Month: March 2018

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Rookie Tournament

Hello all!

After some discussions and feedback, we had decided to go ahead and try and schedule a rookie tournament for May 5, 2018. Merrimack has graciously offered to host.

This is a little ways away, so you’ve got some time to plan. Rookie tournaments are open to underclassmen with little to no quiz bowl experience. This is a “get your feet wet” kind of experience. If you’ve had a freshman who played varsity all year this year, she or he is not the target audience for this tournament. For this tournament, we are also encouraging you to bring any rising 8th graders who will be on your team next fall, and may want to get some experience.

If you plan to attend, let Sara Campbell know, (sara.campbell@sau26.org), or me, and I can let Sara know.

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Kingswood Results!

A very exciting day at Kingswood on Saturday for our first ever At-Large tournament! First off, thanks to John Struble and his crew for putting on a great St. Paddy’s day spread. It’s always great to visit John, and for some of us, it worked out well, because we were able to “be in two places at once”, running back and forth between the main building and the theatre building for the drama festival.

Now, on to the important stuff. 10 Varsity teams competed during the day, and 14 j/v teams.

Here’s how that went down:
Kingswood Results

So, Merrimack, Salem and Plymouth all tied at the top. Salem already qualified at their region, so that left Plymouth and Merrimack. As Merrimack had beaten Plymouth during the tournament, they held the tiebreak and took home the final tournament win of the year! Merrimack had an excellent day, as their j/v team ran the table and took home the bag of candy from Murph.

So, how about overall:
KingswoodStandings

The tournament field is set, as Hanover, Fall Mtn, BG, Salem and Merrimack are joined by Plymouth, Kingswood and PCA as at large qualifiers. The state tournament should be a real dogfight!

The j/v points finished TIED. After 5 tournaments, Plymouth and Fall Mtn. were tied overall, and a tiebreak game was held, in which Plymouth J/V prevailed. They will get their trophy at the state tournament (since I left it on my desk at Salem, oops, sorry).

So, that’s it! Another regular season in the books. It’s been a lot of fun! The state tournament will be held at the Legislative Office Building in Concord on April 8th. Please be there by 1:30 PM. Spectators are welcome! And if you would like to read questions (and aren’t associated with a team participating), let Murph know, he can pay you!

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Kingswood Tournament!

Hello all!

Just a reminder that Kingswood will host our final regular season tournament on March 17th! This is the first “At-Large” tournament we have held. This means that the varsity team with the best record who hasn’t yet won a regional will qualify for the state tournament, regardless of geographic region. So who knows! I’m very excited.

We will also crown our winner for best J/V squad of the year, as well, so lots of exciting things going on for us.

Please remember to RSVP to John Struble ( jstruble@govwentworth.k12.nh.us ) and let him know if you’re coming and if you can bring a buzzer or two and a reader. Wear green for St. Patrick’s Day!

Look forward to seeing you all there!