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Kevin

We had a good start to the season today at Tulane with 18 teams from 12 different schools. Jesuit A went undefeated despite losing their top scorer last year to graduation. I was very impressed with the quality of teams for an early season tournament with a number of schools I hadn't seen at tournam...

Kevin · Re: NAQT IS-A at Tulane 9/27/2014 Can we get a field update?

Can we get a field update?

Kevin

I think they just won the New Orleans phase. Then there's some sort of playoff this weekend in Chicago.

Kevin

Why is Jesuit--a perfectly competent team on good quizbowl questions and probably the best team between Georgia and Texas--always choosing to go to the worst tournaments? This just seems baffling especially since they have so much good QB experience. Because they are perfectly aware that they have ...

Kevin

I heard that Jesuit (New Orleans) will be representing Louisiana.

Kevin

Sorry, I disagree (although I'll concede the point as far as timed tournaments go). I had a tournament with 21 teams split into 3 groups of 7 teams. So I needed 9 moderators. I had 3 really good moderators, a couple of okay college kids, a few of my high schoolers who were okay, and one or two very ...

Kevin

One of the things I learned was that if I have a tournament with multiple preliminary pools, I should put my best moderators together. Yes, this means some teams get stuck with worse moderators, but it also means that if the best moderators can finish more quickly, they can go relieve the weaker mod...

Kevin

My suggestion would be to look at NAQT's You Gotta Know list of authors and works and memorize them if you haven't already, as well as learning their major plot points and characters. On top of this use Quinterest to look up the authors on that list at the high school level and write down their oth...

Kevin

Tournaments are a pretty common way to make money. I'd suggest hosting a middle school tournament. It's probably a little bit cheaper than hosting a high school tournament, and it'll be easier for your team to staff it (you won't be fielding any house teams). It also helps grow the game at the middl...

Kevin

Brief results: Jesuit A went 10-0 to win the title. Jesuit B and Ben Franklin finished tied for second; by mutual consent of the coaches, the runner-up trophy was awarded to Ben Franklin on the basis of better points per bonus (20.37 to 20.19, a difference of just two bonus parts). edit--stats up at...

Kevin

Lunchtime update: Jesuit A (611 PPG, 23.18 PPB) and Ben Franklin (394 PPG, 20.63 PPB) each went 5-0 in their prelim brackets. Other teams advancing to the championship bracket were Jesuit B, Jesuit C, Rummel, and Shaw. Top individual scorers from the prelims: Kevin Yokum, 12th grade, Jesuit A (124 P...

Kevin

Is there anything that makes small schools inherently less competitive than their larger counterparts? If the answer is "no," then I think using an easier set sends the wrong message, regardless of how well or poorly these schools have performed in the past. Perhaps this is too obvious, b...

Kevin

Looks like it'll be Jesuit and Lusher neck and neck this year. Ben Franklin seems to have fallen off a little bit.

Kevin

Field update: Pearl River (1 team, no buzzers) Rummel (1 team, no buzzers) Mt. Carmel (1 team, no buzzers) Jesuit (3 teams, 1 buzzer) Ben Franklin (1 team, 1 buzzer) Shaw (1 team, no buzzers) Brother Martin (1 team, 1 buzzer) Pineville (2 teams, 2 buzzers) We will probably include one house team to ...

Kevin

Lake Castle is a non-religious private school and I think their kids end up all over the place. One kid had a Jesuit t-shirt on, but I heard that Emeka is going to Franklin.

Kevin

Archbishop Chapelle High School will be hosting its 2nd annual fall tournament on Saturday, October 12th. Coaches should register their teams between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. At 8:45 we will have a meeting for all players and coaches. Matches will begin at roughly 9 a.m. and continue until noon. From noon...

Kevin

Thanks to all the teams who attended, and especially to the staffers who helped the tournament run smoothly. Congratulations to Lake Castle for winning the tournament, and to Holy Name C for winning the junior (5th/6th grade) bracket. Congratulations to the top individual scorers: Emeka Emetuche, Tr...

Kevin

Teams attending:

Holy Cross (2 teams)
Holy Name (3 teams)
Immaculate Conception (2 teams)
Lake Castle (? teams)
St. Catherine (1 team)
St. Dominic (2 teams)

Kevin

Archbishop Chapelle High School is proud to announce that we will be holding our first ever middle school quiz bowl tournament on Saturday, September 14th. Registration/check-in for the tournament will take place from 8:00-8:45 a.m., with a welcome meeting for coaches & players at 8:45. Prelimin...

Kevin

When will the stats be up?

Kevin

Thanks again to Tulane for hosting. Seemed to run fairly smoothly, and the question set was pretty solid overall. Not a bad turnout considering it was an ACT date.

Kevin

Any update yet on what building we'll be in?

Kevin

Anyone have any thoughts on the season so far? Looks like Jesuit is the team to beat, at least in the southern half of the state. But Ben Franklin, Lusher, and Lafayette are certainly capable of competing with Jesuit. Anything going on up north?

Kevin

The "Team Detail" page seems to be showing stats from last year's Tulane tournament, but all the other stat pages appear to be correct. Thanks again for hosting!

Kevin

Stats? Or at least a summary of the results?

Kevin

Congratulations on having things run pretty smoothly. I know a few issues came up (as they always do), but they were dealt with pretty smoothly and efficiently, and all the moderators I saw were very good.

Kevin

I may try to put a team together for that Murrah tournament. Jackson is only three hours away from the New Orleans area, Meridian is about the same, and Hattiesburg, Natchez, Biloxi, etc. are all closer than that; hopefully in the future we can attract a few more teams from MS to tournaments in New ...

