Rawls will return to organize the tournament. In January it was announced that the tournament will be once again in Disney World at the Contemporary Resort Hotel on June 14-17. The proposed date will notably occur during [[NASAT]]. Registration forms were posted on their website in March and are due in May. It is unclear if the revived NTAE will actually be able to take place, or who outside of Florida will be interested in attending.<br />
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The 2016 NTAE was cancelled due to lack of funding. [http://www.academic-challenge.org/ntae/]<br />
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== Match Format ==<br />
:''(The following information is based on historic information and may possibly change based on recent events)''<br />
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The format used in the PAC is very unusual and was based on the format used for the [[Commissioner's Academic Challenge]] (CAC), Florida's quizbowl tournament for school district based teams (separate from their actual high school championship). The CAC is used to select the team representing Florida.<br />
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While most tournaments involve two teams playing in a head-to-head format, the PAC involves matches of between four and six teams playing against each other in the same competition room. Each team starts with 100 points and may lose points during the progress of the game.<br />
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Each match is divided into three periods. The first period consists of 20 questions each worth five points, the second period consists of 20 questions each worth ten points, and the final period consists of 25 questions each worth fifteen points. Each question has a one minute time limit in which teams may answer. Teams answering incorrectly are penalized the point value of the question. In the rare event that a team's point total reaches zero, they are eliminated from competition.<br />
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At the end of each period, each team participats in a written team question which has a variable time limit and a variable number of questions. The written team question after each of the three periods is worth a maximum of ten, twenty, and thirty points respectively. There are no penalties for incorrect answers in this phase of the competition. These written questions are not head-to-head, meaning that each team can earn the maximum number of points.<br />
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At the end of each match, teams are ranked according to their point totals. A tie-breaker occurs only if a tie results among teams that will be advancing to a future match.<br />
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Aside from the written team questions there are no bonus questions. There was also the absence of [[Bounceback|"rebounding"]] a missed question. That is, if one team gives an incorrect answer, no other team is given the opportunity to answer.<br />
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Adding to the challenge, each team shares a single button to buzz in. IN other formats players usually each have their own buzzers. Teams also share a graphing calculator, non-graphing calculator, and periodic table, which are useful for many of the questions.<br />
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== Topic and Question Formats ==<br />
Unlike most other tournaments, there are a significant number of [[multiple choice]], matching, fill-in-the-blank, video, audio, and handout questions. There are also free response/answer line questions standard to high school quizbowl. The questions tend not to be [[pyramidal]], which became more and more of a problem for the tournament as pyramidal quizbowl grew in popularity.<br />
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This tournament has a significant number of [[computational math|computational questions]] and a bit of [[foreign language]]. The foreign language questions tend to be on handouts with the question being printed in four languages. Students have the option of Spanish, French, and whatever two other languages are used that year. The languages are announced in advance, and usually are German and Latin. This tournament hasn't had much pop culture form the beginning, which is very unusual for high school quizbowl.<br />
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== Tournament Format ==<br />
The tournament is usually held during the second or third week of June, starting on a Sunday and ending on a Tuesday. It is usually held at the convention center of the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Walt Disney World. Thus one of the main draws of the tournament for some teams may be the opportunity to have unlimited access to the park for several days.<br />
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Teams are randomly assigned to a first round match. The winning teams from the first rounds automatically advance to the semifinals. Teams that don't win in the first round are randomly assigned to a consolation match which is held on Monday. Winners of each consolation match also advanced to the semifinals.<br />
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There were three semifinal matches played on Tuesday morning. The top two teams from each semifinal advance to the championship round held in the afternoon. Although the tournament is three days long, many teams only end up playing two matches.<br />
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Coaches are not permitted to challenge the game officials, instead that power is exclusive to players. Each match generally has a panel of judges with a variety of academic backgrounds to handle protests.<br />
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== Team Formation ==<br />
Each state or territory can enter only one team. Tournament organizers have sometimes contacted the Boards of Education (or equivalent body) of each U.S. state and territory to select a team in any way they see fit. Some teams come from a single school, and were often the champion of one of that state's tournaments. In other cases, the Board of Education gives selection power to a committee who chooses an "all-star" team from among that state's best players. Thus each state or territory can enter only one team, and is referred to at the tournament as (for example) "Team Alabama" or "Team Arizona". <br />
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Some teams who have participated, especially from less quizbowl-heavy regions, have not been quizbowl teams at all, but rather top Academic Decathlon performers or high achievers from other non-quizbowl academic competitions.<br />
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==All-America Team==<br />
Since 1990, the tournament names an "All-America Team" of six players who receive additional scholarship prizes and a medal. This process by which All-Americans are selected has historically been fraught with problems and needs to be fixed or eliminated.<br />
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For most of the tournament's run, each team has been assigned to one of six geographic regions which are announced in advance. Only one player is selected from each region, thus the "All-America" team is not designed to recognize the absolute best six players of the tournament. The distinction of being named to the team has sometimes been rather dubious for a number of reasons. Selection is based on an individual's performance solely in the preliminary round on the first day of competition and a pre-tournament ranking by the team's coach. Thus, a player ranked #2 on their team by their own coach may have a very good round, but if another team's #1 player has almost as good a round, that player could conceivably be named to the team ahead of the better performing player.<br />
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Furthermore, given the "team" emphasis of the tournament (each team only has a single buzzer except during the finals), some teams will have one player answer when in fact two or more players have the same answer. Thus a single player is credited with an answer, when in fact the answer was arrived at mutually.<br />
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==Political opinion polling==<br />
From 1992 to 1999, participants at the PAC were polled about a variety of current political issues. Results were reported in press releases from 1993 to 1999. See the individual tournament pages for more. It is unknown why this stopped happening.<br />
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==Criticisms==<br />
There have been a number of criticisms of this tournament, which continually have not been addressed and have eventually caused the number of states attending to decline. One of the biggest problems has been the PAC/NTAE's failure to keep up to the standards of the other national tournaments.<br />
