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I think not. There are precisely zero mentions of Earlybird on this page;
http://www.pace-nsc.org/2020-nsc-qualif ... urnaments/

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I just checked the PACE site to see what Illinois schools have qualified for PACE NSC, and the total is.... zero. I can give a pass to the organizers of Fall ACF since that tournament just happened a week ago, but it has been over a month since Earlybird at UIUC, and there appears to be no effort at...

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Have you considered RAMS 2 by Miami Valley?
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I thought this set was very good, though I noticed two errata that I don't think have been mentioned yet: Bonus 16.3 in packet C is written in a confusing way: [10] Description acceptable. The horses in The Derby at Epsom have this specific, unusual trait, which was only discovered upon comparison ...

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I feel like "ox" definitely should have been accepted for the cow tossup. I'm fairly sure that when I read the Odyssey, it referred to "ox-eyed Hera." This was the subject of a result-changing protest in a match at the HS mirror at U Chicago. Initially negged response of 'ox' wa...

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Our state coaches association has eligibility criteria for what constitutes novice. A player must have played fewer than 40 varsity-level matches for his or her school’s top team. A player must have played fewer than 80 career high school matches at any level. A player must NOT have scored more than...

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Results from the Barrington site of the IHSSBCA Novice (20 teams); 1st) Barrington A 2nd) Stevenson 3rd) Loyola 4th) Fremd A T-5th) Hinsdale Central A & Barrington B T-7th) Maine East A & Wheaton Warrenville South A High scorers: 1.) Alexandra Skallas (Maine South) 77.5 2.) Megan Wang (Fremd...

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Stats for the IHSSBCA Novice Tournament can be found at;

http://bit.ly/BarringtonNovice

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Rousted up enough BHS kids to split into 3 teams...only for Evanston Beacon to withdraw. So, I'm back to a possible chimera for the 22nd spot.

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Saketh Dotaraju of Keith Country Day averaged over 80 ppg on PSACA Groundhog Day in the Challenge Division of last year's Barrington Invitational. Assuming he continues playing in high school for Keith, he'll be wrecking a lot of Class A teams in northern Illinois. Megan Wang of Plum Grove (I assume...

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"mostly" being a key word here as Barrington A's final match vs. Carbondale had no scoresheet submitted.

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Unless someone registers at the 11th hour, we're going to deploy a chimera in the 22nd spot. I didn't want to say 'no' to Whitney Young registering!

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Also, Barrington A won their final match over Carbondale, but the staffer somehow punted the scoresheet and stats remain unknown.

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Earlybird Results 1. Uni A (11-0) 2. Stevenson A (9-2) 3. IMSA A (8-2) 4. Chicago Christian (7-3) 5. Homewood-Flossmoor A (7-3) To be clear, Homewood-Flossmoor swept their five matches in the bottom grouping (3 groups of 8 teams for the double re-bracketing), which makes them 17th. This is not to b...

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The score sheet got lost. The hope is that Mrs. Lorinskas, the Carbondale coach, was keeping score and we can reconstruct from there.

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I'm interested in a Mac version since all of our devices in my school are Apple products.

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Bonus #1 in round 5 needs to be fixed. Read it and you'll see why.

EDIT: I also have an issue with TU #7 in round 6.

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I've entered a twilight zone with respect to middle school coaching. The advent of Discord has created a subculture of players who crave more and more difficult questions, to the point where a few are questioning my use of PSACA for the Challenge Division of my tourney... because it's "too easy...

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Barrington A will be missing their captain. One of three things will happen with the A team; scenario A: Liam, Roxanne, Michael K (freshman), and one more freshman TBD... Sophia or Aarya most likely choices. scenario B: Liam, Roxanne, Michael K play short-handed scenario C: Liam, Roxanne, Michael K,...

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We're at 20 teams now. We're waitlisting until I can get to 24 teams.

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May I ask which other conferences?

(EDIT: Hoping I can tout the adoption of Reinstein Quizbowl by other conferences in an effort to promote a bandwagon effect)

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Sample set was distributed to the AD's at the most recent Suburban Middle School Conference meeting. They are to take the sets to their coaches and decide if they'd like to switch providers. Hoping for the best...

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Moderators move this if you think it belongs elsewhere...

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You are invited to register for the IHSSBCA Novice Scholastic Bowl Tournament on the campus of Barrington High School (616 West Main St, Barrington, IL) on Saturday, October 12, 2019. The fee is $50 for the first team, plus $45 for each subsequent team. There are no buzzer discounts, but teams are e...

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I've long maintained that pairing TU/bonuses usually has the unintended consequence of having MORE bonuses in categories where the toss-up is missed, since writers strive to ask about something other than the TU category. So, in a 24 TU match, if 4 math TU go dead because both teams are weak at math...

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FYI, the University of Illinois ABT has announced their Earlybird tournament for September 28th*, which pushes your first mirror up by two weeks.

* - October 12th would conflict with the coaches association's statewide novice tournament.

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WOW! That's impressive! Full in ~8 hours? And I thought Northwestern's Jr Wildcat filled up fast...

the return of AHAN · Re: New Trier Varsity, IL (12/14/19) (Penn Bowl & NAQT IS-189A) So, 4 v 4?

