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Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

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State tournaments are on April 13

Haas Hall Bentonville, Russelville, and Mtn View are upholding dynasties. LR Central's got this super sophomore named Siddhartha that was absolutely unbelievable when I played him at all-stars.

Any other thoughts? AR QB isn't exactly a gauntlet of competition.
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Top 10 Teams in Arkansas (There are 7 classifications, so most of this doesn't matter, but I figured it'd be fun)

1. Russellville (Defending 6A champions) - Russellville has gone to the last 8 championship games at the 6A classification, winning the last 7. An unprecedented dynasty, no doubt. The Cyclones routed Benton 415-205 in last year's championship and return every single player on that team. There were no seniors on the 22-23 squad. They should run through the 6A again this season.

2. LR Central (7A) - This Central team may not be defending a title or holding up a dynasty, but their pure talent is too much to disregard. They have quite possibly the best player in Arkansas in Siddharth Sridharan (Sid, for short, as he told me @ all-stars last year), who is only a sophomore. They averaged 413 ppg and won their regional tournament with an undefeated record.

3. FS Southside (7A) - To be completely honest, I'm not 100% sure what this Fort Smith Southside team returns, but I know they bring up a sophomore named Justin Han that played great at all-stars the past two years and they're also just always very good.

4. Batesville (Defending 5A Champions) - They're building a dynasty of their own, and have won the past two championships in the 5A classification. They won the Batesville Spring Tournament and senior Alexander Tenace (26/49/9) averaged 104 ppg over 8 games.*

5. Mountain View (Defending 3A Champions) - This team has won the past 4 3A championships and looks primed for a 5th consecutive, playing behind seniors Trent Wickham (9/35/4) and Austin McDonald (8/28/0), who averaged 58 and 50 ppg respectively. Their role players aren't lacking, either, Adhi Anandaraj (1/13/1) being the main role guy for Mtn View.*

6. Haas Hall Academy-Bentonville (Defending 2A champions) - HHA Bentonville has owned the 2A circuit in recent years, capturing the past 3 championships and generally just blowing out whoever they play. They went 13-0 last year in AGQBA events and are simply dominant in the small class game. I don't see them losing hold of their dynasty this season.

7. Fayetteville (Defending 7A champions) - This Fayetteville team is stacked, don't get me wrong -- but they lose five players to graduation, including their captain from last year. I still think they're a contender, but they just aren't better than LRCH.

*Statistics on Batesville and Mountain View are from the Batesville Spring Tournament on the NAQT site

8. Valley View (5A) - This VV team played Batesville in the past two championships and fell short. While I don't see much changing there, I still think they're a threat to anyone in 5A (yes, even Batesville, if they're not ready). They're generally just a well built squad with great coaching.

9. Haas Hall Academy-Fayetteville (3A) - HHA Fayetteville made the 3A title game last year (albeit, just to get trounced 415-145 by Mtn View). They're looking like a contender this year, and I think they can give MV a much better game this coming season. I don't think they'll beat them, but they may surprise me.

10. Clinton (4A) - Rounding out the top 10 is the only 4A team on the list, a Clinton team with some strong players and some top-tier leadership. I think they, despite being #3 in the AGQBA polls, are the favorite in the 4A and should be able to pull out a good year.

Anyone who knows AR quiz bowl and would like to dispute these rankings, go right ahead.
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Re: Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

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Hi Michael, I love to see some representation from Arkansas on here and I love to see more players looking deeper into statistics, results, and making comparisons. That is a great way to build community and to learn the game!

I did want to point out that without published stats, results, and team compositions, the average Arkansas quiz bowler that does not have access to board only AGQBA statistics cannot develop a well rounded analysis of statewide teams without extensive research. Unfortunately this makes it hard to develop a proper list ranking teams. This in combination with the fact that there is no standardization of invitational question quality or statistical reporting makes it hard to get a full picture of teams. I think you have made a well researched list, however it is unfortunately very hard to rank teams given the lack of consistency with play, that something such as standardized NAQT tournaments would provide.
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As the coach at Clinton, thank you for the kind words. Motivated my team even more going into State!

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Eagles22 wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:50 pm Hi Michael, I love to see some representation from Arkansas on here and I love to see more players looking deeper into statistics, results, and making comparisons. That is a great way to build community and to learn the game!

