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We expanded our field cap to 24 and in the process of finding more moderators to accomodate a field cap of 30 now.

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Looks like we hit our field cap. Any further registrations I get will be put on the waitlist until I determine whether we have enough moderators to expand the cap.

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Thread bump to announce early registration deadline is today. We have 10 teams signed up so we're nearing our initial cap of 18 teams.

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If it helps, we're bringing a couple of extras to rotate into our teams. If you need some scabs, we can volunteer two players.

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I can now confirm the February 18th date as the NCIS 2. We're planning on a vendor set for this tournament.

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I am happy to announce our 6th annual Cave Spring Invitational (CSI) will take place at Cave Spring High School in scenic southwest Virginia. We've scheduled our tournament for November 19, 2011. AFFILIATION: We are now PACE-affiliated. QUESTIONS: The questions were written in-house by members of th...

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Cave Spring would like to claim November 19th for the CSI VI, a housewrite, and either February 4th or the 18th for the NCIS II, which will hopefully be a vendor set. Before committing to the NCIS date, I'd like to know if the VHSL State tournament date has been set. We'd like to set our NCIS tourna...

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warhammerempire wrote:
People should register for this.
Seconded. I mean, AP exams aren't that big of a deal, are they?

We'd love to come to this tournament but not only is it the start of AP exams, it's also the last day of our spring break. For some reason, my kids have terrible priorities. :P

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Results? Enquiring minds want to know. Enloe came in 1st over Early College at Guilford in a very impressive final round. They won by a considerable margin of 200+ points with only Natan and Alex representing Enloe. Cave Spring A won 3rd over Carrboro A (I think). Cave Spring B, the JV team, won th...

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Bob... have you had your nap yet? Are stats ready? I can SQBS them for you if you send me the data. Thanks for the kind words, Matt. I do, indeed, have the stats done. I actually had them done for awhile. I was just dealing with prep work for VHSL States but that's no excuse. Anyway, here's a link ...

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Short update on results... Raleigh Charter A went undefeated on the day and took first place. Blacksburg came in 2nd with Roanoke Valley Governor's School placing 3rd. Raleigh Charter B almost made things complicated by nearly creating a three way tie for 2nd but it came down to the last question an...

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Updated the list of teams. Also, those of you who are attending, please show up some time between 8 and 9 am for registration. Breakfast will be provided, free of charge. The first round will start shortly thereafter. It looks like we'll do a round robin, unless somebody is dead set against it.

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brohan5 wrote:So what is the final list of teams?

The list is being updated as soon as I get registrations in. We're still taking in teams and we're waiting for others to sign up. The final list probably won't be updated until a few days before the tournament.

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Region IV Tournament (Roanoke, VA) Round 1 Cave Spring 355 v. Richlands 70 (RR1 v. SW3) Patrick County 140 v. Abingdon 165 (PD2 v. SW2) Grundy 150 v. Christiansburg 290 (SW1 v. RR2) Blacksburg 260 v. Tunstall 115 (RR3 v. PD1) Round 2 Cave Spring 325 v. Abingdon 60 Christiansburg 210 v. Blacksburg 1...

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VHSL River Ridge District Season * Christiansburg played a solid season and ended up with the first seed and an undefeated season. Very well-balanced team and did a great job. Actually, if you were to look at the scores for many of the matches, a lot of them were extremely close. Some determined by...

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Last day to qualify for the early registration deadline. Sign up while there's room.

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The Cave Spring High School Academic Team is happy to announce a new spring tournament being held at our school (3712 Chapparal Dr., Roanoke, VA, 24018) on February 19, 2011. The NCIS (Nerdy Competition In Style or Nerds Competing in Style) will be a vendor set and is scheduled the week before VHSL ...

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Final stats are posted here: http://members.cox.net/~kamikaze1/2010Stats.xls

Blacked out and no scores were due to the fact that a few teams left before the tournament was over (e.g., Salem C).

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Climactic finish to the CSI V this year. Never seen a final match end so close. Christiansburg beat out Blacksburg A 225-210. Blacksburg needed the last tossup and to run the whole bonus. They got the last tossup but dropped 2 of the last 3. I believe Salem A met New Kent A in the 3rd place match. A...

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Last day to register is tomorrow although it looks as if we got all the usual suspects and then some. An informational e-mail will be going out soon detailing what you need to know for Saturday. Basically show up between 8 and 8:45, meeting is at 9, and first round will start shortly thereafter. Loo...

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Today is the last day to qualify for early registration. If you want to claim it, just send me an e-mail some time today.

We're also working on a discounted hotel rate with a nearby place. I'll post that when we got it worked out. Thanks.

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What a bummer we're holding ours on the 13th, also. I'd like to defend my coaches' title as well as competing in the Guitar Hero tournament. I've been practicing. Yeah, sorry about that. We really do enjoy going to your tournament as well but unfortunately, this was the only practical date we could...

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I am happy to announce our 5th annual Cave Spring Invitational (CSI) will take place at Cave Spring High School in scenic southwest Virginia. We've scheduled our tournament for November 13, 2010 as it was the only fall date the school would be available for on the weekends. The format of the untimed...

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This is a tentative bid for two possible dates. We have it penciled on our school's calendar and reserved the dates but nothing has been finalized until our new assistant principal takes over the reins of scheduling. Until then, I'd like to claim these dates: November 13th for our CSI V and February...

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rchschem wrote:Stats?

Yes, please. However, I'm not sure if we're going to get them anytime soon. Aren't they in the middle of exams right now?

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Is there a field update on this tourney?

Also, I sent an e-mail to the above listed address and I never got an answer to my questions. Anyway, we're interested. We can bring at least 1 team, possibly up to 3. We can bring up to 3 buzzer systems and supply maybe 1 moderator, if needed.