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The questions tend to be non-[[Pyramidal|pyramidal]], and as a result led to buzzer races which did not differentiate the team with the stronger knowledge base. Additionally, many questions do not start with uniquely identifying clues, leading to luck being a major factor as many teams just buzz quickly and guess.<br />
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The tournament does not attempt to seed teams. Placement in each round is completely random. Further, the blind draw for match pairings is not done publicly which, given the presence of a home team, has led some to question the honesty of this process. Even the most ardent supporters of the tournament will rarely acknowledge that the final six teams are truly the six best teams in the tournament.<br />
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Every round involves no fewer than four teams, and as many as six teams in a room. Thus, a team that has no chance of advancing, can affect the score by buzzing in and "stealing" the opportunity from teams in competition to advance or place to win points.<br />
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The entrance of all-star teams is also controversial, especially given that some state organizations explicitly bar them, giving their representative a disadvantage. Some states oppose all-star teams on general principle, while others are upset that their state awards their state's entry to a state champion who may be wholly unfamiliar with the format and who may not necessarily make the commitment for preparation. (needs to be rewritten)<br />
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Given the presence of the NTAE at Walt Disney World, the tournament often becomes too heavily inundated by [[funn]]. Teams are encouraged to spend free time in the various theme parks, given that tournament entry fees include and unlimited pass to all of Disney World. On the other hand, many competitive teams limited their time in these areas and spent a great more time resting or practicing.<br />
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The NTAE has the highest entry fee of any tournament. Additionally, its non-central location sometimes leads to travel difficulties which further cut down on teams entering. Each team is only guaranteed to play two matches during the entire three day span, which is the fewest number of matches of any national tournament, which makes the high entry fees even more inexcusable. The steep entry fees are perhaps justified by the fact that because teams were technically representatives of a US state, state and local governments have sometimes paid for their fees. However this also begs the question of why taxpayer dollars should be spent on what is essentially a vacation for a couple of high school kids.<br />
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Some people criticized the amount of computational math and foreign language questions, which is a hindrance to teams more used to [[NAQT]] or [[ACF]]-like formats.<br />
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Some people criticized the use of a single buzzer-per-team (two-per-team in the finals), as this prevents accurately keeping individual statistics. This creates further problems as the "top six players" are recognized and are awarded scholarship money.<br />
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Some people criticized the restriction of "one team-per-state" rule, which automatically restricted some very talented teams and players from attending. Further, the requirement to go through a respective state's Board of Education often unintentionally introduced red tape that coaches chose not to become involved in. Some State Boards simply dismissed the invitation, and never permitted any team to go.<br />
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The 2014 final was broadcast live on the Internet, allowing America to recoil in horror at endless questions involving weird academic conceits as applied to various comic strips. About every other tossup went dead; those that were answered involved leadins such as "What kind of event did Pope Urban II organize?"<br />
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==Strengths==<br />
The PAC has been praised for its lack of pop culture or sports ([[trash]]) questions. Until PACE NSC eliminated them, no national tournament had so few questions on trash as the PAC. Although there were occasional questions related to sports history in early years, there have been no questions on pop culture or sports for many years after that.<br />
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Some teams viewed the inclusion of foreign language and computational math as a strength of the tournament, as it permitted teams from states which include these topics to compete nationally in a format that is closer to their home format.<br />
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PAC included some of the nicest prizes among national tournaments. While the small trophies given to the top six teams often vanished because they were sent to the governor of the respective state, players on top teams earned cash awards. Others have dismissed this as a criticism, stating that it does too much to focus on sponsors and not truly on the players. Since most teams don't end up winning money, attending the NTAE solely for a shot to earn prize money is delusional<br />
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Some have opined that the use of All-Star teams is a strength of the tournament, as it allows the best and hardest working players of a state to come together and succeed.<br />
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==NASAT==<br />
The tradition of a single team representing each state was later carried on by [[NASAT]], which is run by [[HSAPQ]] and has no affiliation at all with PAC. Unlike PAC, NASAT follows the standard conventions of pyramidal quizbowl.<br />
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==Results==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
!YEAR || CHAMPION || RUNNER-UP || THIRD PLACE || FOURTH PLACE || FIFTH PLACE || SIXTH PLACE<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1988 PAC|1988]] || [[1988 Rockville|Rockville]] || Tennessee || [[1988 Ward Melville|Ward Melville]] || [[1988 Caddo Magnet|Caddo Magnet]] || [[1988 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1988 Norcross|Norcross]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1989 PAC|1989]] || [[1989 Winston Churchill (MD)|Winston Churchill]] || [[1989 Granville|Granville]] || [[1989 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]] || [[1989 Irmo|Irmo]] || [[1989 Ward Melville|Ward Melville]] || [[1989 Michigan Panasonic Team|Michigan]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1990 PAC|1990]] || [[1990 Ballard|Ballard]] || [[1990 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]] || [[1990 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1990 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1990 Rufus King|Rufus King]] || New York<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1991 PAC|1991]] || [[1991 Dorman|Dorman]] || Virginia || [[1991 Rufus King|Rufus King]] || [[1991 Indiana Panasonic Team|Indiana All-Stars]] || [[1991 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || New Jersey<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1992 PAC|1992]] || [[1992 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1992 Tates Creek|Tates Creek]] || [[1992 East Brunswick|East Brunswick]] || [[1992 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1992 Dorman|Dorman]] || [[1992 Walton|Walton]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1993 PAC|1993]] || [[1993 Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines]] || [[1993 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1993 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]]|| [[1993 Dupont Manual|Dupont Manual]] || [[1993 Iowa Panasonic Team|Iowa All-Stars]] || Oregon<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1994 PAC|1994]] || [[1994 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]] || [[1994 Rufus King|Rufus King]] || [[1994 Dupont Manual|Dupont Manual]] || || [[1994 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1995 PAC|1995]] || [[1995 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1995 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[1995 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || Pennsylvania || || <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1996 PAC|1996]] || [[1996 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1996 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || Alabama || Oklahoma || Pennsylvania || [[1996 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1997 PAC|1997]] || [[1997 Klein|Klein]] || [[1997 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1997 Rufus King|Rufus King]] ||[[1997 Dunbar|Dunbar]] || [[1997 Minnesota Panasonic Team|Minnesota All-Stars]] || [[1997 State College|State College]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1998 PAC|1998]] || [[1998 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1998 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1998 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[1998 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[1998 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1999 PAC|1999]] || [[1999 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1999 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[1999 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]] || [[1999 Ezell-Harding|Ezell-Harding]] || [[1999 Alief Hastings|Alief Hastings]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2000 PAC|2000]] || [[2000 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2000 Dunbar|Dunbar]] || [[2000 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2000 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2000 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]] || [[2000 Grissom|Grissom]]<br />
