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Northfield has long been a participant in Minnesota's [[Knowledge Bowl]] competitions. The school's first exposure to pyramidal quiz bowl came when its Knowledge Bowl team attended the 2020 [[Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League]] Outreach Tournament, which it won. Northfield player [[Owen Riley]] found quiz bowl enjoyable and spent much of that summer learning about it and becoming active in the online community. After he was unable to convince the Northfield administration to sponsor a quiz bowl team, Owen started one himself, recruiting many teammates from the Knowledge Bowl program. The team quickly improved over the course of the 2020-21 season, finishing in 7th place in the Minnesota postseason poll. Northfield placed 63rd at the [[2021 NSC]] and 20th at the [[2021 ONCT]]. | Northfield has long been a participant in Minnesota's [[Knowledge Bowl]] competitions. The school's first exposure to pyramidal quiz bowl came when its Knowledge Bowl team attended the 2020 [[Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League]] Outreach Tournament, which it won. Northfield player [[Owen Riley]] found quiz bowl enjoyable and spent much of that summer learning about it and becoming active in the online community. After he was unable to convince the Northfield administration to sponsor a quiz bowl team, Owen started one himself, recruiting many teammates from the Knowledge Bowl program. The team quickly improved over the course of the 2020-21 season, finishing in 7th place in the Minnesota postseason poll. Northfield placed 63rd at the [[2021 NSC]] and 20th at the [[2021 ONCT]]. | ||
| − | Owen graduated in June 2021 | + | Owen graduated in June 2021 and transitioned to coaching the Northfield program, which continued to attend tournaments through 2022 but has since gone inactive. |
[[Category: Minnesota high school teams]] | [[Category: Minnesota high school teams]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:41, 1 August 2024
| Northfield | |
| Location: Northfield, MN | |
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| National Appearances | PACE: 2021 ONCT: 2021 |
| Program Status | Active |
| School Size | 1,250 |
| NAQT Page | link |
| Website | link |
Northfield High School is a public high school in Northfield, Minnesota.
Program History
Northfield has long been a participant in Minnesota's Knowledge Bowl competitions. The school's first exposure to pyramidal quiz bowl came when its Knowledge Bowl team attended the 2020 Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League Outreach Tournament, which it won. Northfield player Owen Riley found quiz bowl enjoyable and spent much of that summer learning about it and becoming active in the online community. After he was unable to convince the Northfield administration to sponsor a quiz bowl team, Owen started one himself, recruiting many teammates from the Knowledge Bowl program. The team quickly improved over the course of the 2020-21 season, finishing in 7th place in the Minnesota postseason poll. Northfield placed 63rd at the 2021 NSC and 20th at the 2021 ONCT.
Owen graduated in June 2021 and transitioned to coaching the Northfield program, which continued to attend tournaments through 2022 but has since gone inactive.