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Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:55 pm
by eseifte1
This is our first announcement for the Centennial High School Tournament in Ellicott City, Maryland to be held on Sunday November 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM (one day after the SATs).

For our 10th annual tournament, we will be using an NAQT introductory A set, specifically 141A. This question set is an INTRODUCTORY set written to accommodate new players, so this tournament will be ideal for teams new to quiz bowl or new members of established teams. These questions can also help to hone rapid buzzing skills for more experienced teams and players.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend, even the most experienced teams. Like last year, we are planning to have a novice field composed of teams with 9th and 10th graders or teams of any age new to Quizbowl and a varsity field composed of experienced teams. The novice field will have its own trophies but will not be eligible for the NAQT and PACE championship tournaments. Obviously teams can elect to participate in the varsity regardless of players' age and experience. We are using this format in order to avoid the 660 to 10 scores in mismatched contests that are frustrating for all involved. If there is enough interest, we will group the middle school teams into their own bracket or parallel competition.

We picked this date to avoid the snowmageddon we had last year.

Last year 72 teams signed up; to ensure a spot, consider reserving early!

We will seek NAQT and PACE qualification and keep you posted on our rating. Last year our tournament allowed many local teams to qualify for a National Tournament.

Like last year, we are expecting all teams to stay for the rounds after lunch, and we will require reregistration at lunch to verify afternoon participation.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and we will provide our traditional breakfast banquet. For those teams wishing to stay on site for lunch pizza will be sold at registration.

We will have a coaches/parents' round during lunch with fossils/minerals as prizes, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Howard County Special Olympics.

The cost for teams participating in the tournament is $70 for the first team and $60 for each extra team from the same school. Teams can bring a working buzzer for a $10 discount (but only one buzzer set per team entered).

Centennial High School is located at 4300 Centennial Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21042

To register, e-mail [email protected] with the number of teams, buzzers, e-mail address, and telephone number where we can contact you on the day of the tournament in case of inclement weather. Feel free to share this announcement with other teams that might be interested in attending.



Eric Seifter
Coach, Centennial High School

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:30 pm
by eseifte1
GOOD NEWS: We have Platinum Certification from PACE and we are using an NAQT set.

This means 25% of teams in the varsity field will be eligible for the PACE Nationals in Reston, VA.
Based on prior years (field of 32), this will mean around 8 teams.

This also means that 15% of the total number of teams will be eligible for the NAQT Nationals (HSNCT) in Chicago. Based on prior years (field of 72), we anticipate 10 or 11 teams (all derived from the upper "varsity" bracket).

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:26 pm
by eseifte1
Tournament Rosters

Total so far: 80


Varsity (30 teams)
Archbishop Spalding - 2
Bullis - 1
Camp Hill - 2
Eleanor Roosevelt - 1
Glenelg - 1
Hammond - 1
Henderson - 1
Howard - 1
Langley - 1
Loudon County - 1
Manheim Township - 2
Maret - 2
Montgomery Blair - 2
Mt. Hebron - 1
Mt. Vernon - 1
North Hagerstown - 1
"Northern Delaware Academy" - 2
Quince Orchard - 1
Richard Montgomery - 2
River Hill - 1
Robinson - 1
Thomas Jefferson - 1
Walter Johnson - 1


Novice (36 teams)
Archbishop Spalding - 1
Arundel - 1
Bullis - 1
Easton - 1
Franklin - 2
Glenelg - 1
Hammond - 3
Manheim Township - 3
McDonogh - 1
Mt. Hebron - 2
Mt. Vernon - 1
"Northern Delaware Academy" - 2
Oakland Mills - 1
Old Mill -1
Our Lady of Mount Carmel - 2
Quince Orchard - 1
Richard Montgomery - 3
Robinson - 2
St. Anselm's - 1
Severna Park - 2
Thomas Jefferson - 2
Walter Johnson - 1
Wilde Lake - 1

Middle School (14 teams)
Burleigh Manor Middle - 7
Longfellow Middle - 2
Robinson Middle - 2
St. Anselm's - 1
St. Augustine's - 1
The Independence School (DE) - 1

