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The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by [[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend.  The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday. There are also optional scrimmage rounds on the Friday before.
 
The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by [[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend.  The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday. There are also optional scrimmage rounds on the Friday before.
  
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The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament.  In 2015 it attracted 272 high school teams from 224 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are alternative ways listed on the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html NAQT HSNCT website].
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The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament.  In [[2017 HSNCT|2017]] it attracted 304 high school teams from 235 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html some other ways].
  
 
== Match Format ==
 
== Match Format ==
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Recent HSNCT tournament sets have contained 26 or 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses. The first two HSNCTs used NAQT's second-generation format of 28 tossups and 26 bonuses, with the possibility of tossups being read for tossup points only and no bonus potential if the end of the packet was reached. From 2001 to 2010, the packets had 26 tossups and 26 bonuses each.
 
Recent HSNCT tournament sets have contained 26 or 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses. The first two HSNCTs used NAQT's second-generation format of 28 tossups and 26 bonuses, with the possibility of tossups being read for tossup points only and no bonus potential if the end of the packet was reached. From 2001 to 2010, the packets had 26 tossups and 26 bonuses each.
  
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Its distribution can be found [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp here]. Matches use [[timed|nine-minute halves]], so it is common for a match to not get through all of the tossups in a packet. When the timer goes off, moderators finish the question they are reading, and if that question is a tossup that gets answered they read the associated bonus; this was a rule change that began with the 2009 HSNCT as part of an all-level alteration in NAQT clock rules. Through 2008, the expiration of time in a half would remove the opportunity to buzz in if a tossup was being read and no buzz had yet occurred.
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Its distribution can be found [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp here]. Matches use NAQT rules, including [[timed|nine-minute halves]].
  
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The 2009 HSNCT was the last to use math calculation tossups; since 2010, these have been removed from the distribution. Every HSNCT packet now contains exactly one math calculation bonus, and all packets contain conceptual math questions as well.
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The 2009 HSNCT was the last to use math calculation tossups; since 2010, these have been removed from the distribution. Most HSNCT packets now contain exactly one computation bonus (and never more than one). Packets also contain non-computational math questions.
  
 
== Tournament Format ==
 
== Tournament Format ==
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In [[2018 HSNCT|2018]] a new tournament format was introduced in which teams played seven [[power-matching|power-matched]] preliminary games Saturday morning ''or'' seven power-matched preliminary games Saturday afternoon (with no [[bye|byes]]), then played three more preliminary games in six rounds (and thus had three byes) on Sunday morning, followed by double-elimination [[playoffs]] on Sunday afternoon and evening, with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.
  
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The 1999 and 2002 tournaments used swiss-pair prelims followed by a round-robin playoff bracket. The 2000 and 2001 tournaments used pre-scheduled prelims followed by the double-elim playoffs. The current tournament format has remained unchanged in its broad strokes since 2003:
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From 2003 to 2017, the format was essentially ten [[power-matching|power-matched]] preliminary games over more than ten rounds on Saturday (so teams had several [[bye|byes]]), followed by double-elimination [[playoffs]] on Sunday, sometimes with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket, and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.
  
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On Saturday, the first day of competition, each team plays ten matches. There are fifteen or sixteen rounds, so each team gets five or six byes. HSNCT uses power-matching; each team is guaranteed to play each of its matches against opponents that have a record within one win of its own record. (In other words, if your current record is 3-5, then your next opponent will be 4-4, 3-5, or 2-6.) Teams need to win at least six of their ten matches to continue play on Sunday.
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The 1999 and 2002 tournaments used swiss-pair prelims followed by a round-robin playoff bracket. The 2000 and 2001 tournaments used pre-scheduled prelims followed by the double-elim playoffs.
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On Sunday, teams that won six matches on Saturday are eliminated by their first Sunday loss, and teams that won seven or more matches on Saturday are eliminated by their second Sunday loss. With a few exceptions, teams on the verge of elimination play each other, while teams that still have one match to lose also play each other. Play continues until all teams but one are eliminated, and the rest of the final standings in the tournament are based on which teams last the longest on Sunday before being eliminated.
 
  
 
From 2001 to 2013, the HSNCT also recognized a Small School Champion. Schools fitting the criteria played as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday. After they were eliminated from the regular tournament, they played in a separate set of playoff rounds that determined the Small School Champion. Since 2014 NAQT's Small School championship has instead been decided at a [[Small School National Championship Tournament|separate event]].
 
