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The '''Gateway Athletic Conference''' (or '''GAC''') tournament features schools from the western edge of the St. Louis Metro Area extending from the towns of St. Charles, Warrenton and Washington. The Conference tournament is usually held in March.
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The '''Gateway Athletic Conference''' (or '''GAC''') tournament features schools from the western edge of the St. Louis Metro Area extending from the towns of St. Charles, Warrenton and Washington. The Conference tournament is usually held in March, yet some have been held in February or even late January. The conference used [[Bryce Avery|Avery questions]] in 2007, [[Questions Galore]] questions from 2008-10, [[NAQT|NAQT's]] [[MSHSAA|Missouri packets]] from 2011-15, and has used IS-A sets with [[NAQT]] rules since 2016. The amount of teams at each tournament generally hovers around 8-12, with a few outliers.
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== History ==
 
== History ==
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The Gateway Athletic Conference tournament was first founded in 2002 with the assistance of [[Fort Zumwalt West]] coach [[Jeremy Gibbs]]. The first iteration of the tournament featured only four teams [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518209/1/] Historically, the tournament has been dominated by [[Francis Howell Central]] and [[Fort Zumwalt West]] High Schools, which have won eight of the nine Conference championships, with the score currently 5-3 in favor of FHC. Attendance at the GAC tournament generally hovers around 6-8 of the 14 teams eligible to attend.
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The Gateway Athletic Conference tournament was first founded in 2002 with the assistance of [[Fort Zumwalt West]] coach [[Jeremy Gibbs]]. The first iteration of the tournament featured only four teams [http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518209/1/] Early on, the conference was dominated by [[Francis Howell Central]] and [[Fort Zumwalt West]], yet the transition into more pyramidal questions, [[Francis Howell Central]] slowly declining, and [[Fort Zumwalt West|Fort Zumwalt West's]] team going completely inactive resulted in a 4-year winning streak by [[Francis Howell]]. This streak eventually ended in 2015 when [[Orchard Farm]] defeated [[Francis Howell]] 440-370, only to be beaten by a [[Joe Stitz]]-led [[Washington (MO)|Washington]] the following conference in 2016. From 2016 to 2020, [[Washington (MO)|Washington]] maintained a 40-1 W/L record, their only loss coming in 2019 when [[Fort Zumwalt North]] temporarily took the title.
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== Characteristics ==
 
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The GAC tournament is usually run on the State question provider and is largely administrated by [[Jeremy Gibbs]]. It is organized similarly to most [[MSHSAA]] format tournaments. Teams play three preliminary matches at 9:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., and 11:00 A.M., there is a lunch break between 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. during which the top teams are seeded, and then those teams play single elimination playoff matches at 1:00 P.M. and 2:00 P.M. The tournament champions win the same plaque which is awarded to the winner of a Gateway Athletic Conference championship in any other sport. 
 
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The GAC tournament, like those of most [[MSHSAA]] tournaments, gives top scorer awards for the most tossups answered in the preliminary rounds, rather than for the highest [[PPG]].
 
  
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Interestingly, no team which has won the Conference has won the corresponding MSHSAA District for the years 2006-2009. [[Francis Howell Central]], which won 3 of those 4 GAC competitions, was defeated by [[Fort Zumwalt West]] in 2006 and 2009 and by both Zumwalt West and [[Kirksville]] in 2008. [http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=974][http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1826][http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1618] [[Fort Zumwalt West]], which won the Conference in 2007, was defeated by [[Kirksville]] in 2007. [http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewforum.php?f=2&start=150] This trend was broken in 2010, when Fort Zumwalt West defeated Warrenton 380-120 to win the District title after winning the 2010 Conference title over Francis Howell Central.
 
