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The '''Minnesota High School Quizbowl League''' is one of the most popular quiz bowl formats in Minnesota and is a member association of the [[Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]]. It culminates in a tournament consisting of 16 of the top team. It is currently run on questions supplied by [[NAQT]], derived from one of the A series they produce each year. It is directed by [[R Robert Hentzel]] and takes place on four different nights over a span of five and at four separate sites.  The four sites are each home to one division, which are supposed to be divided equally by talent and location, but recently divisions have been rather lopsided. Each night a team plays four rounds within its division, except for the last night which is the "playoff" night, where the top teams from each site come together and play for the title in a single elimination playoff bracket. MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]], as it is generally has a more challenging field and is broadcast on television.  
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The '''Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League''' is a quiz bowl league located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. It is currently run on questions supplied by [[NAQT]], derived from one of the A series they produce each year, as well as from an IS set for its playoff rounds. The league is directed by [[Erik Nelson]] and takes place over multiple nights at separate divisions, which compete at different sites. Each night, a team plays four rounds within its division. After all divisions have played 12 rounds, teams from the top 16 schools convene for a double-elimination playoff. Each school can only send one team to the championship tournament. The MNHSQB League championship tournament is considered by many to be more prestigious than the official [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]], as it is generally has a more challenging field.
  
 
== Divisions ==
 
== Divisions ==
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Schools are listed in the division they play in for the 2022-23 season.
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===List of teams===
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===List of divisions and competition dates===
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{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"
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{| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
 
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division
 
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division
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! style="background:white; width:17%" | Team
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! style="background:white; width:17%" | School
 
! style="background:white; width:15%" | City
 
! style="background:white; width:15%" | City
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! style="background:white; width:13%" | Head Coach
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! style="background:white; width:13%" | Coach(es)
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! style="background:white; width:5%" | # of teams
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|-
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! style="background:#DDFFDD" rowspan="7" | Division I
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11/3, 12/1, 1/12
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|-
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| '''[[Benilde-St. Margaret's]]'''
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| St. Louis Park
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| Matt McMerty-Brummer
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| 1
 +
|-
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| '''[[Eden Prairie]]'''
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| Eden Prairie
 +
| William Bednar
 +
| 3
 +
|-
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| '''[[Holy Family (MN)|Holy Family]]'''
 +
| Victoria
 +
| Jim Walker
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| 1
 +
|-
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| '''[[Minnetonka]]'''
 +
| Minnetonka
 +
| Judith Thomas
 +
| 5
 +
|-
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| '''[[St. Louis Park]]'''
 +
| St. Louis Park
 +
| Peter Dangerfield
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Wayzata]]'''
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| Plymouth
 +
| Lucas Sun
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| 7
 
|-
 
|-
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! style=background:#FFDDFF rowspan=8 | North Division
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! style=background:#FFFFDD rowspan="12" | Division II
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| '''[[Blake]]'''
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11/10, 12/8, 1/19
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|
 
−
|
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Breck]]'''
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| '''[[Blake]]'''  
 
| Minneapolis
 
| Minneapolis
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|  
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| Jonathan Osters
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[DeLaSalle]]'''
 
| '''[[DeLaSalle]]'''
 