WAIT LIST
1. Howard - 1 team for novice

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:09 pm
by eseifte1
So far we have 9 Middle School teams. We will definitely present trophies to the top 3 Middle School teams separate from the trophies for the Novice division. If more Middle Schools sign up, we will create separate brackets for these teams. We have 4 trophies for the Varsity side, 4 trophies for the Novice side, and 3 trophies for the middle schoolers.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:07 pm
by eseifte1
With 10 middle school teams signed up, we have a sufficient number of teams to create a separate bracket with 3 trophies for the middle schools only. We will have 3 trophies for Novice and 4 trophies for Varsity.
We are now 2 weeks away from closing registration (October 27).
We have 36 teams registered so far.
Please get your reservation in soon if you want to join us.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:53 pm
by eseifte1
We have registered 77 teams so far: 32 varsity, 33 novice, and 12 middle school. We will have 3 separate war rooms and 3 separate tournaments off of the same NAQT set.
The deadline for guaranteed registration is next Monday October 27. After that point, teams will go on a wait list and fill into slots vacated by reneging teams and to round out brackets. We have set no limit on the number of teams prior to the deadline.
We will have a lavish breakfast buffet and plan on a Coach's and Parent's competition at lunch.
We have a pizza option for teams at lunch also.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:13 pm
by eseifte1
We have 80 teams registered. Tomorrow we will close registration and start the wait-list.
We are allowing teams to bring extra buzzers for $10 credit each (even if you are bringing one team, you can bring 3 buzzers for a $30 discount for example).

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:15 pm
by eseifte1
Standard registration has closed but we are still accepting wait-list teams. Historically, these become necessary with last minute changes by our entrants. We are poised to create scab teams from NHS volunteers who are quizbowl newbies in order to "round out" brackets as needed. This will avoid the unnecessary "bye" rounds.
We are still in need of a few more buzzer sets ($10 off for each set)!

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:34 pm
by eseifte1
Thank you. We have a sufficient number of buzzers (and some extras).
We have initiated a wait-list. Please see the roster above.
We are planning for 80 teams and will use NHS scab teams if needed.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:53 pm
by eseifte1
Thank you very much for coming. Here are the winners and stats:

VARSITY: (Top 8 are PACE qualified, Top 12 are NAQT qualified)
1st Place: Wilmington Charter A
2nd Place: Manheim Township A
3rd Place: Quince Orchard A
4th Place: Richard Montgomery A
5. Montgomery Blair A
6. Richard Montgomery B
7. Thomas Jefferson A
8. Loudon County
9. Wilmington Charter B
10. Manheim Township B
11. Langley
12. Walter Johnson A

Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/varsity/



NOVICE:
1st Place: Richard Montgomery C
2nd Place: St. Anselm's A
3rd Place: Wilmington Charter C
4th Place: Quince Orchard B

Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... ts/novice/

MIDDLE SCHOOL:
1st Place: Longfellow A
2nd Place: The Independence School
Semifinalists: Robinson D and St. Anselm's Abbey School B

Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... le_school/

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:08 pm
by VinaiRachakonda
Great tournament guys! Aside from that long delay after the 8th round, the tournament went well. Congrats to the PACE qualifiers and the tournament champion!

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:59 pm
by Chef Curry
I can personally say that I had a great time at this tournament and congrats to the champion and qualifiers. Thank you to all the people that made this event possible.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:26 pm
by Magritte's Pipe
Does anyone know when the stats for this tournament might get uploaded to the NAQT database?

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:22 pm
by jonah
Magritte's Pipe wrote:Does anyone know when the stats for this tournament might get uploaded to the NAQT database?
Very likely within a few hours of NAQT receiving them.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:36 pm
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
I take it that NAQT has not received the stats then?

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:42 pm
by Matt Weiner
Please note the board rule which states that "No thread may contain more than one request for the posting of tournament statistics within the same week or from the same person." I'm sure the stats will be posted as soon as possible; posting after them does not serve any purpose.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:01 pm
by Important Bird Area
We have not received the stats from this tournament.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:28 am
by Important Bird Area
Stats are now posted to naqt.com.

Please note that Coach Seifter's post above is slightly mistaken about HSNCT qualification from this tournament: the top 10 high school teams have qualified for HSNCT (not the top 12). (The middle school division does not count toward the field size for this purpose, because it is a distinct qualifier for MSNCT.)

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:15 am
by coldstonesteveaustin
I'm pretty sure that Kathy Xue on Blair A should be Cathy Xue.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:30 am
by Important Bird Area
Hidehiro Anto wrote:I'm pretty sure that Kathy Xue on Blair A should be Cathy Xue.
Fixed.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:09 pm
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Ashish Kumbhardhare from Henderson should be Ashish Kumbhardare.

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:04 pm
by Important Bird Area
Iliketrains wrote:Ashish Kumbhardhare from Henderson should be Ashish Kumbhardare.
Fixed.