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by bmccauley
Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT (Malvern, PA): Jan 7, 2023
Replies: 1
Views: 1731

Re: GVQBT (Malvern, PA): Jan 7, 2023

Field Update as of 11 AM on December 16th.

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by bmccauley
Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:40 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT (Malvern, PA): Jan 7, 2023
Replies: 1
Views: 1731

GVQBT (Malvern, PA): Jan 7, 2023

Great Valley HS in Malvern, PA is hosting the annual GVQBT on Saturday, January 7, 2023. The format is 20 tossup matches, 5 seconds for everything, sudden death tiebreakers (first neg on tossup or sudden victory for correct answer). There will be an open and novice division. Open Division: IQBT #1 N...
by bmccauley
Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:06 pm
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023
Replies: 35
Views: 12811

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Date Claims 2022-2023

Great Valley will likely host the GVQBT on January 7th.
by bmccauley
Tue May 17, 2022 1:13 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Pennsylvania's state quiz bowl "championship" is poor -- how can we fix it?
Replies: 10
Views: 3218

Re: Pennsylvania's state quiz bowl "championship" is poor -- how can we fix it?

If any players/coaches would like to talk about this, I can discuss the efforts of both players/coaches at the CCIU in the past (GV is in the CCIU region), the efforts of both GPQB and PSACA, and the incremental progress to facilitate some of the things that include using NAQT tossups and having com...
by bmccauley
Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:23 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT (Malvern, PA): POSTPONED
Replies: 2
Views: 1760

Re: GVQBT (Malvern, PA): Jan 8, 2022

SCHOOL/OPEN/NOVICE/BUZZERS/MODS Friends Select /2/1/2/1 Conrad Weiser High School/0/2/1/0 Manheim Township High School/2/1/3/0 Downingtown East High School/2/2/0/0 Oxford Area High School/1/1/1/1 Henderson/1/1/2/1 Downingtown STEM Academy/1/1/0/0 Ithaca High School/1/1/2/0 Hempfield /1/1/2/0 Great V...
by bmccauley
Mon Dec 20, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT (Malvern, PA): POSTPONED
Replies: 2
Views: 1760

GVQBT (Malvern, PA): POSTPONED

EDIT: Due to current Covid case numbers in our area, we are postponing this event. Updates will follow with plans as they occur. Great Valley High School proudly announces the eighth iteration Great Valley Quiz Bowl Tournament at Great Valley High School. This year's tournament will have both an ope...
by bmccauley
Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall High School Mirror (National)
Replies: 5
Views: 3267

Re: 2021 ACF Fall High School Mirror (National)

Will the final stats be posted online?
EDIT: They appear on the hsquizbowl homepage but do not appear when you click on the event...at least on my end.
by bmccauley
Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: NJ/NY/PA Date Claims Thread 2021-2022
Replies: 9
Views: 8852

Re: NJ/NY/PA Date Claims Thread 2021-2022

Great Valley's Invitational is tentatively scheduled for Jan 8.
by bmccauley
Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quiz Bowl League Statistics Spreadsheet
Replies: 2
Views: 1588

Re: Quiz Bowl League Statistics Spreadsheet

I have a bunch of these made. Feel free to reach out to me at bmccauley at gvsd dot org
by bmccauley
Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Judges (Quizmasters) for High School Academic Competitions in Pennsylvania
Replies: 4
Views: 3228

Re: Judges (Quizmasters) for High School Academic Competitions in Pennsylvania

As a PA coach in Chester County and a person who played non-pyramidal in Schuylkill County before that, I will say that Alex & Ben gave a great overview. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us. I can give some insight into the areas Alex & Ben describe, as well as some infor...
by bmccauley
Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT VII: January 4, 2020 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 4
Views: 4564

Re: GVQBT VII: January 4, 2020 (Malvern, PA)

Can confirm that registration was received. Invoices and a welcome email should be coming out by Monday.
avedantham wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:39 pm Hello,

Is there any update on the registrations/event? My team (from Parkland HS, registered as "Western Lehigh") signed up today but I didn't receive any confirmation.

Thanks!
by bmccauley
Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:07 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/21/2019
Replies: 2
Views: 2121

Re: GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/21/2019

This area is reserved for field updates.

