National Poll Time

[AKKOLADE]

It's time to cast your vote in this year's national high school quizbowl poll.

To vote, e-mail me your top 25 teams. Please include, at the minimum, the team's state. I would like it if you included their city as well. You can vote for B-teams; please indicate their B-teamed-ness in your ballot.

Please utilize this website's results area and state quizbowl sites to look into areas you are not familiar with. Many active areas have discussion threads on this site as well; look at those too.

I reserve the right to reject ballots if they appear biased. I will e-mail you for justification of your ballot before I do this, but still, if you have five or more teams from a region that doesn't have that many top quality teams, I'll question your ballot.

Also, use this thread for discussion purposes. If you have a question about a team(s) you haven't had the opportunity to see, ask here! I'm certain someone will be able and very willing to address your questions.

I'll let voting go for at least two weeks. If more time is needed, I will extend the deadline.

My e-mail address is fredmorlan SPAM gmail SPAM com . Include in the subject "poll" so my Gmail will filter it and star it for my attention

[vcuEvan]

Have there been any NAQT tourneys in Illinois, if so can someone post a link to results?

How does Shady Side's and Cistercian's team this year compare to last year's?

[aestheteboy]

Maybe it'd be useful it people posted a compilation of links to results from their region.

As for MD/VA/DC region:
http://silby.homeip.net/evan/naqt.html
http://e.mrow.org/e/jiatodd/standings.php
http://e.mrow.org/e/jiateven/standings.php
http://www.student.virginia.edu/~quizbo ... dings.html
http://www.geocities.com/wmquizbowl/Ebi ... dings.html
http://mlwgsbob.freehostia.com/web/gsac ... ndings.htm

[Mitu]

Minnesota:
http://www.naqt.com/mqba

[dtaylor4]

Illinois:

http://ihssbca.org/tournaments.html

[AKKOLADE]

Two things:

One: When submitting your ballots, please rank the teams from one to twenty-five. Also, include your hsquizbowl.org screen name/handle/whatever term you want to use. Thanks!

Two: If you're going to vote for a team from West Virginia, I think it should be Parkersburg Catholic. From what I have seen they have a good supporting cast built around an outstanding player, which makes them the class of the state. Shawn Weaver can correct me if I'm incorrect.

[Magister Ludi]

Heres a quick recap of results from the DC Metro area and general east coast:

TJ Fall:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1. Richard Montgomery A
2. State College
3. MLWGSGIS A
4. Collegiate
5. Blake
6. GDS
7. Richard Montgomery B
8. Woodson

LIFT(In Long Island):http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1- Gonzaga (DC)
2- Mansfield (CT)
3- Stuyvesant A (NY)
4- Stuyvesant B (NY)
5-8: Charter A(DE), Hunter(NJ), Seton Hall (NJ), St. Andrew's (MS)

UVA Fall: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1. Maggie Walker A
2. Thomas Jefferson A
3. Richard Montgomery A
4. Gonzaga
T5. Maggie Walker B
T5. Stuyvesant
T7. Richard Montgomery B
T7. Thomas Jefferson B

Rutgers:
1. Livingston A
2. Charter A
3. Bergen A
4. Charter B
5. McNair A
6. Kellenberg A

Centennial: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1st- Gov
2nd- Gonzaga A
3rd- TJ B
4th- TJ A

GSAC: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1. TJ A
2. State College A
3. Chattahoochee
4. Dorman
5. Stuyvesant
6. Raleigh Charter A
7. Princess Anne A
8. Raleigh Charter B

TJ Fall:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1- Maggie Walker A
2- Raleigh Charter A
3- RM A
4- Wilmington Charter A
5- State College A
6- Gonzaga
7- Whitman A
8- RM B

Gonzaga:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3317
1- Maggie Walker
2- Dorman
Semi-finalists: RM A & TJ A
Quarter-finalists: GDS, Centennial A, RM B, and Hunter.

Princeton: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3161
1- Gonzaga
2- Stuyvesant A
3- Pingry A
4- Columbia

William and Mary:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3457
1. Maggie Walker A
2. State College A
3. Maggie Walker B
4. TJ A
5. State College B
6. Freeman A
7. Walter Johnson
8. Ocean Lakes

Yale: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=
1- Gonzaga
2- Stuyvesant A
3- Dorman
4- Kellenberg A

[Stained Diviner]

The only NAQT Tournament in Illinois has been Northwestern. That tournament had a small field with some of Illinois' best teams there and some not. A small number of conferences use NAQT questions, but the scores are not posted and even if they were NAQT modifies the questions into Illinois format for those conferences. NAQT State is March 24, and it will have a smaller and stronger field than Northwestern.

There are a number of Illinois tournaments with quality questions, but I know it is pretty much impossible to compare scores across tournaments using different formats and question writers.

[Gonzagapuma1]

Has anyone heard anything from Shady Side? I don't think they've played in a tournament that's been posted on this board yet.

[dschafer]

I know Shady Side did not attend CMU's NAQT tournament this spring.

(EDIT: spelling)

[Byko]

Has anyone heard anything from Shady Side? I don't think they've played in a tournament that's been posted on this board yet.

The only thing I know was that they finished first and second at Pitt's tournament sometime in the late fall. Then again, there were only three or four schools (totaling about 12 teams) in attendance, so that doesn't exactly say much.

[AKKOLADE]

We have 13 ballots so far! Keep them coming, with at least another week of voting to come. If demand calls for it, I will gladly allow for more time to vote.

[BuzzerZen]

Will results be forthcoming?

[AKKOLADE]

I am actually going to keep this open for voting until 7 p.m. EST, April 2nd. At that time, votes will no longer be accepted.

[AKKOLADE]

Just a reminder that we have but a touch over 24 hours left to vote. Send your ballot to fredmorlan SPAM gmail SPAM com before 7 p.m. EST, April 2nd!

[AKKOLADE]

Balloting has now closed. I am in the process of counting votes; it may take a couple of days to be finalized, but I will get it the results up by Friday. I hope sooner, but I'll see what I can do.

[AKKOLADE]

We received a total of 18 ballots. I'm still working on formating the results so they look pretty, but here's some side notes to look over until that's released:

66 teams received at least one vote
Eight teams appeared on all ballots
Two teams received first place votes
Teams from 22 states, the District of Columbia and Canada received votes
17 states and the District of Columbia made the top 25.
Only one ballot was disqualified, and that was because it only included 14 teams and a reference to Jason Mueller.

Ballots will not be revealed by myself, just the overall results. I hope to have these formatted by Friday.

[Maxwell Sniffingwell]

Only two teams in first?

[Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)]

Troy and Novi.

[BuzzerZen]

Hey, there was no rule that said you *had* to come up with 25 teams. Meh, I'll do it right next time.

[AKKOLADE]

While I'm working on finalizing this (still doing school colors, full names, cities & nicknames), I'll go ahead and post my ballot!

1. Maggie Walker A VA
2. Eden Prairie MN
3. State College PA
4. Gonzaga DC
5. Dorman A SC
6. Richard Montomgery A MD
7. Thomas Jefferson A VA
8. New Trier IL
9. Stuyvesant NY
10. Troy MI
11. Bloomington IL
12. Wilmington Charter DE
13. North Kansas City MO
14. Chattahoochee GA
15. Martin Luther King Magnent TN
16. Detroit Catholic Central MI
17. Kellenberg NY
18. Raleigh Charter NC
19. Brookwood GA
20. Danville KY
21. East Lansing MI
22. Tippecanoe OH
23. Santa Monica CA
24. Brindlee Mountain AL
25. Parkersburg Catholic WV