New Trier Scobol Solo (IL 11/10)

[Stained Diviner]

This is an invitation to participate in the Twelfth Annual New Trier Scobol Solo, to be held on Saturday, November 10. New Trier is located in Winnetka, just north of Chicago.

This tournament is being mirrored on the same date at Springfield. If you are interested in competing there instead of New Trier, contact David Adkins at Springfield at [email protected].

Unlike most other tournaments, this one will feature one-on-one matches (i.e. no teams). Each match will consist of twenty tossup questions without bonuses. Each individual who enters is guaranteed seven matches, which will take place from 9:00-3:00. We will then have a Championship Match at 3:30 featuring the top nine students all playing at once.

The cost to participate is $30 per player for the first fifteen players on your team. If you can supply an experienced moderator, then the cost is only $20 per player for the first fifteen players, and it is only $10 per player if you have two moderators. I am willing to negotiate if you have more than two moderators. Lunch will be provided for everybody and is included in the entry fee. Keep in mind that moderators will be unable to watch their own players' matches. Even if you don't moderate, there will be several times that some of your students play at the same time. If you wish to enter more than fifteen players, they will be entered on a standby basis. If there is room for them to play, they will play for free. I will let you know by November 1 how much room we have--we are hoping to have exactly 128 students total.

Old questions are at the Database. The tournament is set up so that matches always feature two students with identical records.

Please return the attached form with a check. If you want to hold some spaces for your school while your business office is cutting the check, email me at [email protected] or call me at (847)784-6616. Reserve spaces by October 31. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Field Update:
Auburn 10
Barrington 1
Belvidere North 1
Carbondale 6
Dwight 1
Fenton 2
Fremd 3
Hoffman Estates 4
Homewood-Flossmoor 8
IMSA 5
Leyden 4
Libertyville 1
Loyola 9
Maine East 4
Maine South 8
Metea Valley 10
Peoria Christian 2
Saint Charles East 3
Saint Ignatius 5
Saint Joseph 1
Saint Viator 10
Wheaton Academy 7
Wheaton North 11
Wheaton Warrenville South 8
Whitney Young 4

[the return of AHAN]

Are middle school-aged players eligible to play in this event?

[Stained Diviner]

I personally don't have a problem with them playing, but based on statements made by the IHSA in February and the IESA much more recently, I am going to say that as of now middle schoolers should not register for this tournament. If somebody wants to discuss this further, I am going to humbly suggest emailing me or starting a thread in the Illinois section, since this issue is not specific to this tournament.

I posted a field update above.

[Stained Diviner]

The field is now half full.

[Stained Diviner]

14 spaces left, and they'll probably be gone soon

I still have lots of spaces for moderators though.

[Stained Diviner]

This tournament is now overbooked with a large waitlist. If you're not listed above and want to play this tournament, contact Springfield about playing in their mirror.

[Stained Diviner]

We still need more staffers.

Current list:
Burgerner
Chametzky
Dzuricsko
Fitzgerald
Funk
Gerhardt
Greene
Grierson
Harlan
Kelley
Kidd
Knuth
Kreb
Kulesza
Laird
Laky
Laudermith
Lorinskas
Makovsky
Nagib
Nelson
Paulsen
Perovanovic
Poozhikunnel
Prince
Riley
Sacks
Sperber
Stankevitz
Tripamer
Tutt
Vasta
Wang
Wideman
Yang

[Dominator]

IMSA needs to drop Siva from the field.

[Stained Diviner]

The field above is up-to-date. We are still looking for a few more staffers.

[Stained Diviner]

We now have enough staffers and have four openings for students. First come, first serve.

Edit: Two openings

[MorganV]

Will you post initial card assignments tonight?

[jonah]

Will you post initial card assignments tonight?

You're 23, which is an answer line IMSA should stop using.

Reinstein decides whether any further information will be released.

[Stained Diviner]

If you want to stay up all night, here's some reading material. I'm trying to replace the Leyden and Libertyville students.