School (Open Teams/Novice Teams):
Great Valley (3/1)
Fugett (1/1)
Berwick (1/2)
Independence (2/1)
Downingtown (3/0)
Phoenixville (1/2)
Tower Hill (1/0)
Sanford (1/0)
Haverford (2/0)
by bmccauley
Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT VII: January 4, 2020 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 4
Views: 4564

Re: GVQBT VII: January 4, 2020 (Malvern, PA)

This spot is reserved for field updates.
As of 12/17/2019 @ 2:20 PM
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by bmccauley
Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:17 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/21/2019
Replies: 2
Views: 2121

GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/21/2019

Great Valley High School is pleased to announce the 2019 GVMST to be hosted on December 21, 2019 at Great Valley High School. This is a great opportunity to give your middle school students an opportunity to compete in general knowledge quiz bowl and introduce them to a pyramidal question format. We...
by bmccauley
Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT VII: January 4, 2020 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 4
Views: 4564

GVQBT VII: January 4, 2020 (Malvern, PA)

Great Valley High School proudly announces the seventh annual Great Valley Quiz Bowl Tournament at Great Valley High School. This year's tournament will have both an open and novice division and hopes to bring in teams from PA and beyond. There may also be a separate middle school division, if inter...
by bmccauley
Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47331

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

Team PA can be found on GPQB's website. Shoutout to CMU's Jackie Wu for organizing. Team Blue: Jakobi Deslouches (Allderdice, 12th) Noah Harrigan (Great Valley, 11th) Rishi Raman (Great Valley, 10th) Will Yaeger (Hempfield, 12th) Albert Zhang (State College, 10th) Team Gold: Austin Davis (Allderdice...
by bmccauley
Tue May 28, 2019 1:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The 2019 Scottie - Available for 2019-20 season
Replies: 14
Views: 11034

Re: The 2019 Scottie - Available for 2019-20 season

Great Valley would like to use the Scottie for the Open Division of the annual GVQBT on January 4, 2020.
by bmccauley
Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47331

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

Pennsylvania will have multiple teams in attendance.
by bmccauley
Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XII, Main Site (Hunter), 3/23/2019
Replies: 12
Views: 6905

Re: Prison Bowl XII, Main Site (Hunter), 3/23/2019

So I'm going to preface this by saying that my team greatly enjoyed the trip to NYC, getting to play some different teams, and meet new people. They also said they would definitely consider coming back in the future. However, there were several things that I observed and they shared with me that sho...
by bmccauley
Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:35 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PA NASAT 2019
Replies: 0
Views: 4323

PA NASAT 2019

At this time, details are still being worked out regarding the process for Team Pennsylvania at NASAT including--but not limited to--chaperones/coaches, travel details, and tryout process. As a result of many uncertainties, any Pennsylvania players interested in trying out and attending NASAT should...
by bmccauley
Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Upper/Competitive Divisions
Replies: 6
Views: 6997

Re: Upper/Competitive Divisions

Coming as a coach from PA where we use Open/Novice or Competitive/Open divisions somewhat regularly, I would say that there are a few things to consider: (1) What does the field composition look like? I would much rather my players experience a few tough morning matches to have a target to improve b...
by bmccauley
Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:05 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: WHAQ III Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 29
Views: 1842

Re: WHAQ III Question-Specific Discussion

One more thing: another teammate of mine negged the question on children in photography with "naked people" first line. Although I don't think that's an acceptable answer because the question said "a group of these people" it is a reasonable answer considering Napalm Girl is fam...
by bmccauley
Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT VI: Feb 23, 2019 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 1
Views: 2438

Re: GVQBT VI: Feb 23, 2019 (Malvern, PA)

This post will be reserved for field updates. To register, please use this link: https://www.gvsd.org//cms/module/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=1526 SCHOOL/OPEN/NOVICE Penn Manor/1/1 Manheim Township/4/1 Friends Select/2/1 Carver/1/2 SLA/1/1 Henderson/2/1 Hempfield/1/1 PALCS/1/0 Wissahickon/...
by bmccauley
Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:27 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/8/2018
Replies: 1
Views: 2332

Re: GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/8/2018

This post will be used for field updates.