Kevin

Golran wrote:Were all teams from Louisiana?

Yes. And all were from the metro New Orleans area except for Lafayette, Anacoco, and Dutchtown.

Kevin

Playoff standings available here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1083/stats/playoffs/ Thanks to all the teams who came. I'm sorry things ran a more slowly than we'd all have liked, but I hope you enjoyed the questions and the tournament. Note: neither the prelim nor playoff stats include t...

Kevin

Jesuit A defeated Jesuit B in Round 11 to force a tiebreaker over a half-packet, then won on the last question. 1st place: Jesuit A 9-1 (won tiebreaking game) 2nd place Jesuit B 9-1 3rd place: Lafayette 8-2 4th place: Ben Franklin 7-3 5th place: Anacoco 6-4 6th place: Lusher B 4-6 Complete standings...

Kevin

Updates: Location : We will be holding the tournament on the 2nd floor of our main building. Enter the campus from Veterans Blvd. Drive straight through the parking lot in front. There will be a round building on your left. Go past that and keep driving until you reach the next large parking lot, an...

Kevin

I'm planning on it. I'll probably provide the packets for free, but if printing costs won't allow that I may charge a small fee.

Kevin

Field update as of September 25th:

Holy Cross (1 team)
Brother Martin (1)
St. Martin's (2)
Ben Franklin (2)
Mt. Carmel (1)
Anacoco (1)
Dutchtown (2)
Jesuit (3)
Lusher (2)
Lafayette (1)
Sacred Heart (2)
Shaw (2)
Catholic-New Iberia (1)
Rummel (1)

Kevin

Are any of these events open to Mississippi schools?[/b][/i] I can't speak for everyone, but you're certainly more than welcome to attend the tournament we'll be hosting at Chapelle HS in Metairie. More info here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13439 Also, I would expect that ...

Kevin

On behalf of Archbishop Chapelle High School I am announcing our First Annual Fall Quiz Bowl Tournament. The tournament will take place on Saturday, September 29th. Registration will be from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m., with tournament rounds beginning at approximately 9:15. Coffee and donuts will be provided...

Kevin

I'm not sure what happened with the March tournament at Lafayette HS--I don't know if it was a matter of the date getting moved around to avoid conflicting with LAAC or what. Their fall tournament went pretty well and had a good turnout. At first I was more of the "build it and they will come&q...

Kevin

FWIW I was probably going to send a team to NAQT State in Baton Rouge; then I saw nothing about it on this forum, didn't get an e-mail about it, and only saw it on the NAQT website. So I sent a team to an LAAC-format tournament at Franklin, and it's safe to say the questions were just as bad as I re...

Kevin

Bump for field update?

Kevin

I received an e-mail from Lafayette HS saying that they were looking to host a tournament (using NAQT IS questions) and were planning on a March 10th. But then I received another e-mail from them saying that LAAC regionals were that day. Also, if it's like it was back when I was in high school, LAAC...

Kevin

Does Byrd do LAAC? Apparently the LAAC state championship is scheduled for the 31st, possibly eliminating yet another date for Tulane's tournament.

Kevin

As far as Literary Rally goes, the word I got from my principal is that it'll be done by 10 a.m. in New Orleans. (I think that for most subjects it's just a one-hour written test, and people can only attend in one subject, so they couldn't take more than one. Maybe it's different in other parts of L...

Kevin

Any idea what the distribution will be for each packet of 20/20 or 21/21? (Those guidelines are 24/24 for a packet-submission tournament). Also, could you give us an idea of the difficulty level you're aiming for by pointing us toward some similar previous tournaments? I'm optimistic we'll be able t...

Kevin

It seems, unfortunately, that there are very few people involved with Louisiana high school programs active on the boards here. It also appears that most of the active programs are geared toward the LAAC format (complete with worksheet and lightning rounds) or toward Questions Unlimited tournaments....

Kevin

It's looking like we should be able to send a team or two to this.

Kevin

Repeats: seemed like a ton. Two separate Vatican II tossups (albeit with very little overlap), Ficciones coming up at least three times (twice as an answer), Vermeer coming up a couple times, etc. There also seemed to be some odd distributions; the Minnesota packet had toss-ups on Pathetique and Mus...

Kevin

FSU A won by going 7-1, with Ahmad (USF) beating Billy (FSU B) on the last toss-up in a game that kept Billy from finishing 7-1 and forcing a tie-breaker game. I was really hoping to get through ten rounds plus any playoffs needed, but unfortunately the late start we had plus not getting a good read...

Kevin

Quick update after four games of a six-team double round robin:

1st: FSU B (aka Billy)
2nd: FSU A
3rd: USF (aka Ahmad)

Kevin

I think this whole discussion of an "in-crowd" is largely irrelevant to the rank-and-file membership of a typical program. I think most college players don't even read this message board or even know it exists. Obviously, most of the players at the top-tier programs are pretty involved in ...

Kevin

In general, the primary goal of this tournament is to provide a high quality trash tournament against a national field to crown a trash national champion. I would certainly hope that both college-based teams and teams with individuals well over the college age will attend this tournament. That I ca...

Kevin

On a slightly unrelated note, I'd love to see a widely-mirrored, packet-submission trash tournament along the lines of GARBAGE to be paired with ACF Fall or another fall tournament, so that teams traveling to a fall academic tournament have a chance to play some trash, too. I think it's the sort of ...

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