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I feel that an attempt to move the competition at least one more time should have been made. I would have enjoyed watching Cave Spring and Salem fight for the chance to represent Region IV. Perhaps it was not possible to move the competition again; I really do not know. I have to agree. We were in ...

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Blacksburg and Tazwell now advance from Region IV after that tournament was canceled. The teams were selected based on points from the district tournaments. To be more specific, and from what it was explained to me, they just took the final round points from each district tournament so I guess Blac...

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In the Piedmont District, for Region IV, Tunstall and Patrick County advances. There's one other team that also advances but the Bassett AD wasn't sure which team it was.

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Does the River Ridge send three teams to regionals instead of the usual two? In years past, we've always advanced three teams to regionals from our district, as well as the Piedmont (I think) and the Southwest only advances 2 teams. I haven't heard of any rule change for this year that we're only a...

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River Ridge District Tournament (Region IV - AA) January 27, 2010 * Seeding for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th had to be determined by coin flip due to a circle of death between Salem, Christiansburg and Cave Spring. Blacksburg came in undefeated on the season. Round 1 1 Blacksburg BYE 2 Christiansburg BYE 4 Sal...

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I am pleasantly surprised by the emergence of Christiansburg (usually they're a doormat in the district that also has Cave Spring, Salem, and Blacksburg.) Well, they weren't always that way. A few years ago when we first started up, they were pretty awesome. I haven't really seen them in action in ...

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Are stats going to be posted some time soon? Sorry it took so long... there was a little mix up in the stats towards the end of the tournament. For some reason, Salem B and Honaker B decided to play each other and Raleigh Charter B and Blacksburg B played each other, when it should of been Honaker ...

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Congratulations to Collegiate, the winners of the 4th annual CSI. They beat Blacksburg A for the title with a close score of 175-135. Raleigh Charter A narrowly beat Christiansburg for 3rd place with a score of 140-130. Additional kudos going to Eric Grunden from Raleigh Charter for winning the Coac...

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You should sell the T-shirts. I would buy one. What T-shirts? The ones you gave as prizes in the coach's challenge last year. I think they were staff shirts from a previous year. Oh yeah. Forgot about those. They were actually CSI (the show) shirts bought in Las Vegas. I happened to be at the MGM g...

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rchschem wrote:You should sell the T-shirts. I would buy one.

What T-shirts?

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Congratulations to Blacksburg and Honaker as they finished first and second, respectively. Blacksburg finished undefeated on the day and after seeing their performance, has to be a great contender in AA this year. Cave Spring A finished 3rd with Salem right behind in 4th. Given the close records and...

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With a week left before registration closes, we have plenty of room to accomodate more teams. Right now, we're at 17~19 teams, depending on Rapp and Glenvar. Raleigh Charter also said they were bringing up to four teams but that was a while back. They'll give me more solid numbers as we get closer t...

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Can you post a field update or any additional information about the tournament before Saturday? We'd hate to show up and be the only team in attendance. :neutral: I think your coach received an e-mail from Adam about the tournament with a roster of teams. As of right now, I think there are 7 teams ...

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So was it a new principal or did RCS shame these guys into forming a team? Not sure... their new coach called me up one day and told me that this was their first year. All I know is that their kids are very excited about scholastic bowl and are eager to compete. I don't think it was a new principal...

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Today is the last day to claim the early registration discount. Let me know if you're interested in participating.

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HHS_Charlie wrote:We mailed out the registration a few days ago. You should be receiving it any time now.

Got it just this morning. Went and updated the field again. Glad to see you guys are coming back!

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I'm bumping up the thread to tell you a couple of things. First, the field has been updated and registrations are starting to roll in. If you want to get your foot in the door, please send me an e-mail. Also, there's less than a week left until the early registration deadline expires!

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First, I want to echo the previous sentiments about the tournament and the questions. The tournament was run extremely well, despite a particular team showing up late (my apologies, Sarah :oops:). The questions were well written and designed for the novice player... very few topics came up where I h...

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I just signed up three teams and we may have enough for a forth team. I'll let you know when these kids get back to me, hopefully by tomorrow. I will have the final number by early next week though. I'm more than happy to volunteer to read and/or Mr. Flint. If you need more buzzers than two sets, le...

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Cave Spring is also expressing interest. We'll probably muster 1-3 teams. I'll let you know when we get closer to the date.

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I am happy to announce our 4th annual Cave Spring Invitational (CSI) will take place at Cave Spring High School in scenic southwest Virginia. Roanoke, to be exact. We've scheduled our tournament for November 21, 2009. We moved it up a little from last years date so not to conflict with other tournam...

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Auburn High School probably will not be hosting the EQuInE III since I will begin teaching at Blacksburg HS this fall. So unless the yet to be determined sponsor of the Scholastic Bowl team at AHS wants to host a tournament, I would say that it is likely that the EQuInE will no longer be on the sch...

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Apparently Cave Spring won both the V and JV sides of the Western NC Shootout this past weekend. From Bob Powers' facebook pix it looks like JV beat Freedom and V beat Greensboro Day in the finals. Correct. Apart from an unusual scheduling, Mr. Haas ran a good tournament. From what I understand, ma...

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Region IV Tournament Southwest Virginia Community College January 31st Round 1 Tazwell v. Blacksburg Bassett 180 v. Salem 190 Tunstall v. Graham Cave Spring 335 v. Richlands 70 Round 2 Blacksburg v. Salem Tunstall 100 v. Cave Spring 310 Bassett v. Tazewell (eliminated) Graham v. Richlands (eliminate...

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