Last Update: November 30
Field Update Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k4m7Zj ... sp=sharing
by bmccauley
Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/8/2018
Replies: 1
Views: 2332

GVMST (Malvern, PA) on 12/8/2018

Great Valley High School is pleased to announce the 2018 GVMST to be hosted on December 8, 2017 at Great Valley High School. This is a great opportunity to give your middle school students an opportunity to compete in general knowledge quiz bowl and introduce them to a pyramidal question format. We ...
by bmccauley
Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT VI: Feb 23, 2019 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 1
Views: 2438

GVQBT VI: Feb 23, 2019 (Malvern, PA)

Great Valley High School proudly announces the sixth annual Great Valley Quiz Bowl Tournament at Great Valley High School. This year's tournament will have both an open and novice division and hopes to bring in teams from PA and beyond. In an effort to encourage new teams, any school that has not pa...
by bmccauley
Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017-18 High School Tournament Set Feedback Form
Replies: 9
Views: 4484

Re: 2017-18 High School Tournament Set Feedback Form

Fred,
Will the results be published anywhere? Also, will the people offering the set have access to the feedback received so they can use that on subsequent set creation or edits?
by bmccauley
Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Power Matching
Replies: 14
Views: 8436

Re: Power Matching

In case it helps, here is the preliminary master schedule from the 2018 HSNCT (in two different formats). The 2018 SSNCT Open Division preliminary card system had a few matches in which teams might have played a team with a record two off from their own (because there was no way to keep the at-most...
by bmccauley
Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Power Matching
Replies: 14
Views: 8436

Re: Power Matching

Thanks for the quick reply, David. I understood the cards were made before the seeding and upsets obviously make things iffy. I also get the math parts of "if you play a team with a worse record, you'll never play a team with a better record" because of the unknowns to ensure no team plays...
by bmccauley
Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Power Matching
Replies: 14
Views: 8436

Re: Power Matching

When brackets are imperfect (like the numbers HSNCT had this year), how is it determined for the uneven matches? Is it still some sort of seeding mechanism or is it more random at that point in the tournament--especially given the size? For example, how does the system normally get crafted for those...
by bmccauley
Wed May 30, 2018 8:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PA Tournaments 2018-2019
Replies: 6
Views: 4858

PA Tournaments 2018-2019

This is the tentative schedule for events held in Pennsylvania for the upcoming year. Please post any events on this thread that you would like added--links to the events post will also be added at some point. Priority of the updates will be events held in PA, though we will add events from outside ...
by bmccauley
Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2x Check the HSQBRank Tourney List - '18 edition - Updatedx2
Replies: 30
Views: 19791

Re: 2x Check the HSQBRank Tournament List - '18 edition

If college sets are being used, a couple of teams (but I'm guessing it may not be enough for you to do an adjustment) did play Penn Bowl as well.
by bmccauley
Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:20 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XI Main Site (3/24/18)
Replies: 11
Views: 9409

Re: Prison Bowl XI Main Site (3/24/18)

There are errors for several of Great Valley B's games. I'll email you once I have the detailed scoresheets from our captain.
by bmccauley
Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PA NASAT
Replies: 3
Views: 3827

Re: PA NASAT

Congratulations to the following players on being selected to Team Pennsylvania for NASAT 2018: Vijay Anne Michael Buffa Richard Chen Austin Davis Will Davis Jakobi Deslouches Anish Gadgil Michael Goerlitz Bryce Katch Connor Mayers Dan Nguyen Sam Scarfone Alex Schmidt Vishwa Shanmugam Jackie Wu Will...
by bmccauley
Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PA NASAT
Replies: 3
Views: 3827

Re: PA NASAT

The following players met the aforementioned criteria and have been issued invites to the NASAT tryout to be organized by Ryan Bilger: 1. Jaya Alagar (Alagar Homeschool) 2. Rajan Alagar (Alagar Homeschool) 3. Vijay Anne (Henderson) 4. Vince Birch (Indiana) 5. Michael Buffa (Manheim Township) 6. Abha...
by bmccauley
Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PA NASAT
Replies: 3
Views: 3827

PA NASAT

The PA State Academic Coaches Association (PSACA) has taken the lead on ensuring PA Teams an opportunity to play at NASAT. As part of the coaches organization, a committee has been formed to oversee this inaugural run of the PSACA-led NASAT process. A committee of five started discussing the process...
by bmccauley
Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:19 am
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
Replies: 64
Views: 54213

Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive

Don’t make fun of people for not knowing things. This is especially true if you’re an adult staffer at a high school or middle school tournament. A young player’s lack of knowledge in any area should not be met with ridicule or incredulity. It should not be a topic of conversation in a game room or...
by bmccauley
Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:25 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 6
Views: 6886

Re: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)

We have expanded the field cap to 30/30. First batch of invoices will be mailed out today.
by bmccauley
Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 6
Views: 6886

Re: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)

We have expanded the field cap to 24/24.
by bmccauley
Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSACA presents: The Philly Cheesesteak
Replies: 8
Views: 8639

Re: PSACA presents: The Philly Cheesesteak

The set is still available for mirroring. You can reach out to Bill in the email above or me at [email protected] for more info. Thanks!
by bmccauley
Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:11 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Ichabod Invitational 3/10/2018 @ Great Valley (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 1
Views: 2395

Re: Ichabod Invitational 3/10/2018 @ Great Valley (Malvern,

Field Update at of 02/27/2018

School (Competitive/Novice)
Great Valley Middle (2/2)
Phoenixville (1/1)
Fugett (1/1)
Patton (1/2)
Villa Maria (1/1)
Haverford (2/0)
Peirce (4/1)
by bmccauley
Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 6
Views: 6886

Re: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)

The field cap of 18 Open & 18 Novice has been temporarily reached. We expect to expand the field caps to 24 and 24 by the end of this week, as long as we can confirm staffing.
by bmccauley
Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The Current State of New Jersey Quizbowl
Replies: 8
Views: 5588

Re: The Current State of New Jersey Quizbowl

I think PA seems better organized from the outside than it really is--I don't know if things like PSACA or GPQB have really made quizbowl more "legitimate" that much as of yet. Instead, we have formed a pretty strong group of coaches, college players, alumni, and others who consistently e...
by bmccauley
Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Downingtown East Invitational @ DEHS (Exton, PA)- 1/6/18
Replies: 5
Views: 4535

Re: Downingtown East Invitational @ DEHS (Exton, PA)- 1/6/18

Magritte's Pipe wrote:Congrats to Downingtown STEM and thank you to Downingtown East for running a well-organized tournament!
Great Valley seconds this sentiment.
by bmccauley
Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)
Replies: 6
Views: 6886

Re: GVQBT V: February 24, 2018 (Malvern, PA)

Registration is now open for this event...we wanted to wait until after Manheim so new teams could be contacted. Please register using the link in the main post (also linked here).
https://www.gvsd.org//cms/module/select ... veyID=1526
by bmccauley
Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 WHAQ General Discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 667

Re: 2017 WHAQ General Discussion

Our JV teams played this set this past Saturday and I plan on looking back through some of my notes and the questions. My first few observations: (1) This shouldn't be advertised as a "regular-minus" set. It skews tougher than that...and looking at PPBs at other sites, I don't think it was...
by bmccauley
Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Accommodating for player needs
Replies: 12
Views: 7965

Re: Accommodating for player needs

Here is NAQT's relevant rule (currently designated C.4): If a player objects to using a lockout system because of religious or other reasons, the player and the tournament director may jointly devise an alternate method of signaling for that player. A designated official (who might be the moderator...
by bmccauley
Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Accommodating for player needs
Replies: 12
Views: 7965

Re: Accommodating for player needs

I've seen Orthodox Jews simply say "buzz" instead of pressing a buzzer. It's then up to the moderator to figure out if the verbal "buzz" came before or after another player rang in with a buzzer. NAQT rules explicitly allow a player to "signal in an appropriate manner"...
by bmccauley
Wed Nov 29, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Accommodating for player needs
Replies: 12
Views: 7965

Re: Accommodating for player needs

I've seen Orthodox Jews simply say "buzz" instead of pressing a buzzer. It's then up to the moderator to figure out if the verbal "buzz" came before or after another player rang in with a buzzer. NAQT rules explicitly allow a player to "signal in an appropriate manner"...
by bmccauley
Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Accommodating for player needs
Replies: 12
Views: 7965

Accommodating for player needs

A few days ago, we got a request for our middle school event about a player that cannot use electronics on the day of our event for religious reasons. As a result, I surveyed other coaches about possible suggestions/accommodations we could make to keep the player in the game and involved without vio...