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'''North County Academic League''' is a format of high school quizbowl played in northern San Diego County, California and run by the San Diego County Office of Education. The season runs from January to March, when the four regional champions meet for the championship tournament.  Various matches are televised on San Diego County Office of Education Instructional Television (ITV Channel 16).  The winner of the Academic League was sent to the [[NAC]] at some point, but that tradition has not continued recently.
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The '''North County Academic League''' is a format of high school quiz bowl found in northern San Diego County. It is one of four members of the [[San Diego County Academic League]] and is run by a group of coaches and former coaches indirectly with the North County Principals' Conference.
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The season runs from January to March, when the four regional champions meet for the championship tournament.  Various matches are televised on San Diego County Office of Education Instructional Television (ITV Channel 16).  The winner of the Academic League was sent to the [[NAC]] at some point, but that tradition has not continued recently.
  
 
==Format==
 
==Format==
 
Academic League matches are played in [[tossup-bonus format]] and are timed (time varies depending on whether it is a Novice, Junior Varsity, or Varsity match).  Tossups are worth three points and bonuses worth five points.  A [[neg]] rule is also in play; teams are deducted one point for an incorrect answer at any point during or after the tossup, but not if the opponent has already been penalized for an incorrect answer.  Bonuses are either three, four, or five parts, and 20 seconds is given for conferral on all parts, after which points are awarded based on how many parts the team got correct.  The team with more points when time expires wins.  If time expires in the middle of a tossup-bonus cycle, the tossup and/or bonus will be completed.
 
Academic League matches are played in [[tossup-bonus format]] and are timed (time varies depending on whether it is a Novice, Junior Varsity, or Varsity match).  Tossups are worth three points and bonuses worth five points.  A [[neg]] rule is also in play; teams are deducted one point for an incorrect answer at any point during or after the tossup, but not if the opponent has already been penalized for an incorrect answer.  Bonuses are either three, four, or five parts, and 20 seconds is given for conferral on all parts, after which points are awarded based on how many parts the team got correct.  The team with more points when time expires wins.  If time expires in the middle of a tossup-bonus cycle, the tossup and/or bonus will be completed.
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The top two teams in each division each year advance to an 8 team, single-elimination playoff. The winner of that playoff represents NCAL at the County [[Academic League]] championship on ITV.
  
 
==Questions==
 
==Questions==
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According to the 2006 rules, each coach is required to submit 6 tossup and 6 bonus questions each year.  "Coaches may write questions themselves, solicit an expert, or purchase the questions."  Nine current events questions per week, all tossups, are to be written by the moderators directly out of the ''Time'' magazine dated Monday of that week. Questions are added to and taken out of a question bank, which means that verbatim repeats do occur. 
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According to the 2006 rules, each coach is required to submit 6 tossup and 6 bonus questions each year.  "Coaches may write questions themselves, solicit an expert, or purchase the questions."  Nine current events questions per week, all tossups, are to be written by the moderators directly out of the ''Time'' magazine dated Monday of that week. Questions are added to and taken out of a question bank, which means that verbatim repeats do occur from time to time, as attested to by several players.   
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==Officials==
 
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Academic League uses six officials: a moderator, a buzzer judge, a timing judge, an official scorekeeper, and two student scorekeepers.  The moderator performs normal moderator functions like reading questions and awarding or deducting points.  The buzzer judge is responsible for recognizing players after they have buzzed in, and the timing judge is responsible for timing the thirty-minute match, three-second interval to answer after recognition, five-second interval before the tossup is ruled dead, twenty-second interval for bonus conferral, and any 60-second timeouts.  It is unknown why three scorekeepers are needed, but coaches are forbidden to keep score.
 
  
 
== List of Current Teams ==
 
== List of Current Teams ==
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==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
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In a 2007 match between La Jolla and Scripps Ranch for one of the regional championships, a closely fought match went to overtime.  The tiebreak tossup asked which nation was the first to be established with the help of the United Nations.  Scripps Ranch answered with Israel, was ruled incorrect, and lost one point (thereby losing the match).  The answer on the page turned out to be Libya.  As the county championships were not for several weeks, and the game took place on a weekday night and would not be broadcast until that Sunday, Scripps Ranch was able to file an official protest the next day.  The team cited both the CIA World Factbook and U.N. Resolutions as evidence that Israel was established with the help of the United Nations three years before Libya was.  The protest was denied and the regional commissioner cited two sources in their denial, printouts of which were mailed to the Scripps Ranch coach.  The commissioner claimed the first source was Encyclopedia Britannica.  The second source was [http://members.aol.com/IamDeb2you/ Debbie's Super Trivia Encyclopedia].  Emily from Scripps Ranch decided to e-mail [[Ken Jennings]] about this travesty.  Ken's response, which can be found in [http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=424 this blog entry], notes that this kind of stuff happened all the time when he played [[CBI]], which he describes as a "similarly monolithic and complacent organization".  Results of an online search appear to indicate that the correct answer to the question depends entirely upon the ''exact'' wording of the question. 
 
