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Wright State University (Dayton, OH) will host its annual Rowdy Raider Invitational on Saturday, December 3rd. This tournament annually draws some of the best teams from Ohio, Kentucky and beyond and we expect another strong field this year. We have been assigned NAQT's IS-109, which is currently no...

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I don't believe that the packets were too hard for the lower level teams for the most part. My JV team, who finished 44th and had 90% of its scoring come from an 8th grader (albeit a very good one), saw very few toss-ups go dead on Sunday. Their bonus conversion wasn't very high, but that is not une...

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Phil,
Northmont will not be in attendance this year. I will be in Arizona for a conference that weekend.

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Here is a link to the Ohio State Winter Tournament which used set 16:
http://www.createphpbb.com/oac/viewtopi ... mforum=oac

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I know for a fact that I had an email from Bob indicating what set was being used (since I had not seen Jasper's post on the Ohio board about the set), but I am not sure if it was from correspondence sent to just me or to everyone (I no longer have that email, as Bob sent numerous emails out after t...

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Bringing it with you the day of is fine- I am more concerned about some of the local teams who I have had no show in the past without having sent payment. I'm not concerned at all about teams who travel regularly! Looking forward to having you!

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We have at least one spot open in the field now after a couple teams dropped and I move some waiting list teams around. I am holding back Northmont B as a standby team in case someone doesn't show the day of the event, so I would prefer to not plug them into the last spot right now. If any other tea...

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The field for this year's event is currently full, and we have now started a waiting list. I ask that teams please send in their registration forms ASAP- if you have indicated that you would like to attend, but no longer can, please let me know so that I can move a team up from the waiting list. If ...

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You're in! Thanks.

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Thanks Saajid- I appreciate the kind words. Anyone interested in attending who has not already confirmed with me might want to do so soon. I never imagined that a December tournament might sell out in August, but with several Ohio schools starting back this week, I expect that we might be to our 36 ...

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Got it Scott. Thanks!

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Emails went out today with information about the event to teams who have attended in the past, or teams whose emails I had and thought might want to attend. If your school did not get an email from me, but would like to attend, please PM me with an email address and I will get info out to you ASAP. ...

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Right now, just one team for Northmont. I may be able to round up a second, but that will depend upon how our recruiting drive for new students goes once school starts. I will let you know if that number changes.

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Edited to remove temporay field- see full field plus waiting list below.

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Matt,
Please reserve a spot for Northmont to play at your event on November 20. Let me know if there is any paperwork I need to complete to officially register.
Thanks!
David

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While there may be a handful of teams who would not come if trash / non-academic material was reduced or eliminated, I don't think it would be an "irreplaceable" group. For instance, I would venture to guess that 90-95% of the teams in the Southwest Ohio region that I am familiar with have...

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Wright State University will be hosting our 5th annual Rowdy Raider Invitational on Saturday, December 4th. This event will be using a standard NAQT IS Set (I will post the set when I learn what it is). This event drew the best field of any Ohio event this year, and from what I am hearing, should be...

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Matt, If we can work out so that Wright State and Louisville are using different sets, I will bring Northmont down for this event (I am the host at WSU, so that event has to take precedence). The 20th works well for us. Thank you for looking at a date change- hopefully both events draw large fields-...

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This tournament is canceled due to several team cancellations.

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Very impressive....and I am happy to say that the four after Neil are the core of Team Ohio for the All-Star tournament. Well done fellas!!

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I would definetly put Culver above us, as they pounded us at their event two weeks ago. Could have been the set, but they were right there with DCC that day. Given some of the Skype practices we have had for the All-State team, Olmsted could knock us off too, as Jim has improved much more than any o...

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We read 15 rounds of toss-ups from an NAQT College DI packet. We kept track of points per subject area, and developed a team based upon specialists and generalists that we thought gelled well together. We had 16 kids show up, so we divided them into 2 groups of 8, where they played toss-ups as indiv...

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This past weekend, the top quiz bowl players in Ohio gathered at Ohio State to try out for "Team Ohio" at the HSAPQ National All Star Tournament. After 15 rounds of questions, selections have been made, and the following players will be submitted to HSAPQ for approval. Jarret Greene (Capta...

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You have no idea how honored I am to know that my event has spawned a Joe Wells Ghetto Open tournament. I am so proud!!! We have an awesome field of teams and readers assembled for Saturday, so as long as teams don't lose their cards / take the wrong card, it should be a really good event. Luckily, ...

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Thats no problem at all.

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Thanks Fred- even though my tournament is OAC, we usually draw most of the best teams in the state. I appreciate you considering a date change.

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The final field is set for Rowdy Raider IV, and we now have a waiting list. I am holding firm at 32 teams, since we will use the NAQT nationals format of a card system for the prelims, which works best for me when I have 32 teams. The field is: Adair County (KY) Anthony Wayne (OH) Copley (OH) Danvil...