| Minneapolis
 
| Minneapolis
−
 
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| Martin Marrin
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
| '''[[Hudson]]'''
 +
| Hudson, WI
 +
| Roberta Naujok and Kristin Bores
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| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Hill-Murray]]'''
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|'''[[Irondale]]'''
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|  
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| New Brighton
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|  
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| Mia McGill
 +
| 4
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Hopkins]]'''
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| '''[[Mounds Park]]'''
−
|  
+
| St. Paul
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|  
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| Jay Noland and Wade Peterson
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Hudson]]'''
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| '''[[Mounds View]]'''  
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| Hudson, WI
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| Arden Hills
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| Laurie Harmon
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| Justin Benolkin
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Armstrong | Robbinsdale Armstrong]]'''
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| '''[[North St. Paul]]'''
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| Plymouth
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| North St. Paul
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| Pat Quinn
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| Joe Simms
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Wayzata]]'''
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| '''[[Roseville]]'''
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| Plymouth
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| Roseville
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| Meaghan Decker
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| Ira Sanders
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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! style=background:#FFFFDD rowspan=6 | South Division
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| '''[[Saint Agnes]]'''
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| '''[[Apple Valley]]'''
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| St. Paul
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|  
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| Jackie Cates, Matthew O'Keefe, and Jared Taggart
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|
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| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Eagan]]'''
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| '''[[St. Croix Prep]]'''  
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|  
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| Stillwater
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|  
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| CarlaJoy Strand, Craig Wolke, and Will Palus
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[John F. Kennedy (MN)]]'''
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| '''[[St. Paul Academy]]'''
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|  
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| St. Paul
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|
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| Kate Lockwood
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Minneapolis South]]'''
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! style=background:#FFFFDD rowspan="17" | Division III
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|
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11/17, 1/5, 1/26
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|
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Rosemount]]'''
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| '''[[Apple Valley]]'''
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|
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| Apple Valley
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|
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| Shawn Dylla
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| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[St. Thomas Academy]]'''
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| '''[[Burnsville]]'''
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|
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| Burnsville
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|
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| Les Moffitt
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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! style="background:#DDDDFF" rowspan="7" | West Division
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| '''[[Chaska]]'''
 +
| Chaska
 +
| Rory Bartels and Gretchen Oppriecht de Garcia
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| 4
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Chanhassen]]'''
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|'''[[Eagan]]'''
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|
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| Eagan
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|
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| Brett Melton and Francis Samuel
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Eden Prairie]]'''
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| '''[[Eastview]]'''
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| Eden Prairie
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| Apple Valley
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| Dan Murray
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| John Kelly
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Edina]]'''
 
| '''[[Edina]]'''
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|
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| Edina
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|
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| Jennifer Stone
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| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Minnetonka]]'''
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| '''[[Hill-Murray]]'''  
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|
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| Maplewood
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|
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| Louise Head and Kevin Ryan
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Mound Westonka]]'''
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| '''[[Kennedy]]'''  
−
|
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| Bloomington
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|
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| Chris Lyons
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Saint Louis Park]]'''
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| '''[[Lakeville South]]'''  
−
|
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| Lakeville
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|
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| Alec Chamberlain
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| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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! style="background:#DDFFDD" rowspan="8" | East Division
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| '''[[Orono]]'''
 +
| Long Lake
 +
| Brian McCollor and Joseph Suchomel
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Saint Paul Academy]]'''
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| '''[[Prior Lake]]'''
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|
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| Prior Lake
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|  
+
| Brian Olsen
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Saint Paul Central]]'''
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| '''[[Providence]]'''
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|
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| Plymouth
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|
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| Kevin Keiser and Emily Semsch
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| 5
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Roseville]]'''
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| '''[[Rosemount]]'''  
−
|
+
| Rosemount
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|
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| Chris Kauffeld
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Mounds Park]]'''
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| '''[[Shakopee]]'''  
−
|  
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| Shakopee
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|  
+
| Matthew Johnston
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Irondale]]'''
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| '''[[Shattuck-St. Mary's]]'''
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|
+
| Faribault
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|
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| Genevieve Andreas and Nicole Taynton
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| '''[[Mounds View]]'''
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| '''[[St. Thomas Academy]]'''
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|
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| Mendota Heights
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|
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| Doug Hoverson, Peter Wynia, Melissa Judy, and James Jurkovich
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
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|'''[[North Saint Paul]]'''
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
== Format ==
 
== Format ==
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MNHSQBL uses a [[Four-quarter format]], though they are referred to as "phases".  The first phase consists of twelve warm-up tossups, which are short and worth only ten points each.  The second phase consists of standard [[NAQT]] tossups with powers and bonuses.  The first two phases are combined for timing purposes, and are 9 minutes long.  The third phase is lightning rounds consisting of ten related questions worth ten points each.  The team that is not in the lead gets to go first and picks from three subjects for their round.  They then have one minute to answer as many as they can. Then the other team has a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions heard but passed on or incorrectly answered.  Then the lead team picks one of the two remaining lightning rounds, and they have one minute to answer followed by their opponent's 30 second bounce-back phase.  If a team manages to get all ten parts of their lightning round correct, they get an extra 20 points. The fourth phase is more tossups with powers and bonuses, for 6 minutes.  Neg fives are not used.  This means there are a total of 1140 points available to a team in a round.
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The current format consists of two eight-minute halves of [[NAQT]] tossups and bonuses, with a pair of [[lightning rounds]] after the first half.  The lightning round consists of groups of ten related questions worth ten points each.  The team that is not in the lead gets the first choice of three subjects for their round, and has one minute to answer as many as they can. The other team then gets a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions the first team missed.  After this, the process is repeated with the leading team choosing from the remaining two choices. 15-point powers are used in league play, but -5 interrupt penalties are not.
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In previous years, MNHSQB games consisted of four "phases." The first phase consisted of twelve very short warm-up tossups.  The second phase consisted of standard tossups with powers and bonuses. The first two phases were combined for timing purposes, and were 9 minutes long.  The third phase was a lightning round, and the fourth was more tossups and bonuses, for 6 minutes.
  
