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The '''NAQT Illinois State Tournament''' is the annual tournament held in Illinois to determine the recipient of the automatic bid to the [[NAQT]] High School National Championship Tournament.  It is recognized by the [[IHSSBCA]] as a third state championship in Illinois (along with the [[IHSA|IHSA State Series]] and [[Masonic tournament|Masonic state series]]).
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The '''NAQT Illinois State Tournament''' is one of three state championships held in Illinois.
  
==History==
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==Results==
Despite Illinois' long history of quizbowl, most of that history has been dominated by poorly written, one-line questions. Thus, while Illinois was absorbed in developing its own style and format, it largely was ignorant to the changes that were taking place to the east.
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{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;
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|-
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!width=50|DATE
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!width=150|CHAMPION
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!width=150|RUNNER-UP
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!width=150|3rd PLACE
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!width=150|SMALL SCHOOL
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!width=90|ATTENDANCE
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!width=130|HOST
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!width=50|STATS
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|-
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|2/2005
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|[[Stevenson]]
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|[[Wheaton North]]
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|[[New Trier]]
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|
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|9
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|[[Loyola Academy|Loyola]]
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|
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|-
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|2/2006
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|Stevenson
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|New Trier
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|Loyola
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|
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|12
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|Loyola
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|
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|-
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|3/2007
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|New Trier
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|[[Maine South]]
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|Carbondale
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|
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|8
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|Loyola
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2238]
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|-
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|2/2008
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|[[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
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|Loyola
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|Carbondale
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|
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|9
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|[[Illinois|UIUC]]
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2416]
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|-
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|3/2009
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|Auburn
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|Carbondale
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|New Trier
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|
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|12
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|[[Fenton]]
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2754]
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|-
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|3/2010
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|Auburn
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|Carbondale
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|[[OPRF]]
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|
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|18
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|Fenton
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3204]
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|-
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|2/2011
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|Stevenson
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|Auburn
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|Loyola
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|
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|17
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|Fenton
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3634]
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|-
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|2/2012
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|Auburn
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|[[IMSA|IMSA A]]
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|Carbondale[[#Notes|<sup>1</sup>]]
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|
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|24
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|Fenton
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4122]
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|-
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|2/2013
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|IMSA
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|Auburn
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|[[Belvidere North]]
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|[[Peoria Christian]]
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|28
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|[[Bloomington]]
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4727]
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|-
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|2/2014
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|IMSA A
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|Stevenson
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|Bloomington A
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|[[Litchfield]]
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|40
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|UIUC
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5415]
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|-
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|2/2015
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|Auburn
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|[[Hinsdale Central|Hinsdale Central A]]
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|IMSA A
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|[[Macomb|Macomb A]]
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|36
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|UIUC
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6271]
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|-
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|2/2016
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|Auburn
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|Hinsdale Central A
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|IMSA A
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|Macomb A
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|40
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|UIUC
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|[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=6561]
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|-
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|2/11/2017
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|Stevenson A
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|[[Barrington]]
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|[[Naperville North]]
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|[[Southwestern|Southwestern A]]
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|30
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|UIUC
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|[https://neg5.org/t/NJls-qpdDf/stats/team?phase=1]
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|-
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|2/10/2018
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|[[University of Illinois Lab|Urbana Uni High A]][[#Notes|<sup>2</sup>]]
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|Auburn
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|[[Fremd|Fremd A]]
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|Urbana Uni High A
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|30
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|UIUC
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|[https://stats.neg5.org/t/B1lIQNc8f/2018-naqt-state]
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|-
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|2/23/2019
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|Auburn
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|Stevenson A
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|Urbana Uni High A
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|Urbana Uni High A
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|30
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|UIUC
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|
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|-
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|}
  
[[Northwestern University]] began hosting an annual high school NAQT tournament around 2000.  While the tournament started drawing as many as 41 teams in 2001 (with teams coming from Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin), the tournament has seen a significant decline in attendance since.
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==Notes==
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# [[Ben Chametzky]] played solo in 2012.
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# With only around 320 students in regular attendance, University of Illinois Lab became the smallest known school to win any open or large division state championship (there may have been smaller schools that won a Masonic State Title in the early years before it was a true state-wide contest).
  