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We usually do registration from 8-8:45, with a short team meeting at 8:45 so that we can start play by 9. We will do 5 rounds, then lunch, then a guaranteed 3 more rounds in the afternoon. That should take us to about 2:30 or 3. Then, the top 4 teams play for the championship, which should conclude ...

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I've got you down, and have updated the current field above.

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Bump with a field update- this is quickly developing into one of the better fields for a midwest event. I expect it to fill within a week, so if anyone is interested, please let me know ASAP.

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We are currently up to 19 teams, and I just sent my email blast out to our local teams. I have to put a cap at 32 given space and reader constraints, so I would say that if you enter in the next week or so, you should be OK. You might be OK after that, but I can't make any promises.

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On-line registration is now available. We already have a very good field building, and would love to have additional out of state schools attend to complement our strong field from Ohio.

You may register by going to: http://www.wright.edu/cupa/rri/

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I had a similar question. Why are you using two IS-A sets? We are playing an event on 89-A already, and would be interested in attending to play on IS-87A, but obviously could not if the other set is being used.

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Updated Registration List (27 out of 32 teams): Adair County (KY) Anthony Wayne (OH) Copley (OH) Danville (KY) (x2) Dunbar (KY) (x2) Fisher Catholic (OH) Fleming County (KY) Grayson County (KY) (x2) MVCTC (OH) Northmont (OH) Olmsted Falls (OH) (x2) St. Charles (OH) (x2) Simon Kenton (KY) Solon (OH) ...

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I am going to go out on a limb and say that Walnut will win both state titles this year. Grunder can reload like nobody else, and with Jon, Max and Rachel back, I see them as a virtual lock. Solon can probably give them a run in NAQT, and as much as it pains me to say since I hate the format, we mig...

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Wright State University would like to invite you to participate in the 4th Annual Rowdy Raider Invitational. This event will be held on the campus of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday, December 5th. We will use NAQT questions, and have been assigned IS-88 . All teams will be guaran...

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You removed Northmont from the list- have you not received the check I sent last week?

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Phil- did you get my email about Northmont's participation in the Goldfish tournament. I put the check in the mail yesterday, so you should have it very soon.

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All winners of varsity brackets were placed into the top bracket. I am assuming that Village Academy had asked to play in the JV division (like you had at OSU three weeks earlier), as the other teams you played in the morning consisted of another varsity team who had asked to play JV, 3 C teams and ...

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I would assume that since the morning matches decided the afternoon bracketing, the finishing order in the top bracket would be the top 6, bracket two finished 7-12, etc. I don't think that a team that went 0-5 in the morning to tank into the lowest bracket would be a national qualifier, particularl...

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Yeah, it does sound like they are short moderators. I think Bob has six moderators committed from teams, though I am sure that some of the NE Ohio regulars (Bossick, Sharp, Gutscher, et al.) will be in attendance as well, so it may not be as dire as it appears (though I am sure they will be scrambli...

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Thanks for the compliments- this has been a long time coming. Yeah, we were without one of our varsity players at New Trier (her parents wouldn't let her go because there was 8 inches of snow on the ground when we left) and played short handed, though I don't think she would have helped with the com...

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The 3rd edition of the Rowdy Raider Invitational wrapped up this afternoon with some tremendous teams and matches. Outside of one bracket being considerably easier than the other 2 (due to the Olmsted Falls withdraw and some teams not being nearly as good as I predicted), things ran very smoothly. W...

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Nope, not me. Science Olympiad and I are not friends :-)

(Due to: 1- my dislike of science and 2- the fact that it caused my captain (who did quiz bowl and SO) to miss the NAQT state championship 2 years ago)

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Oh ok, we're very familiar with that format. Will teams be of 4 or 5?

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We're not too much to be scared of on the national scene...we're pretty decent in Ohio but have never played Illinois format, so it will be new for us. I definetly wanted to get another tournament in during December to avoid a 6 week layoff. We had a long layoff last year and laid an egg when we sta...

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Bump, with revised field- I will be starting a waiting list after I get to 24 teams pending payment. 22 of 24 in so far..... Copley Defiance Findlay Fisher Catholic Greenville Indian Hill Lancaster (2 teams) Loveland (2 teams) Miami Valley School MVCTC Northmont Russell (KY) Simon Kenton (KY) St. Ch...

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I have the same problem at Wright State when trying to place Yellow Springs into a color coded division!!

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Anyone looking to attend- we are down to 5 spots left....1 if those expressing interest confirm in the next few days. Tournament Field Copley Defiance Findlay Fisher Catholic Indian Hill Lancaster (2 teams) Miami Valley School MVCTC Northmont Russell (KY) Simon Kenton (KY) St. Charles (2 teams) Tipp...

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Copley High School hosted their No Frills tournament yesterday. Format was 4 quarters- toss-up, TU/bonus, rapid fire, toss-up. Red Bracket Hawken A 7 - 0 North Olmsted A 6 - 1 Fisher Catholic 5 - 2 Beachwood A 3 - 4 Kenston 2 - 5 Cloverleaf B 2 - 5 Solon B 2 - 5 Badger 1 - 6 White Bracket Copley A 7...

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