I did want to point out that without published stats, results, and team compositions, the average Arkansas quiz bowler that does not have access to board only AGQBA statistics cannot develop a well rounded analysis of statewide teams without extensive research. Unfortunately this makes it hard to develop a proper list ranking teams. This in combination with the fact that there is no standardization of invitational question quality or statistical reporting makes it hard to get a full picture of teams. I think you have made a well researched list, however it is unfortunately very hard to rank teams given the lack of consistency with play, that something such as standardized NAQT tournaments would provide.
It was very difficult to do this and, to be honest, a lot of it is pure speculation and based upon program pedigree (see Russellville @ #1). The AGQBA uses a completely different canon and a completely different question style than the NAQT (Listening to the NAQT audio files as opposed to the Arkansas state championship videos, there's a night and day difference). That and there are good teams that don't really play invitationals, a predicament that befalls my team @ HHS. So, there's no way to know how good teams are until you watch them play each other, which would then void the purpose of ranking them. TBH, a lot of why I did this was to just see who all would interact with an Arkansas QB post, out of curiosity.
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Brains4Arkansas wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:16 am As the coach at Clinton, thank you for the kind words. Motivated my team even more going into State!

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You're very welcome. I feel it's between Clinton, Trumann, and Pocahontas for the championship in 4A. My ranking of those four teams would be

1 Clinton
2 Trumann
3 Pocahontas

with Arkadelphia being fourth by a decent (not huge) margin. Clinton and Trumann are both very good though, I could see it going either way there.
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Personally my finals predictions for Arkansas quiz bowl would be as follows
1A - Sacred Heart VS Norfork - Sacred Heart wins
2A - Haas Hall Bentonville VS Lifeway Christian - Haas Hall Bentonville wins
3A - Mountain View VS Atkins - Mountain View wins
4A - Trumann VS Bauxite - Trumann Wins
5A - Batesville VS Dardanelle - Batesville Wins
6A - Russellville VS Greenwood - Russellville Wins
7A - Little Rock Central VS Ft Smith Southside - Little Rock Central Wins.
Let me know your thoughts, I would be happy to respond and start a discussion.
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alextenace_ wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:13 pm Personally my finals predictions for Arkansas quiz bowl would be as follows
1A - Sacred Heart VS Norfork - Sacred Heart wins
2A - Haas Hall Bentonville VS Lifeway Christian - Haas Hall Bentonville wins
3A - Mountain View VS Atkins - Mountain View wins
4A - Trumann VS Bauxite - Trumann Wins
5A - Batesville VS Dardanelle - Batesville Wins
6A - Russellville VS Greenwood - Russellville Wins
7A - Little Rock Central VS Ft Smith Southside - Little Rock Central Wins.
Let me know your thoughts, I would be happy to respond and start a discussion.
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1A - Sacred Heart over Norfork
2A - HHA Bentonville over Conway Christian
3A - Mtn View over HHA Fayetteville
4A - Clinton over Trumann
5A - Batesville over Valley View (Again)
6A - Russellville over Greenbrier
7A - LR Central over FS Southside
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I accidentally typed "reply" twice so I'll just leave this note: I could see an upset brewing in 1A. Mammoth Spring has been quite good this season, they may not be the level of program as Norfork or Sacred Heart, but they're still very good. I could maybe see them making a teensy-weensy upset to make the finals over either Norfork or SH.
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1A we have the same which I agree with, Sacred Heart lost none of their players I believe, and Norfork lost two very solid 7-8 Tossup per game Srs
2A I personally haven't played Conway Christian this year but its hard to bet against Immanuel Peter making the finals because he has 3 MVPs in 3 years
3A I am high on Atkins, they have a kid named Craig who averages about 18 tossups a game, the only thing that concerns me with them is lightning round ability, as they lost in the semifinals to MV because of lightning round, so Haas Hall Fayetteville could beat them depending. Mountain View despite the loss of Claire who was a T3 player in Arkansas History, has very good talent in Trent and Austin, who are great to compete against and have good knowledge.
4A Trumann I would say has more experience and more talent coming up then Clinton, who is still a fairly young team if I remember right. Bauxite is also retaining two of their all tournament players who can only get better from here.
5A I would definitely agree with your opinion on Batesville making the finals and winning lol. It is a tossup with the diverse talent pool in 5A, being that Dardanelle, Lakeside, Morrilton, and Pea Ridge all have very strong captains, and De Queen and White Hall and Valley View are very balanced team wise, it's tough to predict our potential opponent if we so happen to make finals.
6A I am unfamiliar with Greenbrier, but I know Greenwood has a strong history player named John, and Benton has Owen Schwartz who was T16 at all stars last year, I still expect Russellville to take care of business and win it again.
7A, Little Rock Central is a team that I have played 3 times this year, winning the first game at Russellville, losing a stinker at ICC, and then narrowly losing by 20 in the semifinals at Friends of Quiz Bowl, they have a very balanced team with strong hitters like Siddharth and Jeffrey, and great role players like Josh Venkata and Bhavana to compliment. Ft Smith Southside retains Sam Pritchard who has always been a consistent top 10 player in the state, and a developing talent in Justin Han who looks to be the next big player for the group. Look to Conway led by Ellie Feng to potentially upset one of these teams in state tournament play.
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I haven't played any of these teams lol, I'm just going off what I've heard mostly.

