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With Districts this Saturday, it's time to again provide calculations for the potential promotion of nonpublic schools to higher classes as a result of trophies collected over the past six years. UPDATED 6th May 2023 ( increase or decrease from this year) College Heights Christian (Joplin) 2018-22 p...

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After nine rounds of competition, Savannah was able to clear the field and return to the Great Northwest with the tournament title, averaging nearly 342 points per match. A three-way tie for second was broken with half-games, which also provided a small school final between conference foes Knox Coun...

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We had 24 teams in attendance today from 16 schools. 16 of these teams also competed for our Small School Award. Savannah cleared the field to win today's tournament. A three-way circle of death for second involved Knox County, School of the Osage, and Schuyler County A, with Osage having the most p...

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After ten rounds of competition, Fair Grove A proved their status as a national title contender, outplaying the host Bulldogs 505-275 to claim first out of 40 teams. CIS A grabbed the last tossup and ten on the bonus to defeat Sullivan A for third, 295-275. Eugene won our small school title by picki...

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And now The Bell Game will be a conference battle. Brookfield will follow neighbors Marceline to the GRC . Interestingly, it wasn’t football but wrestling that sealed the deal. And now the GRC is splitting into two this summer . One league will have nine (eight-man football) schools, while the othe...

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In turn, it could have a ripple effect to Clarence Cannon, NCMC, EMO, and possibly even the CMAC? The ripple effect has reached Fulton, with its school board voting unanimously this week to apply for membership in the Tri-County Central beginning in the 2024-25 school year. A special meeting has be...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFFREY!!!

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Thank you to everyone for taking part in the 2023 Moberly Young Scholars Tournament this past weekend! In our standard division, Columbia Independent A secured the last four tossups in their Round Nine contest against St Therese Catholic A, squeaking out a 290-275 win to go 9-0, clearing the field f...

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In turn, it could have a ripple effect to Clarence Cannon, NCMC, EMO, and possibly even the CMAC? The ripple effect has reached Fulton, with its school board voting unanimously this week to apply for membership in the Tri-County Central beginning in the 2024-25 school year. A special meeting has be...

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Coaches, Players & Staff, Thank you all for making the 2023 Palmyra Academic Winter Showdown a wonderful event! It was a privilege to again organize an incredible playing opportunity for 32 teams across Northeast Missouri and Western Illinois, which in the end came down to a showdown of teams ra...

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Stats have been uploaded to https://qbst.at/7651/

We also have category stats available on our scoreboard display from Saturday.

A full recap is in the works.

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Another nugget that slid right past me: Excelsior Springs rejoined the GKCSA, ending a 14-year stint in the MRVC. As a result, the 28 schools are now split into five divisions.

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A final field expansion to 32 has occurred. A major thank you to all teams who have offered staff, as well as Palmyra alums and community members willing to staff this weekend. We have set the enrollment threshold for our Small School Award at 250 students in grades 9-11. An orange asterisk indicate...

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A big thank you to everyone who competed, staffed, and otherwise took part in our first-ever Roadrunner Scholastic Tournament! After eight rounds of competition, two teams remained undefeated and about to face each other: Belton and Butler. This started a best-of-three series for the championship be...

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Belton and Butler won their Round Eight tilts to set up a best-of-three series. Belton won the first game handily, but Butler jumped out early in the second match to hold off Belton and force the third... then repeated the same recipe to win 210-170 to win the inaugural Roadrunner Scholastic Tournam...

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Prelim stats are up: https://qbst.at/7884/Prelims

Playoff pool consists of Belton, Butler, Raymore-Peculiar, and Skyline. Belton and Butler are carrying over wins.

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Our tournament is underway! Follow the live scoreboard here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... ksnykQCFA/

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Wave the wheat... Blue Valley North clears the field to win the Titan Tournament. A three-way tie for second, broken by points, resulted in Lee's Summit West A claiming second over St Joseph Central A and Lee's Summit.

Coach Brummond will complete the stats file later this weekend.

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Eight teams have advanced to the playoff pools: Belton, Blue Valley North, Kansas City Lutheran, Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit West A, Savannah A, St. Joseph Central A, and St. Pius X A. We will have two playoff pools of four playing a round-robin, with a 1st-4th and 5th-8th place pools to follow. Cons...

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It should be pointed out that MYST at Moberly Middle School on February 11th is also using SANDS.

Separate listings of middle school and high school tournaments using SANDS are available on HSQuizbowl.org.

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While the deadline has passed for out-of-state teams to register, we can report that MSHSAA has approved sanctioning for PAWS. (addendum @ 0820, 11th Jan 2023) While we had announced we would expand in blocks of four, a recent opening has instead allowed us to expand the field to 30 with teams offer...

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And now The Bell Game will be a conference battle. Brookfield will follow neighbors Marceline to the GRC . Interestingly, it wasn’t football but wrestling that sealed the deal. (addendum 25th Dec, 2100p) Versailles is on its way to the Ozark Highlands ; a decision from Clinton is still pending. Clin...

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And the carousel's cranking up! Versailles is on its way to the Ozark Highlands ; a decision from Clinton is still pending. Meanwhile, Marceline's decided to make its way west to the Grand River Conference in 2024 . A majority of Lewis and Clark members have included MOQBA tournaments in their sched...

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Field (16/16) Teams in bold have submitted their rosters Archie Belton Butler Greenfield Hume Lakeland Leeton Lexington Marshall Raymore-Peculiar Skyline Smithton Black Smithton Gold Weaubleau A Weaubleau B Windsor On standby (to ensure an even number of teams) Archie B Buzzers (13/9) Archie Belton...

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This thread is posted primarily as public notification of our upcoming tournament at State Fair Community College in Sedalia. As of the original date of this post, we have a waiting list. Teams in an 18-county area roughly analogous to the SFCC service area received an exclusive window to register....

