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Blacksburg HS would like to claim (very tentatively) October 17, 2020 for Blacksburg High Academic Invitational VI to be hosted on an NAQT A level set (if approved by NAQT).

TJHSST would also like to tentatively reserve some dates, I made this to choose our dates so I guess I can also run the DC-area date list this year. Reply to this thread or email me at [email protected] and I will add your tournament here.

Assume all tournaments early in the year are online (Discord/Zoom) unless otherwise specified. Some tournaments may have location restrictions even if they are hosted online, so check the specific post for more information.

Key:
Red: NHBB
Blue: NAQT
Purple: Novice
Orange: Middle School
Green: Nationals
Black: Housewrite/Unspecified
First Level Deadline - February 13
Next Level Deadline - February 27
VHSL Championships - March 13
August 29 (SAT) :
September 5:
September 12 (ACT) :
September 13: AQBL Mid-Atlantic September Event (ERIS)
September 19 (ACT) :
September 26 (SAT) :
October 3 (SAT) : IKEA Mid-Atlantic mirror (HS and College) (IKEA)
October 10 (ACT) : TJNAT (IS-193A)
October 17 (ACT) :
October 24 (ACT) : JHU Fall (IS-195)
October 31: VCU Fall (RAFT II)
November 7 (SAT) :
November 14: Cavalier Classic @ UVA (IS-197)
November 21: CSI @ Cave Spring MS (IS-194A)
November 28:
December 5 (SAT) : NHBB Nats (HS), VCU Winter (IS-195)
December 12 (ACT) :
December 19: TJSAT (STASH)
December 26: NHBB Nats (MS)
January 2:
January 9:
January 16:
January 23: TJMST (NAQT-MS35), ERIS mirror @ Salem VA (ERIS)
January 30: Georgetown Winter (IS-199)
February 6 (ACT) :
February 13: JHU Winter (IS-201), Last date for VHSL Section/District/Subregional tournaments
February 20:
February 27: UVA Spring Tournament (SATURNALIA), Last date for VHSL Regionals
March 6: NCIS X @ Cave Spring MS (IS-195), Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament @ GDS (LONESTAR)
March 13 (SAT) :
March 20: TJIAT (MCMT), VHSL States @ Jamestown HS
March 27: DMV Regional Championship (Prison Bowl) @ JHU/UWM
April 3: Georgetown Spring (BHSAT)
April 10: IPNCT
April 17 (ACT) :
April 24: SSNCT
May 1: VCU Season Finale
May 8 (SAT) : MSNCT
May 15:
May 22:
May 29: HSNCT
June 5 (SAT) :
June 12 (ACT):

If a moderator could make the list the first message and archive the 2019-2020 thread that would be greatly appreciated.

I archived the 2019-20 date claim and made this one sticky.

I don't think forum admins have the power to adjust the order of posts within a thread (but would welcome a correction from the other forum staff if we do!)

Important Bird Area wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:31 pm I archived the 2019-20 date claim and made this one sticky.

I don't think forum admins have the power to adjust the order of posts within a thread (but would welcome a correction from the other forum staff if we do!)

Forums staff were able to adjust things last year.

Cave Spring High School would like to tentatively schedule November 21st for our CSI and February 20th for our NCIS tournaments. It'll be the first time for these tournaments in our new school (hopefully). We are probably going to use NAQT sets for both tournaments this year. We will hold our Roanoke Classic in March or April when we get some information back from our usual participants. I'll reserve that date later when I get more information on that.

It appears that November 20th is already reserved for the TJIAT.

Scone wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:05 pm It appears that November 20th is already reserved for the TJIAT.

TJ and CS have traditionally run tournaments on the same day, and considering that TJ is over 4 hours away from CS this has not been an issue historically, so there's no need to worry about this, Samir.

Oh, I didn't know that.

GDS would like to tentatively claim Saturday, March 6th for the 2021 edition of the Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament, to be run on LONESTAR. We are hoping that we are able to host at that time next year.

VCU will host the following high school tournaments in 2020-2021: VCU Fall on October 31, VCU Winter on December 5, and VCU Season Finale on May 1. Question set choices and full announcements are pending.

Edited: May 1, not May 5.

Matt Weiner wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:44 pm VCU will host the following high school tournaments in 2020-2021: VCU Fall on October 31, VCU Winter on December 5, and VCU Season Finale on May 5. Question set choices and full announcements are pending.

Just checking, May 5th 2021 is a Wednesday. Did you mean June 5th or a different date?

Although we're not sure what this semester is going to look like, UVA would like to tentatively claim November 7 for Cavalier Classic.

I would like to tentatively claim January 16 for my mirror of ERIS. This is to be hosted independent of my affiliation, given the ongoing pandemic. This tournament will also be hosted online given the state of the world unless things change in the next few months.