  
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In addition to [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17161&p=318732#p304062 continuing complaints] over the non-pyramidal questions and repeats, the league division alignment has also been curiously changed to put almost all of the pyramidal quizbowl teams in the same division, thus limiting the number of them that can make the playoffs each year. As of 2015-2016, Coast Division powerhouses [[Torrey Pines]] and [[Canyon Crest]] were moved to the Inland Division, where they must play [[Rancho Bernardo]], [[Westview]], and [[Del Norte]] (which in the 2015-2016 year encompassed 4 of the top 50 teams in the country, according to the [[Morlan Rank]]).
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.rbvhs.org/teachers/ferreirae/ncal/index.htm Official webpage]
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*[http://groswell1.wixsite.com/ncal Official webpage]
 
*[http://www.sandi.net/gate2/AL98rulesp4-12.pdf Rules as of 2006]
 
*[http://www.sandi.net/gate2/AL98rulesp4-12.pdf Rules as of 2006]
 
*[http://www.sandi.net/gate2/Contestants%27CodeofEthics.pdf Code of Conduct for the 2006 and 2007 seasons]
 
*[http://www.sandi.net/gate2/Contestants%27CodeofEthics.pdf Code of Conduct for the 2006 and 2007 seasons]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65A2ibYpTGI Link to first part of an episode]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65A2ibYpTGI Link to first part of an episode]
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*[http://www.hilltoplancers.org/aclg/index.php Scores for South County seasons 2000-Present]
 
 
*[http://www.sdcoe.tv/ Website featuring the TV Airing of Academic League Matches]
 
*[http://www.sdcoe.tv/ Website featuring the TV Airing of Academic League Matches]
  

Latest revision as of 01:36, 25 January 2023

The North County Academic League is a format of high school quiz bowl found in northern San Diego County. It is one of four members of the San Diego County Academic League and is run by a group of coaches and former coaches indirectly with the North County Principals' Conference.

The season runs from January to March, when the four regional champions meet for the championship tournament. Various matches are televised on San Diego County Office of Education Instructional Television (ITV Channel 16). The winner of the Academic League was sent to the NAC at some point, but that tradition has not continued recently.

Format

Academic League matches are played in tossup-bonus format and are timed (time varies depending on whether it is a Novice, Junior Varsity, or Varsity match). Tossups are worth three points and bonuses worth five points. A neg rule is also in play; teams are deducted one point for an incorrect answer at any point during or after the tossup, but not if the opponent has already been penalized for an incorrect answer. Bonuses are either three, four, or five parts, and 20 seconds is given for conferral on all parts, after which points are awarded based on how many parts the team got correct. The team with more points when time expires wins. If time expires in the middle of a tossup-bonus cycle, the tossup and/or bonus will be completed.

The top two teams in each division each year advance to an 8 team, single-elimination playoff. The winner of that playoff represents NCAL at the County Academic League championship on ITV.

Questions

According to the 2006 rules, each coach is required to submit 6 tossup and 6 bonus questions each year. "Coaches may write questions themselves, solicit an expert, or purchase the questions." Nine current events questions per week, all tossups, are to be written by the moderators directly out of the Time magazine dated Monday of that week. Questions are added to and taken out of a question bank, which means that verbatim repeats do occur from time to time, as attested to by several players.

List of Current Teams

Division School City
Coast Division
Santa Fe Christian Solana Beach
Carlsbad Carlsbad
La Costa Canyon La Costa
Pacific Ridge Carlsbad
San Dieguito Academy Encinitas
Sage Creek Carlsbad
Oceanside Oceanside
Inland Division
Del Norte San Diego
Mt. Carmel San Diego
Poway Poway
Torrey Pines San Diego
Rancho Bernardo San Diego
Canyon Crest San Diego
Westview San Diego
North Division
El Camino Oceanside
Guajome Park Academy Vista
Mission Vista San Marcos
Mission Hills San Marcos
Rancho Buena Vista Vista
San Marcos San Marcos
Vista Vista
Valley Division Classical Academy Escondido
Escondido Escondido
Escondido Charter Escondido
Fallbrook Fallbrook
Orange Glen Escondido
San Pasqual San Pasqual
Valley Center Valley Center

Controversy

In addition to continuing complaints over the non-pyramidal questions and repeats, the league division alignment has also been curiously changed to put almost all of the pyramidal quizbowl teams in the same division, thus limiting the number of them that can make the playoffs each year. As of 2015-2016, Coast Division powerhouses Torrey Pines and Canyon Crest were moved to the Inland Division, where they must play Rancho Bernardo, Westview, and Del Norte (which in the 2015-2016 year encompassed 4 of the top 50 teams in the country, according to the Morlan Rank).

External Links

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