Ohio Quiz Bowl and Academic Challenge

CloverleafAC · Varsity Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 : Items

The 8th edition of the Cloverleaf Invitational Academic Challenge Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Cloverleaf High School. It will be OAC format. For information email Cameron Flint: cameron.flint@cloverleaflocal.org

I MAY host a fall NAQT event, if there is enough interest. If you are a coach that would consider traveling to southern Medina county for a NAQT event in the fall, email me so I can get a "polling" of interest.
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Cameron Flint
B.A., 1997, The College of Wooster
M.A. History, 2006, University of Akron
Teacher, Cloverleaf High School 1999-present
Cloverleaf Academic Challenge Team Coach 2003-present
OAC Executive Committee 2006-Present

CloverleafAC · Varsity Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 : Items

The annual Copley Cory Salem Memorial Tournament will be held on October 13 at Copley High School. For registration details or questions please contact Sue Korosa: sue.korosa@gmail.com
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Cameron Flint
B.A., 1997, The College of Wooster
M.A. History, 2006, University of Akron
Teacher, Cloverleaf High School 1999-present
Cloverleaf Academic Challenge Team Coach 2003-present
OAC Executive Committee 2006-Present

TomFC · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:41 pm Post subject:

I don't want to sound intrusive by making this calendar, so my apologies if I do.

September 29: Solon Individual Tournament @ Solon H.S. (Solon, OH)

October 6: Fall Kickoff Tournament @ Sidney H.S. (Sidney, OH), Madeira H.S. (Madeira, OH), Olmsted Falls H.S. (Olmsted Falls, Ohio), and New Albany H.S. (New Albany, OH)
October 13: Cory Salem Memorial @ Copley H.S. (Akron, OH)
October 20: South Range (North Lima, OH) [IS-117A]
October 27: NHBB Northeast Ohio @ Western Reserve (Youngstown, OH) [set B], Fisher Catholic Golden Shamrock @ William V. Fisher Catholic High School (Lancaster, OH)

November 3: Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XVII @ Tippecanoe H.S. (Tipp City, OH) [IS-121A]
November 10: St. Charles In The Know @ St. Charles College Prepratory (Columbus, OH)
November 17: Bowling Green State University NAQT Tournament @ Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH) and Early Bird Open@ Aurora H.S. (Aurora, OH)
November 24: Thanksgiving weekend

December 1: The Tournament Formerly Known As Rowdy Raider @ Northmont H.S. (Clayton, OH) [IS-120]
December 8: TRASH @ Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) and Tippecanoe H.S. (Tipp City, OH)
December 15: NHBB SW Ohio @ Madiera H.S. (Madiera, OH [Set C]
December 22:
December 29:

January 5:
January 12: Northmont OAC @ Northmont H.S. (Clayton, OH), mirror at Warren G. Harding (Warren, OH)
January 19: Ohio State Winter [tentatively] @ The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
January 26: Cloverleaf OAC @ Cloverleaf H.S. (Lodi, OH)

February 2: Olmsted Falls NAQT @ Olmsted Falls H.S. (Olmsted Falls, OH) [IS-122]
February 9:
February 16/17: Solon's Two-Day @ Solon H.S. (Solon, OH) [IS-124]
February 23: Copley Invitational @ Copley H.S. (Akron, OH)

March 2: National History Bee and Bowl Ohio @ The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
March 9:
March 16:
March 23:
March 30: Easter Weekend

April 6:
April 13: Yellow Jacket Invitational [LIST III] at Sidney H.S., Sidney, OH
April 20: OAC Regionals Competition (Region hosts TBD)
April 27: NHBB Nationals in Washington, D.C.

May 4: OAC State Championship @ Columbus State Community College (Columbus, OH)
May 11:
May 18:
May 25: NAQT HSNCT in Atlanta, GA [HSNCT-13]

June 1:
June 8:
June 15:

I don't know what the dates are for OAC Regionals and States. Surely if anyone knows or knows when that gets established, I can add them in. I am curious if History Bowl Nat's are going to conflict at all with OAC or not.

I'm going to assume that Copley's holding their OAC event on February 23rd, since thats the last weekend in February, but I'll let someone who knows more confirm/deny that. NAQT States obviously isn't on there since I don't think a host nor date has been released. I'm wondering if NHBB Ohio "State Championship" is going to be February 9th since they've been held in February the two years it has existed as a tournament, but I'll let Greg fill us in there.

