2021 HSNCT - Revision history

Trevor Nigus at 04:14, 25 May 2026

2026-05-25T04:14:51Z

Jonathan Lau at 03:50, 28 February 2022

2022-02-28T03:50:21Z

Kevin Wang at 19:33, 6 January 2022

2022-01-06T19:33:42Z

June Yin at 00:08, 5 November 2021

2021-11-05T00:08:33Z

June Yin: /* Issues */

2021-11-05T00:08:03Z

Issues

Jonah Greenthal at 00:29, 7 October 2021

2021-10-07T00:29:37Z

Reilly Melville at 14:24, 15 July 2021

2021-07-15T14:24:01Z

Reilly Melville at 14:23, 15 July 2021

2021-07-15T14:23:45Z

Nolan Jones: Provided source for better clarity regarding the Dan Rajaratnam cheating incident.

2021-07-12T17:04:38Z

Provided source for better clarity regarding the Dan Rajaratnam cheating incident.

Kevin Wang at 17:22, 6 July 2021

2021-07-06T17:22:35Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:14, 25 May 2026
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 ==Trivia==
 *Barrington's championship was the first-ever HSNCT title won by an [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl|Illinois]] high school, and their final against Uni Lab was the first-ever all-Illinois HSNCT final.
 *[[Belmont]] (ranked #8 in the [[GrogerRanks]] pre-nationals poll<ref>[https://grogerranks.com/2021/05/29/2020-21-hsqb-pre-nationals-poll-results/ 2020-21 HSQB Pre-Nationals Poll Results] » May 29, 2021</ref>) was perhaps the highest-polling team ever to miss playoffs at a "[[good quizbowl]]" nationals. They later finished 5th at the [[2021 NSC]].
 ==References==

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 |field = 224
 |stats = [https://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2021/]
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+}}
 The '''2021 NAQT HSNCT''' was held on May 29–30. It was hosted [[online quizbowl|virtually]] through [[Zoom]] using [[Buzzin.live]], due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. 224 teams were in attendance.
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 ==Trivia==
 *Barrington's championship was the first-ever HSNCT title won by an [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl|Illinois]] high school, and their final against Uni Lab was the first-ever all-Illinois HSNCT final.
-*[[Belmont]] (ranked #8 in the [[GrogerRanks]] pre-nationals poll<ref>[https://grogerranks.com/2021/05/29/2020-21-hsqb-pre-nationals-poll-results/ 2020-21 HSQB Pre-Nationals Poll Results] » May 29, 2021</ref>) was perhaps the highest-polling team ever to miss playoffs at a [[good quizbowl]] nationals. They later finished 5th at the [[2021 NSC]].
+*[[Belmont]] (ranked #8 in the [[GrogerRanks]] pre-nationals poll<ref>[https://grogerranks.com/2021/05/29/2020-21-hsqb-pre-nationals-poll-results/ 2020-21 HSQB Pre-Nationals Poll Results] » May 29, 2021</ref>) was perhaps the highest-polling team ever to miss playoffs at a "[[good quizbowl]]" nationals. They later finished 5th at the [[2021 NSC]].
 ==References==
 <references />
 {{Navbox HSNCT Tournament}}
 [[Category:HSNCT]]

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 =="HSNCT and its Problems"==
-:''Main page: [[HSNCT and its Problems]]''
+:''Main article: [[HSNCT and its Problems]]''
 {{:HSNCT and its Problems}}

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 ==Issues==
-Due to the unique online setting of the 2021 HSNCT, instances of alleged [[cheating]] by certain competitors rose throughout the duration of the tournament. One player privately admitted to cheating at the 2021 HSNCT. They subsequently retracted that admission. NAQT voided their team's results. Identification of the player has been removed from this page for now pending discussion of legal implications.
+Due to the unique online setting of the 2021 HSNCT, instances of alleged [[cheating]] by certain competitors rose throughout the duration of the tournament. One player privately admitted to cheating at the the tournament, but subsequently retracted that admission. NAQT voided their team's results; identification of the player has been removed from this page for now, pending discussion of legal implications.
 A tossup in round 7 did not contain instructions to accept an answer that would have been correct early in the question,<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384772&sid=297f2abda1ee37d94c7af95bf2079d14#p384714 Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion] by [[Important Bird Area]] » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:05 pm</ref> leading to [[protest]]s in several rooms. One such protest decided a preliminary match between [[Adlai E. Stevenson]] and [[Carmel]] A. Though the protest committee ruled that Stevenson's answer was correct, the decision was not communicated properly to the game officials, resulting in an erroneous 5-point loss for Stevenson.<ref name="a" /> This was corrected on NAQT's website several days later. Fortunately, both teams would have advanced to the playoffs either way, but the mix-up did affect playoff seeds.<ref name="a">[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384772&sid=297f2abda1ee37d94c7af95bf2079d14#p384772 Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion] by [[Important Bird Area]] » Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:06 pm</ref>

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 |scorer = [[William Groger]], [[Miami Valley]]
 |editors = [[NAQT]]
-|site = [[Online quizbowl | Online]] via [[Zoom]]
+|site = [[Online quizbowl | Online]] via Zoom
 |field = 224
 |stats = [https://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2021/]

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 | }}
-The '''2021 NAQT HSNCT''' was held on May 29–30. It was hosted [[online quizbowl|virtually]] through [[Zoom]], due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. 224 teams were in attendance.
+The '''2021 NAQT HSNCT''' was held on May 29–30. It was hosted [[online quizbowl|virtually]] through [[Zoom]] using [[Buzzin.live]], due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. 224 teams were in attendance.
 [[Barrington]] High School won the tournament, winning both games of an advantaged final against [[University Lab]]. [[Detroit Country Day]] and [[TJHSST]] finished 3rd and 4th, respectively. [[William Groger]] of [[Miami Valley]] was the top individual scorer, followed by [[Will McCurley]] of [[Baker]] and [[Karsten Rynearson]] of [[Phillips Academy]].
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   | R3b-team2 = Thomas Jefferson
   | R3b-score2 = 245
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+=="HSNCT and its Problems"==
-==Entry fee==
+:''Main page: [[HSNCT and its Problems]]''
-For 2021, HSNCT's registration fee was $650, which was criticized by some for being much more expensive than the [[PACE]] [[NSC]] ($450) and the [[AQBL]] [[ONCT]] ($250). Others pointed out that the financial demands of running large quizbowl events (particularly attracting and fairly compensating qualified moderators) remained high and that most teams would likely pay less by not having to buy plane tickets or hotel rooms.<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384696#p384696 Re: HSNCT and its Problems] by [[matthewspatrick]] » Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:38 pm</ref>
+{{:HSNCT and its Problems}}
 ==Issues==
 A tossup in round 7 did not contain instructions to accept an answer that would have been correct early in the question,<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384772&sid=297f2abda1ee37d94c7af95bf2079d14#p384714 Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion] by [[Important Bird Area]] » Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:05 pm</ref> leading to [[protest]]s in several rooms. One such protest decided a preliminary match between [[Adlai E. Stevenson]] and [[Carmel]] A. Though the protest committee ruled that Stevenson's answer was correct, the decision was not communicated properly to the game officials, resulting in an erroneous 5-point loss for Stevenson.<ref name="a" /> This was corrected on NAQT's website several days later. Fortunately, both teams would have advanced to the playoffs either way, but the mix-up did affect playoff seeds.<ref name="a">[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384772&sid=297f2abda1ee37d94c7af95bf2079d14#p384772 Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion] by [[Important Bird Area]] » Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:06 pm</ref>
 ==Trivia==