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Good luck to all Alabama teams as nationals start this weekend.

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Hi there everyone! I'm a student from Enterprise High School. I'm pretty sure I'm the first student from my school to create an account here. I absolutely love quizbowl and I'm excited for the state tournament. (At the same time, however, I'm worried our team is gonna get crushed. I just want us to...

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I'd like to wish the best of luck to West Point and Good Hope as they represent the great state of Alabama (and Cullman county!) at SSNCT this weekend. Go warriors and raiders.

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I predict West Point with a top 10 finish.

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To the guy that wrote the "Trump handshake" question- I wasn't really clear on what that question was asking for. The same thing was true for the TU on "crime" in the first round. Also, my teammates voiced concerns about the TU length being overly long for a community college field. Other than that,...

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I'm bored again so I'm going to do another ranking of Alabama high school teams. Maybe it's accurate, maybe it's not. I still consider it fun either way so here ya go. 1) Hoover (Previous: #2 Hogan, #1 Henry)- Undeniably Alabama's top dogs, leaving everybody else in the dust. Their top 4 finish at f...

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You could try reaching out to nearby businesses; usually they're happy to support. GoFundMe pages are an option but the likelihood you'd get any yield from that is slim to none. In high school I got monetary help from a lot of my family members but for the most part my team was funded based on how I...

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Andrew, It is probably your best bet to refer to the NAQT Alabama schedule here: https://www.naqt.com/schedule.jsp?hs=true&one-day=true&extended=true&state=AL&distance=100&postal_code= . There is also one located at the top of the Alabama thread of the National Comparisons which also may be helpful ...

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I once got so angry that I stormed out of the room after the opposing team got the tiebreaker tossup, this coming after me tying the game on the last question and getting 20 (I think) on the bonus. What stung even worse was that this was the third time we'd played this particular team that year and ...

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Just finished my HSQB preseason poll so I figured I would rank my top 10 Alabama teams as well. Enjoy. 1) James Clemens - Coming off a win at ASCA state and probably one of the deepest runs ever made by an Alabama team at HSNCT, Sharath heads into his senior year with some competent backup rising th...

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Most all community colleges in the state of Alabama offer scholarships for quizbowl.

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Thanks once again to Mr Henry for hosting another awesome tournament at West Point this weekend, my team had a blast competing. Best of luck to everyone competing at nats in a couple of weeks. I think Alabama teams have enjoyed another highly successful season to say the least.

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Back on the 4th of March of this year, a bunch of hicks from Fairview kept pace with Alabama "Small School" state champs East Lawrence and eventually beat them on the last tossup. Might not mean much to anyone else but I think it qualifies as an "upset" and deserves a mention.

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I know this has only been said about a hundred times, but I'd like to reiterate it on the forum- I'd like to extend congratulations to not only West Point for a great finish at SSNCT this weekend (8TH!!!), but also to East Lawrence, Good Hope, Ashville, and any other Alabama teams I am missing for b...

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Are there any concrete details regarding NASAT tryouts?

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Due to scholarship offers, I can definitely say that I will be taking my talents to Wallace State Community College in scenic Hanceville, Alabama where I intend to play on the quizbowl team.

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We had a great tournament, as always, at CCA yesterday. Thanks to the Sheldons once again for putting it all on. There weren't a whole lot of teams there but it was good practice for ASCA State for Fairview and Russellville. Top teams were: 1. Itawamba (6-1, lost to Fairview) 2. Russellville (6-1, l...

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jjjjjared wrote:So, how about tryouts for NASAT?

I have been wondering myself. I think we can all say that there is plenty of interest in Alabama for forming a team. Hope to hear details soon.

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I agree with Sharath; West Point deserves to be much higher up there. From experience playing them, they are extremely well-balanced in various subject areas and they even broke the ASCA record for points scored in a single game this year. EDIT: We at Fairview were extremely excited to even make it ...

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At the West Point/Cullman site: West Point cleared the field in pool A going 5-0 and the runner-up was Russellville at 4-1. Arab mopped the floor with Pool B at 5-0. Fairview finished as the runners-up at 3-2 with a last-question upset of East Lawrence. Both teams had a record of 3-2 (Fairview had a...

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I feel your pain. I have to do every bit of the fundraising for our team. My best advice to you would be to try and extort money from your grandparents or other people close to you that will blindly give you money if you can give them a good enough reason. That's how my team has a lot of its money. ...

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Add me to that list of requests.

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Another obvious one, but maybe somebody could start a brand new blog series?

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Would anybody be interested in a tournament at Fairview on April 8? Now I get that it's THE DAY AFTER ASCA State but that was the only date that didn't have a major conflict with AP Study Sessions or the Alabama state quizbowl calendar. I can't confidently say that this is happening but there is a m...