From 2001 to 2013, the HSNCT also recognized a Small School Champion. Schools fitting the criteria played as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday. After they were eliminated from the regular tournament, they played in a separate set of playoff rounds that determined the Small School Champion. Since 2014 NAQT's Small School championship has instead been decided at a [[Small School National Championship Tournament|separate event]].
  
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Select matches from the HSNCT from 2005 to 2009 are recorded and appear on the [[9 Minutes]] podcast or the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]. In 2011 and 2012 some rounds were posted to [http://www.ihigh.com/naqt/‎ iHigh.com].
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Most years, select matches from the HSNCT are [https://www.naqt.com/podcasts/ audio-recorded]. In 2011 and 2012 some rounds were video-recorded by [http://www.ihigh.com/naqt/‎ iHigh]. Since about 2017 one match in each of the last few playoff rounds has been livestreamed.
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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| [[Hilton Anatole|Dallas, TX]]
 
| [[Hilton Anatole|Dallas, TX]]
 
| 272
 
| 272
 +
|-
 +
| [[2017 HSNCT|2017]]
 +
| [[Hunter|Hunter A]]
 +
| [[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]]
 +
| [[Naperville North]]
 +
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson A]]
 +
| [[2017 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
| 304
 +
|-
 +
| [[2018 HSNCT|2018]]
 +
| [[Plano West|Plano West A]]
 +
| [[Hunter|Hunter A]]
 +
| [[LASA|LASA A]]
 +
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson A]]
 +
| [[2018 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
| 352
 +
|-
 +
| [[2019 HSNCT|2019]]
 +
| [[Beavercreek]]
 +
| [[University of Illinois Lab| University Lab A]]
 +
| [[Chattahoochee|Chattahoochee A]]
 +
| [[ Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson A]]
 +
| [[2019 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
| 336
 +
|-
 +
| 2020
 +
|colspan=7| cancelled due to [[COVID-19]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[2021 HSNCT|2021]]
 +
| [[Barrington]]
 +
| [[University of Illinois Lab| University Lab A]]
 +
| [[Detroit Country Day| Detroit Country Day A]]
 +
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson A]]
 +
| [[2021 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Online quizbowl|Online]]
 +
| 224
 +
|-
 +
| [[2022 HSNCT|2022]]
 +
| [[Detroit Catholic Central| Detroit Catholic Central A]]
 +
| [[Hunter| Hunter A]]
 +
| [[East Chapel Hill| East Chapel Hill A]]
 +
| [[Kinkaid| Kinkaid A]]
 +
| [[2022 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
|274
 +
|-
 +
| [[2023 HSNCT|2023]]
 +
| [[Barrington| Barrington A]]
 +
| [[Buffalo Grove| Buffalo Grove]]
 +
| [[Detroit Country Day| Detroit Country Day A]]
 +
| [[Hunter| Hunter A]]
 +
| [[2023 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
|304
 +
|-
 +
| [[2024 HSNCT|2024]]
 +
| [[Barrington| Barrington A]]
 +
| [[St. Mark's School of Texas]]
 +
| [[Livingston| Livingston A]]
 +
| [[Buffalo Grove| Buffalo Grove]]
 +
| [[2024 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
| [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
|320
 +
|-
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===Notes===
 
===Notes===
  
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*The formats used since 2000 do not allow for fourth-place ties, though the 1999 format did and produced a three-way tie noted above.
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*The formats used between 2000 and 2016, inclusive, did not allow for fourth-place ties. The 1999 format produced a three-way tie noted above. The 2017 format could have produced a two-way tie for fourth, but didn't.
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*The small school champion was named beginning in 2002, through a process of tangent playoffs at the HSNCT that lasted until 2013. Beginning in 2014, the NAQT small school winner is named at the [[SSNCT]] and is no longer formally recognized at HSNCT.
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*The small school champion was named beginning in 2002, through a process of tangent playoffs at the HSNCT that lasted until 2013. Beginning in 2014, the NAQT Small School winner is named at the [[SSNCT]].
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*The HSNCT and the SSNCT were not held in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
 
