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Next year should be an exciting one in North Carolina QB! So many great players in the class of '22

We will be capping the field at 1618 due to a smaller than expected number of staffers. Teams from the waitlist will be let off if anyone drops or if we get significantly more unaffiliateds. Sign up here if you are interested in reading and/or keeping score!

We would very much like to have 16 teams exactly (or 18 or 20 or 24). In-region schools are welcome to sign up or add a team up until Friday night! If we do not have enough in-region teams, we will admit out of region teams at our discretion to get an optimal field size.

Update on regional eligibility: any Virginia schools in or south of Richmond are fully able to compete in this tournament.

Due to a local conflict affecting many schools in the NC Triangle, we are moving our competition to Sunday, April 18th. We would have moved to the 24th but wish to avoid conflicting with the SSNCT.

We should be able to gain platinum certification for PACE NSC - we had no issue doing so for our last tournament (Smath Creek Invitational).

NCSSM is proud to announce our fifth annual Grapes of Smath tournament! Our tournament will be held on April 18th on Discord using DART, a regular difficulty question set written and edited by experienced quizbowl players from top teams across the nation. The questions will be around the same diffic...

We are allowing last minute signups, especially B/C teams. Please finalize the amount of teams you are bringing ASAP so that we can draw brackets. New schools are also welcome to sign up, although please do so by Thursday so that you can be sent the proper information in time.

Please have your team name and a contact email on the spreadsheet by Saturday night if you plan to come! Rosters do not need to be finalized until the night before the tournament. 9 open spots remain - we'd really like to run a 24 team event but if not enough teams have signed up we'll probably just...

We have expanded the geographic eligibility of our tournament to include schools from Georgia. Teams that went to the Vanderbilt ABC Fall or any other LONE STAR mirror are not permitted. There are 11 spots remaining with 1 week left until the registration deadline. Please have your team name down on...

The staffer discount has been raised to $15. We haven't had as many club members (from NCSSM/Panther Creek Quiz Bowl) sign up to volunteer as we were hoping for, and $5 was simply an unreasonably low amount. If we're still short on staffers closer to the tournament date, we will allow unaffiliated p...

The minimum fee has been reduced to $35 in order to allow teams to take advantage of both discounts,.

Additionally, it should be noted that players will be required to keep their cameras on and do the PACE honor pledge.

NCSSM and Panther Creek Quiz Bowl are proud to announce the Smath Creek Invitational, a high school tournament on January 9th, 2021! We will be mirroring LONE STAR, an HS-regs level set. Standard NAQT rules will apply. Eligibility : SCI will be open to high schools from North Carolina, South Carolin...

What time is this tournament expected to start?

A few questions: - Are the beginning and end times in Eastern time or another timezone? - How many rounds is the tournament expected to be? - Would it be possible to pay by check with an invoice? - What would be the responsibilities of a contact person? Would they have to be present in Discord rooms...

How many rounds should we expect to have? How long should the whole thing take?

When will payments be open, and when will they be due?

Can schools bring multiple teams?

Is this for college or high school teams?