As for the players mentioned, I know about Siddharth (LRC) and Justin (FS Southside) because I played them at all-stars the past two years in JH. Sid and Justin were the T2 in JH All-Stars last year with Sid winning by a comfortable margin (21-13 was the margin if I remember correctly)

I could see Trumann's experience being too much for Clinton. I think Clinton's talent can overcome it though.

You couldn't be in any way biased towards Batesville, right? LOL but in all seriousness, I think they are the clear 5A favorites

Russellville over anyone in 6A, period. Might as well go ahead and put their trophy in the case
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SomeArkansan wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:50 pm I haven't played any of these teams lol, I'm just going off what I've heard mostly.

As for the players mentioned, I know about Siddharth (LRC) and Justin (FS Southside) because I played them at all-stars the past two years in JH. Sid and Justin were the T2 in JH All-Stars last year with Sid winning by a comfortable margin (21-13 was the margin if I remember correctly)

I could see Trumann's experience being too much for Clinton. I think Clinton's talent can overcome it though.

You couldn't be in any way biased towards Batesville, right? LOL but in all seriousness, I think they are the clear 5A favorites

Russellville over anyone in 6A, period. Might as well go ahead and put their trophy in the case
As for the CCS pick, they're developing a strong player in Nathan Hill as well as being just generally a very well put-together team. LifeWay does have the player with possibly the greatest wire-to-wire senior high QB career in 2A history besides maybe Jaxon Quick of CCS, though.
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I think Jackson quick has him beat there😂, him and Samuel Harper’s games are always fun to rewatch. I think it’s interesting because I feel like you’ll see a lot of changes from this year to next year in terms of finals, Nathan Hill could lead CC to the finals this year or next with the graduation of Immanuel as well as Alex from haas bent. I myself graduate as well as 3 Russellville starters (Hayden, Claryn, Crawford), Sam Pritchard, 3 LRC starters (Bhavana, Venkata, Josh M.), Craig, Trent, Peyton Wimberley, Ellie Feng, and many others. Definitely opens up your Hazen team to make some noise in the 2A circuit and give us fresh teams instead of from the haas halls😂. Did your squad make it to state?
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We did, but we aren't going because I had scheduled my ACT for the day of the tourney without knowing, and since I answered 73 of the 75 tossups our team answered over the 6 games of the competition, our coach figured there wasn't much point in going. Our squad was composed of 5 freshmen and a sophomore, though, so we will certainly be back.

I am attending all-stars, though. I was T10 last year and had the privilege of playing against Justin and Sid twice each through the course of the event, with both being in the finals.