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We are in the process of expanding the field to 28 teams. Two programs on the waitlist have offered staff and are receiving first dibs on the openings. We would love to expand the field to 32 and potentially even 36 teams. If you are available and interested in helping staff in Palmyra on February 4...

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NAQT has opened registration for HSNCT, SSNCT, MSNCT, and IPNCT.

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Fire up the carousel again! Clinton's school board recently discussed an invite from the Ozark Highlands Conference at their most recent board meeting. If the Cardinals do make the move, they'd be in a more tight-knit conference with schools closer to their size, rather than being the smaller member...

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I can now confirm two additional dates and set assignments: SS WIN will run on NAQT's IS-216A. At the time of this post, Lee's Summit North and Mountain Grove are also using this set at their events. Also, Coach Wilcox has selected January 14th as a make-up date in the event inclement weather preven...

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We have hit our initial cap of 24 teams, and we are now beginning a waitlist.

Expansion will occur in blocks of four as staff commitments are secured. Teams that commit to bringing staff will receive higher preference when we are able to move teams off the waitlist and into the field.

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Field (32/32) Teams in boldface have submitted their rosters. Teams from public schools with an enrollment in grades 9-11 not greater than 250 are eligible for our Small School Award and marked with an orange asterisk ( * ). Brookfield * Centralia (2) Clark County * Columbia Hickman Fulton Hallsvil...

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On behalf of the members of Palmyra High School Scholar Bowl, I am thrilled to welcome your team to join others from across Northeast Missouri, Western Illinois and beyond at our third Palmyra Academic Winter Showdown (PAWS) , scheduled for February 4th, 2023. PAWS will consist of a minimum of eight...

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I can confirm the following set assignments for tournaments listed in the original post: PAWS will mirror the SHOW-ME set . As of the date of this edit, this set will also be used at Sullivan on the same date, and at Greenwood Lab on Jan. 28th. MYST will mirror the SANDS set . As of the date of this...

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Bump to remind everyone about to do last-minute back-to-school shopping (as well as anyone stocking up on study material for the coming season) that, if you use Amazon to do this, please go to smile.amazon.com and select MOQBA.

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Missouri no longer having Transatlantic flights. Yet again.

And one began arriving in St Louis this summer.

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On behalf of the below-mentioned schools, I am pleased to announce that these tournaments will be taking place during the forthcoming 2022-23 season: Bulldog Fall Fiesta (BFF) - October 22nd, 2022, Mexico HS (varsity & novice divisions) South Shelby Winter Invitational (SS WIN) - January 7th, 20...

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Championship Factor status heading into 2022-23 year ( increase or decrease from this year): College Heights Christian (Joplin) 2017-21 points: 12 Range after state: 16 Promotion: two classes Thomas Jefferson Independent (Joplin) 2017-21 points: 7 Range after state: 7 Promotion: one class Calvary Lu...

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Starting the 2020-21 school year, MSHSAA replaced the 35-percent multiplier applied to nonpublic schools with the Championship Factor, whereby district titles and state trophies from the six most recent years score points toward determining whether a nonpublic school is promoted as many as two class...

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OMAR took place Saturday. 14 teams from 10 schools were in attendance. Eldon A went 10-0 to win the tournament, holding off Eugene A 345-275 in an advantaged final. Rock Bridge finished third, followed by South Callaway in fourth, making them our Small School Award recipient as the top small school ...

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Covered Bridges: we still have four in Missouri. (Five if you count the pedestrian one in Sedalia's Centennial Park.)

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Palmyra A held the advantage over Mexico A after nine rounds, which Mexico was able to spoil. Round 11 went the way of the hosts, 180-140, resulting in Mexico winning their first BRIC title.

Stats and kudos will follow from Coach Schenewerk.

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17 teams have completed their prelim rounds (the 18th called in sick this morning.) We are providing a live scoreboard here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10TarPW3nyprksejM79r-Orksr7wqME5ZHE97ZDT-v0w/ The championship pool consists of Mexico A, Moberly A, and Palmyra A carrying over wins ov...

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Washington A with three of the last four tossups, including a power on the last tossup, to claim the 385-345 win over CIS A! Southern Boone A pulled away late from CIS B 415-230 to finish third. Complete stats: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7389/stats/combined/ As I was handling stats remote...

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Playoff stats are up.

CIS A defeated Southern Boone A 480-175. They will face Washington A in the finals, after they defeated CIS B 390-300. We will also have a third-place match.

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30 teams are present at Moberly Middle School for today's event.

Prelim stats are up.

You can follow live scores and stats by way of this prototype scoreboard tied into our scoresheets.

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A bit late in learning about this (as well as posting), but Stockton has moved from the Mid-Lakes Conference to the Southwest.

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Gutter covers.

(Trust me kids, if you ever own a house, make sure you have leaf guards over your gutters!)

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With eight districts per class, there will be some longer driving times nine days from now for sectionals. Sorted from shortest to longest (as determined by Google Maps): 15.8 miles (0:18) - Class Five, Smithville at KC St Pius X 38.1 miles (0:42) - Class Three, Fair Grove at Clever 42.3 miles (0:47...

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Congratulations are in order to Washington A, who came from behind in Round 9 to defeat Eldon and clear the field with a perfect 9-0 performance. Eldon, Rock Bridge, and Washington B elected to break their three-way tie for second on points, which favored Eldon in second and Rock Bridge in third. NA...

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Washington A cleared the field, including a come-from-behind win over Eldon, to win OMAR! Rock Bridge defeated Washington B, after Washington B squeaked past Eldon. Eldon carried over a win from the prelims against Rock Bridge to invoke a three-way tie for second. Teams agreed to break the tie by st...

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