[jonah]

You can see what matches are coming up next at http://www.qbwiki.com/solo2012/ssss/reports_next.pl

Players and initial cards:
1: Samantha Mateo (St. Ignatius)
2: Rajiv Patel (IMSA)
3: Justin Thomas (Leyden)
4: Mike Kikta (Auburn)
5: Daniel Collins (IMSA)
6: Dan Clark (Wheaton Warrenville South)
7: Kevin Staller (Auburn)
8: Elizabeth Tolley (Carbondale)
9: Rohan Shivde (Fenton)
10: Andrew Duncan (Wheaton Academy)
11: Waleed Ali (IMSA)
12: Nicholas Wawrykow (St. Joseph)
13: Kent Keller (St. Ignatius)
14: Reid Furton (Loyola Academy)
15: Jacob West (Barrington)
16: Liam Warner (St. Viator)
17: Saieesh Rao (IMSA)
18: Asher Margulies (Metea Valley)
19: Prerak Trivedi (Carbondale)
20: Usman Haseeb (Auburn)
21: Paul Oshana (Maine East)
22: Soumik Biswas (Fremd)
23: Morgan Venkus (Loyola Academy)
24: Matt Mlynski (St. Viator)
25: Cole Timmerwilke (Auburn)
26: Connell Stanton (Loyola Academy)
27: Evan Pandya (Auburn)
28: Saad Paya (Hoffman Estates)
29: Avik Laha (Metea Valley)
30: Tony Wu (Metea Valley)
31: Maeve Coates-Welsh (Homewood-Flossmoor)
32: Ben Lewis (Fremd)
33: Sangrag Ganguli (Hoffman Estates)
34: Robert Andrews (Fremd)
35: Sara Ryan (Homewood-Flossmoor)
36: Alex McKee (Wheaton North)
37: Ian Torres (Loyola Academy)
38: Andrew He (Metea Valley)
39: Elliott Runburg (Homewood-Flossmoor)
40: Jonathan Huh (Carbondale)
41: Shreyas Vissapragada (Metea Valley)
42: Benson Wang (Hoffman Estates)
43: Brittany Trang (Peoria Christian)
44: Chris Williams (Wheaton Academy)
45: Kevin Gislason (Homewood-Flossmoor)
46: Jack Miller (Wheaton North)
47: Brian Johnson (Maine South)
48: Greg Toreev (Wheaton Academy)
49: Michael Gislason (Homewood-Flossmoor)
50: Colleen Rylatt (Auburn)
51: Jack Claiborne (Wheaton Warrenville South)
52: Dylan Minarik (Belvidere North)
53: Nathaniel Perrio (Wheaton North)
54: Joe Iorinzini (St. Viator)
55: Andy Pecora (Libertyville)
56: Nicole Roberto (Leyden)
57: Robert Gramillano (Homewood-Flossmoor)
58: Baasit Jamaal (Metea Valley)
59: Esther Johnson (Wheaton North)
60: Clare Hannon (St. Viator)
61: Pat Crane (St. Viator)
62: Anton Karpovich (IMSA)
63: Sam Trautwein (Wheaton Academy)
64: Thomas Birt (Wheaton North)
65: Karthik Achar (Metea Valley)
66: Sriharsha Marupudi (Metea Valley)
67: Ben Paolelli (St. Viator)
68: Shannon Mooney (Wheaton Academy)
69: Rebecca Rasmussen (Leyden)
70: Joe Burke (Loyola Academy)
71: Alex Witec (St. Viator)
72: Ryan Welther (St. Charles East)
73: Matt Buckley (Maine South)
74: Tyler Mitchell (Wheaton North)
75: Jeremy Piech (Maine South)
76: Steven Vo (Auburn)
77: Jonathan Myers (Wheaton North)
78: Hamza Zahurullah (Auburn)
79: Sharmeen Khan (Maine East)
80: Will Brady (Maine East)
81: Cody Leach (Wheaton Warrenville South)
82: William Kostecka (Wheaton North)
83: Wilson Ngai (Maine South)
84: Andrew Amesbury (Loyola Academy)
85: Jade Baumgarten (Peoria Christian)
86: Malcolm Mehaffey (Wheaton Academy)
87: Adam Tsung (Carbondale)
88: Rhiannon Euhus (Wheaton North)
89: Sarah Ackenhusen (Wheaton North)
90: Juliani Rada (Leyden)
91: Tom Roush (Maine East)
92: Aeriel Euhus (Wheaton North)
93: Mahir Morshed (Carbondale)
94: Krush Patel (Hoffman Estates)
95: Robbie Neja (Loyola Academy)
96: Alex Metz (Carbondale)
97: Maaz Mulla (Metea Valley)
98: Greg Krzywicki (Fenton)
99: Jessica Ferrer (St. Ignatius)
100: Alex Park (St. Charles East)
101: Kasey Pham (Wheaton Warrenville South)
102: Chris Meehan (St. Viator)
103: John Lotus (St. Ignatius)
104: Wenhao Yu (Whitney Young)
105: Bryant Nelson (Loyola Academy)
106: Sam Venezia (Wheaton Warrenville South)
107: Andrew Koval (St. Charles East)
108: Peter Miller (Metea Valley)
109: Thomas Pietryla (Whitney Young)
110: Peter Wilson (St. Viator)
111: Anand Poozhikunnel (Wheaton Warrenville South)
112: Carolyn Martino (Maine South)
113: Zach Hayes (Loyola Academy)
114: Lucy Capone (St. Ignatius)
115: David Reamer (Dwight)
116: Brendan McKelvey (Maine South)
117: Miracle Diala (Homewood-Flossmoor)
118: Alex Calpino (Homewood-Flossmoor)
119: Christopher Tso (Whitney Young)
120: Kathryn Kierzyk (Wheaton Warrenville South)
121: Alex Pandya (Auburn)
122: Conor Buckley (Maine South)
123: Victor Liu (Whitney Young)
124: Jonathan Piech (Maine South)
125: Chris Paulus (Wheaton Warrenville South)
126: Mitch McRay (Wheaton Academy)
127: Mitch Ryan (St. Viator)
128: Bryan Lee (Auburn)