Also, as Hazen's captain, I particularly enjoy Samuel Harper and Jackson Quick's finals games. LOL

Random thing I forgot to point out about LifeWay Christian: they have a former JH MVP in Connor Nowlin who was very good in the games I played against him. (Twice in 7th and 8th state tournaments -- I was 1-3 against him with a 5 point win and an overtime loss in 8th, two convincing losses in 7th)
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I'll be attending all stars as well, will you be playing at the Jr. or Sr. High level?
Also ACT is a stinker, sorry that caused you not to be able to attend your state, unfortunate with the scheduling this year, which I will say was a failure on AGQBA's part to schedule finals on the same day as NHBB and SSNCT :/, though I was sick for history bowl so we didn't attend.
Connor Nowlin is a good rising freshman, also Noah Clayton of Trumann is another good young player, as is a kid from Tyson SOI I believe who had a strong regionals.
It should be a fun all stars nonetheless.
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With a week left until state tournaments, I figured I'd ask this question in my infinite boredom. Who are some of the best players in Arkansas QB history, at least in the PBS video era (2014-)

- Claire Bishop (Mtn VIew)
- Immanuel Peter (LifeWay)
- Jackson Quick (Conway Christian)
- Samuel Harper (Hazen / not at all biased, LOL)
- Shawn Cafferty-Lueck (LR Central/Russellville)
- Samantha something (Centerpoint)

Up-and-comers who may be here soon:
- Siddharth Sridharan (LR Central-Sophomore)
- Justin Han (FS Southside-Sophomore)
- Connor Nowlin (LifeWay-Sophomore)
- probably not, but wishful thinking, myself (Hazen-Freshman)
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I'm playing at the JH level, as it's my last season at this level and it presents the opportunity to get a larger prize for a higher placement, LOL
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LR Central super sophomore Siddharth Sridharan finishes 102nd of 262 in the IPNCT, with his best subject being Science/Math (56th of 262)
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If were talking 10 best Arkansas players in the PBS video are 2014- this would be my list (counting players only on finals teams of course) and not including batesville players
Shawn Cafferty-Lueck
Claire Bishop
Alan May
Will Fowlkes
Jackson Quick
Andrew Fleming
Lucas Babst
Zelda Young
Hannah Diggs
Immanuel Peter
HMs Jared, Noah Reed, Hayden Daniel, and Sam Harper
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I forgot about Hannah Diggs, she was a very good all-around player. Fowlkes was an absolute monster. Anshuman from one of those Haas years was also a very, very good player.
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Just realized that, between Connor Nowlin and Immanuel Peter, LifeWay Christian may have the best duo in 2A
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Maybe, but I think I’d take Alex Moeller and Aaroush right now over the two, haven’t seen much of Connor Nowlin in Sr High yet to judge him yet, plus it looks like haas bent is the runaway favorite
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Good luck to Alex and Brains4Arkansas @ state tomorrow
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alextenace_ wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:13 pm Maybe, but I think I’d take Alex Moeller and Aaroush right now over the two, haven’t seen much of Connor Nowlin in Sr High yet to judge him yet, plus it looks like haas bent is the runaway favorite
I played Aaroosh at junior high my 7th grade year in state (when Haas Bentonville beat us 410-100, I don't wanna talk about it lol), he was definitely an all-tournament type player but not an MVP-level guy in my opinion, which Nowlin and Peter both clearly are as they have both won one, albeit at different levels. But yes, HHA Bentonville is the heavy 2A favorite. They also have a freshman coming up next year who won their bracket's MVP award.
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Any word on who all made state finals?
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1A - Looks like me and Alex were both right on the contenders here.
2A - CCS pick was ambitious, as HHA Bentonville and LifeWay are going at it for the...4th consecutive year I think?
3A - Alex had it spot on as far as the teams go, MV and Atkins are in
4A - Neither of us had Arky in the finals, guess we shouldn't bet against Steve Patterson. Alex did pick Trumann though.
5A - Both had Batesville in but Magnolia was a surprise
6A - Russellville is Russellville, but LR Catholic making some noise is cool
7A - Both of us had LRC in, but Rogers Heritage sneaking in was very, very unexpected
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Re: Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