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|[[2001 PAC|2001]] || [[2001 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[2001 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2001 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2001 Burlington|Burlington]] || [[2001 Dunbar|Dunbar]] || [[2001 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]]<br />
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|[[2002 PAC|2002]] || [[2002 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2002 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2002 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[2002 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]] || [[2002 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]] || [[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]<br />
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|[[2003 PAC|2003]] || [[2003 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2003 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2003 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[2003 Klein|Klein]] || [[2003 Emmaus|Emmaus]] || [[2003 St. Charles|St. Charles]]<br />
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|[[2004 PAC|2004]] || [[2004 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2004 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2004 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2004 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[2004 Russell|Russell]] || [[2004 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]]<br />
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|[[2005 PAC|2005]] || [[2005 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2005 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2005 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2005 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2005 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2005 Rufus King|Rufus King]]<br />
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|[[2006 PAC|2006]] || [[2006 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2006 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2006 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2006 State College|State College]] || [[2006 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2006 Ezell-Harding|Ezell-Harding]]<br />
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|[[2007 PAC|2007]] || [[2007 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2007 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2007 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2007 Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines]] || [[2007 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[2007 Kentucky Panasonic Team|Kentucky All-Stars]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2008 PAC|2008]] || [[2008 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2008 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2008 Dorman|Dorman]] || [[2008 Kentucky Panasonic Team|Kentucky All-Stars]] || [[2008 Ezell-Harding|Ezell-Harding]] || [[2008 Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2009 NTAE|2009]] || [[2009 Johnson Central|Johnson Central]] || [[2009 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || [[2009 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2009 Dorman|Dorman]] || [[2009 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2009 Green|Green]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2014 NTAE|2014]] || [[2014 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2014 Downingtown East|Downingtown East]] || [[2014 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2014 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || [[2014 Louisiana Panasonic Team|Louisiana All-Stars]] || [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2015 NTAE|2015]] || [[2015 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic]] || [[2015 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || [[2015 St. Martin's Episcopal|St. Martin's Episcopal]] || [[2015 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2015 Downingtown East|Downingtown East]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.academic-challenge.org/ntae/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school national championships]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:PAC]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=National_Tournament_of_Academic_Excellence&diff=37700National Tournament of Academic Excellence2018-10-03T03:23:12Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Results */</p>
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<div>'''National Tournament of Academic Excellence''' (NTAE) is a United States national high school academic competition held in June. For most of its run the tournament has more famously been known as the '''Panasonic Academic Challenge''' (PAC), having been sponsored by Panasonic Corporation until 2008. The tournament was held each year from 1988-2009, and after a five year hiatus it was revived in 2014. Note that all information contained in this article is about previous incarnations of the NTAE/PAC and the 2014 version may be run slightly differently<br />
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The NTAE is co-sponsored by the Florida Department of Education and Disney. The Polk County School District ran the tournament and past TDs have included Terry Boehm, Peggy Harrod, and Lisa Rawls. Harrod held the longest tenure of the three. The tournament has always been held at various hotels in Disney World over the years.<br />
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Prior to the 2008 tournament, Peggy Harrod announced that she would be retiring after the [[2008 PAC]], and she was replaced by Lisa Rawls. Within a few weeks of the end of the 2008 tournament, the tournament website announced that the tournament would be returning to its original name, the National Tournament of Academic Excellence, indicating that Panasonic had withdrawn as a sponsor. The last NTAE was held in 2009 although its organizers still actively sought to hold another event.<br />
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In early 2014 after a five year hiatus, plans were officially announced that another NTAE will be held and Lisa Rawls will return to organize the tournament. In January it was announced that the tournament will be once again in Disney World at the Contemporary Resort Hotel on June 14-17. The proposed date will notably occur during [[NASAT]]. Registration forms were posted on their website in March and are due in May. It is unclear if the revived NTAE will actually be able to take place, or who outside of Florida will be interested in attending.<br />
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The 2016 NTAE was cancelled due to lack of funding. [http://www.academic-challenge.org/ntae/]<br />
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== Match Format ==<br />
:''(The following information is based on historic information and may possibly change based on recent events)''<br />
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The format used in the PAC is very unusual and was based on the format used for the [[Commissioner's Academic Challenge]] (CAC), Florida's quizbowl tournament for school district based teams (separate from their actual high school championship). The CAC is used to select the team representing Florida.<br />
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While most tournaments involve two teams playing in a head-to-head format, the PAC involves matches of between four and six teams playing against each other in the same competition room. Each team starts with 100 points and may lose points during the progress of the game.<br />
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Each match is divided into three periods. The first period consists of 20 questions each worth five points, the second period consists of 20 questions each worth ten points, and the final period consists of 25 questions each worth fifteen points. Each question has a one minute time limit in which teams may answer. Teams answering incorrectly are penalized the point value of the question. In the rare event that a team's point total reaches zero, they are eliminated from competition.<br />
