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{{Infobox|Name = Sam Blizzard
 
{{Infobox|Name = Sam Blizzard
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|highschool = [[Northmont]]
 
|highschool = [[Northmont]]
 
|middleschool = [[Northmont Middle]]
 
|middleschool = [[Northmont Middle]]
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|firstname = Sam
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Sam Blizzard was a player for [[Northmont]]. He was the top individual scorer at the [[2013 HSNCT]], [[2014 HSNCT]], and [[2015 HSNCT]].  Blizzard became only the third player in history to win a second HSNCT scoring title (after [[Jonathan Hess]] and [[Adam Silverman]]), and the first player to win three HSNCT scoring titles.
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At the 2013 HSNCT, Blizzard's statline of 50-100-17-104.72 was barely good enough to give him the overall individual lead over [[Dylan Minarik]]'s statline of 43-104-39-104.20.  Northmont finished in a tie for 21st place.  At the 2014 HSNCT, Northmont still finished in a 21st place tie, but Blizzard saw his statline blossom to 48-120-28-117.88, outpacing runner-up [[Eric Xu]]'s 109.22 PP20TH. In 2015, Blizzard moved his Northmont team up to a tie for 13th place, and continued increasing his statline: 76-97-28-123.51, edging [[Eric Wolfsberg]] for the scoring title.
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His 123.51 PP20TH remains the all-time HSNCT record for scoring in a single HSNCT tournament.
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Blizzard was named a member of the First Team for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]].
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{{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[HSNCT|HSNCT Leading Scorer]]
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|year = 2013, 2014, & 2015
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|previous = [[Adam Silverman]]
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|next = [[Timothy Morrison]]
 
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Sam Blizzard is a junior at [[Northmont]]. He was the top individual scorer at the [[2013 HSNCT]].
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 23 February 2021

Sam Blizzard
Noted subjects generalist
High school Northmont
Middle school Northmont Middle
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Sam Blizzard was a player for Northmont. He was the top individual scorer at the 2013 HSNCT, 2014 HSNCT, and 2015 HSNCT. Blizzard became only the third player in history to win a second HSNCT scoring title (after Jonathan Hess and Adam Silverman), and the first player to win three HSNCT scoring titles.

At the 2013 HSNCT, Blizzard's statline of 50-100-17-104.72 was barely good enough to give him the overall individual lead over Dylan Minarik's statline of 43-104-39-104.20. Northmont finished in a tie for 21st place. At the 2014 HSNCT, Northmont still finished in a 21st place tie, but Blizzard saw his statline blossom to 48-120-28-117.88, outpacing runner-up Eric Xu's 109.22 PP20TH. In 2015, Blizzard moved his Northmont team up to a tie for 13th place, and continued increasing his statline: 76-97-28-123.51, edging Eric Wolfsberg for the scoring title.

His 123.51 PP20TH remains the all-time HSNCT record for scoring in a single HSNCT tournament.

Blizzard was named a member of the First Team for the 2015 HSQBRank All-World Teams.

HSNCT Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Adam Silverman
2013, 2014, & 2015
Timothy Morrison