 
== Questions ==
 
== Questions ==
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The questions are very easy, generally easier than [[NAQT]] A-Series questions.  You can read a sample packet [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/2008/sample-packet.pdf here].
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Regular season play uses tossups and bonuses from [[NAQT]]'s A-Series and lightning rounds from its Standard Television Series.  The playoffs use questions from a regular NAQT set, which are more difficult. A sample packet of A-Series questions can be found [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/2008/sample-packet.pdf here].
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== History ==
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Much of the league's early history is currently unknown. For many years of the pre-NAQT era, all events were held at [[Burnsville]], so that all schools had an opportunity to appear on public television. Records suggest that it was once part of a quiz show on KSTP. As of 2022, matches are no longer televised.
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[[Patrick's Press]] questions were used in the years preceding NAQT's involvement, and [[Questions Unlimited]] provided questions before then, in the mid-eighties. Since the 2006-2007 season, play has been on [[NAQT]] questions. 
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[[Wayzata]] has the most titles in the NAQT era, with eight. [[Eden Prairie]] is second with five.  Wayzata also holds the record for points in a game in the league's NAQT era, having scored 1,035 points against [[Edina]] during round 6 of the 2017-18 season.
  
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The league's directors have included:
  
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== History ==
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* [[George Leiter]] (19??-2006)
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Since the 2006-2007 season League play has been on [[NAQT]] questions.  Before that it was run on [[Patrick's Press]] questions, and on [[Questions Unlimited]] in the mid-eighties.  In 2009, [[Chaska]] won the league title; the two previous seasons were won by [[Eden Prairie]].  Very shady records can be found [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/history.html here]. At one time, the MNHSQB league was the sole venue of high school quiz bowl competition in Minnesota, but many other tournaments on the circuit has since been held.
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* [[Robert Hentzel]] (2006-2022)
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* [[Erik Nelson]] (2022-present)
  
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== Past Results==
  
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== Past Champions ==
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===Pre-NAQT era===
  
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
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! Year
 +
! Champion
 +
! Runner-up
 +
|-
 +
| 1972
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1973
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1974
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1975
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1976
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1977
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1978
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1979
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1980
 +
| Unknown
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
|-
 +
| 1981
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1982
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1983
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 1984
 +
| [[St. Paul Academy]]
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| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 1985
 +
| [[St. Paul Academy]]
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 1986
 +
| [[Blake]]
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| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1987
 +
| [[St. Paul Academy]]
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| [[Mounds Park]]
 +
|-
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| 1988
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 1989
 +
| Unknown
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 1991
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| [[Rosemount]]
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| [[St. Paul Academy]]
 +
|-
 +
| 1992
 +
| [[Chaska]]
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1993
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| [[Chaska]]
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1994
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
|-
 +
| 1995
 +
| Blake
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1996
 +
| Blake
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1997
 +
| Blake
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
 +
| 1998
 +
| Blake
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 1999
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| [[Chaska]]
 +
| Unknown
 +
|-
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| 2000
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| [[Chaska]]
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
|-
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| 2001
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
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| Minneapolis Southwest
 +
|-
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| 2002
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
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| [[St. Louis Park]]
 +
|-
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| 2003
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| [[Chaska]]
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
|-
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| 2004
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| [[Chaska]]
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| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
|-
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| 2005
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
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| [[Chaska]]
 +
|-
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| 2006
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
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| [[Chaska]]
 +
|}
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===NAQT era===
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
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! Year
 +
! Set Used
 +
! # of Teams
 +
! Champion
 +
! Second
 +
! Third
 +
! Fourth
 +
|-
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| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2235 2007]
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| MN-06
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| 98
 +
| [[Eden Prairie ]]
 +
| St. Anthony Village
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2508 2008]
 +
| MN-07
 +
| 112
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Orono]]
 +
| [[Minnetonka]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2679 2009]
 +
| MN-08
 +
| 100
 +
| [[Chaska]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[St. Louis Park]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
|-
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| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3086 2010]
 +
| MN-09
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| 100
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| [[Chaska]]
 +
| [[St. Louis Park]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3571 2011]
 +
| MN-10
 +
| 108
 +
| [[Chanhassen]]
 +
| [[St. Paul Central]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3820 2012]
 +
| MN-11
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| 110
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[St. Paul Central]]
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| [[Chaska]]
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| [[Mounds View]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4624 2013]
 +
| MN-12
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| 110
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[St. Paul Central]]
 +
| [[Chaska]]
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| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5232 2014]
 +
| MN-13
 +
| 105
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| [[Blake]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6022 2015]
 +
| MN-14
 +
| 130
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Blake]]
 +
| [[Edina]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6853 2016]
 +
| MN-15
 +
| 131
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Mounds Park Academy]]
 +
| [[Burnsville]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7992 2017]
 +
| MN-16
 +
| 139
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| [[Mounds Park Academy]]
 +
| [[Burnsville]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=8921 2018]
 +
| MN-17
 +
| 134
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Mounds View]]
 +
| [[Edina]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=9971 2019]
 +
| MN-18
 +
| 118
 +
| [[Mounds View]]
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Burnsville]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=11097 2020]
 +
| MN-19
 +
| 126
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Mounds View]]
 +
| [[Burnsville]]
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=12284 2021]
 +
| MN-20
 +
| 86
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Burnsville]]
 +
| [[Mounds View]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=13295 2022]
 +
| MN-21
 +
| 88
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[St. Louis Park]]
 +
| [[St. Paul Academy]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
|}
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://naqt.com/mqba/ Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]
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* [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=12887 Current (2021-22) standings]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 17 January 2023

The Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League is a quiz bowl league located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. It is currently run on questions supplied by NAQT, derived from one of the A series they produce each year, as well as from an IS set for its playoff rounds. The league is directed by Erik Nelson and takes place over multiple nights at separate divisions, which compete at different sites. Each night, a team plays four rounds within its division. After all divisions have played 12 rounds, teams from the top 16 schools convene for a double-elimination playoff. Each school can only send one team to the championship tournament. The MNHSQB League championship tournament is considered by many to be more prestigious than the official NAQT Minnesota State Championship, as it is generally has a more challenging field.

Divisions

Schools are listed in the division they play in for the 2022-23 season.

List of divisions and competition dates

Division School City Coach(es) # of teams
Division I

11/3, 12/1, 1/12

Benilde-St. Margaret's St. Louis Park Matt McMerty-Brummer 1
Eden Prairie Eden Prairie William Bednar 3
Holy Family Victoria Jim Walker 1
Minnetonka Minnetonka Judith Thomas 5
St. Louis Park St. Louis Park Peter Dangerfield 1
Wayzata Plymouth Lucas Sun 7
Division II

11/10, 12/8, 1/19

Blake Minneapolis Jonathan Osters 2
DeLaSalle Minneapolis Martin Marrin 3
Hudson Hudson, WI Roberta Naujok and Kristin Bores 3
Irondale New Brighton Mia McGill 4
Mounds Park St. Paul Jay Noland and Wade Peterson 3
Mounds View Arden Hills Justin Benolkin 3
North St. Paul North St. Paul Joe Simms 2
Roseville Roseville Ira Sanders 2
Saint Agnes St. Paul Jackie Cates, Matthew O'Keefe, and Jared Taggart 3
St. Croix Prep Stillwater CarlaJoy Strand, Craig Wolke, and Will Palus 2
St. Paul Academy St. Paul Kate Lockwood 1
Division III

11/17, 1/5, 1/26

Apple Valley Apple Valley Shawn Dylla 3
Burnsville Burnsville Les Moffitt 3
Chaska Chaska Rory Bartels and Gretchen Oppriecht de Garcia 4
Eagan Eagan Brett Melton and Francis Samuel 2
Eastview Apple Valley John Kelly 2
Edina Edina Jennifer Stone 3
Hill-Murray Maplewood Louise Head and Kevin Ryan 2
Kennedy Bloomington Chris Lyons 2
Lakeville South Lakeville Alec Chamberlain 1
Orono Long Lake Brian McCollor and Joseph Suchomel 2
Prior Lake Prior Lake Brian Olsen 3
Providence Plymouth Kevin Keiser and Emily Semsch 5
Rosemount Rosemount Chris Kauffeld 3
Shakopee Shakopee Matthew Johnston 2
Shattuck-St. Mary's Faribault Genevieve Andreas and Nicole Taynton 1
St. Thomas Academy Mendota Heights Doug Hoverson, Peter Wynia, Melissa Judy, and James Jurkovich 2

Format

The current format consists of two eight-minute halves of NAQT tossups and bonuses, with a pair of lightning rounds after the first half. The lightning round consists of groups of ten related questions worth ten points each. The team that is not in the lead gets the first choice of three subjects for their round, and has one minute to answer as many as they can. The other team then gets a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions the first team missed. After this, the process is repeated with the leading team choosing from the remaining two choices. 15-point powers are used in league play, but -5 interrupt penalties are not.