  
 
== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
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''Italics Denote Schools Currently Inactive in the Conference''<br>
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*[[Fort Zumwalt North]]
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*[[Fort Zumwalt West|Fort Zumwalt West High School]]<br>
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*[[Francis Howell]]
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*[[Francis Howell Central|Francis Howell Central High School]]<br>
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*[[Francis Howell Central]]
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*[[Francis Howell|Francis Howell High School]]<br>
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*[[Troy (MO)|Troy Buchanan]]
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*[[Washington (Missouri High School)|Washington High School]]<br>
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*[[Warrenton]]
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*[[Warrenton|Warrenton High School]]<br>
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*[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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*[[Troy (Missouri High School)|Troy Buchanan High School]]<br>
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*[[Francis Howell North]] (Since 2009)
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*[[Fort Zumwalt North|Fort Zumwalt North High School]]<br>
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*[[Timberland]] (Since 2010)
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*[[Francis Howell North High School]]<br>
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*[[Holt]] (Since 2011)
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*[[Wentzville Timberland High School]]<br>
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*[[Winfield]] (Since 2013)
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*''Fort Zumwalt South High School''<br>
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*[[Orchard Farm]] (Since 2013)
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*''Wentzville Holt High School''<br>
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*[[Fort Zumwalt South]] (Until 2018)
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*''Fort Zumwalt East High School''<br>
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*[[Fort Zumwalt West]] (Until 2011)
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*''Duchesne High School''<br>
 
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*''St. Charles High School''<br>
 
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*''St. Charles West High School<br>''
 
  
 
== Results ==
 
== Results ==
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===2009 GAC Tournament===
 
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The 2009 Gateway Athletic Conference was won by [[Francis Howell Central]] after a finals match against [[Fort Zumwalt West]] where FHC came back from a 50 point deficit after the end of the first quarter to win 275-265. [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=5&page=standings] The initial top seeds in preliminary play were [[Warrenton]] and Francis Howell Central. [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=1&page=standings]
 
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===2010 GAC Tournament===
 
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The 2010 Gateway Athletic Conference was won by [[Fort Zumwalt West]], which defeated [[Francis Howell Central]] by 20 points, 230-210. [http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2070]
 
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<br><br>''Links are to results located on the [[Missouri Academic Competition Message Board]]''
 
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
 
! Year
 
! Year
 
! Champion
 
! Champion
 
! Runner-up
 
! Runner-up
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! High Scorer
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! Top Individual(s)
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2002'''
 
|'''2002'''
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt South]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt South]]
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|
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|Unknown
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2003'''
 
|'''2003'''
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt North]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt North]]
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|
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|Unknown
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2004'''
 
|'''2004'''
 
|[[Washington (Missouri High School)|Washington High School]]
 
|[[Washington (Missouri High School)|Washington High School]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
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|
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|Unknown
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2005'''
 
|'''2005'''
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
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|
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|Unknown
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2006'''
 
|'''2006'''
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
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|
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|Unknown
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/517872/ 2007]'''
 
|'''[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/517872/ 2007]'''
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
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|[[Teresa Kilmer|Teresa 'Teri' Kilmer]], FZW
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|[[Teresa Kilmer|Teresa 'Teri' Kilmer]], [[Fort Zumwalt West|FZW]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518147/ 2008]'''
 
|'''[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518147/ 2008]'''
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
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|Becca Genet and [[Julia Price]], FZW
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|[[Becca Genet]]/[[Julia Price]], [[Fort Zumwalt West|FZW]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7597348/1 2009]'''
 
|'''[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7597348/1 2009]'''
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
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|[[Julia Price]], FZW
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|[[Julia Price]], [[Fort Zumwalt West|FZW]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2070 2010]'''
 
|'''[http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2070 2010]'''
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Fort Zumwalt West]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
 