Initial card does not equal initial seed.

[mlaird]

Finals going on soon. I'll be live tweeting at @MathewLaird again this year.
Players in the final:

Dylan Minarik - Belvidere North (Morning Champ)
Morgan Venkus - Loyola Academy
Anton Karpovich - IMSA
Anand Poozhikunnel - WWS
Nick W. - St. Joseph
Ian Torres - Loyola Academy
Greg K. - Fenton
Thomas Birt - Wheaton North
Saieesh Rao - IMSA

[gauss1181]

Is there by any chance a video recording of the final? I feel interested in watching it in my spare time.

[Stained Diviner]

Congrats to Nick for winning, Thomas for 2nd place, and everybody else for doing a great job. Thanks to all the moderators and contributors, including Jonah who did a lot of work from a long distance away.

Unless somebody recorded it on a phone, which I didn't notice happening, there is no recording.

Nobody seems interested in mirroring this other than Springfield, who mirrored it today, so feel free to discuss anything about this tournament.

[Stained Diviner]

Feel free to post or email errors in stats. Most of the problems probably are in people's last matches, and it may be a few days before everything is worked out.

[Stained Diviner]

The set is posted.

[thrillhouse]

Springfield:

As for that SOLO mirror at Springfield, I believe these were the top four left standing (if any participant or coach can amend or add to that list, please feel free to do so):

1st: Kyle Sottoriva (Carlinville)
2nd: Stae Schipper-Reyes (Bloomington)
3rd: Sam Doud (Bloomington)
4th: Charley Ault (Toledo/Cumberland)

Big props to Coach Adkins from Springfield for running the mirror.