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anathema227@hotmail.com Also roll your mouse over Alex's "email" button on the bottom of his posts. Wait, am I missing something? Am I now the contact person for the Tar Heel Cup? EDIT: Thanks for fixing that. The prospect of having to TD two tournaments in two weeks had me freaking out. ...

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Robinson HS in Concord, NC (near Charlotte) will host the third annual Robinson Invitational on Saturday, February 2. The tournament has been chosen as the southeast's host for the PACE regular-season question set; therefore, the tournament will be a qualifier for the 2008 PACE NSC. Email me at sadr...

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Thanks to all the folks at Ezell-Harding for a great day. We didn't do as well as we had hoped, but we had a great time. That was definitely one of the best-run tournaments we've ever been to.

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Preliminary Standings of the top 32: 5-0 TEAMS: 1) Dorman A 2) Danville 3) Dunbar A 4) Dorman B 5) James Island 6) Brookwood A 7) MLK A 8) Chattahoochee 4-1 TEAMS: 9) Dunbar C 10) Johnson Central A 11) CAK 12) duPont Manual 13) Johnson Central B 14) Brookwood B 15) Edmonson County A 16) Russell A 3-...

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Field updated as of 10/1: (tentative teams marked with *) Alexander Central Chattahoochee Crescent Dorman x5 East Burke Eastside Harnett Central Hickory Ridge Hoggard x2 Irmo Lake Norman Lincolnton NCSSM x3 Northwest Cabarrus x2 Raleigh Charter x4 Salisbury x2 Shelby South Caldwell Southern Lee Spar...

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List of interested teams updated 9/12.

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Nickel Creek does a great live cover of Britney's "Toxic."

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What he said, for Robinson.

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Rothlover wrote:B-52s sonic youth

Ah, that reminds me... R.E.M.

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U2 is obviously not American, but a lot of their albums (especially The Unforgettable Fire , The Joshua Tree , and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ) are all heavily shaped by American themes and influences. So I think they deserve a mention for that reason. Now, back on topic... Fleetwood Mac is hal...

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Send some of that water this way. Charlotte has had 0.01 inches of rain in August. It's a drought x 10.

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charlieDfromNKC wrote:The closest team to California that made NAQT's top 20 was (I believe) NKC, which is half a country + lots of mountains and plains away.

Yeah, Santa Monica tied for 8th.

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DumbJaques wrote:Would the weekends of March 15 and March 22 both be ok for everyone? So far they're the only ones I have without conflicts.

March 15 MIGHT be the date for NCOAST, our state championship. However, that's far from being nailed down.

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We're going on overnight trips the two weekends prior, so I don't know if we can do a third straight trip. I'll run it by the team.

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February 2 is the Robinson Invitational near Charlotte.

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Below is a copy of the email I sent out to previous Robinson tournament participants yesterday. As the school year begins, we are preparing for the second edition of our Speedway Shootout tournament to be held this year on Saturday, October 20 here at Robinson High School in Concord, North Carolina....

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mknupp wrote:what will be your format?

It's always been straight TU/B. Also, I'm not sure if this is still the case, but for the past several years they have only allowed N.C. teams.

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Excellent - we're in.

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Okay, enough with the Kool-Aid. August is here - back on topic. At Raleigh Charter's summer reunion tournament last Saturday I saw Kevin Munger play with his 2007 teammates against their '06 death squad of Schultz and Zonderman. He held his own. He could carry RC a long way in a lot of tournaments.

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Casanova Frankenstein wrote: Robinson (in Concord) looks to be about 2 hours away from Taylors, but they tend to host several tournaments throughout the year.

You beat me to it. We got some S.C. teams last year - Aiken in the fall; Dorman and Ft. Mill in the spring. We'd love for you guys to come.

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Wow, the last thing I expected on this board was to get Rickrolled. My only criticism of the questions used in the nightly tournaments is that they apparently weren't proofread. Random words were missing or misspelled, which made my job as moderator a little tough at times. Content wise, they were s...

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We found out that we've been assigned NAQT IS-68 for this tournament. We'll look to cap the field around 25-30. Letters will be sent out in August once we're back in school.

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(1) "Who wrote East of Eden?" vs (2) "What California-born author wrote a novel, centered around the Trask family, entitled East of Eden? I am NOT putting this tossup (#2) forward as a great, well-worded (or even grammatically correct!) tossup. I simply want to illustrate that a shor...

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I am on staff at Presby, and six of my players are going.

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Raleigh Charter's shirt has a Latin translation of "Smarter than the average bear" on the back.

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rchschem wrote:What--they couldn't spring for the top of the line flavored drink mix for their last pitcher? What's next? The Heaven's Gate people didn't eat Jell-O pudding?

Well, at least something gets people talking about quiz bowl in N.C. Too bad that thing is Kool Aid. haha

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rchschem wrote:Harumph. I'd rather not say NCSSM represents NC. They may be the default attendees...

