Difference between revisions of "2021 SSNCT"

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The 2021 Small School National Championship Tournament was a tournament sponsored by NAQT and was held online from April 24-25, 2021. After a hiatus in 2020, this tournament marked the seventh edition of the SSNCT.

The tournament was split into the Traditional Public Schools Division, consisting of public schools with fewer than 500 students enrolled across their top three grades, and the Open Division, consisting of schools that did not meet the qualifications for the Traditional Public Schools Division and had fewer than 350 students enrolled across their top three grades. NAQT also tracked and gave special recognition to Very Small Schools, or Traditional Public Schools with fewer than 300 students enrolled across their top three grades.

40 teams participated in the Traditional Public Schools Division, including 17 that fit the criteria of Very Small Schools. 50 teams played in the Open Division.

Traditional Public

2021 NAQT SSNCT (Traditional Public)
Edited by	NAQT
Champion	Westmont
Runner-up	Macomb
Third	Southside A
Fourth	Glasgow A
High scorer	Gavin Markoff, Herscher
Site	Online
Field	40 (17 VSS)
Stats	[1]

Westmont defeated Macomb, 390-195, in an all-Illinois final. Herscher and West Point finished tied for fifth. Fair Grove, Glasgow B, Southside B, and Mountain Lakes finished tied for seventh. The Very Small Schools subdivison was won by Westmont, also the overall champions. Seventh place Fair Grove took second place for Very Small Schools.

Open

2021 NAQT SSNCT (Open)
Edited by	NAQT
Champion	St. Mark's School of Texas A
Runner-up	Miami Valley A
Third	TAG Magnet
Fourth	BASIS Silicon Valley
High scorer	William Groger, Miami Valley
Site	Online
Field	50
Stats	[2]

BASIS McLean and Moravian Academy A finished tied for fifth. Paideia A, Bishop Ludden, Thomas Jefferson Classical A, and Friends Select finished tied for seventh.

Individual Awards

Traditional Public School All Stars

Rank	Player	Year	Team	GP	TUH	Powers	Tossups	Negs	P%	PP20TUH
1	Gavin Markoff	11th	Herscher	9	180	33	60	17	35.5%	112.22
2	Stan Melkumian	12th	Macomb	9	180	42	30	12	58.3%	96.67
3	Akshar Goyal	11th	Westmont	9	180	36	39	13	48.0%	96.11
4	Brooks Powalie	12th	Cloverleaf A	9	180	28	45	6	38.4%	93.33
5	Jackson Thiel	11th	Roscommon	9	180	12	68	5	15.0%	92.78
6	Braden Booth	10th	Fair Grove	8	160	10	47	4	17.5%	75.00
7	Olin Bose	9th	Mountain Lakes	8	143	12	34	3	26.1%	70.63
8	Heath Waidelich	12th	Pettisville	9	180	12	48	5	20.0%	70.56
9	Jacob Medina	12th	Whitmore Lake	8	160	6	43	5	12.2%	61.88
10	Sam Alahi	11th	Illinois Valley Central	9	180	13	40	8	24.5%	61.67

Open Division All Stars

Rank	Player	Year	Team	GP	TUH	Powers	Tossups	Negs	P%	PP20TUH
1	William Groger	12th	Miami Valley	9	180	51	61	10	45.5%	147.22
2	Cavan Gabaldon O'Neill	10th	BASIS McLean	9	180	43	49	32	46.7%	108.33
3	Rohan Leveille	11th	Paideia A	9	180	35	32	7	52.2%	90.00
4	Anthony Troullier	10th	Mounds Park	9	180	26	41	12	38.8%	82.22
5	Aayush Goodapaty	12th	St. Mark's School of Texas A	9	180	39	19	8	67.2%	81.67
6	Divik Verma	11th	Moravian Academy A	9	180	26	34	3	43.3%	79.44
7	Paul Kolenda	12th	Bishop Ludden-Grimes	9	180	21	43	8	32.8%	78.33
8	Ketan Pamurthy	12th	TAG Magnet	9	180	39	15	7	72.2%	77.78
9	Ned Tagtmeier	12th	St. Mark's School of Texas A	9	180	39	16	11	70.9%	76.67
10	Andy Schwebel	11th	Indian Springs	9	180	24	36	8	40.0%	75.56

Trivia

This was the first all-Illinois SSNCT final.
This was Macomb's second national championship game appearance, the first being in 2016
The 2021 SSNCT was the first time that the Traditional Public Schools Division was not won by Glasgow since the creation of the SSNCT divisions in 2017.

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