Rock Bridge


Rock Bridge High School (MO)
Location: Columbia, MO
Coaches	Greg Irwin
Program Status	Unknown
School Size	Unknown
NAQT Page	link

Rock Bridge High School, also know as RBHS, is a public school in Columbia, Missouri. Rock Bridge won the MSHSAA Class 4 District titles in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012 under Head Coach Greg Irwin. Rock Bridge earned 2nd place at MSHSAA State in both 2011 and 2012 to Ladue. Former North Kansas City High School standout Charlie Dees began volunteering to help out the team in 2010, and the team is approaching its goal of being nationally competitive each year. Rock Bridge has hosted numerous tournaments to promote excellent quiz bowl throughout the state.

Highest National Rankings

2011-2--30th for A-team, 128th for B-team 2010-1--61st

A-team Place at Nationals

2012--t-29th at PACE NSC 2011--36 at PACE NSC 2010--136 at NAQT HSNCT

MOQBA State Finishes

MSHSAA State Finishes

2012, Second Place 2011, Second Place 2007, Sixth Place

Current Players

Vikram Arun 2010-2013, * Monica Greenlief 2010-2013, * Jacob Freyermuth 2011-2013, * Jonathan Ackmann 2011-2013
Dima Rozenblat 2011-2013
Charles Shang 2011-2013
Salah Daghlas 2011-
Daniel Shapiro 2011-
Ryan Tray 2011-
Jenny Zulovich 2011-
Ashwini Mantrala 2012-
Victor Topouria 2012-
Robbie Schmidt 2012-
Jett Ballou-Crawford 2012-
Delaney Tevis 2012-
Clarissa Curry 2012-
Alex Parks 2012-
Andy Kegley 2012-
Alp Kahveci 2012
Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi 2012-
Luke Chval 2012-
Derek Wang 2012-

Former Players

Iyas Daghlas 2009-2012
Riaz Helfer 2008-2012
Husam Abdul-Kafi 2009-2012
Bess Goodfellow 2010-2012
Nikhilesh Sharma 2009-2012
Walter Wang 2009-2012
Ben Trendle 2010-2012
Sachin Nair 2009-2011
Craig Chval 2008-2011
Marc Micatka 2009-2011

Missouri All-Star Selection Players from MOQBA

Iyas Daghlas, 2011, 2012
Bess Goodfellow, 2012
Riaz Helfer, 2012 (second team)
Craig Chval, 2011

All-State Players at MSHSAA State

Riaz Helfer, 2012
Craig Chval, 2011 (2nd overall to Max Schindler)

All-State Honorable Mention Players at MSHSAA State

Iyas Daghlas, 2011, 2012
Marc Micatka, 2011
James Garton, 2007
Tyler Jones, 2007

All-District Players at MSHSAA Districts

Riaz Helfer, 2012
Craig Chval, 2010, 2011
Alan Hatfield, 2010
Mike Micatka, 2008, 2009
Allen Greenlief, 2009
James Garton, 2006, 2007
Tyler Jones, 2007

MACA Junior Varsity State

Rock Bridge won the 2009 MACA Junior Varsity State tournament with a 5-0 finish. Craig Chval was 2nd individually and Zach Goree finished 4th individually. Other members of the team included Bridgitt Keller, Chase Franke, and Riaz Helfer.

Rock Bridge earned 2nd and 3rd at the 2012 iteration of JV State, which was the first Junior Varsity State tournament to be follow the 20/20 format with pyramidal question, along with allowing schools to enter multiple teams. Monica Greenlief earned All-State Honors while the balanced scoring of both teams deflated many players' individual scores. The 2nd place team included: Monica Greenlief, Jacob Freyermuth, Daniel Shapiro, Charles Shang, and Jenny Zulovich. The 3rd place team consisted of: Ryan Tray, Jonathan Ackmann, Salah Daghlas, and Dima Rozenblat.

Hosted Tournaments

Rock Bridge has hosted an annual high school tournament since at least 2006, when they ran an NAQT tournament on an A-set. In 2007 and 2008 they ran using questions produced by Shawn Pickrell. In spring 2010 they ran on a housewritten set. In fall 2010 their tournament was turned into a Junior Varsity event and run on the Fall Novice Tournament. Fall 2010 Standings

In addition to their own invitational, Rock Bridge has hosted multiple MSHSAA district championships, including those in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Rock Bridge was also the site used for the MSHSAA state championship until 2008.