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At the end of each period, each team participats in a written team question which has a variable time limit and a variable number of questions. The written team question after each of the three periods is worth a maximum of ten, twenty, and thirty points respectively. There are no penalties for incorrect answers in this phase of the competition. These written questions are not head-to-head, meaning that each team can earn the maximum number of points.<br />
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At the end of each match, teams are ranked according to their point totals. A tie-breaker occurs only if a tie results among teams that will be advancing to a future match.<br />
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Aside from the written team questions there are no bonus questions. There was also the absence of [[Bounceback|"rebounding"]] a missed question. That is, if one team gives an incorrect answer, no other team is given the opportunity to answer.<br />
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Adding to the challenge, each team shares a single button to buzz in. IN other formats players usually each have their own buzzers. Teams also share a graphing calculator, non-graphing calculator, and periodic table, which are useful for many of the questions.<br />
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== Topic and Question Formats ==<br />
Unlike most other tournaments, there are a significant number of [[multiple choice]], matching, fill-in-the-blank, video, audio, and handout questions. There are also free response/answer line questions standard to high school quizbowl. The questions tend not to be [[pyramidal]], which became more and more of a problem for the tournament as pyramidal quizbowl grew in popularity.<br />
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This tournament has a significant number of [[computational math|computational questions]] and a bit of [[foreign language]]. The foreign language questions tend to be on handouts with the question being printed in four languages. Students have the option of Spanish, French, and whatever two other languages are used that year. The languages are announced in advance, and usually are German and Latin. This tournament hasn't had much pop culture form the beginning, which is very unusual for high school quizbowl.<br />
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== Tournament Format ==<br />
The tournament is usually held during the second or third week of June, starting on a Sunday and ending on a Tuesday. It is usually held at the convention center of the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Walt Disney World. Thus one of the main draws of the tournament for some teams may be the opportunity to have unlimited access to the park for several days.<br />
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Teams are randomly assigned to a first round match. The winning teams from the first rounds automatically advance to the semifinals. Teams that don't win in the first round are randomly assigned to a consolation match which is held on Monday. Winners of each consolation match also advanced to the semifinals.<br />
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There were three semifinal matches played on Tuesday morning. The top two teams from each semifinal advance to the championship round held in the afternoon. Although the tournament is three days long, many teams only end up playing two matches.<br />
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Coaches are not permitted to challenge the game officials, instead that power is exclusive to players. Each match generally has a panel of judges with a variety of academic backgrounds to handle protests.<br />
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== Team Formation ==<br />
Each state or territory can enter only one team. Tournament organizers have sometimes contacted the Boards of Education (or equivalent body) of each U.S. state and territory to select a team in any way they see fit. Some teams come from a single school, and were often the champion of one of that state's tournaments. In other cases, the Board of Education gives selection power to a committee who chooses an "all-star" team from among that state's best players. Thus each state or territory can enter only one team, and is referred to at the tournament as (for example) "Team Alabama" or "Team Arizona". <br />
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Some teams who have participated, especially from less quizbowl-heavy regions, have not been quizbowl teams at all, but rather top Academic Decathlon performers or high achievers from other non-quizbowl academic competitions.<br />
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==All-America Team==<br />
Since 1990, the tournament names an "All-America Team" of six players who receive additional scholarship prizes and a medal. This process by which All-Americans are selected has historically been fraught with problems and needs to be fixed or eliminated.<br />
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For most of the tournament's run, each team has been assigned to one of six geographic regions which are announced in advance. Only one player is selected from each region, thus the "All-America" team is not designed to recognize the absolute best six players of the tournament. The distinction of being named to the team has sometimes been rather dubious for a number of reasons. Selection is based on an individual's performance solely in the preliminary round on the first day of competition and a pre-tournament ranking by the team's coach. Thus, a player ranked #2 on their team by their own coach may have a very good round, but if another team's #1 player has almost as good a round, that player could conceivably be named to the team ahead of the better performing player.<br />
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Furthermore, given the "team" emphasis of the tournament (each team only has a single buzzer except during the finals), some teams will have one player answer when in fact two or more players have the same answer. Thus a single player is credited with an answer, when in fact the answer was arrived at mutually.<br />
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==Political opinion polling==<br />
From 1992 to 1999, participants at the PAC were polled about a variety of current political issues. Results were reported in press releases from 1993 to 1999. See the individual tournament pages for more. It is unknown why this stopped happening.<br />
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==Criticisms==<br />
There have been a number of criticisms of this tournament, which continually have not been addressed and have eventually caused the number of states attending to decline. One of the biggest problems has been the PAC/NTAE's failure to keep up to the standards of the other national tournaments.<br />
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The questions tend to be non-[[Pyramidal|pyramidal]], and as a result led to buzzer races which did not differentiate the team with the stronger knowledge base. Additionally, many questions do not start with uniquely identifying clues, leading to luck being a major factor as many teams just buzz quickly and guess.<br />
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The tournament does not attempt to seed teams. Placement in each round is completely random. Further, the blind draw for match pairings is not done publicly which, given the presence of a home team, has led some to question the honesty of this process. Even the most ardent supporters of the tournament will rarely acknowledge that the final six teams are truly the six best teams in the tournament.<br />
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Every round involves no fewer than four teams, and as many as six teams in a room. Thus, a team that has no chance of advancing, can affect the score by buzzing in and "stealing" the opportunity from teams in competition to advance or place to win points.<br />
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The entrance of all-star teams is also controversial, especially given that some state organizations explicitly bar them, giving their representative a disadvantage. Some states oppose all-star teams on general principle, while others are upset that their state awards their state's entry to a state champion who may be wholly unfamiliar with the format and who may not necessarily make the commitment for preparation. (needs to be rewritten)<br />
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Given the presence of the NTAE at Walt Disney World, the tournament often becomes too heavily inundated by [[funn]]. Teams are encouraged to spend free time in the various theme parks, given that tournament entry fees include and unlimited pass to all of Disney World. On the other hand, many competitive teams limited their time in these areas and spent a great more time resting or practicing.<br />
