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| − | The individual Academic Leagues have been in existence since the 1980s and possibly back to the 1970s. While they are all linked together by serving as qualifiers for the San Diego County Academic League tournament (overseen by the San Diego County Board of Education), they all have their own unique traditions, procedures, and question sources. They are also united by a common scoring system, wherein a correct tossup is worth 3 points and bonuses are 3 parts worth 1, 3, or 5 points for 1, 2, or 3 correct answers, respectively. Despite recent efforts by participating teams, only the Metro Conference | + | The individual Academic Leagues have been in existence since the 1980s and possibly back to the 1970s. While they are all linked together by serving as qualifiers for the San Diego County Academic League tournament (overseen by the San Diego County Board of Education), they all have their own unique traditions, procedures, and question sources. They are also united by a common scoring system, wherein a correct tossup is worth 3 points and bonuses are 3 parts worth 1, 3, or 5 points for 1, 2, or 3 correct answers, respectively, though the San Diego City League has broken with that and adopted regular quizbowl scoring as of 2015-2016. Despite recent efforts by participating teams, only the San Diego City and the Metro Conference have adopted pyramidal questions. The remaining two divisions are still undoubtedly [[bad quizbowl]] |
==[[North County Academic League]]== | ==[[North County Academic League]]== | ||
Revision as of 00:33, 7 October 2016
The San Diego County Academic League is a loose confederation of four independent regional Academic Leagues that send their champions to compete in the televised (on ITV) San Diego County tournament each year.
History
The individual Academic Leagues have been in existence since the 1980s and possibly back to the 1970s. While they are all linked together by serving as qualifiers for the San Diego County Academic League tournament (overseen by the San Diego County Board of Education), they all have their own unique traditions, procedures, and question sources. They are also united by a common scoring system, wherein a correct tossup is worth 3 points and bonuses are 3 parts worth 1, 3, or 5 points for 1, 2, or 3 correct answers, respectively, though the San Diego City League has broken with that and adopted regular quizbowl scoring as of 2015-2016. Despite recent efforts by participating teams, only the San Diego City and the Metro Conference have adopted pyramidal questions. The remaining two divisions are still undoubtedly bad quizbowl
North County Academic League
Total Number of Participating Schools: 28
Current Champion: Westview High
Region: All schools north of San Diego Unified and Grossmont Unified within San Diego county (including the northern parts of the city of San Diego not covered by San Diego Unified).
Question Source: Coach-submitted database of mostly speedchecks, with verbatim repeats
Levels: Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman
San Diego City Academic League
Total Number of Participating Schools: 24
Current Champion: La Jolla High
Region: Consists of all schools within San Diego Unified as well as most of the nearby private schools including Bishop's and Francis Parker.
Question Source: NAQT (as of 2015-2016)
Levels: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Novice
Grossmont Academic League
Also called the East County League
Total Number of Participating Schools: 11
Current Champion: Santana High
Region: All schools within the Grossmont Unified District of Eastern San Diego County
Question Source: Speedchecks written by league commissioners each year
Levels: Varsity, Junior Varsity
Metro Conference Academic League
Also called the Sweetwater or South Bay League
Total Number of Participating Schools: 14
Current Champion: Olympian High
Region: All schools within the Sweetwater Unified District of Southern San Diego County
Question Source: NAQT from MS sets (JV) and IS-A sets (Varsity)
Levels: Varsity, Junior Varsity