NAQT Illinois State Championship

The NAQT Illinois State Tournament is one of three state championships held in Illinois.

Results

Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Third Place	Attendance	Host
2/2005	Stevenson	Wheaton North	New Trier	9	Loyola Academy
2/2006	Stevenson	New Trier	Loyola Academy	12	Loyola Academy
3/2007	New Trier	Maine South	Carbondale	8	Loyola Academy
2/2008	Auburn	Loyola Academy	Carbondale	9	UIUC
3/2009	Auburn	Carbondale	New Trier	12	Fenton
3/2010	Auburn	Carbondale	OPRF	18	Fenton
2/2011	Stevenson	Auburn	Loyola Academy	17	Fenton
2/2012	Auburn A	IMSA A	Carbondale (Ben Chametzky solo)	24	Fenton
2/2013	IMSA	Auburn	Belvidere North	28	Bloomington
2/2014	IMSA A	Stevenson	Bloomington A	40	UIUC
2/2015	Auburn	Hinsdale Central A	IMSA A	36	UIUC
2/2016	Auburn	Hinsdale Central A	IMSA A	40	UIUC

History

The following is wildly out-of-date, but has some interesting historical information.

Historic Context

Despite Illinois' long history of quizbowl, most of that history has been dominated by poorly written, one-line questions. Thus, while Illinois was absorbed in developing its own style and format, it largely was ignorant to the changes that were taking place to the east.

Northwestern began hosting an annual high school NAQT tournament in 1999. While the tournament started drawing as many as 41 teams in 2001 (with teams coming from Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin), the tournament has seen a significant decline in attendance since. Northwestern no longer hosts a tournament with NAQT questions, though they still host high school and middle school tournaments.

A few Illinois teams attended NAQT tournaments outside of Illinois. Perhaps, most notoriously, Loyola Academy attended and won the Iowa State Championship in 2004, a year in which it did not even advance from its own regional in the IHSA State Series.

While Illinois quizbowl questions have been gradually improving over that time, it was not until the 2004-05 season that Illinois would get its own regular state championship and qualifier for the HSNCT. This came largely at the request of Loyola Academy coach David Riley. Since this time, question quality has seen a gradual improvement. Local tournament and match formats are now largely in line with national standards.

See Also

• Masonic tournament - State Tournament hosted by the Illinois Masons
• Illinois High School Assocaition Tournament