Ransom Everglades Tournament (09/15/12) - Miami, FL

[bjorkchop]

We are moving fresh out of the gate this year with a mid-September tournament!

Saturday, September 15
Ransom Everglades Upper School
3575 Main Highway
Miami, FL 33133
http://www.ransomeverglades.org
Check-in and bagels/coffee from 8:00-9:00am; awards done by 5:00pm
Registration Deadline is Thursday, September 6 to sfrappier@ransomeverglades.org

Costs & Format:
- $90 for the first team; $80 per additional team
- Lunch is included for all players/coaches/observers (likely wraps, chips, salads, dessert)
- Up to four players can compete at a time, maximum two substitutes per team (so, 6 students at most per team roster)
- Untimed rounds, with the standard 20-question format. Bonuses will have bouncebacks.
- The questions will be Introductory Invitational Level questions supplied by NAQT, such as the ones here: http://www.naqt.com/samples/t1583packet_01.pdf
- Available discounts: -$10 per working buzzer system, -$10 for each experienced reader or scorekeeper (parent/coach), -$30 per school traveling further than Dade/Broward/Palm Beach counties

Other information:
- At least 6 preliminary rounds are guaranteed per team.
- The top 15% of the field will qualify for NAQT 's High School Championship in Atlanta over Memorial Day Weekend, 2013
- Trophies will be awarded for top teams; Quiz Bowl reference books will awarded to the Top 5 individual student scorers
- My veteran Senior players will “sit out” and help to run the tournament
- 2011’s Fall Tournament results: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=12014&p=229024&hilit=ransom#p229024
- Will update this posting as registrations come in

[bjorkchop]

Field as of 09-14-12
Chaminade-Madonna (7)
Cypress Bay (1)
Montverde (2)
Pembroke Pines Charter School (3)
Princeton Christian School (1)
Ransom Everglades JV teams (4)
School for Advanced Studies (2)
Western (1)
Westminster Christian School (1)
Teams: 22
scheduled to have 4 bids to Nationals

[bjorkchop]

Scores to be posted later...

Quarters
(1) Ransom C [7-0] def. (8) Ransom D [4-2-1]
(2) Chaminade A [7-0] def. (7) School for Advanced Studies A [5-1-1]
(3) Cypress Bay [6-1] def. (6) Pembroke Pines Charter A [6-1]
(5) Ransom E [6-1] def. (4) Chaminade B [6-1]

Semis
(1) Ransom C def. (5) Ransom E
(2) Chaminade A def. (3) Cypress Bay

3rd Place: (3) Cypress Bay def. (5) Ransom E

Finals were one of the best matches I have seen in years.
By a 10-point margin, on the last bonus part: (1) Ransom C def. (2) Chaminade A

Thanks to everyone who attended and volunteered, especially Greg Bossick who came all the way down from NHBB!

[Grams's Go-Go Boots]

I saw the stats were up on NAQT. Do you have stats that break out PPB?

[bjorkchop]

I saw the stats were up on NAQT. Do you have stats that break out PPB?

On the scoresheets, we didn't distinguish bounceback bonus parts from the traditional bonus parts, so a PPB statistic seems a bit unreliable. There were are few games where some teams scored more on bouncebacks then their own bonuses, for example. I might go back and calculate PPB since a few folks have asked, and I'm curious now, too.

[idrayer]

Were all teams in attendance from Florida?

[bjorkchop]

Were all teams in attendance from Florida?

Yes, and all were South Florida teams, except for Montverde, who drove down from Central Florida.