This is a save the date post for WUHSAC XXVII, which will be on February 22nd, 2025. We anticipate using the VAULT set.
I anticipate opening registration for all interested teams on Wednesday, November 13th, but I highly encourage interested teams to fill out this interest form. I anticipate posting a full announcement for WUHSAC shortly before opening up registration, at which point I will send a reminder email to all the coaches who have filled out the form.
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WUHSAC XXVII (02/22/2025)
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Mickey0R0urke
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Mickey0R0urke
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- Joined: Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:42 am
- Location: Pacific, MO
Re: WUHSAC XXVII (02/22/2025)
The Washington University Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the twenty-seventh annual WUHSAC, to be held at Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.
My name is Jacob O’Rourke, and I'll serve as co-tournament director for this year's tournament with Neal Joshi, the President of the WashU team. This tournament will be a mirror of the VAULT high school set. We are looking forward to a tournament that will celebrate the awesome teams and students playing in the event, as well as our over two decades of hosting the best and brightest of Missouri and nearby states!
If any out of state teams wish to attend, we will need you to register by January 22nd.
NOTE: To comply with University Policy, all individual teams, not just schools, must have at least one coach/chaperone that travels to the game rooms with the team.
To sign your team up for WUHSAC XXVII, please fill out this registration form. Teams will be signed up on a first-come, first-served basis. The field will be updated online at moquizbowl.com and hsquizbowl.org as registrations are received. If the field fills up before you can sign up, please allow us to waitlist you as well; in such a large field, there is an appreciable chance that one or more teams will cancel. We will be setting the initial cap at 24 teams, with the possibility that we will expand depending on staffing and room constraints.
WUHSAC's general rules will be similar to last year.
Rules
•20 tossups and bonuses per game
•no computational math
•20 point powers
•NO bouncebacks on bonuses.
•We will be using negs.
Format
•24-team field with the possibility that this might expand
•Bracketed round robin prelims
•Re-bracketed round robin playoffs
Fees for the tournament will be as follows:
•$10 per school plus $70 per team
•-$10 per buzzer system
•-$15 per experienced staff volunteer
•$30 Minimum Fee Per Team
We'd like to ask everyone interested in providing staff to let us know the name of the staffer, as soon as possible and if that person would rather scorekeep or is good to read. Keeping track of staff for a tournament of this size will be almost as big a deal as keeping track of the field in preparation for the event. Thank you very much for your help!
As in previous years, we expect that some number of top-finishing teams at WUHSAC XXVI will be invited to this year's PACE National Scholastics Championship, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. We hope WUHSAC will provide a useful opportunity for teams and staffers to visit and become familiar with a format similar to that of NSC beforehand. A link to the 2025 NSC can be found here: (https://www.pace-nsc.org/nsc/national-s ... mpionship/)
In addition there will be a separate award for the top small school at the event, modifying slightly the rule used at the PACE NSC. There will also be an award if 4 or more teams qualify for the top JV team, per the PACE definition. The definitions to qualify for each award are below:
"A JV team consists of players in 10th grade or below…”
A “small school” is a school with fewer than 600 students in 10th through 12th grades that is a public school and has a non-selective admission policy (non-selective is not the same as non-magnet; schools from systems where every school is a specialized center and students may choose to attend any are eligible)."
If you have any further questions, please e-mail us (jacob.orourke.7@gmail.com and washuqb@gmail.com) or reply here. We look forward to you all attending WUHSAC XXVII!
Sincerely,
Jacob O’Rourke
Co-Tournament Director, WUHSAC XXVII
My name is Jacob O’Rourke, and I'll serve as co-tournament director for this year's tournament with Neal Joshi, the President of the WashU team. This tournament will be a mirror of the VAULT high school set. We are looking forward to a tournament that will celebrate the awesome teams and students playing in the event, as well as our over two decades of hosting the best and brightest of Missouri and nearby states!
If any out of state teams wish to attend, we will need you to register by January 22nd.
NOTE: To comply with University Policy, all individual teams, not just schools, must have at least one coach/chaperone that travels to the game rooms with the team.
