South Callaway

South Callaway Bulldogs
Location: Mokane, MO
Coaches	Jeannie Sneller
National Appearances	SSNCT: 2017
Program Status	Active
School Size	262
NAQT Page	link

South Callaway High School is a small public high school in Mokane, Missouri. The quiz bowl ("Scholar Bowl") team has seen several years of regional success. The district's middle school also fields a 7th and 8th grade team which competes with other middle schools and junior highs in the area, while elementary schoolers from the district are able to compete in a tossups-only event within the Show-Me Conference.

MSHSAA History

• 1992-1995 - Missouri Academic Association era - No information available.
• 1996 - Placed second in the MSHSAA state Class 2 championships, losing the finals match to Richland.
• 1997 - Placed fourth in the MSHSAA state Class 2 championships.
• 1998-2004 - No information available.
• 2005 - Placed second in the MSHSAA district championships of Class 3, District 4, losing to Osage.
• 2006 - Champions of the C3D4 tournament. Placed fourth in the MSHSAA state Class 3 championships.
• 2007, 2008- Placed second in the C3D4 championships, losing to Hallsville.
• 2009 - Placed second in the C3D7 championships, losing to Hallsville.
• 2010 - Did not qualify for semifinals in C3D7.
• 2011 - Eliminated in C2D8 semifinals with a loss to Eugene.
• 2012 - Did not qualify for semifinals in C2D8.
• 2013 - Eliminated in C2D4 semifinals with a loss to New Haven.
• 2014 - Placed second in the C2D4 championships, losing to New Haven.
• 2015, 2016 - Eliminated in C3D6 semifinals with a loss to Osage.
• 2017 - Champions of the C2D9 tournament over Fayette. Lost sectional tournament to Calvary Lutheran.

Opponents and Rivalries

South Callaway formerly competed in the Mid-Missouri Conference against teams from Southern Boone, North Callaway, Harrisburg, and Hallsville. In 2012, the school became a member of the Show-Me Conference alongside nine other schools, including a very active Tuscumbia program.

The school was classified by MSHSAA as Class 3, District 4 in the 2004 and 2006 cycles, and as Class 3, District 7 in the 2008 cycle, when the number of districts was doubled and the sectionals system was created. By 2010, enrollment numbers forced South Callaway to be bumped to Class 2, where they were placed in District 8. The 2012 cycle saw a move to District 4. Enrollment in 2014 was large enough for South Callaway to be bumped to Class 3, District 6, but the 2016 enrollment cycle saw a return to Class 2 in District 9.

The school's largest historical rivalry was by far that with Hallsville, a formidable conference and district opponent. The team has also played several high profile matches against teams from Osage and New Haven.

Tournament Attendance

While South Callaway's schedule for many years was dominated by conference matches (largely duals or small round-robin events), the team has started to sporadically attend more Saturday tournaments. In 2008, the team attended multiple MSHSAA-style tournaments, including the Warrenton Warrior Classic and the William Woods Academic Tournament. Since then, an increasing number of MOQBA-certified events in the area has led to a South Callaway team slowly becoming more active in the local circuit, competing in a mixture of duals, MSHSAA-style events, and national-format events. It would appear that the 2013 Show-Me Conference tournament may have been the first nationals-format event that the high school team attended, with sporadic attendance at 20/20 events in subsequent years.

2017-2018

South Callaway made their first pyramidal appearance of the year at November's CAAT in Centralia. They then played in the MOQBA Fall Championship. The team is registered for several pyramidal spring events such as TWAIN at Hannibal.

Previous Years

The team placed third in their division at the 2017 OMAR, bettering their eighth-place finish from the previous year's iteration. By winning the 2017 St. Elizabeth Invitational (MSHSAA format on NAQT questions), the team earned and accepted a bid to the SSNCT, where they went 4-5 in the Traditional Public division. In 2014-2015, the team played in 20/20 tournaments at Helias and Hallsville and a small after-school invitational at Calvary Lutheran.

Middle School/Elementary

South Callaway's middle school program has become more active recently, such as by competing in recent iterations of the winter middle school tournament at Tuscumbia. The team has also competed in pyramidal quad tournaments at Hallsville.

The 6th grade team, coached by Alex Dzurick, competed at the 2013 Tuscumbia Winter tournament in the elementary division, taking home third place (6-2 record) in their first-ever outing. The 6th graders also attended the Show-Me Conference-sponsored Knowledge Bowl for elementary teams where they took 5th place in the 6th grade division. At the 2013 Knowledge Bowl, South Callaway's 5th grade team took home 1st place under coach Leah Cave. Two teams of 6th graders competed at the 2013 Tuscumbia Spring tournament where they took 3rd and 5th places, amassing records of 4-3 and 3-4.

Alumni

• Alex Dzurick (Class of 2008) - formerly of Illinois and Missouri, former middle school coach (2012-2013)
• Zoe Cooke (Class of 2017) - currently of WUSTL