===Medal count===
 
===Medal count===
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Arcadia]]
 
| [[Arcadia]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Barrington]]
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beavercreek]]
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
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| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Buffalo Grove]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Centennial]]
 
| [[Centennial]]
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| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Chattahoochee]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| 2
 
 
| 3
 
| 3
−
| 6
+
| 5
 
| 8
 
| 8
 +
| 11
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Detroit Country Day]]
 
| [[Detroit Country Day]]
 
| 0
 
| 0
 
| 1
 
| 1
−
| 2
+
| 4
−
| 2
+
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Dorman]]
 
| [[Dorman]]
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| 2
 
| 2
 
| 4
 
| 4
 +
|-
 +
| [[East Chapel Hill]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Edmond Memorial]]
 
| [[Edmond Memorial]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Hunter]]
 
| [[Hunter]]
−
| 1
+
| 2
−
| 0
+
| 4
−
| 0
+
| 4
−
| 0
+
| 5
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[IMSA]]
 
| [[IMSA]]
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| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Kinkaid]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| 2
 
| 2
 
| 4
 
| 4
−
| 7
 
 
| 8
 
| 8
 +
| 9
 +
|-
 +
| [[Livingston]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Loyola]]
 
| [[Loyola]]
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| 5
 
| 5
 
| 5
 
| 5
 +
|-
 +
| [[Naperville North]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[North Kansas City]]
 
| [[North Kansas City]]
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| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Plano West]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
−
| 1
+
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[St. John's]]
 
| [[St. John's]]
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| 4
 
| 4
 
| 5
 
| 5
 +
|-
 +
| [[St. Mark's School of Texas]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 
| 4
 
| 4
 
| 5
 
| 5
−
| 5
+
| 6
−
| 5
+
| 9
 +
|-
 +
| [[University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Walton]]
 
| [[Walton]]
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*[[HSNCT Record Book]]
 
*[[HSNCT Record Book]]
 
*[[PACE NSC]], another high school national tournament
 
*[[PACE NSC]], another high school national tournament
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*[[NAC]], high school "nationals" of inferior quality
 
  
 
{{Navbox NAQT}}
 
{{Navbox NAQT}}

Latest revision as of 08:13, 3 June 2024

The High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by NAQT every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend. The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday. There are also optional scrimmage rounds on the Friday before.

The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament. In 2017 it attracted 304 high school teams from 235 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are some other ways.

Match Format

Recent HSNCT tournament sets have contained 26 or 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses. The first two HSNCTs used NAQT's second-generation format of 28 tossups and 26 bonuses, with the possibility of tossups being read for tossup points only and no bonus potential if the end of the packet was reached. From 2001 to 2010, the packets had 26 tossups and 26 bonuses each.

Its distribution can be found here. Matches use NAQT rules, including nine-minute halves.

The 2009 HSNCT was the last to use math calculation tossups; since 2010, these have been removed from the distribution. Most HSNCT packets now contain exactly one computation bonus (and never more than one). Packets also contain non-computational math questions.

Tournament Format

In 2018 a new tournament format was introduced in which teams played seven power-matched preliminary games Saturday morning or seven power-matched preliminary games Saturday afternoon (with no byes), then played three more preliminary games in six rounds (and thus had three byes) on Sunday morning, followed by double-elimination playoffs on Sunday afternoon and evening, with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.

From 2003 to 2017, the format was essentially ten power-matched preliminary games over more than ten rounds on Saturday (so teams had several byes), followed by double-elimination playoffs on Sunday, sometimes with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket, and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.

The 1999 and 2002 tournaments used swiss-pair prelims followed by a round-robin playoff bracket. The 2000 and 2001 tournaments used pre-scheduled prelims followed by the double-elim playoffs.

From 2001 to 2013, the HSNCT also recognized a Small School Champion. Schools fitting the criteria played as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday. After they were eliminated from the regular tournament, they played in a separate set of playoff rounds that determined the Small School Champion. Since 2014 NAQT's Small School championship has instead been decided at a separate event.

Most years, select matches from the HSNCT are audio-recorded. In 2011 and 2012 some rounds were video-recorded by iHigh. Since about 2017 one match in each of the last few playoff rounds has been livestreamed.

