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As a first-time PACE advisor [having played in three NAQTs for Livonia Churchill HS, 2000-2002], I had a marvelous time. Kudos to Dan and Jessie from the U. of Maryland and Young Ambassadors David Bykowski and Matt Weiner for their work, at PACE in particular and around the high school circuit gener...

At least there's some spice in the Michigan discussions now. I was growing bored when the Floridians and Georgians were taking up all the bandwidth in this forum. As much as we all hate MSU States, one good thing - the double-elimination format means that neither I, nor anyone else, should whine abo...

Thanks for the advice regarding Panasonic - more precisely, to stay away from Panasonic. I also forgot about the really annoying three-hour waits between games in MSU states, because of the losers' bracket games taking so long. Troy and DCD are the only complete teams in MI. Sure, Will (Petoskey) or...

I wonder which part of the state Dunbar is located? Also, I noticed Clay County among the first-round losers in the Kentucky state tournament. I spent my college spring break on a Christian Appalachian Project house in Clay County and met many wonderful folks there. Glad to hear of their QB team in ...

Considering that the MSU states tournament determines MI's Panasonic team, I'd stop short of calling it "hideous garbage". Also, unlike NAQT states at U-Mich, MSU states actually earns some local media coverage. The MSU states questions, while not awful, are still bad. I do like the format...

Dr. Chuck, Good to hear from you. I'm sorry it has taken so long to respond, but I have just returned from a Habitat project in SE Kentucky for spring break. You can reach me by e-mail at ardanows@msu.edu. I am not on the Okemos H.S. faculty, so I do not have a school e-mail address. Sincerely, ~Jas...

Bonuses. Period.