IHSSBCA Novice

The IHSSBCA Novice is a series of tournaments hosted by IHSSBCA. The tournament uses the SCOP question set. It is held at several sites on the same day, and teams can choose which site to attend.

Students can only play in the tournament if they meet the following criteria:
• Have played fewer than 40 varsity-level matches for his or her school’s top team
• Have played fewer than 80 career matches at any level
• Have never scored more than 35 points per game at a varsity invitational tournament
• Have never scored more than 20 points per game at a national championship tournament
• Have never been named to an All-Tournament Team at a high school tournament

Results

2012

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Bloomington	14	Bloomington	Joliet Catholic	Galesburg	Glenwood	Mike Bannor (Joliet Catholic) - 58 ppg
Fenton	24	Whitney Young	Fenwick	Barrington	Homewood-Flossmoor	Anish Doshi (Barrington A) - 81 ppg
Greenville	12	Highland	Greenville	Marquette (Alton)	Southwestern	Chris Hornsey (Marquette) - 57 ppg
Keith Country Day	12	Auburn A	Metea Valley B	Auburn B	Metea Valley A	William Stites (Belvidere North A) - 76 ppg

Total Attendance: 62 teams

2013

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Auburn	16	Wheaton North A	Auburn	Wheaton North B	Boylan	Marcus Teccaro (Boylan) - 112 ppg
Bloomington	16	Bloomington	Centennial	Glenwood	Bradley Bourbonnais	Robert Peart (Bradley-Bourbonnais) - 119 ppg
Fenton	36	Barrington A	Hinsdale Central	Barrington B	IMSA	Cormac O'Halleran (York A) - 119 ppg
Greenville	10	Carbondale	O'Fallon	Greenville	Mount Vernon	Ananth Panchamukhi (Carbondale) - 72 ppg

Total Attendance: 78 teams

2014

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Auburn	12	Saint Viator	St. Charles East	Marian Central		William Jiang (Auburn) - 83 ppg
Bloomington	16	Urbana Lab	Mahomet-Seymour	Glenwood	Bloomington	Aaditya Mehta (Centennial) - 78 ppg
Fenton	24	Barrington A	IMSA A	Hinsdale Central	New Trier	Erich Remeiker (IMSA A) - 77 ppg
Galesburg	9	Macomb A	Galesburg A	Beardstown A	Geneseo	Micah Flores (Macomb A) - 50 ppg
Southwestern	12	O'Fallon	Marquette (Alton)	Routt Catholic	Southwestern	Mark Patterson (O'Fallon) - 97 ppg

Total Attendance: 73 teams

2015

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Auburn	9	Auburn A	Waubonsie Valley	Boylan	Newman C.C./Auburn B	Ethan Strombeck (Auburn A) - 148.75 ppg
Barrington	12	IMSA A	Fremd A	Loyola Academy	IMSA C	Vikas (Fremd A) - 76.67 ppg
Centennial	11	Urbana Lab	Bloomington A	Bradley-Bourbonnais A	Bradley-Bourbonnais B	Hanson Hao (Bloomington A) - 87 ppg
Fenwick	18	Sandburg	Metea Valley	WW South A	Fenwick A	Arjun Sundarajan (Metea Valley) - 108.89 ppg
Galesburg	4	Metamora	Macomb A	Galesburg	Macomb B	Anne Flintgreuber (Macomb A) - 71 ppg
Southwestern	20	Glenwood	Marquette (Alton)	Glenwood B	Springfield D	Carter Moore (Southwestern) - 77.14 ppg

Total Attendance: 74 teams

2016

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Auburn	8	Boylan	Belvidere A	Auburn A	Auburn B	Nicholas Larson (Belvidere A) - 77.14 ppg
Barrington	13	Barrington A	Benet Academy A	Fremd A	Palatine B	Abraham Holtermann (Barrington A) - 108 ppg
Centennial	4	Urbana Lab	Mattoon	Centennial	Bloomington	Fiona Ward Shaw (Bloomington) - 85 ppg
Fenton	24	Evanston	Stevenson A	Latin A	Glenbard North A	Govind Prabhakar (Stevenson A) - 90 ppg
Southwestern	20	Springfield B	Carbondale	Springfield A	O'Fallon	Aidan Fein (Springfield A) - 120 ppg

Total Attendance: 69 teams

2017

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Winnebago	8	Auburn	Belvidere North	Belvidere	United Township	Kodai Speich (Auburn) - 110 ppg
Barrington	12	Barrington A	Stevenson A	IMSA	Stevenson B	Andy Kramer (Barrington) - 76 ppg
Centennial	8	Urbana Lab A	Champaign Central	Urbana Lab B	Centennial	Jonathan Lau (University of Illinois Lab A) - 105 ppg
Fenton	24	Naperville Central A	Whitney Young	Hinsdale Central A	Hoffman Estates	Ashish Subramanian (Hoffman Estates) - 100 ppg
Southwestern	18	Carbondale	Springfield A	O'Fallon	Springfield B	Ian Kinsel (Carbondale) - 71 ppg

