Oh my. I was really confused about why you would write that until I saw that it was posted April 1st. DOH!
Random thought: where are all the senior quizbowlers going to college next year?
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- Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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I had similar feelings toward an article in our local paper this year about the Masonic regional. The reporter wrote almost exactly how you describe, with a list of mostly junk topics and a list of questions that were asked during the day. It was incredibly sad to me because most of the questions th...
- Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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I also about lost it when a guy came in, stood next to our team and took like 17 flash pictures, then came back for more ten minutes later. Granted it is the Mason's meet and thus they can do what they want with it (in addition to the match being pretty much decided by then), but I would have expect...
- Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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NCIC Tournament results: Varsity 1. Sterling 2. IVC (Chillicothe) 3. Princeton 4. Hall F/S 1. Lasalle-Peru 2. Sterling Also, thanks to the IHSSBCA for putting on the Team Illinois selection event today. It was fun, despite the fact that I suck at Panasonic format (negs and I don't get along). Though...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: YES! Saddam Hussein is DEAD
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I think the U.S. wanted to let the Iraqis handle the process to alleviate concerns that the trials would be set up and run by the U.S., and therefore be somehow illegit. I think there is some merit in that making that decision. I also think there was a lot of fear (irrational or not) (or hope in the...
- Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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Results from the Sterling Invitational: 1. Wheaton North 2. Moline 3. Sterling 4. Winnebago Consolation: Boylan Geneseo, Byron, and I believe Charleston also made the afternoon Bonnie Jain from Moline had the most tossups in the morning with 34. The scary part is that we only had 4 rounds, that he i...
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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I would think it unethical to not inform top teams that they would all be put in the same morning pool, but at the same time if I was a top team I would want to go to those meets. It gives experience in terms of playing good teams all morning, and not having those 4 or 5 rounds of warm-up rounds bef...
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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Friarup, is that a joke about the distance? And as for this whole A team/B team discussion, I'm not sure what went on, but I remember being mad at some other teams sophomore year because we would beat an A team in the morning, then lose to them in the afternoon when they combined their team in to on...
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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- Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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- Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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WWSouth was 5th, Sterling 6th, not sure about the other two. And as for the questions: I was NOT a fan of the superwhatevertheheck bonuses, but I suppose that's just personal bias against nonacademic topics. And the whole day seemed extremely math and science heavy. Not bad questions overall though,...
- Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stock phrases
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- Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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- Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Trending up & down
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- Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38582
- Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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- Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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- Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
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Well put Brad and everyone. I understand the knowledge versus speed argument. I think the best example I can remember is our upset of Auburn at Masonic State last year. We got something like 13 tossups but were still tied at the end of 20 questions because they were wiping up our bonuses. We all (qu...
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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Sterling is headed to Richards this week. And I believe there is a Rockford Boylan meet on the week of the Streator Rotary or one of the weeks being discussed, which is where we will be. As for the Rotary meet, the only negative I can recall is a moderator sticking to paper infallibility when our co...
- Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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The first afternoon round was actually Sterling vs. Morrison (We had what can only be called a TOTAL implosion and still only ended up losing by 80 points or so) Auburn must have played Rock Island I'm not 100% about the others. Do other teams find that they have a big performance dropoff going from...
- Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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Responses to Siva and other comments on the questions: 1. To teams as powerful as Auburn, I can definitely see those questions being construed as easy. But you have to stop and think about all levels of teams competing. In the morning, even we won all our matches by 100 points or more and broke 300 ...
- Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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And I suppose I should post the results from Sterling as best as I remember them: 1. Auburn (John Brown and Siva-All Tournament) 2. Morrison (Eliot Driver-Top Morning Scorer) 3. Moline (Bonnie Jain-AT....I recognized him from PBS when he won the National Geo Bee last year, which makes him a freshman...
- Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 292415
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38582
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38582
- Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
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At an unrecalled varsity tournament: What are buildings for? A: People. Last night at a HORRIBLE local meet: Why is it bad for your health to be overweight? How many days of the week end in y? From a Wheaton North fresh-soph: Bonus: Stand up and point to the location of the following body parts on a...
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 292415
'Twas a fun time. I felt decent about my performance, and at least got a category ribbon (if Current Events qualifies as a real category lol). And for the record, I would have gotten that governor handout during the finals. It is always fun to see the best of the best go at it like that, and Congrat...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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I'm flattered by the above. I really have to say I would call it an upset if I made the finals. After going through Northwestern, I don't consider myself on anywhere near the same level as Carlo, Stoncius, etc. I got killed by Stoncius at Team Illinois last year, and I wouldn't expect that result to...
- Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
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Siv, I'm pretty sure the PSAT is only offered on those two days. Here in Sterling, all of the juniors who took the PSAT took it on the Wednesday (or whatever it was). Of course, there was only like 30 of us :roll: And for some PSAT related whining, I missed National Merit SF by one stupid algebra mi...
- Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Brad Fisher or whatever his name is and you
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3480
Brad Fisher or whatever his name is and you
We never did manage to beat Brad, but our Masonic State fluke victory over Auburn is now a Sterling High School QB legend. What can I say, they asked our questions. Of course, that set us up for some brutal regional revenge, but it was well worth it.