Per the West Virginia quiz bowl site; theres a place allotted for the schedule for events in WV for the 2012-2013 season, but its blank at the moment. Since some teams in Ohio attend tournaments there, I figure it'll be worth putting them on the calendar when the dates are released. Since there are a few quiz bowlers from across the country to my knowledge attending Carnegie Mellon University next year, I'm going to bet they'll host Mellon Bowl again. The University of Pittsburgh will probably host SAGACITY in the fall and Battle of the Burgh in the spring. I don't want to sound negative towards either club, and while it appears that they do a fine job (though fine might be relative, I've only attended one of these tournaments in Pittsburgh before) of getting teams a lot of games, they time their matches. I don't think this would be such a bad thing but there was a game at the most recent Mellon Bowl that only had 12 tossups read in standard NAQT timing, and a game at SAGACITY had 13 read, while there are several more that had 14 read. Battle of the Burgh only featured 13 teams from eight different schools last year, this probably had something to do with the fact it got hosted on Easter Weekend.

Bowling Green I'm going to assume will run their A-set tournament too, which apparently is no longer timed but ran on 24/24 (if thats really much better than having a multitude of games with <15 tossups read like in years past).

EDIT: I added in the Golden Shamrock and the city/state info for the tournaments (while this may be necessary for the coaches that use the board since I think most everyone is pretty familiar with where everyone is).

Also, between Solon's two-day and NHBB Nationals, there are eight open weekends (actually, there's seven if you take away Easter Weekend). I'm going to bet the NAQT State Championship tournament will be hosted sometime between February 17th and April 20th.[/b]
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Tom Moore

Fisher Catholic '14

"I love micronations" - Brandon Shull

DJones · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:20 pm Post subject:

Tom, Any word from Mike or Lynn about the date for the Golden Shamrock? I had figured it would be October 27 since that seems to be weekend it usually falls on, but wasn't sure.
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David Jones
Academic Challenge Coach
Northmont High School
Northmont AC Captain '96, '97

TomFC · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:51 pm Post subject:

DJones · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:35 pm Post subject:

To answer the question above about the mirror of the Northmont tournament- yes, the tournament will be mirrored at Warren G. Harding on the same date. Also, Joe Czupryn and I are working with Cortney Bird up in NW Ohio to see if we can get the tournament mirrored up there as well to get some NW teams some exposure to pyramidal quiz bowl before regionals.

Also, the WC site for FKT is confirmed at Sidney HS.
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David Jones
Academic Challenge Coach
Northmont High School
Northmont AC Captain '96, '97

bobweiser · Junior Varsity Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 46 : Items

The Sept. 29th tournament is an Individual tournament, not invitational. Students compete in teams, but the names of all students entered will be put into a bowl where the first four names drawn will form the first, the next four drawn will be the second team etc. The winning team members each receive a $25 gift certificate as does the top scorer. The fee is $5 per student, so a school may bring any number of students to compete. All money left after expenses will go to Charity. Solon will make no money on this event which is for fun, a good pre-season practice and a chance to play with students from other schools.

Persona Non Grata · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:19 pm Post subject:

An update on the various Ohio History Bowl events...

The northeast event will run on October 27. After Boardman had told me that they could not run on the same weekend as last year due to building conflicts, Western Reserve stepped up to host, but could only do so on October 27. As they are planning to make food and use this as a fundraiser to let their team to do things (which would be a first), I'm sticking with them as host and with this date. I realize that this conflicts with both Aurora and Fisher Catholic, but I don't think we'll be stealing any teams from Golden Shamrock. For those that normally go to Aurora, I would ask them to consider the quality of questions they will receive at one site over another, and remind them that there will be myriad additional opportunities to qualify for OAC regionals over the rest of the season via league play, Copley, other OAC and non-OAC events, while History Bowl events are the only way to qualify for History Bowl Nationals.

Southwest Ohio will run on December 15 at Madeira High School near Cincinnati. I would say that this is the first pyramidal event to be held in Cincy for nearly 8 years, except that Madeira will also mirror FKT on the first weekend in October. Madeira is coached by a blood relation of mine, and while you may cry nepotism, if it brings the Cincy circuit back to life, I think that's an acceptable end for these means. There are no conflicts with any Ohio tournaments that I'm aware of on that date.