Results

Year Champion Second Third Fourth Small School Champion Location Field Size
1999 Detroit Catholic Central Walton Brookwood A Edmond Memorial, North Kansas City,
& Edmond Santa Fe 		not awarded Norman, OK 26
2000 State College A Governor's School A Eleanor Roosevelt Eisenhower not awarded Atlanta, GA 52
2001 Detroit Catholic Central Detroit Country Day State College A Riverdale not awarded Ann Arbor, MI 40
2002 St. John's Irmo Detroit Catholic Central Detroit Country Day Kent City Austin, TX 54
2003 Thomas Jefferson Dorman St. John's Walton Cutter Morning Star Myrtle Beach, SC 62
2004 Thomas Jefferson† Maggie Walker St. John's Detroit Catholic Central Cutter Morning Star Houston, TX 64
2005 Thomas Jefferson† Lakeside State College Solon Danville Chicago, IL 96
2006 Richard Montgomery State College Maggie Walker Detroit Catholic Central Danville Chicago, IL 128
2007 Maggie Walker State College Thomas Jefferson Dorman Danville Chicago, IL 160
2008 Thomas Jefferson Wilmington Charter Walt Whitman Dorman B Russell Chicago, IL 176
2009 Wilmington Charter Dorman A State College A Detroit Catholic Central Ottawa Hills Chicago, IL 192
2010 Maggie Walker State College A LASA A Bellarmine A South Range Chicago, IL 200
2011 State College A LASA A Bellarmine A Stevenson George Mason Atlanta, GA 224
2012 Bellarmine A Detroit Catholic Central A LASA A Centennial Beachwood Atlanta, GA 240
2013 LASA A Ladue A Loyola St. John's Macomb Atlanta, GA 256
2014 LASA A St. John's LASA B Ladue A not awarded Chicago, IL 272
2015 Arcadia A LASA A Detroit Catholic Central A IMSA not awarded Chicago, IL 272
2016 Hunter A Thomas Jefferson A Detroit Catholic Central A LASA A not awarded Dallas, TX 272
2017 Hunter A Detroit Catholic Central A Naperville North Thomas Jefferson A not awarded Atlanta, GA 304
2018 Plano West A Hunter A LASA A Thomas Jefferson A not awarded Atlanta, GA 352
2019 Beavercreek University Lab A Chattahoochee A Stevenson A not awarded Atlanta, GA 336
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Barrington University Lab A Detroit Country Day A Thomas Jefferson A not awarded Online 224
2022 Detroit Catholic Central A Hunter A East Chapel Hill A Kinkaid A not awarded Atlanta, GA 274
2023 Barrington A Buffalo Grove Detroit Country Day A Hunter A not awarded Atlanta, GA 304
2024 Barrington A St. Mark's School of Texas Livingston A Buffalo Grove not awarded Atlanta, GA 320
  • †undefeated

Notes

  • The formats used between 2000 and 2016, inclusive, did not allow for fourth-place ties. The 1999 format produced a three-way tie noted above. The 2017 format could have produced a two-way tie for fourth, but didn't.
  • The small school champion was named beginning in 2002, through a process of tangent playoffs at the HSNCT that lasted until 2013. Beginning in 2014, the NAQT Small School winner is named at the SSNCT.
  • The HSNCT and the SSNCT were not held in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal count

Team Championships Finals Appearances (Top 2) Top 3 Top 4
Arcadia 1 1 1 1
Barrington 3 3 3 3
Beavercreek 1 1 1 1
Bellarmine 1 1 2 3
Brookwood 0 0 1 1
Buffalo Grove 0 1 1 2
Centennial 0 0 0 1
Chattahoochee 0 0 1 1
Detroit Catholic Central 3 5 8 11
Detroit Country Day 0 1 4 3
Dorman 0 2 2 4
East Chapel Hill 0 0 1 1
Edmond Memorial 0 0 0 1
Edmond Santa Fe 0 0 0 1
Eisenhower 0 0 0 1
Eleanor Roosevelt 0 0 1 1
Hunter 2 4 4 5
IMSA 0 0 0 1
Irmo 0 1 1 1
Kinkaid 0 0 0 1
Ladue 0 1 1 2
Lakeside (WA) 0 1 1 1
LASA 2 4 8 9
Livingston 0 0 1 1
Loyola 0 0 1 1
Maggie Walker 2 4 5 5
Naperville North 0 0 1 1
North Kansas City 0 0 0 1
Plano West 1 1 1 1
Richard Montgomery 1 1 1 1
Riverdale 0 0 0 1
Solon 0 0 0 1
State College 2 5 8 8
Stevenson 0 0 0 2
St. John's 1 2 4 5
St. Mark's School of Texas 0 1 1 1
Thomas Jefferson 4 5 6 9
University Lab 0 2 2 2
Walton 0 1 1 2
Walt Whitman 0 0 1 1
Wilmington Charter 1 2 2 2

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See also

National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC

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