The High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT) is run by NAQT every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend. The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday; there are also optional practice rounds on the Friday before.
The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament. In 2010 it attracted 200 high school teams from 165 different schools.
The HSNCT tournament set is 26 packets, each of 26 tossups and 26 bonuses. Its distribution can be found here.
Matches from the HSNCT since 2005 are notably recorded and posted on the 9 Minutes podcast.
Results
Year
|
Champion
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
Small School Champion
|
Location
|
Field Size
|
1999
|
Detroit Catholic Central
|
Walton
|
Brookwood A
|
Tie among Edmond Memorial, North Kansas City, and Edmond Santa Fe
|
NA
|
Norman, OK
|
26
|
2000
|
State College A
|
Governor's School A
|
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
Eisenhower
|
NA
|
Atlanta, GA
|
52
|
2001
|
Detroit Catholic Central
|
Detroit Country Day
|
State College A
|
Riverdale
|
NA
|
Ann Arbor, MI
|
40
|
2002
|
St. John's
|
Irmo
|
Detroit Catholic Central
|
Detroit Country Day
|
Kent City
|
Austin, TX
|
54
|
2003
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
Dorman
|
St. John's
|
Walton
|
Cutter Morning Star
|
Myrtle Beach, SC
|
62
|
2004
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
Maggie Walker
|
St. John's
|
Detroit Catholic Central
|
Cutter Morning Star
|
Houston, TX
|
64
|
2005
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
Lakeside
|
State College
|
Solon
|
Danville
|
Chicago, IL
|
96
|
2006
|
Richard Montgomery
|
State College
|
Maggie Walker
|
Detroit Catholic Central
|
Danville
|
Chicago, IL
|
128
|
2007
|
Maggie Walker
|
State College
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
Dorman
|
Danville
|
Chicago, IL
|
160
|
2008
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
Wilmington Charter
|
Walt Whitman
|
Dorman B
|
Russell
|
Chicago, IL
|
176
|
2009
|
Wilmington Charter
|
Dorman A
|
State College A
|
Detroit Catholic Central
|
Ottawa Hills
|
Chicago, IL
|
192
|
2010
|
Maggie Walker
|
State College A
|
LASA A
|
Bellarmine A
|
South Range
|
Chicago, IL
|
200
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
Atlanta, GA
|
208
|