Sycamore (Indiana middle school)

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Not to be confused with Sycamore (Ohio high school).


Sycamore School is a small Preschool-8th school in Indianapolis, Indiana for gifted students. The school offers quiz bowl to its seventh and eighth graders. However, there is a student-led club open to 5th-8th grade

Sycamore's A team has won every iteration of the IASP Junior Quiz Bowl Area Championship since its inception in 2022. At the 2024 championship, their A team, featuring Jeffrey Kirkendall, Shayen Maun, Gavin Sigua, and Evan Ting, set the all-time NAQT tournament record for points per 20 tossups heard across a tournament, with 670. This is the highest average across every tournament recorded in NAQT's database. In 2024, their A team, consisting of the same group as the record breaking tournament, got Second Place at MSNCT after winning the winners bracket and having the 1 card for 2 matches

Tournament Wins

Date Tournament Team Record PP20TUH
26-Feb-22 IASP Junior Quiz Bowl State Tournament Sycamore A 8-0 506.25
19-Nov-22 TQBA Turkey Trot (Uber Division) Sycamore 8-0-1 430.56
04-Mar-23 IASP Junior Quiz Bowl State Tournament Sycamore A 5-1 538.33
16-Sep-23 TQBA Online Jamboree (Middle School Division) Sycamore 8-1 377.78
02-Dec-23 Achaean Invitational (Division 1) Sycamore A 8-1 367.78
13-Jan-24 Purdue Boilermaker Buzzathon VIII (Junior Varsity Division) Sycamore B 9-0 434.44
24-Feb-24 IASP Junior Quiz Bowl State Tournament Sycamore A 8-0 670.00
03-Mar-24 KRAMIG II (MS Division) Sycamore 10-0 390.50
04-May-24 TQBA Texas Invitational Middle School (Online) (Uber Division) Sycamore 10-0 436.50

MSNCT Results

Year Team Place Record PP20TUH
2022 Sycamore 21st 7-5 284.50
2023 Sycamore A 13th 9-4 339.45
2023 Sycamore B 8th 10-4 337.58
2024 Sycamore A 2nd 12-4 398.93
2024 Sycamore B 84th 4-4 238.07