AlliLea wrote: >Does anyone know of any tournaments (other than >Ky. Governor's Cup) that a Kentucky high school >team can enter? If so, please let me know. >Thanks! Yes, there are a number of competitions within Kentucky and elsewhere in the nation that you could compete in. What school are you from? Within Jefferson County there is league play, and elsewhere in the state there are other similar local leagues (generally playing in roughly the same format as Governor's Cup). Let me try to name some other things, although I'll warn you that my knowledge of such things is a couple of years behind, so some tournaments may have ended and others may have started (and my memory may be faulty). Hart County hosts a nice invitational tournament early each year, with about 16 teams, but, as I said, it's an invitational. There was a tournament at Western Kentucky University at one point (I believe it was fall 1998); I don't know if they ever held another one, but it may be worth looking into. There has been a tournament in Ashland at times, although it was cancelled due to snow every time we planned to go. There is also a tournament at one of the schools in Fayette County (I think it alternates each year) sometime in February, IIRC, but I may have the date completely wrong. There is a nice tournament at Vanderbilt University each year, so that's not too much of a drive; the format is closer to college bowl formats than to Kentucky Governor's Cup, though. (That means it has multi-part bonuses, longer toss-ups, and generally more emphasis on knowledge than on speed). We also went to several tournaments in and around Atlanta (hosted by, e.g., Walton and Brookwood) which, if I remember correctly, were not invitationals but were open to anyone. Within Kentucky there is also a science bowl tournament (all science questions, with a somewhat unusual format) which is hosted (still?) by Murray State University; the winner of that tournament moves on to the national competition in D.C. (actually, at the 4-H convention center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, but close enough). The Kentucky Beta Club convention (which I think is always held in Louisville) has a quiz bowl competition as well (again, the winners can play at the national competition) and I seem to recall that the Kentucky National Honor Society convention had quiz bowl as well, but I'm not sure about that. That's about all I can think of in and near Kentucky at the moment. Depending on where you are in the state, there are probably other tournaments open to you, and there are probably Kentucky tournaments that I haven't thought of or don't know about as well. Hope that was helpful, Matt Reece (former Kentucky high school quiz bowler)
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