A few Illinois teams attended NAQT tournaments outside of Illinois.  Perhaps, most notoriously, [[Loyola Academy]] attended and won the Iowa State Championship in 2004, a year in which it did not even advance from its own regional in the [[2004 IHSA State Championship Tournament|IHSA State Series]].
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==History==
 
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[[Northwestern]] began hosting an annual high school NAQT tournament in 1999, which was the first tournament to consistently use NAQT questions in Illinois. While the tournament started drawing as many as 41 teams in 2001 (with teams coming from Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin), the tournament has seen a significant decline in attendance since. Northwestern no longer hosts a tournament with NAQT questions, though they still host high school and middle school tournaments.
While Illinois quizbowl questions have been gradually improving over that time, it was not until the 2004-05 season that Illinois would get its own state championship and qualifier for the HSNCT.  This came largely at the request of [[Loyola Academy]] coach [[David Riley]].
 
 
 
===Attendance Issues===
 
While the quality of the questions is known, the low turnout for the tournament, even among top teams in the state, has led to debate about whether it can be considered  a "state championship" in Illinois.
 
  
With the general improvement in questions, and the greater acceptance of pyramidal questions in the state, the low turnout remains a great mystery.  One possible reason for the low turnout in 2007 was the date in March, which followed the IHSA State Series.  The end of the State Series generally marks the end of the season for most teams in Illinois.
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Prior to 2005 few Illinois teams attended NAQT tournaments outside of Illinois.  Perhaps, most notoriously, [[Loyola Academy]] attended and won the Iowa State Championship in 2004, a year in which it did not even advance from its own regional in the [[2004 IHSA State Championship Tournament|IHSA State Series]]People such as [[David Riley]], [[Linda Greene]], and [[David Reinstein]] began pushing for more tournaments to be run on good questions like NAQT, which led to a gradual increase in the number of tournaments using the questions, and the number of teams coming out to the NAQT State Tournament.
  
There has been some suggestion that with this tournament being single-tiered (that is, it does not require qualification), many teams who know they do not stand a chance to win anything will not participate.
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While Illinois quizbowl questions have been gradually improving over that time, it was not until the 2004-05 season that Illinois would get its own regular state championship and qualifier for the [[HSNCT]].  This came largely at the request of [[Loyola Academy]] coach [[David Riley]].  Since this time, question quality has seen a gradual improvement.  Local tournament and match formats are now largely in line with national standards.
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[[File:Egan trophy.png|200px|thumb|right|William and Janet Egan Memorial Trophy]]
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Starting in 2013, the tournament started recognizing a small school champion.
  
The final reason that occasionally comes up for not attending the tournament is that it is (necessarily) held close to the end of the season in Illinois, and very close to the start of the IHSA State Series.  The distribution of subjects in NAQT is quite different than in Illinois (NAQT offers more pop culture, sociology, and geography, while offering a great deal less [[computational math]] than one would see in the IHSA state series)Thus it is the belief of some coaches that NAQT is a poor way to prepare for the impending state seriesThere is certainly no direct evidence to support this, though it has been cited by a few coaches as a reason for not attending.
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Starting in 2015, the winner of the tournament receives the William and Janet Egan Memorial Trophy, a perpetual trophy which the winner keeps only so long as they continue winning the tournament.  The trophy was donated by the family of William and Janet Egan, and largely consists of a crystal bowl that was William's retirement giftEven though the trophy was not awarded until 2015, it records the names of the tournament champions dating to the inception of the tournament in 2005The [[IHSSBCA]] officially oversees the trophy and its awarding.
  
