York-Adams Quiz Bowl League

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The York-Adams Quiz Bowl League is a pyramidal quiz bowl league based out of York and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. It is overseen by Chris Manning, former coach of Manheim Township and commissioner of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.

History and Formation

In 2016, York Suburban High School, then a member of the LL League, contacted schools in the region to see if there was interest to form a quiz bowl league in York and Adams Counties. At first, response was low, with only Bermudian Springs High School expressing strong interest.

However, the next year, an email was again sent by York Suburban to coaches of the local quiz bowl teams to find support for a league. This time, response was much higher, with nine teams ultimately expressing interest, perhaps in part to the misfortunes at the Chester County Intermediate Unit's qualifier tournament at the end of the 2016-17 school year (which was, at the time, the only quiz bowl event many of the nine schools played) for the Pennsylvania State Academic Competition, where a last-second drop caused an hour delay and logistical problems throughout the event.

The league began its inaugural season in the 2017-18 school year with eight members after Logos Academy decided not to participate.

Format

The York-Adams League uses A set question sets from NAQT, using two packets to completion in the course of the regular season and playoffs. Each game is essentially identical to a standard NAQT tournament match: each four-member team plays 20 tossups and 20 bonuses, with powers and negs. Because the league does not use three sets like the similar Lancaster-Lebanon League, it has uneven scheduling. Namely, some matches at the beginning of the season are only played with two rounds rather than three, and each team has a bye week while the other teams compete. Unlike the LL League, statistics are kept for both the regular season and playoffs.

Membership

Adams County

York County

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