To sign your team up for WUHSAC XXVII, please fill out this registration form. Teams will be signed up on a first-come, first-served basis. The field will be updated online at moquizbowl.com and hsquizbowl.org as registrations are received. If the field fills up before you can sign up, please allow us to waitlist you as well; in such a large field, there is an appreciable chance that one or more teams will cancel. We will be setting the initial cap at 24 teams, with the possibility that we will expand depending on staffing and room constraints.
WUHSAC's general rules will be similar to last year.
Rules
•20 tossups and bonuses per game
•no computational math
•20 point powers
•NO bouncebacks on bonuses.
•We will be using negs.
Format
•24-team field with the possibility that this might expand
•Bracketed round robin prelims
•Re-bracketed round robin playoffs
Fees for the tournament will be as follows:
•$10 per school plus $70 per team
•-$10 per buzzer system
•-$15 per experienced staff volunteer
•$30 Minimum Fee Per Team
We'd like to ask everyone interested in providing staff to let us know the name of the staffer, as soon as possible and if that person would rather scorekeep or is good to read. Keeping track of staff for a tournament of this size will be almost as big a deal as keeping track of the field in preparation for the event. Thank you very much for your help!
As in previous years, we expect that some number of top-finishing teams at WUHSAC XXVI will be invited to this year's PACE National Scholastics Championship, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. We hope WUHSAC will provide a useful opportunity for teams and staffers to visit and become familiar with a format similar to that of NSC beforehand. A link to the 2025 NSC can be found here: (https://www.pace-nsc.org/nsc/national-s ... mpionship/)
In addition there will be a separate award for the top small school at the event, modifying slightly the rule used at the PACE NSC. There will also be an award if 4 or more teams qualify for the top JV team, per the PACE definition. The definitions to qualify for each award are below:
"A JV team consists of players in 10th grade or below…”
A “small school” is a school with fewer than 600 students in 10th through 12th grades that is a public school and has a non-selective admission policy (non-selective is not the same as non-magnet; schools from systems where every school is a specialized center and students may choose to attend any are eligible)."
If you have any further questions, please e-mail us (jacob.orourke.7@gmail.com and washuqb@gmail.com) or reply here. We look forward to you all attending WUHSAC XXVII!
Sincerely,
Jacob O’Rourke
Co-Tournament Director, WUHSAC XXVII
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Mickey0R0urke
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Re: WUHSAC XXVII (02/22/2025)
Field (24/24):
-Centralia [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 2 Staffers]
-Bayless [3 Teams, 2 Buzzers, 2 Staffers]
-Clayton [2 Teams, 1 Buzzer, 1 Staffer]
-Hallsville [1 Team, 0 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
-St. Joseph Central [2 Teams, 2 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
-Hillcrest [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Lindbergh [2 Teams, 2 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
-Rolla [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Orchard Farm [3 Teams, 2 Buzzers, ? Staffers]
-Parkway North [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Hannibal [2 Teams, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Westminster Christian Academy [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Parkway West [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Webster Groves [2 Teams, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Glendale [1 Team, 0 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
Waitlist:
-Glendale B
-St. Pius X (Festus)
-Fort Zumwalt West A
-Fort Zumwalt West B
-Francis Howell A
-Francis Howell B
-Kickapoo
-Ladue A
-Ladue B
-Mexico
-New Heights Christian
-Rockhurst A
-Rockhurst B
-Centralia [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 2 Staffers]
-Bayless [3 Teams, 2 Buzzers, 2 Staffers]
-Clayton [2 Teams, 1 Buzzer, 1 Staffer]
-Hallsville [1 Team, 0 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
-St. Joseph Central [2 Teams, 2 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
-Hillcrest [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Lindbergh [2 Teams, 2 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
-Rolla [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Orchard Farm [3 Teams, 2 Buzzers, ? Staffers]
-Parkway North [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Hannibal [2 Teams, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Westminster Christian Academy [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Parkway West [1 Team, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Webster Groves [2 Teams, 1 Buzzer, 0 Staffers]
-Glendale [1 Team, 0 Buzzers, 0 Staffers]
Waitlist:
-Glendale B
-St. Pius X (Festus)
-Fort Zumwalt West A
-Fort Zumwalt West B
-Francis Howell A
-Francis Howell B
-Kickapoo
-Ladue A
-Ladue B
-Mexico
-New Heights Christian
-Rockhurst A
-Rockhurst B