Total Attendance: 70 teams

2018

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Winnebago	9	Auburn A	Auburn B	Rock Falls	Moline	Aiden Brinkmann (Auburn B) - 89 ppg
Stevenson	18	IMSA A	Sandburg	IMSA B	Stevenson	Weillin Feng (New Trier) - 105 ppg
Illinois	12	Urbana Lab Orange	Urbana Lab Blue	Mattoon	Centennial	Conrad Ebbecke (Mahomet-Seymour) - 97 ppg
Fenton	24	Elgin Academy	Naperville Central	Hinsdale Central	Latin	Charles Bliss (Maine South) - 97 ppg
Southwestern	14	O'Fallon	Macomb	Springfield	Carbondale	Evan Ewing (Carbondale) - 74 ppg
New Berlin	6	Williamsville	Pleasant Plains B	Pleasant Plains A	New Berlin	Nathan Clack (Williamsville) - 125 ppg

Total Attendance: 83 teams

2019

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Barrington	20	Barrington A	Stevenson	Loyola	Fremd A	Dhruv Pendharkar (Stevenson) - 103.75 ppg
Belvidere	12	Auburn	St Charles East	Elgin Academy	Keith Country Day	Wyatt David (Keith Country Day) - 124.17 ppg
Lincoln-Way East	16	Naperville Central	Sandburg	Latin	Waubonsie Valley	Arnav Khanna (Waubonsie Valley) - 126.43 ppg
Mattoon	8	University Lab	Monticello	Centennial	Mahomet-Seymour	Helen Ryding (Mahomet-Seymour) - 74.29 ppg
Southwestern	12	Carbondale A	Pana	Southwestern Gold	Northwestern	Hunter Wood (Northwestern) - 92 ppg

Total Attendance: 68 teams

2020

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Online	42	Waubonsie Valley	University Lab (Urbana)	Bloomington	Rockford Auburn	Soren Gjesfjeld (Bloomington) - 153 ppg

Total Attendance: 42 teams

2021

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Barrington	16	Stevenson A	Glenbard North A	Fremd A	Stevenson B	Maddox Robinson (Palatine) - 72.14 ppg
Keith Country Day	12	Auburn	Morrison	Winnebago	Keith Country Day	Carson Jacobson (Winnebago) - 79.44 ppg
Lincoln-Way East	16	Benet Academy	Francis W. Parker	DePaul College Prep	Hinsdale Central	John Augustyn (Benet Academy) - 99.38 ppg
Mattoon	9	University Lab	Centennial	Glenwood A	Springfield	Sophia Stuart (Centennial) - 112.50 ppg
Online	4	Naperville North	Waubonsie Valley	Jones College Prep	IMSA	Goodwin Lane (Jones College Prep) - 78.33 ppg

Total Attendance: 41 teams

2022

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Auburn	8	IMSA	Fremd	Christian Life (Rockford)	Auburn	Logan Gustafson, Christian Life (Rockford), 97.86 ppg
Barrington	16	Stevenson	Barrington	New Trier	Elgin Academy	Monit Karmakar, Stevenson (Lincolnshire) B, 77.86 ppg
Lincoln-Way East	22	Waubonsie Valley	Hinsdale Central B	Hinsdale Central A	Hinsdale Central C	Alex Hestermann, Wheaton-Warrenville South, 94 ppg
Mattoon	12	Carbondale	Springfield B	Springfield A	Champaign Central	Emily Miller, Champaign Central, 129 ppg

Total Attendance: 58 teams

2023

Site	# of teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	High Scorer
Belvidere	6	Keith Country Day	IMSA	Belvidere	Winnebago	Merrick Meyer, Keith Country Day (Rockford), 100 PPG
Fremd	20	Stevenson B	Fremd	Stevenson A	Hoffman Estates A	Anirudh Srinivasan, Stevenson (Lincolnshire) B, 130 PPG
Granite City	8	Springfield	North Mac (Virden)	Metro-East Lutheran	Jacksonville	Vanshika Ganda, Springfield, 82.14 PPG
Limestone (Bartonville)	8	Pleasant Plains	Dunlap	Galesburg	Metamora	Silas Descalzo, Galesburg, 85 PPG
Lincoln-Way East	28	Francis Parker	Lincoln-Way East A	Waubonsie Valley	Latin	Salil Patki, Waubonsie Valley, 110 PPG
Mattoon	15	Bloomington	UIUC Lab	Charleston	Centennial A	Alex Chiritescu, Charleston, 102.5 PPG

Total Attendance: 85 teams

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