In previous years, MNHSQB games consisted of four "phases." The first phase consisted of twelve very short warm-up tossups. The second phase consisted of standard tossups with powers and bonuses. The first two phases were combined for timing purposes, and were 9 minutes long. The third phase was a lightning round, and the fourth was more tossups and bonuses, for 6 minutes.

Questions

Regular season play uses tossups and bonuses from NAQT's A-Series and lightning rounds from its Standard Television Series. The playoffs use questions from a regular NAQT set, which are more difficult. A sample packet of A-Series questions can be found here.

History

Much of the league's early history is currently unknown. For many years of the pre-NAQT era, all events were held at Burnsville, so that all schools had an opportunity to appear on public television. Records suggest that it was once part of a quiz show on KSTP. As of 2022, matches are no longer televised.

Patrick's Press questions were used in the years preceding NAQT's involvement, and Questions Unlimited provided questions before then, in the mid-eighties. Since the 2006-2007 season, play has been on NAQT questions.

Wayzata has the most titles in the NAQT era, with eight. Eden Prairie is second with five. Wayzata also holds the record for points in a game in the league's NAQT era, having scored 1,035 points against Edina during round 6 of the 2017-18 season.

The league's directors have included:

Past Results

Pre-NAQT era

Year Champion Runner-up
1972 St. Thomas Academy Unknown
1973 Unknown Unknown
1974 Unknown Unknown
1975 Unknown Unknown
1976 Unknown Unknown
1977 Unknown Unknown
1978 Unknown Unknown
1979 Unknown Unknown
1980 Unknown St. Thomas Academy
1981 Unknown Unknown
1982 St. Thomas Academy Unknown
1983 Unknown Unknown
1984 St. Paul Academy Unknown
1985 St. Paul Academy Unknown
1986 Blake Unknown
1987 St. Paul Academy Mounds Park
1988 Unknown Unknown
1989 Unknown Unknown
1991 Rosemount St. Paul Academy
1992 Chaska Unknown
1993 Chaska Unknown
1994 Eden Prairie St. Thomas Academy
1995 Blake Unknown
1996 Blake Unknown
1997 Blake Unknown
1998 Blake Unknown
1999 Chaska Unknown
2000 Chaska St. Thomas Academy
2001 St. Thomas Academy Minneapolis Southwest
2002 St. Thomas Academy St. Louis Park
2003 Chaska St. Thomas Academy
2004 Chaska Eden Prairie
2005 St. Thomas Academy Chaska
2006 St. Thomas Academy Chaska

NAQT era

Year Set Used # of Teams Champion Second Third Fourth
2007 MN-06 98 Eden Prairie St. Anthony Village St. Thomas Academy Wayzata
2008 MN-07 112 Eden Prairie Orono Minnetonka Wayzata
2009 MN-08 100 Chaska Eden Prairie St. Louis Park Wayzata
2010 MN-09 100 Eden Prairie St. Thomas Academy Chaska St. Louis Park
2011 MN-10 108 Chanhassen St. Paul Central Eden Prairie Wayzata
2012 MN-11 110 Wayzata St. Paul Central Chaska Mounds View
2013 MN-12 110 Wayzata St. Paul Central Chaska Eden Prairie
2014 MN-13 105 Eden Prairie Wayzata St. Thomas Academy Blake
2015 MN-14 130 Wayzata Eden Prairie Blake Edina
2016 MN-15 131 Eden Prairie Wayzata Mounds Park Academy Burnsville
2017 MN-16 139 Wayzata St. Thomas Academy Mounds Park Academy Burnsville
2018 MN-17 134 Wayzata Eden Prairie Mounds View Edina
2019 MN-18 118 Mounds View Wayzata Burnsville Eden Prairie
2020 MN-19 126 Wayzata Eden Prairie Mounds View Burnsville
2021 MN-20 86 Wayzata Burnsville Mounds View Eden Prairie
2022 MN-21 88 Wayzata St. Louis Park St. Paul Academy Eden Prairie

External Links

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