[This is a quick-results post. More to come as soon as it can be uploaded. -Matt Bruce, Logistics/Stats, NAQT 2005 HSNCT.] Thomas Jefferson proved victorious among 96 teams playing for the High School National Championship Tournament, run by National Academic Quiz Tournaments and held June 4-5 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare. The tournament featured 48 rooms of simultaneous game-play, over 500 of the nation's brightest high school students, and over 500 matches in all. Teams recognized at least one of the moderators: Ken Jennings, NAQT member and record-setting game show champion, will be one of over 100 game officials at this record-setting event. Lakeside School of Seattle finished second; Lakeside took a strong lead early in the final match but could not hold on in a game separated by five points through 24 tossups. State College Area High School of Pennsylvania finished third; fourth through seventh were Solon (Ohio), Mission San Jose (Fremont, California), Richard Montgomery (Rockville, Maryland), and duPont Manual (Lexington, Kentucky). Danville, Kentucky, was the best of 12 small-school teams. Although this was TJ's third straight championship it marked the first time they went undefeated. Lakeside's only three tournament losses were to TJ. Top individual scorer (based on Saturday's games only) was Noah Rahman of Solon. Other team and individual statistics either are already on http://www.naqt.com or will be there as soon as possible.
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