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Finals Predictions
1A Sacred Heart VS Norfork - I've gone back and forth on this one and will arguably continue to do so but I'm giving Sacred Heart the edge here
2A Haas Hall Bentonville VS Lifeway Christian- Haas Hall Bentonville will continue their dominance and finish Lifeway a 4th and final time in the finals to likely end Lifeway's finals appearances
3A Mountain View VS Atkins - MV is more experienced, but Craig Hoein is strong in tossups. Look for MV to win this one through a strong lightning round performance, a round that Atkins lacks high points in.
4A Truman VS Arkadelphia - Truman should win this finals, as Arkadelphia lost key experience in Calvin Clardy last year while Truman is a rising team led by Noah Clayton and Evan Shrout who will overwhelm a young Arkadelphia
5A Batesville VS Magnolia - Despite one of the best Cinderella runs ever seen in a state tournament by Magnolia, who finished as the 3rd best team in the 5A south conference and went 1-2 in their prelims, ended up defeating the 10 seed Alma, 2 seed Lakeside and 3 seed Morrilton to reach this point, they will come up short to Batesville who looks to continue their run of 5A dominance, playing tough matches against De Queen and Valley View to reach the finals again.
6A Russellville VS Catholic - if Catholic still had Andrew Dillman along with their current team, this game would be extremely close, while little is known about their squad this year, and despite Russellville being the favorite, they will pose as a threat to Russellville's winning streak. Look for Russellville to come out on top, but expect pressure from Catholic to keep the game close.
7A Little Rock Central VS Rogers Heritage - Rogers Heritage has officially rebuilt their program in two years after adding Johnny Barham to their staff, and has a solid player in Peyton Wimberley, look for this game to be close with a potential loss in starters to LRC due to Sci Bowl, but ultimately a win for Little Rock Central as Siddharth will continue to establish himself as one of Arkansas's best.
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Re: Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

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Updated picks now that finals are set:

1A - My pick hasn't changed. Sacred Heart should handle business against Norfork, but with a program like Norfork you never know. I'll take SHCHS winning 310-205.

2A - LifeWay does have (IMO) the best pure duo in 2A in Nowlin and Peter, but, unfortunately, Quiz Bowl is played with 5 players, and HHA Bentonville's 5-player depth of knowledge is almost always the best in the classification. Haas Hall wins 345-275, though I wouldn't be surprised if the margin is larger than this.

3A - Mountain View not only has a great one-two punch in Trent and Austin, but they also have a former 3A JH MVP in Adhi that should be able to continue the MVHS dynasty after this season. Atkins does have a great player in Craig, but MV is just a machine and I think they win 355-200.

4A - Trumann seems to be for real, while Arkadelphia is experienced in the finals from last season. I could see this one going either way and being the most competitive game of the slate. I'll take Arkadelphia but I don't have a ton of conviction behind it. Arky wins 320-295.

5A - Batesville is back in the finals, but this time, they're playing Magnolia instead of Valley View. I know nothing about this Magnolia team, to be honest, so I'll just blindly pick the defending champs to complete the 3-peat. BCHS wins 330-240.

6A - Russellville is back in the finals for the 10th straight year, aiming for their 9th straight title. To be frank, I don't see anything getting in the way of that. Russellville wins 390-160.

7A - LRC is a well-oiled machine with great players and complements, with Siddarth Sridharan being a top-150 player in the nation. I don't know anything about this Heritage team, though. I'll pick LRC 345-220.
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Re: Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

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alextenace_ wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:34 pm Finals Predictions
1A Sacred Heart VS Norfork - I've gone back and forth on this one and will arguably continue to do so but I'm giving Sacred Heart the edge here
2A Haas Hall Bentonville VS Lifeway Christian- Haas Hall Bentonville will continue their dominance and finish Lifeway a 4th and final time in the finals to likely end Lifeway's finals appearances
3A Mountain View VS Atkins - MV is more experienced, but Craig Hoein is strong in tossups. Look for MV to win this one through a strong lightning round performance, a round that Atkins lacks high points in.
4A Truman VS Arkadelphia - Truman should win this finals, as Arkadelphia lost key experience in Calvin Clardy last year while Truman is a rising team led by Noah Clayton and Evan Shrout who will overwhelm a young Arkadelphia
5A Batesville VS Magnolia - Despite one of the best Cinderella runs ever seen in a state tournament by Magnolia, who finished as the 3rd best team in the 5A south conference and went 1-2 in their prelims, ended up defeating the 10 seed Alma, 2 seed Lakeside and 3 seed Morrilton to reach this point, they will come up short to Batesville who looks to continue their run of 5A dominance, playing tough matches against De Queen and Valley View to reach the finals again.
6A Russellville VS Catholic - if Catholic still had Andrew Dillman along with their current team, this game would be extremely close, while little is known about their squad this year, and despite Russellville being the favorite, they will pose as a threat to Russellville's winning streak. Look for Russellville to come out on top, but expect pressure from Catholic to keep the game close.
7A Little Rock Central VS Rogers Heritage - Rogers Heritage has officially rebuilt their program in two years after adding Johnny Barham to their staff, and has a solid player in Peyton Wimberley, look for this game to be close with a potential loss in starters to LRC due to Sci Bowl, but ultimately a win for Little Rock Central as Siddharth will continue to establish himself as one of Arkansas's best.
You're telling me Magnolia had to play a wild-card game to get in, and ended up making it to finals? Clearly they aren't fazed by pressure...I still have Batesville completing a three-peat, but Magnolia certainly won't be afraid of where they're at.

