On a rainy 22nd February, 2003, the 6th annual VHSL Scholastic Bowl state championships were held at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. A thank you goes out to Adam Fine, Samer Ismail and Christopher Moretti for serving as group coordinators, and again to Adam for e- mailing me the results I wrote down and left in his car :-) The winners were Maggie Walker in AAA, Salem in AA and George Mason in A. In terms of parity, competition and surprises, this was one of the best. Notables: * Radford's coach had two 8th graders who would have been on the starting four, but which their coach mistakenly thought were ineligible (apparently you're allowed 5 years for academic type events.) Eastern Montgomery managed to beat them out for the Region C title (Group A, near Southwest Virginia). The growth of quizbowl in Region C is encouraging. * Marion from Region IV (Group AA, far Southwest Virginia) had its best performance ever. * The Northwestern Region (Group AAA, everything outside of Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads) tournament was held on FRIDAY THE 21ST due to weather. EC Glass's (Lynchburg) team apparently travelled from Lynchburg to Manassas to Lynchburg to Williamsburg in the span of 24 hours. Fortunately Glass arrived just as the opening ceremony was starting, preventing me from invoking the Rule of the Four Teddy Bears (namely, matches start after 10 minutes of delay, and are played as if the absent team is sitting right there like Four Teddy Bears * This was Marion Suter's final year as coach of Spotswood's academic team; she retires after this year. The southern Shenandoah Valley is perhaps one of the most competitive and talented quizbowl areas in the country located outside a major metropolitan area. Spotswood High School has won 96 consecutive regular season matches in the Valley District. * Region II (Group AA, northwestern Virginia) crowned Loudoun County as its champion. However, Loudoun County had to forfeit its title as it had used a player who had not passed five courses and was therefore ineligible under VHSL rules. Results follow: ***************************************************** Group A 1.Match Middlesex 210, J.J.Kelly 60 George Mason 190, Radford 90 James Monroe 190, Eastern Montgomery 90 Wilson Memorial 150, Honaker 90 2.Match Middlesex 190, George Mason 115 James Monroe 205, Wilson Memorial 120 Radford 180, J.J.Kelly 90 (J.J.Kelly eliminated) Eastern Montgomery 145, Honaker 115 (Honaker eliminated) 3.Match Middlesex 175, James Monroe 100 Radford 120, Wilson Memorial 100 (Wilson Memorial eliminated) George Mason 210, Eastern Montgomery 110 (Eastern Montgomery eliminated) 4.Match George Mason 200, Radford 140 (Radford eliminated) 5.Match George Mason 210, James Monroe 105 (James Monroe eliminated) 6.Match George Mason 180, Middlesex 115 7.Match George Mason 185, Middlesex 115 (Middlesex eliminated) George Mason Hs, Falls Church 2003 Scholastic Bowl Group A Champions Outstanding female player: Joanna Greer, Radford ***************************************************** Group AA 1.Match Carroll County 160, Lafayette 150 Spotswood 235, Blacksburg 130 Salem 215, Courtland 115 Marion 215, Charlottesville 100 2.Match Spotswood 240, Carroll County 110 Salem 230, Marion 120 Blacksburg 195, Lafayette 155 (Lafayette eliminated) Charlottesville 270, Courtland 80 (Courtland eliminated) 3.Match Salem 195, Spotswood 180 Marion 225, Blacksburg 165 (Blacksburg eliminated) Charlottesville 190, Carroll County 170 (Carroll County eliminated) 4.Match Marion 235, Charlottesville 145 (Charlottesville eliminated) 5.Match Spotswood 260, Marion 95 (Marion eliminated) 6.Match Spotswood 200, Salem 185 7.Match Salem 190, Spotswood 175 (Spotswood eliminated) Salem HS, Salem 2003 Scholastic Bowl Group AA Champions Outstanding female player: Sarah Mahood, Spotswood ***************************************************** Group AAA 1.Match Maggie Walker 265, EC Glass 115 Langley 180, Princess Anne 150 Thomas Jefferson 250, Clover Hill 110 Indian River 140, Gar-Field 135 2.Match Maggie Walker 235, Langley 115 Thomas Jefferson 320, Indian River 85 Princess Anne 245, EC Glass 120 (Glass eliminated) Clover Hill 155, Gar-Field 130 (Gar-Field eliminated) 3.Match Maggie Walker 225, Thomas Jefferson 190 Princess Anne 210, Indian River 155 (Indian River eliminated) Langley 230, Clover Hill 90 (Clover Hill eliminated) 4.Match Princess Anne 240, Langley 175 (Langley eliminated) 5.Match Thomas Jefferson 235, Princess Anne 145 (Princess Anne eliminated) 6.Match Maggie Walker 225, Thomas Jefferson 125 (Thomas Jefferson eliminated) Maggie Walker HS, Richmond 2003 Scholastic Bowl Group AAA Champions Outstanding female player: Jessica Schulman, Langley ***************************************************** Past state champions Group A: 1998 Radford 280, Middlesex 170 1999 Radford 300, West Point 70 2000 Buffalo Gap 205, Middlesex 110 2001 Radford 175, Randolph-Henry 150 2002 George Mason 155, Buffalo Gap 130 2003 George Mason 185, Middlesex 115 Group AA: 1998 Western Albemarle 200, Blacksburg 150 1999 Blacksburg 210, Poquoson 110 2000 Charlottesville 240, Graham 145 2001 Poquoson 200, Heritage-Lynchburg 160 2002 R.E. Lee 195, Blacksburg 175 2003 Salem 190, Spotswood 175 Group AAA: 1998 Thomas Jefferson 265, Lake Braddock 150 1999 Thomas Jefferson 210, TJ-Governor's School 155 2000 TJ-Governor's School 240, Thomas Jefferson 170 2001 Thomas Jefferson 225, TJ-Governor's School 155 2002 Thomas Jefferson 275, Albemarle 145 2003 Maggie Walker 225, Thomas Jefferson 125
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