I will, however, be restricting the mirror to teams in Virginia and teams in NC, TN or WV within a 3 hour drive, per Google maps, of Salem, Virginia, unless they specifically appeal to me. Virginia teams are not held to the 3 hour drive rule.

I would like to claim October 3rd for the Mid-Atlantic Mirror of IKEA (college set where closed hs teams can play)

I was a bit slow in realizing this - since ACF Winter is on 11/7, please change our date for Cavalier Classic to 11/14.

The announcement for this year's Cavalier Classic on 11/14 can be found here. This tournament is using IS-197. We hope to see you all online in November!

EDIT: LONE STAR will be on a later date

JHU would like to claim an A-Level set for 10/24

Hello, Richard Montgomery would like to tentatively claim December 13th for our annual Winter Novice Tournament.

Blacksburg will not be hosting any tournament on October 17, 2020. I hope that we can host something in the spring.

JHU claims

2/13 - JHU Winter (IS probably)
4/24 - JHU Spring (Maybe SCT21-DII)

Date of TJSAT (STASH) is now 11/21. More info here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24594

moneyman101 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:24 am Date of TJSAT (STASH) is now 11/21. More info here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24594

TJSAT is now on 12/12. If you already signed up and now are unable to attend, please contact us at [email protected] and we will withdraw your registration.

Georgetown Date Claims:

1/30/21, Georgetown Winter
4/3/21, Georgetown Spring

Both will most likely use IS sets

moneyman101 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:31 am

moneyman101 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:24 am Date of TJSAT (STASH) is now 11/21. More info here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24594

TJSAT is now on 12/12. If you already signed up and now are unable to attend, please contact us at [email protected] and we will withdraw your registration.

TJSAT is now on 12/19. If you already signed up and now are unable to attend, please contact us at [email protected] and we will withdraw your registration.

UVA is aiming to host the NAQT Virginia State Qualifier on March 13th. In past years, this tournament has used the DII SCT question set, which we hope to be able to do again this year. This tournament will only be open to teams from Virginia.

Be aware that March 13, 2021 is the new date of the VHSL State Scholastic Bowl Tournament. The State tournament is no longer at Jamestown HS and will be held on-line. The level 2 (Regional OR Super Regional) deadline is now Feb. 27, 2021 and the Level 1 (Sectonals/Regular Season OR Regionals) deadline is now Feb. 13, 2021.

mithokie wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:03 pm Be aware that March 13, 2021 is the new date of the VHSL State Scholastic Bowl Tournament. The State tournament is no longer at Jamestown HS and will be held on-line. The level 2 (Regional OR Super Regional) deadline is now Feb. 27, 2021 and the Level 1 (Sectonals/Regular Season OR Regionals) deadline is now Feb. 13, 2021.

Thanks for the information, Matt - is there any place that this information is publicly available? On the VHSL website there's a document that was updated on 12/9 that still has the original dates with the state championship on 2/27.

If the VHSL state tournament is on 3/13, we will consider other dates for UVA's spring tournament. In addition, since it's not clear that an SCT set is going to be available this spring, we will choose another question set for our tournament if necessary.

I got the information in a webinar from the VHSL. I will see if I can find documentation on the VHSL website.

Cave Spring High School would like move their NCIS date to March 6 to keep with its tradition of hosting the tournament the weekend before VHSL States. We also don't want to step on any of the regional/super regional tournaments that will probably scheduled for the February date, including ours possibly.

I contacted Sharon Condoulis from the VHSL. Apparently, the changes presented in the webinar that I attended were proposed changes and have yet to be approved by the Executive Committee of the VHSL. I can only say that the changes are likely to become official soon. I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. When I hear if the changes are made official, I will post here.

Add LONE STAR DMV Regional EDIT: Date TBD upon review

I am moving my mirror of ERIS to February 6th January 23rd.

VHSL added a document on their website this afternoon listing these dates:

First Level Deadline - February 13
Next Level Deadline - February 27
VHSL Championships - March 13

In light of this, UVA's Virginia Spring Tournament will be held on 2/27. While there may be conflicts with some VHSL region or super-region tournaments, 2/27 or 3/13 are the only days available for us to host a high school tournament until late April. Virginia public schools should prioritize VHSL events over attending our tournament.

Because there is no SCT set being produced this year, our tournament will use the SATURNALIA question set. The tournament announcement can be found at viewtopic.php?p=382720#p382720. This tournament is open to schools from Maryland, DC, Virginia, and West Virginia.

JHU and William & Mary will be co-hosting the "DMV Regional Championship" on Prison Bowl on 3/27
So we'd like to claim the date

The VHSL moved their state scholastic bowl championships again. The new date is 3/20/21. See the link below.

https://www.vhsl.org/scholastic-bowl/