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by eseifte1
Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11552

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

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 slo...
by eseifte1
Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11552

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

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 regist...
by eseifte1
Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11552

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

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...
by eseifte1
Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11552

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

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 Hagerst...
by eseifte1
Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11552

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

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 tea...
by eseifte1
Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11552

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

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 INTRO...
by eseifte1
Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MD Quizbowl Championship -- Centennial Regional (2/22/14)
Replies: 6
Views: 3848

Re: MD Quizbowl Championship -- Centennial Regional (2/22/14

When the roster is finalized, I will e-mail the participants about breakfast and lunch opportunities. We will be ordering pizza for lunch for those interested.
watch the previous post for roster changes.
by eseifte1
Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Untitled Oakland Mills Tournament (2/2/14) [HFT]
Replies: 15
Views: 7708

Re: Untitled Oakland Mills Tournament (2/2/14) [HFT]

FYI on the stats.
The individual stats for Centennial A and perhaps for some of the others in our bracket should have been assessed for 7 games not 9 games because of the bye games where we accrued no points.
by eseifte1
Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MD Quizbowl Championship -- Centennial Regional (2/22/14)
Replies: 6
Views: 3848

Re: MD Quizbowl Championship -- Centennial Regional (2/22/14

Current Roster for the Centennial site: Centennial Oakland Mills Long Reach Richard Montgomery Howard I am not including teams going to the College Park or Baltimore site. I will update the roster every few days as teams sign up. Remember only one team per school may register. An experienced reader ...
by eseifte1
Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Untitled Oakland Mills Tournament (2/2/14) [HFT]
Replies: 15
Views: 7708

Re: Untitled Oakland Mills Tournament (2/2/14) [HFT]

Centennial is registering a second team with second buzzer for your tournament.
by eseifte1
Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

The correct location of the Varsity stats can be found here - http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1985/stats/varsity_results/standings/ . The correct location of the JV Novice stats can be found here - http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1985/stats/jv_novice/ . Sorry about overriding last ...
by eseifte1
Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

...based on PPB Manheim Town Ship A "won" with 24.86PPB, OM got "2nd" with 24.79 PPB, and WJ got "3rd" with something around 24PPB. And Blair A actually had the highest PPB of all at 24.93 but was dropped to fifth thanks to a less-than-stellar performance against Manhe...
by eseifte1
Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

I have contacted Chad Kubicek of NAQT regarding our ninth spot eligibility. Awaiting his official response.
by eseifte1
Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

Would our 9th team (by record 3-2 and PPB) qualify also with 58 teams + 2 scabs?
by eseifte1
Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

A big thank you to all the teams, coaches, and volunteers who braved the elements today to attend our tournament. Although we had to end the tournament after 5 rounds, we hope that everyone had an enjoyable time, and that the ride home was not too onerous. Congratulations to Varsity Teams First Plac...
by eseifte1
Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

We have completed our field with 72 teams: 42 on JV and 30 on Varsity. With 2 weeks to go we will institute a waiting list for the expected and inevitable cancellations. WAITING LIST: 1. St. Anselms - 1 JV preferred 2. South Lakes - 1 Varsity preferred We will update the waiting list on this posting...
by eseifte1
Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

With the impending Thanksgiving holiday in less than 2 weeks, we are closing registration on Friday November 22. We have 59 teams registered at this point and we will cap around 64. We will institute a wait-list after November 22 to account for the inevitable dropouts at the last minute.
by eseifte1
Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

In view of the large number of middle school entrants, we will offer fossil prizes to the middle school team that places highest in our tournament.
by eseifte1
Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

We will update the rosters on this posting. JV/Novice: Manheim Township HS - 3 Manheim Township Middle - 1 Easton HS - 1 Walter Johnson HS - 1 Stonewold Quizbowl Alliance (Middle) - 1 Wakefield HS - 1 Burleigh Manor Middle - 4 Longfellow Middle - 2 Robinson HS - 1 Robinson Middle - 1 Atholton HS - 1...
by eseifte1
Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

The Centennial tournament has received Gold certification from PACE: this means that the top 20% of the varsity bracket teams will be eligible for the PACE National Tournament in the DC area in May. The top 15% of the varsity bracket teams will be eligible for the NAQT National Tournament. This tour...
by eseifte1
Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC Metro 2013-14 Date Claim Thread
Replies: 77
Views: 34577

Re: DC Metro 2013-14 Date Claim Thread

Could you add the Green Eggs and Hammond Tournament (Hammond High School, Columbia,MD) for January 11?
They have confirmed this tournament (which they have continued for over 15 years).
Eric Seifter
Coach Centennial
by eseifte1
Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
Replies: 20
Views: 7791

Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)

This is our first announcement for the Centennial High School Tournament in Ellicott City, Maryland to be held on Sunday December 8, 2013 at 8:30 AM (one day after the SATs). For our 9th annual tournament, we will be using NAQT set IS-131A. This question set is an INTRODUCTORY set written to accommo...
by eseifte1
Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

Sorry that link is defective.
Please use the link I posted on the evening of December 2 (up above).
Eric Seifter
by eseifte1
Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

The statistics for the varsity field have been revised accounting for entry errors in 2 games.