|[[Francis Howell Central]]
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|Blake Hiza, FHC
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|[[Blake Hiza]], [[Francis Howell Central|FHC]]
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|-
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|'''[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=3627 2011]'''
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Fort Zumwalt North]]
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|Unknown
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|-
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|'''[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4198 2012]'''
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|Unknown
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|'''[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=4584 2013]'''
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Fort Zumwalt North]]
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|Unknown
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2105/stats/all_games/ 2014]'''
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Holt]]
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|[[Annie Chen]], [[Orchard Farm]]
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2505/stats/combined/ 2015]'''
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|[[Orchard Farm]]
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Tyler Woosencraft]], [[Orchard Farm]]
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3681/stats/combined/ 2016]'''
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|[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Emily Sigmund]], [[Fort Zumwalt North|FZN]]
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4183/stats/all_games/ 2017]'''
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|[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|[[Orchard Farm]]
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|[[Joe Stitz]], [[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4678/stats/all_games/ 2018]'''
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|[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|[[Francis Howell]]
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|[[Ganon Evans]], [[Francis Howell]]
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5690/stats/all_games/ 2019]'''
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|[[Fort Zumwalt North]]
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|[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|[[Caleb Fick]], [[Fort Zumwalt North|FZN]]
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|-
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|'''[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6491/stats/all_games/ 2020]'''
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|[[Washington (MO)|Washington]]
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|[[Holt]]
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|[[Heath Bana]], [[Holt]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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*[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518209/1/ Jeremy Gibbs describes the history of the Gateway Athletic Conference]
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*[http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2070 Top 4 (2002-2010)]  
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*[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/517872/ 2007 Results]
 
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*[http://moquizbowl.com/topic/518147/ 2008 Results]
 
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*[http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=1&page=standings 2009 Preliminary Results on Scobo.net]
 
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*[http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=5&page=standings 2009 Playoff Results on Scobo.net]
 
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*[http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2070 2010 Results]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:25, 10 August 2020

The Gateway Athletic Conference (or GAC) tournament features schools from the western edge of the St. Louis Metro Area extending from the towns of St. Charles, Warrenton and Washington. The Conference tournament is usually held in March, yet some have been held in February or even late January. The conference used Avery questions in 2007, Questions Galore questions from 2008-10, NAQT's Missouri packets from 2011-15, and has used IS-A sets with NAQT rules since 2016. The amount of teams at each tournament generally hovers around 8-12, with a few outliers.

History

The Gateway Athletic Conference tournament was first founded in 2002 with the assistance of Fort Zumwalt West coach Jeremy Gibbs. The first iteration of the tournament featured only four teams [1] Early on, the conference was dominated by Francis Howell Central and Fort Zumwalt West, yet the transition into more pyramidal questions, Francis Howell Central slowly declining, and Fort Zumwalt West's team going completely inactive resulted in a 4-year winning streak by Francis Howell. This streak eventually ended in 2015 when Orchard Farm defeated Francis Howell 440-370, only to be beaten by a Joe Stitz-led Washington the following conference in 2016. From 2016 to 2020, Washington maintained a 40-1 W/L record, their only loss coming in 2019 when Fort Zumwalt North temporarily took the title.


Participants

Results

Year Champion Runner-up Top Individual(s)
2002 Francis Howell Central Fort Zumwalt South Unknown
2003 Francis Howell Central Fort Zumwalt North Unknown
2004 Washington High School Fort Zumwalt West Unknown
2005 Fort Zumwalt West Francis Howell Central Unknown
2006 Francis Howell Central Fort Zumwalt West Unknown
2007 Fort Zumwalt West Francis Howell Central Teresa 'Teri' Kilmer, FZW
2008 Francis Howell Central Fort Zumwalt West Becca Genet/Julia Price, FZW
2009 Francis Howell Central Fort Zumwalt West Julia Price, FZW
2010 Fort Zumwalt West Francis Howell Central Blake Hiza, FHC
2011 Francis Howell Fort Zumwalt North Unknown
2012 Francis Howell Washington Unknown
2013 Francis Howell Fort Zumwalt North Unknown
2014 Francis Howell Holt Annie Chen, Orchard Farm
2015 Orchard Farm Francis Howell Tyler Woosencraft, Orchard Farm
2016 Washington Francis Howell Emily Sigmund, FZN
2017 Washington Orchard Farm Joe Stitz, Washington
2018 Washington Francis Howell Ganon Evans, Francis Howell
2019 Fort Zumwalt North Washington Caleb Fick, FZN
2020 Washington Holt Heath Bana, Holt

References

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