Iowa 2022-23

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Iowa Quiz Bowl League is proud to announce our slate of events for 2022-23. Details can be found on our tournament calendar page here:

https://sites.google.com/view/iqbl/tournament-calendar

Key Dates include:
Kickoff- Oct. 30 at Ankeny Southview
Fall Open - Nov. 19 at three sites - Western Dubuque HS (Epworth, eastern Iowa), Waukee Northwest HS (Waukee, central Iowa) and Logan-Magnolia HS (Logan, Western Iowa)
Solo Challenge - December 17 at Waukee Northwest
Iowa History Bee & Bowl - Feb 4 at Waukee Northwest
Winter Open - Feb 18 at three sites - Bellevue HS (Bellevue, eastern Iowa), Ankeny Southview (Central), and Sergeant Bluff- Luton (Western)
HS Championships - March 26 at Waukee Northwest
MS Championships - April 15 at Ankeny Southview
Iowa Challenge (Nationals Tune-up) - April 22 at Waukee Northwest

Our calendar contains many other events across the Hawkeye state throughout the year with appropriate contact information. We welcome all teams to our events except the Iowa Championships (Mar. 26 and Apr. 15) - those are for Iowa schools only.

We are excited to report that preliminary agreement has been reached with Buena Vista University on returning QBTV to air in Northwest Iowa on KCAU-TV Channel 9 in the spring of 2023. We will also return to Mediacom 22 in Spring 2023 through Grand View University.

We are looking forward to an exciting year of competition.

[CometsCoach]

Schools and players to watch 2022-23:

Among our large schools, Waukee is the defending state champion and should have an excellent roster led by Miles Sierra. Waukee Northwest returns a nearly full roster that went to PACE NSC in 2022, including co-captains Garrett Attaway and Christian Hollister. Ames will be competitive again with returning NASAT and All-State player Aneesh Shrotryia, as will Ankeny, and emerging teams in Marshalltown and Urbandale should provide enjoyable compeititon. Noah Rolwes and Nathan Casey return to a Western Dubuque squad which will be elevated to the Large-School Division this year.

In our small school division, Boyer Valley returns with super sophomores Tony Kuker (Team Iowa) and Ben Lantz. A surprise team from last year was Riverside, featuring Team Iowa's Brett Feuring and Solo Challenge winner Abe Schechinger. Other schools that should provide good competition include Lawton-Bronson, Bishop Garrigan of Algona, Bishop Heelan of Sioux City, Bellevue, Underwood, Logan-Magnolia, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, and an always-tough Chariton team which seems to get better as the season moves along with All-Stater Ethan Werts returning for his sophomore year.