IHSSBCA Novice Tournament @ Fenton HS, 10/20/12

[MLaudermith]

On Saturday, October 20th, 2012, Fenton High School in Bensenville, IL will be one of the hosts for the inaugural IHSSBCA Novice Tournament. A registration form for the tournament can be found here:

2012_novice_registration_form.pdf

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This tournament is open to all IHSSBCA member teams with the following restrictions on individual players:
A player must have played fewer than 40 varsity-level matches for his or her school’s top team.
A player must have played fewer than 80 career matches at any level.
A player must NOT have scored more than 35 points per game at a varsity invitational tournament.
A player must never have scored more than 20 points per game at a national championship tournament.
A player must never have been named to an All-Tournament Team at a high school tournament.

If you are interested in competing at the Fenton site, please send the registration form to me as soon as possible. Please let me know if you have any questions about the tournament or player eligibility. You can email me at [email protected].

As always, a great tournament needs great staff, so if you are interested in moderating please contact me. I can offer all staffers lunch plus a modest remuneration. As with previous IHSSBCA events, I can give you additional compensation if you are a certified moderator. Visit the IHSSBCA website (http://www.ihssbca.org) for info on how to become certified.

Thanks, and I look forward to seeing your team in October.

[MLaudermith]

Here is the tournament field thus far...

1. Fenton
2. Homewood-Flossmoor
3. Rolling Meadows
4. Naperville Central
5. Whitney Young
6. St. Ignatius A
7. St. Ignatius B
8. York A
9. York B
10. Fenwick A
11. Fenwick B
12. UIC College Prep A
13. UIC College Prep B
14. Barrington A
15. Barrington B
16. Elk Grove
17. Wheaton-Warrenville South A
18. Wheaton-Warrenville South B
19. Leyden
20. Wheaton North A
21. Wheaton North B
22. Timothy Christian
23. UChicago Lab Schools
24. Fenwick C

[David Riley]

I realize that it's still a little early, but if the college counterpart is any indication, does any site have more than eight teams for IHSSBCA novice? Is it because relatively few schools are prepared to field teams this early? Perhaps we might want to choose a later date in the future? (I am having a similar problem finding who's the coach at schools "missing in action"; no one seems to know and none of my messages left for Activities Directors or TDs have been returned, after about fifty that I have called so far).

[Irreligion in Bangladesh]

Mid-to-late October has worked well for SCOP in the past, and there isn't any date later in the calendar worth using.

I strongly suggest that hosts send e-mails in the near future (i.e. between now and the end of the month) to follow up on the mailing the IHSSBCA sent out.

[MLaudermith]

The field at Fenton is up to 15 teams, but Brad is right. I plan to send out some emails later this week.

[MLaudermith]

If any teams are interested in coming and haven't informed me yet, please do so soon. I need 2 more teams to register before I can expand the field to 24.

Also, I could still use staffers. Please contact me ASAP.

[Colby Burnett]

Fenwick would like to send three teams to this - we had the check sent out last Thursday, I think.

[shrey96]

Any news on the field expansion? I believe our coach signed us up for a few teams at this tournament.

[MLaudermith]

I updated the field above. Metea Valley is on my waiting list, but I won't be expanding the field again.

[MLaudermith]

First, many thanks to the staffers and coaches whose efforts made this a successful tournament. Second, thanks to the SCOP Novice team who produced another outstanding set this year.

I was extremely impressed with the level of competition from all our novice players today. I'm already looking forward to hosting this event again next year.

Full stats will be forthcoming shortly, but for now, here are the top 4 teams in the tournament.

1. Whitney Young
2. Fenwick A
3. Barrington B
4. Homewood-Flossmoor

Congratulations as well to Anish Doshi of Barrington A who was the high scorer in the morning rounds with 81 PPG.

If anyone has comments or questions about the tournament, please let know. Thanks again to all the coaches and players who came out to Fenton today.

[jonah]

Statistics: prelim playoff combined