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I can confirm that the idea of hosting a tournament was shot down by Fairview's coach. It looks that if someone our area won't take it, then the idea for an Alabama Prison Bowl mirror is dead in the water (sorry, Luke).

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Hello all, I have a very good friend and teammate that will be attending of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama in the fall and he is hoping to start a quizbowl team there. I agreed to put out a feeler for him on the HSQB forums looking for any Shoals area/NW Mississippi/South Tenne...

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I have also been asked to gauge interest for an Alabama mirror of Prison Bowl. I think it would be really cool to see it run in our state. However, my school would not be the best place to do it. At all. I hope we can get somebody to take it.

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Many thanks to Dr Dean and all at Buckhorn for a very well-run tournament on Saturday. Now- ASCA regionals are in just under two weeks. Best of luck to all competing.

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Quick results from the Wallace-Hanceville district: Moving on from Pool A: 1. West Point 2. Ellkmont 3. Good Hope Moving on from Pool B: 1. Arab 2. Fairview 3. St. Bernard Notes: West Point once again dominates, breaking the state record for points scored in a game with 660 of a possible 700. Arab i...

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I am resurrecting this thread because I would like to know if there are any recommendations for songs to listen to before a match. I usually jam a bunch of dragon-slaying power metal like Manowar, DragonForce, etc, with some Eminem and Wiz Khalifa thrown in for good measure. I am open to any suggest...

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ASCA districts are one week away now... do we have any predictions? I won't make any predictions because I'm not necessarily in the position to do so. However, a few questions are looming... Will there be any major upsets? Will Huntsville or Grissom do very well considering neither of them have play...

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The tournament at CCA has been postponed to April 1. Only 4 of the original 23 teams had expressed interest for this Saturday.

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I want to extend the greatest of thanks to Chandler, Hulsey, and the entire Good Hope crew for putting on such a well-run tournament today. Everything ran smoothly and my team was able to get in nine rounds well before 3. The adrenaline-pumping final between James Clemens and Hoover to me showed how...

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My advice to you (and your team) is to wait until you hear a term or phrase in the question that you can closely associate with what you think the answer might be. If you can at least make a highly educated and accurate guess, then don't fault yourself too much for negging something. It's always an ...

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Any word from JV/SS regionals?

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This is a very talented field. I look forward to playing against some very competitive opposition.

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I would be interested in a players' poll as well.

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Did the Covenant Christian tournament happen, or was it a victim of "snowmageddon"?

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1. What keeps you doing quizbowl? Rather, what keeps you going, even in the face, say, getting slaughtered in a game? For me, it's that in quizbowl I am a team leader, someone that people are looking to to guide the team through adversity faced in our competition, a role I have nowhere else in life...

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Will this be power-matching or round robin format?

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Speaking of Spring tournaments... Good Hope is still hoping to run a tournament again this year in the early Spring, and I've agreed to help organize/run it. Do the players/coaches who frequent this board have a personal preference in Spring dates? February 4th is probably a no-go for me since that...

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Hey, umm. There was a tournament in Enterprise and the stats are on NAQT's website if anyone cares? https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=7410&playoffs=true It looks as if Venu Reddy is a force to be reckoned with if he's averaging over 140 PP20TUH, and he along with James C...

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I couldn't find anywhere else in this forum that note taking is discussed in depth, so I'll start with this. I keep a notebook right by my side whenever I'm doing anything quizbowl related, including taking notes while packet reading as well as during practices and matches and then pore over my note...

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As a team captain I can tell you this- To me it makes me feel much better when each player on my team answers a tossup/tossups and the team collectively bands together to defeat an opponent rather than when I wind up running up the score and beating somebody on my own. Collectively supporting your t...

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I don't know what the deal is, but freshmen show up by the droves to our high school's practices every year. This wasn't the case my own freshman year; I was the only freshman on a senior-laden squad. Our school does have somewhat of a middle-to-high school pipeline, though our middle school team ju...

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My team has tried a GoFundMe campaign before; it didn't necessarily turn out all that well but I think success depends on how much local support there is for your school. I even put up flyers begging for donations at every store within a 25-mile radius but after a week or two they had all been taken...

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Mark Fairview down for one team, please. Also, if possible, could we get a field update?

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I figured that since this thread hasn't been posted in in over two months, I'd give it a bump because I'd honestly hate to see it stagnate. However, I think there are a few dates that should be added to the calendar at the top of the thread: December 10 (Sat): West Point Invitational (Cullman) [IS-1...

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I'm assuming you're the team coach, so correct me if I'm wrong. But to throw in my tidbit of advice, just be as into the game as your players are. Get excited about it. That helps more than anything. If you can get them going to a decent amount of tournaments, then that experience adds up- and in a ...

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