Desperately Seeking JV-level Mirror

[mfincher]

Hello there,

I am planning to host a tournament in late October for JV-level (9th and 10th grade) players but have struck out so far on procuring a question set with the following:

NAQT--all possible sets being used by nearby schools before or after my tournament
KICKOFF Novice--being used in nearby Fulton County, from which I'm hoping to draw some team entries
SCOP Novice--have contacted the coach/creator REPEATEDLY and received no reply

I do not want questions for middle-school level students OR advanced high school students--looking for somewhere in the middle. Please help by letting me purchase from you if you have a relevant set!

Matt Fincher
Greater Atlanta Christian School
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[TheDoctor]

SANDS and MAKEMAKE are both good choices here. I know you said you don't want a middle school-level set, but my high school JV players played MAKEMAKE's predecessor set, and I found it to be ideal for the age level. Sets marketed toward an audience that bridges the MS/JV gap tend to include early tossup clues that are more suitable to the slightly older HS players and hard bonus parts that challenge the high schoolers rather than the middle schoolers. They often work really well for F/S players.

Edit: If it helps, the previous iteration of MAKEMAKE can be read at this link. The editor says they're going a clue harder for MAKEMAKE, so if this strikes you as just a little too easy, know that MAKEMAKE is likely to fix that issue for you.

[mikemathis3020]

The Fulton County Championship is using the regular KICKOFF set, not the Novice KICKOFF. I am unsure as to whether the novice set is the same, but just simplified.

Mike Mathis
Academic Team Coach
Chattahoochee High School

[1992 in spaceflight]

The Fulton County Championship is using the regular KICKOFF set, not the Novice KICKOFF. I am unsure as to whether the novice set is the same, but just simplified.

Mike Mathis
Academic Team Coach
Chattahoochee High School

Just want to clarify coach Mathis' good point here: KICKOFF Novice is using questions that were downconverted from the regular KICKOFF set. Due to this, players are unable to play both sets.