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The NTAE has the highest entry fee of any tournament. Additionally, its non-central location sometimes leads to travel difficulties which further cut down on teams entering. Each team is only guaranteed to play two matches during the entire three day span, which is the fewest number of matches of any national tournament, which makes the high entry fees even more inexcusable. The steep entry fees are perhaps justified by the fact that because teams were technically representatives of a US state, state and local governments have sometimes paid for their fees. However this also begs the question of why taxpayer dollars should be spent on what is essentially a vacation for a couple of high school kids.<br />
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Some people criticized the amount of computational math and foreign language questions, which is a hindrance to teams more used to [[NAQT]] or [[ACF]]-like formats.<br />
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Some people criticized the use of a single buzzer-per-team (two-per-team in the finals), as this prevents accurately keeping individual statistics. This creates further problems as the "top six players" are recognized and are awarded scholarship money.<br />
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Some people criticized the restriction of "one team-per-state" rule, which automatically restricted some very talented teams and players from attending. Further, the requirement to go through a respective state's Board of Education often unintentionally introduced red tape that coaches chose not to become involved in. Some State Boards simply dismissed the invitation, and never permitted any team to go.<br />
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The 2014 final was broadcast live on the Internet, allowing America to recoil in horror at endless questions involving weird academic conceits as applied to various comic strips. About every other tossup went dead; those that were answered involved leadins such as "What kind of event did Pope Urban II organize?"<br />
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==Strengths==<br />
The PAC has been praised for its lack of pop culture or sports ([[trash]]) questions. Until PACE NSC eliminated them, no national tournament had so few questions on trash as the PAC. Although there were occasional questions related to sports history in early years, there have been no questions on pop culture or sports for many years after that.<br />
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Some teams viewed the inclusion of foreign language and computational math as a strength of the tournament, as it permitted teams from states which include these topics to compete nationally in a format that is closer to their home format.<br />
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PAC included some of the nicest prizes among national tournaments. While the small trophies given to the top six teams often vanished because they were sent to the governor of the respective state, players on top teams earned cash awards. Others have dismissed this as a criticism, stating that it does too much to focus on sponsors and not truly on the players. Since most teams don't end up winning money, attending the NTAE solely for a shot to earn prize money is delusional<br />
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Some have opined that the use of All-Star teams is a strength of the tournament, as it allows the best and hardest working players of a state to come together and succeed.<br />
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==NASAT==<br />
The tradition of a single team representing each state was later carried on by [[NASAT]], which is run by [[HSAPQ]] and has no affiliation at all with PAC. Unlike PAC, NASAT follows the standard conventions of pyramidal quizbowl.<br />
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==Results==<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"<br />
!YEAR || CHAMPION || RUNNER-UP || THIRD PLACE || FOURTH PLACE || FIFTH PLACE || SIXTH PLACE<br />
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|[[1988 PAC|1988]] || [[1988 Rockville|Rockville]] || Tennessee || [[1988 Ward Melville|Ward Melville]] || [[1988 Caddo Magnet|Caddo Magnet]] || [[1988 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1988 Norcross|Norcross]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1989 PAC|1989]] || [[1989 Winston Churchill (MD)|Winston Churchill]] || [[1989 Granville|Granville]] || [[1989 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]] || [[1989 Irmo|Irmo]] || [[1989 Ward Melville|Ward Melville]] || [[1989 Michigan Panasonic Team|Michigan]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1990 PAC|1990]] || [[1990 Ballard|Ballard]] || [[1990 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]] || [[1990 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1990 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1990 Rufus King|Rufus King]] || New York<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1991 PAC|1991]] || [[1991 Dorman|Dorman]] || Virginia || [[1991 Rufus King|Rufus King]] || [[1991 Indiana Panasonic Team|Indiana All-Stars]] || [[1991 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || New Jersey<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1992 PAC|1992]] || [[1992 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1992 Tates Creek|Tates Creek]] || [[1992 East Brunswick|East Brunswick]] || [[1992 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1992 Dorman|Dorman]] || [[1992 Walton|Walton]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1993 PAC|1993]] || [[1993 Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines]] || [[1993 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1993 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]]|| [[1993 Dupont Manual|Dupont Manual]] || [[1993 Iowa Panasonic Team|Iowa All-Stars]] || Oregon<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1994 PAC|1994]] || [[1994 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]] || [[1994 Rufus King|Rufus King]] || [[1994 Dupont Manual|Dupont Manual]] || || [[1994 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1995 PAC|1995]] || [[1995 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1995 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[1995 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || Pennsylvania || || <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1996 PAC|1996]] || [[1996 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1996 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || Alabama || Oklahoma || Pennsylvania || [[1996 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]]<br />
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|[[1997 PAC|1997]] || [[1997 Klein|Klein]] || [[1997 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1997 Rufus King|Rufus King]] ||[[1997 Dunbar|Dunbar]] || [[1997 Minnesota Panasonic Team|Minnesota All-Stars]] || [[1997 State College|State College]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1998 PAC|1998]] || [[1998 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1998 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1998 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[1998 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[1998 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || <br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[1999 PAC|1999]] || [[1999 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[1999 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[1999 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]] || [[1999 Ezell-Harding|Ezell-Harding]] || [[1999 Alief Hastings|Alief Hastings]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2000 PAC|2000]] || [[2000 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2000 Dunbar|Dunbar]] || [[2000 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2000 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2000 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]] || [[2000 Grissom|Grissom]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2001 PAC|2001]] || [[2001 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[2001 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2001 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2001 Burlington|Burlington]] || [[2001 Dunbar|Dunbar]] || [[2001 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2002 PAC|2002]] || [[2002 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2002 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2002 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[2002 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]] || [[2002 Georgia Panasonic Team|Georgia All-Stars]] || [[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2003 PAC|2003]] || [[2003 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2003 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2003 South Carolina Panasonic Team|South Carolina All-Stars]] || [[2003 Klein|Klein]] || [[2003 Emmaus|Emmaus]] || [[2003 St. Charles|St. Charles]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2004 PAC|2004]] || [[2004 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2004 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2004 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2004 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[2004 Russell|Russell]] || [[2004 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2005 