Sycamore (Indiana middle school)

Not to be confused with Sycamore (Ohio high school).

Sycamore School is a small Preschool-8th school in Indianapolis, Indiana for gifted students. The school offers quiz bowl to its seventh and eighth graders. However, there is a student-led club open to 5th-8th grade.

Sycamore's A team has won every iteration of the IASP Junior Quiz Bowl Area Championship since its inception in 2022. At the 2024 championship, their A team, featuring Jeffrey Kirkendall, Shayen Maun, Gavin Sigua, and Evan Ting, set the all-time NAQT tournament record for points per 20 tossups heard across a tournament, with 670. This is the highest average across every tournament recorded in NAQT's database. In 2024, their A team, consisting of the same group as the record breaking tournament, got Second Place at MSNCT after winning the winners bracket and having the 1 card for 2 matches

Tournament Wins

Date	Tournament	Team	Record	PP20TUH
26-Feb-22	IASP Junior Quiz Bowl State Tournament	Sycamore A	8-0	506.25
19-Nov-22	TQBA Turkey Trot (Uber Division)	Sycamore	8-0-1	430.56
04-Mar-23	IASP Junior Quiz Bowl State Tournament	Sycamore A	5-1	538.33
16-Sep-23	TQBA Online Jamboree (Middle School Division)	Sycamore	8-1	377.78
02-Dec-23	Achaean Invitational (Division 1)	Sycamore A	8-1	367.78
13-Jan-24	Purdue Boilermaker Buzzathon VIII (Junior Varsity Division)	Sycamore B	9-0	434.44
24-Feb-24	IASP Junior Quiz Bowl State Tournament	Sycamore A	8-0	670.00
03-Mar-24	KRAMIG II (MS Division)	Sycamore	10-0	390.50
04-May-24	TQBA Texas Invitational Middle School (Online) (Uber Division)	Sycamore	10-0	436.50

MSNCT Results

Year	Team	Place	Record	PP20TUH
2022	Sycamore	21st	7-5	284.50
2023	Sycamore A	13th	9-4	339.45
2023	Sycamore B	8th	10-4	337.58
2024	Sycamore A	2nd	12-4	398.93
2024	Sycamore B	84th	4-4	238.07