I'm not betting against Steve Patterson's Arkadelphia team in the finals. I already bet against them making it here and was wrong. Yes, Trumann is a very good team, but so is Arkadelphia.

Siddharth is just an animal. I'm not betting against that man.
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Who seem the good Jr. High players this year, I haven't really kept up, but who can we expect to make noise at all stars?
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Evan Cole from ICC, Quinn Kelly from Valley View, and Micah Autrey from Morrilton are all players that I've played and I know they bring a lot to the table. I don't know many players from other areas (We play mostly teams from the North East/North Central area) Also, JR High stats are not easy to find so all I have are PPG and my personal experiences with them.
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For Jr. High, I don't know a ton outside of 2A, but in that classification you have myself, Luke Jones of WCC, and a girl from Woodlawn who tied for HPP with Luke in the Red bracket. There's also a kid from DTSOI who averaged like 19 tossups per game. All I know as far as statewide scoring averages is that I, to my own surprise, was the leading JH scorer in the state, but some of these guys who average 13-14 are on the same plane as the 19-20 ppg players but just have better teammates.
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Re: Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

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I appreciate it, batesville is sending someone to jr high all stars and I wanted her to be familiar with some names to watch for, Kenna white and she had about 8.8 PPG at regionals, and she’ll likely play at Sr High invitationals next year as a freshman, since our Jr High program isn’t as involved. Congrats on having the top scoring average at state on your end.
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kenna-wh wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:00 am Evan Cole from ICC, Quinn Kelly from Valley View, and Micah Autrey from Morrilton are all players that I've played and I know they bring a lot to the table. I don't know many players from other areas (We play mostly teams from the North East/North Central area) Also, JR High stats are not easy to find so all I have are PPG and my personal experiences with them.
Evan Cole in particular is very good. I played against him in junior high finals and he buzzer beat me a good 4-5 times lol, his squad was the only one that led us at halftime for the entire season (granted, due to not playing invitationals we only played 9 games). As for JH stats being hard to find, yeah, the only reason I knew my scoring average was the highest in-state was due to an opponent coach having the All-Stars list at a chess tournament that I went to, LOL.
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alextenace_ wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:23 am I appreciate it, batesville is sending someone to jr high all stars and I wanted her to be familiar with some names to watch for, Kenna white and she had about 8.8 PPG at regionals, and she’ll likely play at Sr High invitationals next year as a freshman, since our Jr High program isn’t as involved. Congrats on having the top scoring average at state on your end.
Thanks. We also had a 7th grader who I expect, despite only scoring around 2-3 ppg last season, to have a great 8th grade jump. He knew a lot of things he didn't buzz on due to me outracing him on the buzzer (unintentionally, of course, I don't chase stats lol)
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alextenace_ wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:11 pm Who seem the good Jr. High players this year, I haven't really kept up, but who can we expect to make noise at all stars?
There's a 9th grader from Little Rock Catholic named Alex. He had some insane averages at the JH level and from what I heard he got promoted to the varsity squad. idk if he's playing JH All-Stars or not but if he is expect him to make some noise.
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If it’s Alex Reyes then we can get a good look at him in finals and see how he holds himself against Russellville. If Micah Autrey is good morrilton will be a contender next year for 5a along with valley view, however, it’s still wide open for batesville to continue finals dominance 😈
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alextenace_ wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:20 am If it’s Alex Reyes then we can get a good look at him in finals and see how he holds himself against Russellville. If Micah Autrey is good morrilton will be a contender next year for 5a along with valley view, however, it’s still wide open for batesville to continue finals dominance 😈
How good are y'all's underclassmen? Ik you're graduating but that's about all I know about your team besides that Kenna girl playing next season