PAC|2005]] || [[2005 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2005 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2005 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2005 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2005 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2005 Rufus King|Rufus King]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2006 PAC|2006]] || [[2006 Maryland Panasonic Team|Maryland All-Stars]] || [[2006 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2006 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2006 State College|State College]] || [[2006 Virginia Panasonic Team|Virginia All-Stars]] || [[2006 Ezell-Harding|Ezell-Harding]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2007 PAC|2007]] || [[2007 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2007 Missouri Panasonic Team|Missouri All-Stars]] || [[2007 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2007 Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines]] || [[2007 Washington, D.C. Panasonic Team|Washington, D.C. All-Stars]] || [[2007 Kentucky Panasonic Team|Kentucky All-Stars]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2008 PAC|2008]] || [[2008 Illinois Panasonic Team|Illinois All-Stars]] || [[2008 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2008 Dorman|Dorman]] || [[2008 Kentucky Panasonic Team|Kentucky All-Stars]] || [[2008 Ezell-Harding|Ezell-Harding]] || [[2008 Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2009 NTAE|2009]] || [[2009 Johnson Central|Johnson Central]] || [[2009 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || [[2009 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2009 Dorman|Dorman]] || [[2009 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2009 Green|Green]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2014 NTAE|2014]] || [[2014 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2014 Downingtown East|Downingtown East]] || [[2014 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2014 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || [[2014 Louisiana Panasonic Team|Louisiana All-Stars]] || [[2014 Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic]]<br />
|- style="text-align:center;"<br />
|[[2015 NTAE|2015]] || [[2015 Grand Junction|Grand Junction]] || [[2015 Fisher Catholic|Fisher Catholic]] || [[2015 Oklahoma Panasonic Team|Oklahoma All-Stars]] || [[2015 St. Martin's Episcopal|St. Martin's Episcopal]] || [[2015 Florida Panasonic Team|Florida All-Stars]] || [[2015 Downingtown East|Downingtown East]]<br />
|}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.academic-challenge.org/ntae/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:High school tournaments]]<br />
[[Category:High school national championships]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]<br />
[[Category:PAC]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=24651Fisher Catholic2015-07-22T14:21:24Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Notable Alumni */</p>
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<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
|natsappearances = PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015; HSNCT: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015<br />
| }}<br />
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'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition.<br />
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Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less than 200 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as multiple final four appearances at OAC State finals. Due to its student body's proclivity toward being strong in social studies as a whole, the school has also enjoyed success at the state level for National History Bee and Bowl while also finishing tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C. <br />
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The school is the host of the OAC format Golden Shamrock tournament, which has been hosted since at least 1994.<br />
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== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
*Thomas Moore<br />
*Brandon Shull<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Andrew Smith<br />
*Luke "Sicktastic" Skelton<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Carter Corcoran (Class of 2017)<br />
*Brock Conrad (Class of 2017)<br />
*Hunter Wotruba (Class of 2017)<br />
*Darrin Miller (Class of 2017)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=24564Fisher Catholic2015-07-14T12:42:05Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Notable Alumni */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
|natsappearances = PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015; HSNCT: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015<br />
| }}<br />
<br />
'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition.<br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less than 200 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as multiple final four appearances at OAC State finals. Due to its student body's proclivity toward being strong in social studies as a whole, the school has also enjoyed success at the state level for National History Bee and Bowl while also finishing tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C. <br />
<br />
The school is the host of the OAC format Golden Shamrock tournament, which has been hosted since at least 1994.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
*Thomas Moore<br />
*Brandon Shull<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Andrew Smith<br />
*Luke Skelton<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Carter Corcoran (Class of 2017)<br />
*Brock Conrad (Class of 2017)<br />
*Hunter Wotruba (Class of 2017)<br />
*Darrin Miller (Class of 2017)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=24563Fisher Catholic2015-07-14T12:40:53Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Current Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
|natsappearances = PACE: 2004, 2014, 2015; HSNCT: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015<br />
| }}<br />
<br />
'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small Catholic high school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. An apocryphal story regarding the founding of the team surrounds an instance where Stevenson found lying on the floor a flyer for Ohio University's "Bobcat Buzz-In" addressed to the school. Enraged at first that there was even a flyer laying on the floor, Stevenson took it upon herself to start a team. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition.<br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the regional, state, and national level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less than 200 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. It also lays claims to countless appearances in the championship brackets for the NAQT State Championship, as well as multiple final four appearances at OAC State finals. Due to its student body's proclivity toward being strong in social studies as a whole, the school has also enjoyed success at the state level for National History Bee and Bowl while also finishing tied for ninth at 2014 National History Bee and Bowl final competition in Washington, D.C. <br />
<br />
The school is the host of the OAC format Golden Shamrock tournament, which has been hosted since at least 1994.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
*Thomas Moore<br />
*Brandon Shull<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Andrew Smith<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Carter Corcoran (Class of 2017)<br />
*Brock Conrad (Class of 2017)<br />
*Hunter Wotruba (Class of 2017)<br />
*Darrin Miller (Class of 2017)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=14488Fisher Catholic2012-10-24T02:11:35Z<p>Brandon Shull: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
| }}<br />
<br />
'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small private school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition. Currently, coach Sedlack helps the team learn basic stuff in science, since the students do not learn enough of the basics in their own science classes (for instance, Avogadro's Number is not introduced until May in sophomore Chemistry). <br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the state level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less then 225 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. <br />
<br />
However, in spite of their success at the local, regional and state levels, recently the team's performance had been lackluster in the 2009 and 2010 seasons as a result of zero motivation to get better, exhibiting poor performances at local tournaments.<br />
<br />
== 2010-2011 ==<br />