==Results==
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==See Also==
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*[[NAQT Illinois State Tournament Record Book]]
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*[[Masonic tournament]] - State Tournament hosted by the Illinois Masons
!width="75"|Date||width="150"|Champion||width="150"|Runner-Up||width="150"|Third Place||width="50"|Attendance||width="150"|Host
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*[[IHSA|Illinois High School Association Tournament]]
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|2/2005||[[Stevenson]]||[[Wheaton North]]||[[New Trier]]||9||[[Loyola Academy]]
 
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|2/2006||[[Stevenson]]||New Trier||Loyola Academy||12||[[Loyola Academy]]
 
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|3/2007||[[New Trier]]||[[Maine South]]||[[Carbondale]]||8||[[Loyola Academy]]
 
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
 
|2/2008||[[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Auburn]]||Loyola Academy||Carbondale||9||[[Illinois|UIUC]]
 
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|3/2009||[[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Auburn]]||[[Carbondale]]||[[New Trier]]||12||[[Fenton]]
 
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|3/2010|| || || || ||[[Fenton]]
 
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Revision as of 19:41, 23 February 2019

The NAQT Illinois State Tournament is one of three state championships held in Illinois.

Results

DATE CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 3rd PLACE SMALL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE HOST STATS
2/2005 Stevenson Wheaton North New Trier 9 Loyola
2/2006 Stevenson New Trier Loyola 12 Loyola
3/2007 New Trier Maine South Carbondale 8 Loyola [1]
2/2008 Auburn Loyola Carbondale 9 UIUC [2]
3/2009 Auburn Carbondale New Trier 12 Fenton [3]
3/2010 Auburn Carbondale OPRF 18 Fenton [4]
2/2011 Stevenson Auburn Loyola 17 Fenton [5]
2/2012 Auburn IMSA A Carbondale1 24 Fenton [6]
2/2013 IMSA Auburn Belvidere North Peoria Christian 28 Bloomington [7]
2/2014 IMSA A Stevenson Bloomington A Litchfield 40 UIUC [8]
2/2015 Auburn Hinsdale Central A IMSA A Macomb A 36 UIUC [9]
2/2016 Auburn Hinsdale Central A IMSA A Macomb A 40 UIUC [10]
2/11/2017 Stevenson A Barrington Naperville North Southwestern A 30 UIUC [11]
2/10/2018 Urbana Uni High A2 Auburn Fremd A Urbana Uni High A 30 UIUC [12]
2/23/2019 Auburn Stevenson A Urbana Uni High A Urbana Uni High A 30 UIUC

Notes

  1. Ben Chametzky played solo in 2012.
  2. With only around 320 students in regular attendance, University of Illinois Lab became the smallest known school to win any open or large division state championship (there may have been smaller schools that won a Masonic State Title in the early years before it was a true state-wide contest).

History

Northwestern began hosting an annual high school NAQT tournament in 1999, which was the first tournament to consistently use NAQT questions in Illinois. While the tournament started drawing as many as 41 teams in 2001 (with teams coming from Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin), the tournament has seen a significant decline in attendance since. Northwestern no longer hosts a tournament with NAQT questions, though they still host high school and middle school tournaments.

Prior to 2005 few Illinois teams attended NAQT tournaments outside of Illinois. Perhaps, most notoriously, Loyola Academy attended and won the Iowa State Championship in 2004, a year in which it did not even advance from its own regional in the IHSA State Series. People such as David Riley, Linda Greene, and David Reinstein began pushing for more tournaments to be run on good questions like NAQT, which led to a gradual increase in the number of tournaments using the questions, and the number of teams coming out to the NAQT State Tournament.

While Illinois quizbowl questions have been gradually improving over that time, it was not until the 2004-05 season that Illinois would get its own regular state championship and qualifier for the HSNCT. This came largely at the request of Loyola Academy coach David Riley. Since this time, question quality has seen a gradual improvement. Local tournament and match formats are now largely in line with national standards.

William and Janet Egan Memorial Trophy

Starting in 2013, the tournament started recognizing a small school champion.

Starting in 2015, the winner of the tournament receives the William and Janet Egan Memorial Trophy, a perpetual trophy which the winner keeps only so long as they continue winning the tournament. The trophy was donated by the family of William and Janet Egan, and largely consists of a crystal bowl that was William's retirement gift. Even though the trophy was not awarded until 2015, it records the names of the tournament champions dating to the inception of the tournament in 2005. The IHSSBCA officially oversees the trophy and its awarding.

See Also