The Ohio State History Bowl is currently scheduled for January 26 at The Ohio State University. However, because of the conflict with Cloverleaf, I am working towards moving the tournament to a school that has not participated before (Reynoldsburg), again by using blood connections there. If that were to fail, I'd be open to moving it to another school, but if no site will agree to run on Feb 9, then I will stick to the Jan 26 OSU date and site. Feb 9 is NAQT SCT, which I know OSU will bid on and, most likely, receive.

If someone who can edit the post would, please update the calendar reflecting these dates. Thanks.
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Greg Bossick

TomFC · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:08 pm Post subject:

quantumfootball · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject:

I had seen somewhere online that ONN is about to cease to exist.
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Jonathan Graham
"Ohio is under a Blizzard advisory until 2015."-Greg Bossick

BobKilner · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject:

I think that's what Tom was alluding to -- if another network would pick it up or not...

I wouldn't hold my breath though on that one.

Time for some former qb players in central/southern Ohio to start a new quiz show and bring in Westfield as a sponsor...
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Bob Kilner
Kent State '06 - B.S., Boise State '10 - M.ET.
Coach, Garfield Hts. HS (2001-2008)
theamazingbobbo@aol.com

TomFC · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject:

alecbrown · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: BGSU Tournament Nov. 17th

The quiz team at BGSU has just received funding for our annual NAQT tournament for Sat. November 17th. As of now, it's safe to say that we will be running a tournament on that day.

TomFC · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:11 pm Post subject:

What's the latest on central Ohio FKT, is there a date or location that's likely to be finalized?
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Tom Moore

Fisher Catholic '14

"I love micronations" - Brandon Shull

rhonnasmith · Beast Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 270 : Items

I thought OSU was running the FKT in Columbus, but it has to be the weekend after everyone else because of a home football game. At least that's what I remember.
Ask Jarrett.
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Rhonna Smith
Olmsted Falls Academic Team Coach (2007-present)
NAQT State Champions 2011
OAC State Champions 2012
Elyria Catholic High School '74
B.A. '91 Baldwin Wallace College
M.A. '97 Ashland University
M.A. '07 Baldwin Wallace College

Inkana7 · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:35 am Post subject:

TomFC · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject:

Will we find out what dates the OAC regionals and states competition will be held on after the OAC committee meets?
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Tom Moore

Fisher Catholic '14

"I love micronations" - Brandon Shull

rhonnasmith · Beast Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 270 : Items

The fall OAC Board Meeting is when the Regionals and State OAC dates are set. So, yes Tom, you will find out after the board meeting.
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Rhonna Smith
Olmsted Falls Academic Team Coach (2007-present)
NAQT State Champions 2011
OAC State Champions 2012
Elyria Catholic High School '74
B.A. '91 Baldwin Wallace College
M.A. '97 Ashland University
M.A. '07 Baldwin Wallace College

gridironrodgers · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:22 pm Post subject:

OAC Regionals will be on April 20th, and OAC State will be on May 4th.

This dates avoid both History Bowl Nationals and Science Olympiad State (both on April 27th).
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Joe Czupryn

Northmont Class of 2008
Northmont Assistant Coach 2008-2011
Thurgood Marshall Coach 2011-2012
Sidney Coach 2012-Present

Persona Non Grata · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject:

Good news. Jarret and I have come to an agreement that will move History Bowl to March 2 at OSU. This should avoid all conflicts, I hope. The official website won't be updated until the rooms are reserved, but I wanted to let everyone know. Thanks for your patience.
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Greg Bossick

leftsaidfred · Varsity Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 168 : Items

I know that the NHBB is in Ohio on March 2nd, but the University of Kentucky's going to be hosting a high school tourney on that date.
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Fred Morlan
PACE, NAQT, hsqb, other letters

gridironrodgers · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:59 pm Post subject:

Tom, when you get a chance, will you add the LIST mirror at Sidney (Yellow Jacket Invitational) to the calendar on April 13? Thanks!
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Joe Czupryn

Northmont Class of 2008
Northmont Assistant Coach 2008-2011
Thurgood Marshall Coach 2011-2012
Sidney Coach 2012-Present

TomFC · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject:

You got it.
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Tom Moore

Fisher Catholic '14

"I love micronations" - Brandon Shull

TomFC · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject:

You got it.
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Tom Moore

Fisher Catholic '14

"I love micronations" - Brandon Shull

TomFC · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject:

You got it.
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Tom Moore

Fisher Catholic '14

"I love micronations" - Brandon Shull