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The Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. It was previously known as Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in 2015.

Purpose

The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and PSAC, as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.

The blog began in 2014 and was founded by Ben Herman and Chris Chiego. The blog has since grown and includes more contributors, with some at the high school level.

Contributors

Question Writing

The members of the site organized and edited the 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative, a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.

Awards

The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players are not considered for the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.

Past Winners

Season	Varsity Player of the Year	JV Player of the Year	Coach of the Year
2014-15	Ryan Bilger, Emmaus High School	Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy	Missy Doll, Manheim Township High School
2015-16	Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy	Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School	Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School
2016-17	Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School	Vijay Anne, Henderson High School	Andrew Gianelli, Camp Hill High School

Poll

The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.

Because there is no NAQT or pyramidal state championship (the only official tournament held is the non-pyramidal Pennsylvania State Academic Competition), the poll has served as a de facto state title for performance on pyramidal questions.

Past Results

Season	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
2015-16	Manheim Township	Delaware Valley	State College	Great Valley	Henderson
2016-17	Winchester Thurston	Lehigh Valley	Manheim Township	Alagar Homeschool	State College

External Links

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-The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or [[GPQB]]) is a quizbowl blog that covers quizbowl in Pennsylvania.
+{{Pic|Image = GPQB_Logo.png
+|Caption = Official Logo for the Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource
+}}
+The '''Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource''' (or [[GPQB]]) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. It was previously known as '''Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource''' until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in 2015.
-The primary focus of the blog is to cover high school quizbowl events in the state of Pennsylvania. This includes tournament wrap ups, interviews, thought pieces, and a panel that issues pre-season, mid-season, and end-of season rankings for teams in the state. The blog also covers more general high school quizbowl topics such as outreach, study strategies, and coaching tips. There is also an associated podcast with episodes every few weeks.
+==Purpose==
+The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]], as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.
-The blog began in July 2014. In its first year, it only covered Philadelphia area quizbowl events, but expanded to cover the entire state of Pennsylvania in June 2015.
+The blog began in 2014 and was founded by [[Ben Herman]] and [[Chris Chiego]]. The blog has since grown and includes more contributors, with some at the high school level.
-[[category: Quizbowl on the internets]]
-==Contributors==
+===Contributors===
 * [[Ryan Bilger]]
 * [[Chris Chiego]]
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 ==Awards==
-The staff at GPQB award several awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. [https://gpqb.wordpress.com/gpqb-annual-award-recipients/ Link to Award Recipients List]
+The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players are not considered for the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.
+===Past Winners===
+{| border="2" cellspacing="0"
+! Season
+! Varsity Player of the Year
+! JV Player of the Year
+! Coach of the Year
+|-
+| 2014-15
+| [[Ryan Bilger]], [[Emmaus|Emmaus High School]]
+| [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh Valley Academy]]
+| [[Missy Doll]], [[Manheim Township|Manheim Township High School]]
+|-
+| 2015-16
+| Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy
+| [[Sam Scarfone]], [[Great Valley|Great Valley High School]]
+| [[Bern McCauley]], Great Valley High School
+|-
+| 2016-17
+| Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School
+| [[Vijay Anne]], [[Henderson|Henderson High School]]
+| [[Andrew Gianelli]], [[Camp Hill|Camp Hill High School]]
+|}
 ==Poll==
-The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, produced a top 10 poll of teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. Due to the particular circumstances of the state, with [[NAQT]]'s state championship merged into the [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition|PSAC]] format, the poll has served as a de-facto state title for pyramidal questions until further reforms have occurred.
+The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.
+Because there is no [[NAQT]] or pyramidal state championship (the only official tournament held is the non-pyramidal [[Pennsylvania State Academic Competition]]), the poll has served as a ''de facto'' state title for performance on pyramidal questions.
-{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
+===Past Results===
-! Year
+{| border="2" cellspacing="0"
+! Season
 ! Champion
 ! Second
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 * [https://twitter.com/paquizbowl GPQB on Twitter]
-[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]]
+[[Category:High school quizbowl in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]][[category: Quizbowl on the internets]]