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Good call. We really need to find a way to get the all-star team to PAC next year.

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Wall of Shawarma wrote:So who's reppin North Carolina anyway?

Excellent freakin' question. I talked to Byko at PACE and he said it might be NCSSM, but he didn't even know.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ie7xzUZug

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Watch out, y'all, because I think Sally has the potential to be quite the quiz bowl beast. There are several Saint Mary's underclassmen, actually, who could end up being quite good :-). Rachel Dam had a good day in the JV division at NCOAST. It's hard to pick who will be good for SMS next year beca...

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We had a good time at Vandy last November, but that's most likely going to be the date for UNC's fall tournament for NC teams. Last year worked out perfectly because it was over a three-day weekend for us.

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My captain at PACE...

Blah blah blah, name this Georgia port city...

Wrong: Atlanta
Right: Savannah

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Analysis aside, as a member of Perry Hall's contingent, I'm looking forward to arriving in Ann Arbor tomorrow to compete in our school's (heck our county's, heck any non-PG, Howard, Montgomery county's) first national championship. It will be a challenge, but one to which I definitely look forward....

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link5333 wrote:
DrakeRQB wrote: John Hanna will most likely lead, based on what we've seen.
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Am I missing anyone? Please chime in.
I appreciate the sentiment but I think Kevin's got me dominated.

Yeah, I forgot about him somehow. Hopefully Kevin doesn't hear about that and get all motivated. haha

Are you going to ACE?

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So, what do the N.C. folks think about next year? My thoughts: RALEIGH CHARTER I guess any discussion of the NCATA has to start with RC. Everyone from the national championship team is gone, but Eric's teams are always going to be very dangerous. John Hanna will most likely lead, based on what we've...

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This is very preliminary, but we plan to have our fall tournament on the same weekend next year. Last year's field included Raleigh Charter, Aiken, Cave Spring, and Chattahoochee, among others. We will most likely use NAQT sets this coming year. For more info as it comes available, visit http://www....

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Robinson (NC) went to Vandy this year. Raleigh Charter finished in the quarters at Dorman this year and won Brookwood last year. By the way, the invisible force field separating KY and NC works both ways. Except that Russell seems to have figured out how to modify their shield harmonics. We were al...

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Anyone who plays in or is on the roster for a majority of the A team's games gets lettered.

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Robinson - 1269

Missing 3/5 of our A team.

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That's interesting news that James Island may actually be really good again. They've been less active over the past few years, but I'm glad to see they're making their way back to the picture. Of course, they've never competed at PACE. One of the interesting questions is how we get more teams to co...

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October 20 is a pretty firm date for Speedway Shootout. I'm going to procrastinate on the Robinson Invitational date because I am determined to avoid conflicts with Science Olympiad (I'm 0-for-2).

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Ditto; the CCS calendar is on the school website (cabarrus.k12.nc.us).

Eric, are you planning to stay with November and March for TrASH and RTO next year?

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So, um, when are we going to find out who made it?

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By my count, ten: Tar Heel Cup Speedway Shootout Duke Celebrity Shoot Raider Academic Challenge No-Buzzer Bowl Robinson Invitational Belles Bowl Right Triangle Open NCOAST Red/White Bowl Cary competed at Red/White, RTO?, and No Buzzer. Five is a perfectly reasonable minimum number, in my opinion. If...

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P.S. I am officially calling out Cary Academy. If you have a player pulling down 100+ ppg on NAQT sets, you need to get out and play at more tournaments! You beat or held your own against good teams on Saturday--nice job. They got to more stuff this year than they did in the past. I wonder what yea...

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I wasn't at NCSU yesterday with my team but judging from the stats, there is now more proof that more N.C. teams need to start going to some stuff. Hoggard and S. Caldwell, both competing in their first NCATA tournament of the year, put up great showings. We didn't have the best day ever (capped off...

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I don't view NCOAST much differently than any other tournament, since NCOAST's format isn't used much elsewhere (I might write our February tournament to fit it, though).

It's a fun tournament and it's good for bragging rights, I suppose. I just wish more teams showed up.

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Stephen very much showed that he could be part of a conversation for all-state if NCSSM competed more frequently. On the way home, one of my players asked, "Hey Drake, where did HE come from?" in reference to Stephen Lin. I read for NCSSM a couple of times and then saw him play us in the ...

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Robinson's JV has some great varsity potential. Hopefully my freshmen can keep up with theirs. Eric Thanks for the dap. To be a 9th grader, Jihoon Baek is a beast. He might crack our A team next year if he keeps it up. Allie Russell didn't have a great day today on JV, but she's been playing on our...

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We had a great time at the tournament; excellent questions, good readers, and nice trophies. :o) John also liked the Barbie doll he got for the individual awards. I am sure he will treasure it always.

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