It was in this year that the Fisher Catholic quiz bowl team saw the addition of four promising young freshmen at the beginning of the year; Tom Moore, Austin Reid, Eric Gundelfinger and Corey Kennedy. Initially, within two weeks of the first practice, freshman Austin Reid had broken into the team's "top five" with his deep knowledge of antiquity, Jewish things, current events and Geography, all of which made him valuable in NAQT events. Tom Moore, who had strong knowledge in history, sports, some random stuff, hadn't broken through to the other side until December, where his desire to get better had quickly made him the #2 player on the team. During that timeframe, the team went to the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XV on an A-set with a line-up featuring Moore, Reid, sophomore Cawood Boone and junior Kyle Ventura. While Tom hadn't grasped the canon and didn't know anything about getting better, he led the team in scoring with a heavily unimpressive statline of 1-13-1 over seven games, but Austin Reid's performance was quite impressive after having powered three straight questions on Detroit Catholic Central's A team. Even though the team would win their first two games against local schools Bellefontaine and Greenville, they'd then prepare to get smacked by a Joe Nutter-led Walnut Hills squad, Olmsted Falls A, Danville, DCC and Celina High School. After that experience, Tom had seen that it sucked to suck, and then inspired himself to work to where he would be on the other side of that beatdown.<br />
<br />
The team failed to win either of the two local leagues they competed in (where they held a long streak of winning both), and were sent to OAC Regionals on a wild card to the East Central regional held in Steubenville. <br />
<br />
The senior corps, who grew to hate Tom Moore because he actually answered questions, lost all motivation to even do anything, and are regarded as a bunch of losers. The team would go on to get bounced in the third round of OAC regionals, finish HSNCT at 4-6, by way of winning their last two games. During the course of the year, the team would later add freshman Luke Schmelzer and sophomores Ethan Novena and Grant Smith.<br />
<br />
<br />
== 2011-2012 ==<br />
With the addition of freshman Brandon Shull, who had deep knowledge in history, science, and some literature even before joining the quizbowl team, Fisher Catholic was on the rebound. The first tossup/bonus tournament the team attended that season was the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XVI held at Tippecanoe High School. Even though Brandon wasn't their, Fisher Catholic's varsity squad, led by Moore, finished tied for third along with a Sam Blizzard led Northmont High School, and behind Walnut Hills and Sycamore. This time, the team had been on the other side of the beatdowns handed to them last year, even though the only opponent that beat the team last year that they played this year was Celina, Fisher beat the squad 385-80, a year after Celina had just pantsed the team 250-120. Tom had earned the team some enmity from the Celina squad after he had called them on conferring on a tossup very late in the game. <br />
<br />
The team would later go on to enjoy relative success by top bracket finishes at every tossup/bonus tournament they attended that year, in addition to a second place finish at Northmont's pyramidal OAC. The squad would go on to win the Southeast Ohio regional undefeated, and finished third in their bracket at OAC states, giving them a finish of tied for fifth in the state. After winning their round 15 game, Fisher would advance into the playoff stage of HSNCT for the first time in the program's history. Interestingly enough, 97% of the tossup conversion of the team came from the sophomores and freshman that made the trip to Atlanta.<br />
<br />
== 2012-2013 ==<br />
Fisher Catholic has now gained six new members while only losing two graduates. With the addition of Andrew Smith, a sophomore who has quickly become the much needed science expert, Fisher hopes to follow up early successes with more important wins later in the season.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Robert "Grant" Smith (Class of 2013)<br />
*Ethan Novena (Class of 2013)<br />
*Cawood Boone (Class of 2013)<br />
*Clayton Walters (Class of 2013)<br />
*Kathleen Sylvester (Class of 2013)<br />
*Tom Moore (Class of 2014)<br />
*Luke Schmelzer (Class of 2014)<br />
*Austin Reid (Class of 2014)<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger (Class of 2014)<br />
*Chris Heaney (Class of 2014)<br />
*Corey Kennedy (Class of 2014)<br />
*Bryon Moorman (Class of 2014)<br />
*Brandon Shull (Class of 2015)<br />
*McKinley Walton (Class of 2015)<br />
*Andrew Smith (Class of 2015)<br />
*Allie McCrady (Class of 2015)<br />
*Gillian Baker (Class of 2016)<br />
*Sarah Theller (Class of 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=14487Fisher Catholic2012-10-24T02:06:10Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* 2011-2012 */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
| }}<br />
<br />
'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small private school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition. Currently, coach Sedlack helps the team learn basic stuff in science, since the students do not learn enough of the basics in their own science classes (for instance, Avogadro's Number is not introduced until May in sophomore Chemistry). <br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the state level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less then 225 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. <br />
<br />
However, in spite of their success at the local, regional and state levels, recently the team's performance had been lackluster in the 2009 and 2010 seasons as a result of zero motivation to get better, exhibiting poor performances at local tournaments.<br />
<br />
== 2010-2011 ==<br />
It was in this year that the Fisher Catholic quiz bowl team saw the addition of four promising young freshmen at the beginning of the year; Tom Moore, Austin Reid, Eric Gundelfinger and Corey Kennedy. Initially, within two weeks of the first practice, freshman Austin Reid had broken into the team's "top five" with his deep knowledge of antiquity, Jewish things, current events and Geography, all of which made him valuable in NAQT events. Tom Moore, who had strong knowledge in history, sports, some random stuff, hadn't broken through to the other side until December, where his desire to get better had quickly made him the #2 player on the team. During that timeframe, the team went to the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XV on an A-set with a line-up featuring Moore, Reid, sophomore Cawood Boone and junior Kyle Ventura. While Tom hadn't grasped the canon and didn't know anything about getting better, he led the team in scoring with a heavily unimpressive statline of 1-13-1 over seven games, but Austin Reid's performance was quite impressive after having powered three straight questions on Detroit Catholic Central's A team. Even though the team would win their first two games against local schools Bellefontaine and Greenville, they'd then prepare to get smacked by a Joe Nutter-led Walnut Hills squad, Olmsted Falls A, Danville, DCC and Celina High School. After that experience, Tom had seen that it sucked to suck, and then inspired himself to work to where he would be on the other side of that beatdown.<br />
<br />
The team failed to win either of the two local leagues they competed in (where they held a long streak of winning both), and were sent to OAC Regionals on a wild card to the East Central regional held in Steubenville. <br />
<br />
The senior corps, who grew to hate Tom Moore because he actually answered questions, lost all motivation to even do anything, and are regarded as a bunch of losers. The team would go on to get bounced in the third round of OAC regionals, finish HSNCT at 4-6, by way of winning their last two games. During the course of the year, the team would later add freshman Luke Schmelzer and sophomores Ethan Novena and Grant Smith.<br />
<br />
<br />
== 2011-2012 ==<br />
With the addition of freshman Brandon Shull, who had deep knowledge in history, science, and some literature even before joining the quizbowl team, Fisher Catholic was on the rebound. The first tossup/bonus tournament the team attended that season was the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XVI held at Tippecanoe High School. Even though Brandon wasn't their, Fisher Catholic's varsity squad, led by Moore, finished tied for third along with a Sam Blizzard led Northmont High School, and behind Walnut Hills and Sycamore. This time, the team had been on the other side of the beatdowns handed to them last year, even though the only opponent that beat the team last year that they played this year was Celina, Fisher beat the squad 385-80, a year after Celina had just pantsed the team 250-120. Tom had earned the team some enmity from the Celina squad after he had called them on conferring on a tossup very late in the game. <br />
<br />
The team would later go on to enjoy relative success by top bracket finishes at every tossup/bonus tournament they attended that year, in addition to a second place finish at Northmont's pyramidal OAC. The squad would go on to win the Southeast Ohio regional undefeated, and finished third in their bracket at OAC states, giving them a finish of tied for fifth in the state. After winning their round 15 game, Fisher would advance into the playoff stage of HSNCT for the first time in the program's history. Interestingly enough, 97% of the tossup conversion of the team came from the sophomores and freshman that made the trip to Atlanta.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Robert "Grant" Smith (Class of 2013)<br />