So, 4 v 4?

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That's never going to be a problem. Do you see why?

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IESA Scholastic Bowl Advisory Committee Meeting Thursday, May 30, 2019 10:00 a.m., IESA Office, Bloomington The following members were present for the meeting: Committee Chair: Jack Small, Moderator; Coach; Dave Knoepfle, Springfield Franklin; Bill Keene, Ottawa Wallace; Missy Frey, Elwood; Ric Drus...

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I just saw this and thought I'd weigh in on the situation in Illinois. The IHSA administers scholastic bowl (main differences from quizbowl is 5 vs 5, no powers/negs, and bonuses bounce back), and AFAIK every school that fields a quizbowl team is an IHSA member. They adhere to IHSA by-laws regarding...

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The biggest thing to be learned from MSNCT was that Ian and Jacob both scaled up remarkably well and stayed calm under pressure THIS is the hardest thing to coach. I can teach kids about dozens of resources to increase their knowledge base, but showing them how to not let a moment get too big for t...

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jacobhb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:16 pm I outscored Arin (though it doesn't show that because one of my powers was counted for Arin),

How does THAT even work when he's on the other team?? Are you saying Almaden was credited with your entire TU/bonus cycle and no one ever caught it?

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And he only heard 128 toss-ups & scored 243 of them. Now THAT'S efficiency! Take notes, kids.

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Here's my "for your consideration" post, mostly focusing on teams/players who for some reason either aren't represented well or aren't represented at all by nationals stats: SNIP Yash Choudhury (Taylor Road, GA) did not play MSNCT. He will be at HSNCT with his middle school team. He's qui...

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I'll be happily stunned if Station A finishes T-8th. I predict a 6-2 Saturday for us, and a Sunday where we'll win a couple, lose a couple, and then we're done. UNLESS, my efforts to get the kids to scale up in anticipation of harder playoff questions pays off. I mean, I'd love to think we might im...

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iarehavethestupid wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 10:55 pm I’m going to shamelessly plug my team and mention that if mACF was included, Liberty would be 5th based on our SCOP performance.

OOOH. So sorry, but the correct answer was 4th.

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I'll be happily stunned if Station A finishes T-8th. I predict a 6-2 Saturday for us, and a Sunday where we'll win a couple, lose a couple, and then we're done. UNLESS, my efforts to get the kids to scale up in anticipation of harder playoff questions pays off. I mean, I'd love to think we might imp...

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Quest is an obvious choice, given Rohan G's performance at IPNCT, but I'm dubious of whether he can defeat teams of 4 with balanced scoring and knowledge, round after round, on Sunday. For that, he's going to need consistent support from, for example, Mateo and Brady in the form of 20 PPG. Aptakisic...

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This (https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=165342) performance from Churchill seems to point to good things at MSNCT. WHOA! Churchill A had an ungodly power rate for an IS set. Just pencil them in for the Super Six right now. EDIT: My Super Six, in no particular order; Churchill A...

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I'll just say I'm flattered that Barrington Station was even mentioned. No one has mentioned Baldwin, but I've been pretty impressed with Jordan when I've read packets for MS Discord. Pavan of Odle is generating buzz, too, from soloing,against IL State Champs, Daniel Wright, and winning. I'd say it'...

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As a coach who has dealt with comp math for 22 years, the issue with making a computational math question is that you are either writing something that's super easy to complete, and becomes a buzzer race, or something requiring a few steps to arrive at the answer (from yesterday; express 51/120 as a...

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Complete stats can be found at http://bit.ly/2019BI-B http://bit.ly/2019BI-S http://bit.ly/2019BI-C To summarize; The "Challenge" Division (PSACA's Groundhog Day) lived up to its billing as not even the champions got through unscathed, as Daniel Wright posted a 9-2 record, including a vict...

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Did you have stats posted for this tournament?

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Do they post a schedule and/or pools anywhere prior to Saturday morning?

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Having that competitive spirit is important in taking that next step. All it takes is one or two kids that are truly driven and the next thing you know, you'll have a contender. Don't get too hung up on PPB when comparing teams in NAQT format (or any format where bonuses don't rebound). Over the pas...

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Hi Michael, I'm curious why you are hoping to see a ranking of teams. If I tell you that, say, Hopkins or Churchill (both California schools) are the best, will that affect how you prep your team? If so, I'm interested to hear your theories. Whatever you do, it occurs to me the toughest part of prep...

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In Class 3A, I can report that the Stevenson site was won by Barrington, who defeated Stevenson (sans Govind & Olivia, before you ask) on TU 32 of the semifinals, and then topped Buffalo Grove in the finals.
At the Fremd site, Palatine defeated Fremd on TU 32 in the championship match, 270-260.

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Field is full. Additional interest at any level will be waitlisted.

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Call for staff: On March 16th, 2019, Station Middle School will host the 16th iteration of the Barrington Invitational Tournament. This tourney will use modified ACF rules (powers, no negs, bouncebacks on bonuses), and the question set will be the SCOP MS set at the standard and "B" levels...

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