Varsity results: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... y_results/

Eric Seifter
Coach Centennial
by eseifte1
Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

In regards to recent posts: I went through all the score sheets by hand (I guess I have OCD also). The stats need to be fixed (two poorly filled out score sheets are to blame: they affected my calculations on that day also. Apparently the scorer never wrote the total points at the bottom but only a ...
by eseifte1
Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:48 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

Somebody needs to create an SQBS package that reports stats by bracket in addition to the final record. That would be most useful.
Eric Seifter
by eseifte1
Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

Thanks Jonathan. I hope the other teams see this.
Eric Seifter
Coach Centennial
by eseifte1
Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

I am working on the PACE and NAQT qualifiers by contacting both organizations. I will let you know. The question is: are the qualifiers determined by ranking within each afternoon bracket (my view) or by final record as reflected in the stats. Clearly teams in weaker brackets can sometimes amass a b...
by eseifte1
Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

The Varsity and Novice statistics can be found in the Tournament Database. I have attached the links below: Varsity results: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1202/stats/varsity_results/ Novice results: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1202/stats/novice__results/ P.S. these statistics...
by eseifte1
Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

Thank you to David Madden for the kind words. David probably recalls that it was his first comment to me after last year's tournament to break the field up into a varsity and novice division (with leeway for upperclassmen with limited experience in quizbowl to play in Novice). I think that was a gre...
by eseifte1
Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

The top 15% of the total number of teams (varsity + novice) will be eligible for the NAQT National Tournament; but only the varsity teams will be in contention for this. PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top ...
by eseifte1
Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

The top 15% of the total number of teams (varsity + novice) will be eligible for the NAQT National Tournament; but only the varsity teams will be in contention for this. PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top ...
by eseifte1
Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

The top 15% of the total number of teams (varsity + novice) will be eligible for the NAQT National Tournament; but only the varsity teams will be in contention for this. PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top ...
by eseifte1
Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

The top 15% of the total number of teams (varsity + novice) will be eligible for the NAQT National Tournament; but only the varsity teams will be in contention for this. PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top ...
by eseifte1
Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

I appreciate the correction from NAQT: The top 15% of the total number of teams (varsity + novice) will be eligible for the National Tournament; but only the varsity teams will be in contention for this. PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certi...
by eseifte1
Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

You are correct (our bad!) PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top 20% of teams in the varsity division(rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for the national high school quizbowl championship, the PA...
by eseifte1
Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top 20% of teams in the varsity division(rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for the national high school quizbowl championship, the PACE NSC . The qualifying tea...
by eseifte1
Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has awarded our tournament gold certification. This means that the top 20% of teams in the varsity division(rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for the national high school quizbowl championship, the PACE NSC . The qualifying tea...
by eseifte1
Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

REGISTRANTS (will be updated weekly) We will most likely cap at 24 for each field! Set your place soon. VARSITY Mount St. Joseph : 2 Springbrook : 1 Robinson : 1 Walter Johnson : 1 Maret : 1 Eleanor Roosevelt : 2 Quince Orchard : 1 Langley : 1 Georgetown Day School : 1 NOVICE Mount St. Joseph : 1 Sp...
by eseifte1
Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

REGISTRANTS (will be updated weekly) We will most likely cap at 24 for each field! Set your place soon. VARSITY Mount St. Joseph : 2 Springbrook : 1 Robinson : 1 Walter Johnson : 1 Maret : 1 Eleanor Roosevelt: 2 Quince Orchard: 1 NOVICE Mount St. Joseph : 1 Springbrook : 1 Easton : 1 Robinson: 1-2 B...
by eseifte1
Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MSU/UD Collaborative Tournament - 10/20, Newark DE
Replies: 23
Views: 12459

Re: MSU/UD Collaborative Tournament - 10/20, Newark DE

I want to agree with others on how well written we found this set. We were impressed that the content was not too esoteric for our novice teams, but did provide a fair competition for our varsity teams. Thank you for hosting this tournament.

Eric Seifter
Coach Centennial High School
by eseifte1
Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

REGISTRANTS (will be updated weekly)

VARSITY
Mount St. Joseph : 2
Springbrook : 1
Robinson : 1

NOVICE
Mount St. Joseph : 1
Springbrook : 1
Easton : 1
Robinson: 1-2



Eric Seifter
Coach Centennial
by eseifte1
Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

REGISTRANTS (will be updated weekly)

VARSITY
Mount St. Joseph : 2
Springbrook : 1

NOVICE
Mount St. Joseph : 1
Springbrook: 1



Eric Seifter
Coach Centennial
by eseifte1
Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

This is our second, and more detailed announcement for the Centennial High School Tournament in Ellicott City, Maryland to be held on Sunday December 2, 2012 at 8:30 AM (one day after the SATs). For our 8th annual tournament, we will be using NAQT set IS-121A. The top 15% of the field qualifies for ...
by eseifte1
Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ANCHORMAN: Richard Montgomery Autumn Novice (10/6/12)
Replies: 35
Views: 27421

Re: ANCHORMAN: Richard Montgomery Autumn Novice (10/6/12)

Centennial High School will send 2 teams for sure.
We are working to see if we can field a third team and perhaps one from our feeder middle school Burleigh Manor.
Eric Seifter
Centennial Coach
by eseifte1
Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
Replies: 112
Views: 57886

Re: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13

Centennial High School will be having its tournament (NAQT-Novice set but open to everyone) hopefully with a Novice Division and Varsity Division on SUNDAY 12/2/12 (a day after the SATs). Thanks to Paul Kirk-Davidoff of OM for already posting this. Blake High School is also running a quiz-bowl tourn...
by eseifte1
Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

We plan to re-register teams at lunch to verify their participation in the afternoon. In addition, if we have sufficient participation, we plan to divide the field into a varsity and junior varsity competition (JV defined as freshmen, sophomores, or first-time quiz bowl tournament players). Of cours...
by eseifte1
Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
Replies: 41
Views: 18850

Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)

This is our first announcement for the Centennial High School Tournament in Ellicott City, Maryland to be held on Sunday December 2, 2012 at 8:30 AM (one day after the SATs). For our 8th annual tournament, we will be using NAQT set IS-121A. The top 15% of the field qualifies for NAQT’s 2013 High Sch...