*Ethan Novena (Class of 2013)<br />
*Cawood Boone (Class of 2013)<br />
*Clayton Walters (Class of 2013)<br />
*Kathleen Sylvester (Class of 2013)<br />
*Tom Moore (Class of 2014)<br />
*Luke Schmelzer (Class of 2014)<br />
*Austin Reid (Class of 2014)<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger (Class of 2014)<br />
*Chris Heaney (Class of 2014)<br />
*Corey Kennedy (Class of 2014)<br />
*Bryon Moorman (Class of 2014)<br />
*Brandon Shull (Class of 2015)<br />
*McKinley Walton (Class of 2015)<br />
*Andrew Smith (Class of 2015)<br />
*Allie McCrady (Class of 2015)<br />
*Gillian Baker (Class of 2016)<br />
*Sarah Theller (Class of 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=14486Fisher Catholic2012-10-24T02:05:12Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Current Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
| }}<br />
<br />
'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small private school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team was founded in the 1980's by teacher Lynn Stevenson, social studies and English teacher at the school. Among the early years of the quiz bowl team featured Michael Sedlack, a pupil of Stevenson's whose own passion for academic competition inspired him to help out coach Stevenson with the team after he graduated, such as driving the team to competition, serving as a moderator to subsidize the team's fees and even teaching the team basic quiz bowl stuff and preparing them for competition. Currently, coach Sedlack helps the team learn basic stuff in science, since the students do not learn enough of the basics in their own science classes (for instance, Avogadro's Number is not introduced until May in sophomore Chemistry). <br />
<br />
Fisher Catholic has long been an area powerhouse in the Columbus area and often features competitive squads at the state level. Unlike most schools, Fisher Catholic has a very small student population, with less then 225 students comprising the student body in grades 9-12, and they are often one of the smallest schools at HSNCT. Despite this, Fisher Catholic has won the OAC title in both 2004 and 2006 for the entire state of Ohio, regardless of school size, and won an NAQT state title in 2006 in Division II. <br />
<br />
However, in spite of their success at the local, regional and state levels, recently the team's performance had been lackluster in the 2009 and 2010 seasons as a result of zero motivation to get better, exhibiting poor performances at local tournaments.<br />
<br />
== 2010-2011 ==<br />
It was in this year that the Fisher Catholic quiz bowl team saw the addition of four promising young freshmen at the beginning of the year; Tom Moore, Austin Reid, Eric Gundelfinger and Corey Kennedy. Initially, within two weeks of the first practice, freshman Austin Reid had broken into the team's "top five" with his deep knowledge of antiquity, Jewish things, current events and Geography, all of which made him valuable in NAQT events. Tom Moore, who had strong knowledge in history, sports, some random stuff, hadn't broken through to the other side until December, where his desire to get better had quickly made him the #2 player on the team. During that timeframe, the team went to the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XV on an A-set with a line-up featuring Moore, Reid, sophomore Cawood Boone and junior Kyle Ventura. While Tom hadn't grasped the canon and didn't know anything about getting better, he led the team in scoring with a heavily unimpressive statline of 1-13-1 over seven games, but Austin Reid's performance was quite impressive after having powered three straight questions on Detroit Catholic Central's A team. Even though the team would win their first two games against local schools Bellefontaine and Greenville, they'd then prepare to get smacked by a Joe Nutter-led Walnut Hills squad, Olmsted Falls A, Danville, DCC and Celina High School. After that experience, Tom had seen that it sucked to suck, and then inspired himself to work to where he would be on the other side of that beatdown.<br />
<br />
The team failed to win either of the two local leagues they competed in (where they held a long streak of winning both), and were sent to OAC Regionals on a wild card to the East Central regional held in Steubenville. <br />
<br />
The senior corps, who grew to hate Tom Moore because he actually answered questions, lost all motivation to even do anything, and are regarded as a bunch of losers. The team would go on to get bounced in the third round of OAC regionals, finish HSNCT at 4-6, by way of winning their last two games. During the course of the year, the team would later add freshman Luke Schmelzer and sophomores Ethan Novena and Grant Smith.<br />
<br />
<br />
== 2011-2012 ==<br />
With the addition of freshman Brandon Shull, whose deep knowledge in history, some literature and science even before joining the quiz bowl team, Fisher Catholic was on the rebound. The first tossup/bonus tournament the team attended that season was the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XVI held at Tippecanoe High School. Even though Brandon wasn't their, Fisher Catholic's varsity squad, led by Moore, finished tied for third along with a Sam Blizzard led Northmont High School, and behind Walnut Hills and Sycamore. This time, the team had been on the other side of the beatdowns handed to them last year, even though the only opponent that beat the team last year that they played this year was Celina, Fisher beat the squad 385-80, a year after Celina had just pantsed the team 250-120. Tom had earned the team some enmity from the Celina squad after he had called them on conferring on a tossup very late in the game. <br />
<br />
The team would later go on to enjoy relative success by top bracket finishes at every tossup/bonus tournament they attended that year, in addition to a second place finish at Northmont's pyramidal OAC. The squad would go on to win the Southeast Ohio regional undefeated, and finished third in their bracket at OAC states, giving them a finish of tied for fifth in the state. After winning their round 15 game, Fisher would advance into the playoff stage of HSNCT for the first time in the program's history. Interestingly enough, 97% of the tossup conversion of the team came from the sophomores and freshman that made the trip to Atlanta. <br />
== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
<br />
==Current Members ==<br />
*Robert "Grant" Smith (Class of 2013)<br />
*Ethan Novena (Class of 2013)<br />
*Cawood Boone (Class of 2013)<br />
*Clayton Walters (Class of 2013)<br />
*Kathleen Sylvester (Class of 2013)<br />
*Tom Moore (Class of 2014)<br />
*Luke Schmelzer (Class of 2014)<br />
*Austin Reid (Class of 2014)<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger (Class of 2014)<br />
*Chris Heaney (Class of 2014)<br />
*Corey Kennedy (Class of 2014)<br />
*Bryon Moorman (Class of 2014)<br />
*Brandon Shull (Class of 2015)<br />
*McKinley Walton (Class of 2015)<br />
*Andrew Smith (Class of 2015)<br />
*Allie McCrady (Class of 2015)<br />
*Gillian Baker (Class of 2016)<br />
*Sarah Theller (Class of 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
[[Category:High school teams]]<br />
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shullhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fisher_Catholic&diff=12377Fisher Catholic2011-10-20T22:32:04Z<p>Brandon Shull: /* Current Members */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Highschoolteam|Name = William V. Fisher Catholic H.S. (OH)<br />
|image = fisherlogo.jpg<br />
|citystate = Lancaster, OH<br />
|currentcoach = Lynn Stevenson <br />
|state = OAC: 2004, 2006; NAQT: 2006 <br />
|nats = N/A<br />
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'''William V. Fisher Catholic High School''' is a small private school located in Lancaster, Ohio. Its quizbowl team was founded in the 1980's by Lynn Stevenson, who has been its one and only head coach.<br />
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== Notable Alumni ==<br />
*Michael Sedlack - current assistant coach<br />
*Ben Thimmes<br />
*Sarah Hickman<br />
*Leo Guinan<br />
*Kyle Rainier<br />
*Christine Kennedy<br />
*[[Steven Wellstead]]<br />
*Jacob Snider<br />
*Madellyn Kennedy<br />
*Alexis Preskar<br />
*Matthew Ford<br />
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==Current Members ==<br />
*Tom Moore<br />
*Luke Schmelzer<br />
*Austin Reid<br />
*Eric Gundelfinger<br />
*Kyle Ventura<br />
*Barry Miller<br />
*Corey Kennedy<br />
*Robert Smith<br />
*Evan Novena<br />
*Cawood Boone <br />
*Brandon Shull<br />
*Anna Carr<br />
*McKinley Walton<br />
*Chris Heaney<br />
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[[Category:Ohio high school teams]]<br />
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[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]</div>Brandon Shull