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StevieRay wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:04 pm There's a 9th grader from Little Rock Catholic named Alex. He had some insane averages at the JH level and from what I heard he got promoted to the varsity squad. idk if he's playing JH All-Stars or not but if he is expect him to make some noise.
wdym by "insane averages"? like do you have a number on it, or..?
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Me and Charles Stinnett graduate so those are two heavy hits, I averaged like 16.25 at state and he averaged around 4.25. As for members coming up our program has Kenna and another girl named Carolyn who are both rising freshman. Mai Lan Ho, Taylor Bishop, Asher Stroud are the other starters right now along with me and Charles are who are solid sophomores, then we have good reserve players in Collin Shaw and Jackson Brock who can score well, and our x-factor in Robert Johnson. The program should remain strong for years to come.
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alextenace_ wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:15 am Me and Charles Stinnett graduate so those are two heavy hits, I averaged like 16.25 at state and he averaged around 4.25. As for members coming up our program has Kenna and another girl named Carolyn who are both rising freshman. Mai Lan Ho, Taylor Bishop, Asher Stroud are the other starters right now along with me and Charles are who are solid sophomores, then we have good reserve players in Collin Shaw and Jackson Brock who can score well, and our x-factor in Robert Johnson. The program should remain strong for years to come.
Fair enough.
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SomeArkansan wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:17 am
StevieRay wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:04 pm There's a 9th grader from Little Rock Catholic named Alex. He had some insane averages at the JH level and from what I heard he got promoted to the varsity squad. idk if he's playing JH All-Stars or not but if he is expect him to make some noise.
wdym by "insane averages"? like do you have a number on it, or..?
14.25 per game at regionals and 20.0 at state at the JH level. For senior high, 9.0 per game at state.

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Michael do you have a link to the jr high all star data and if so could you email it to me at an email I’ll send in dm
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StevieRay wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:46 pm
SomeArkansan wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:17 am
StevieRay wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:04 pm There's a 9th grader from Little Rock Catholic named Alex. He had some insane averages at the JH level and from what I heard he got promoted to the varsity squad. idk if he's playing JH All-Stars or not but if he is expect him to make some noise.
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Wow, those are pretty great. State average for JH is pretty much the same as mine, 20.2 per game. 6 questions per game from one tournament to the next is a pretty huge jump, haha
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alextenace_ wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:20 pm Michael do you have a link to the jr high all star data and if so could you email it to me at an email I’ll send in dm

I do not have the link, an opponent coach just showed me the list.
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I have the list, I can email it to both of you if you want.
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kenna-wh wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:45 pm I have the list, I can email it to both of you if you want.
that would be great.
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Based upon the all-star list, here are the players I think have the best shot at winning the tournament.

Myself (20.2 ppg / Hazen)
Alex Reyes (19 ppg / LR Catholic)
Roger Coridan (17.8 ppg / Don Tyson School of Innovation)
Micah Autrey (18.4 ppg / Morrilton 9th)
Anant Borad (14.67 ppg / Maumelle Charter)
Evan Cole (12.67 ppg / Izard County)*
Aiden Watson (14.5 ppg / Emerson)

*This pick is based purely upon playing against him. He's very, very quick on the buzzer and, in a game where everyone is going to have good knowledge, that's what you need.
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kenna-wh wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:45 pm I have the list, I can email it to both of you if you want.
Yeah shoot me an email
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Re: Arkansas Quiz Bowl 23-24

Post by Somewhere in the Stratosphere »

With Alex Reyes being an elite player at the JH level, (I may be looking too far ahead) could we see LR Catholic taking Russellville's crown in the next few years? 🫣
Michael
Hazen HS Class of '27

Arkansas Quizbowl Co-Statistician, I think
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