2021 HSNCT

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2021 NAQT HSNCT
Edited by NAQT
Champion Barrington
Runner-up University Lab
Third Detroit Country Day
Fourth TJHSST
High scorer William Groger, Miami Valley
Site online
Field 224
Stats [1]

The 2021 NAQT HSNCT was held on May 29–30. It was hosted virtually through Zoom, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Barrington High School won the tournament, winning both games of an advantaged final against University Lab. Detroit Country Day won a third-place match against TJHSST. William Groger of Miami Valley was the top individual scorer, followed by Will McCurley of Baker and Karsten Rynearson of Phillips Academy.

Due to the online format, there were only 8 preliminary rounds instead of the usual 10.

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Advantaged Finals
Unbeaten team has advantage
                             
  28 Greenhill 270  
  18 Detroit Country Day 340     13 University Lab 340  
  18 Detroit Country Day 230  
  5 Barrington 305         13 University Lab 220 170
  10 Arcadia 295           5 Barrington 375 445
    5 Barrington 315  
    3 Thomas Jefferson 310     Third place
  3 Thomas Jefferson 490       18 Detroit Country Day 325
  7 Buffalo Grove 170 3 Thomas Jefferson 245

NOTE: Seeds represent seeds at the start of bracket play.


Controversy

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).

A tossup in round 7 did not contain instructions to accept an answer that would have been correct early in the question,[1] leading to protests in several rooms. One such protest decided a preliminary match between Adlai E. Stevenson and Carmel A.[2] 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.[2] This was corrected on NAQT's several days later; however, as the error affected teams' playoff seeds, it could well have changed the outcome of the tournament.[2]

Trivia

  • Barrington's championship was the first-ever HSNCT title won by an Illinois high school.
  • The Barrington–Uni Lab final was the first-ever HSNCT final between two Illinois high schools.
  • Belmont (ranked #8 in the GrogerRanks pre-nationals poll[3]) was perhaps the highest-polling team ever to miss playoffs at a good quizbowl nationals.

References

  1. https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384772&sid=297f2abda1ee37d94c7af95bf2079d14#p384714
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=384772&sid=297f2abda1ee37d94c7af95bf2079d14#p384772
  3. https://grogerranks.com/2021/05/29/2020-21-hsqb-pre-nationals-poll-results/ pre-nationals poll