MACA Missouri Academic Coaches Association

2009 MACA Convention

This tournament will be a season kickoff event, as that is the first possible date for competition under MSHSAA regulations. We will be using an NAQT Invitational Series set for questions, and will use the same in-game format as last year (20 tossups, powers, negs, and rebounding bonuses).

Results:
1. Ladue (Qualifies for NAQT HSNCT and PACE NSC!)
2. North Kansas City (Qualifies for NAQT HSNCT and PACE NSC!)
3. Hickman (Qualifies for NAQT HSNCT!)

Small school champion: Salem A (Qualifies for NAQT HSNCT!)

This tournament will be a mirror of the Dunbar Academic Fall Tournament being held in Lexington, KY. Each round will consist of 20 tossups with rebounding bonuses. The field is limited to the first 24 teams to register and will be divided into preliminary round-robin pools, with the results in each pool determining placement in the playoff rounds.

Registration is set at $70 per team, while additional teams from a school are welcome at a base fee of $65 each. Teams may deduct the following discounts if applicable:
- $5 for supplying a working buzzer system

Contact: Jason Loy (loy448 AT missouristate DOT edu)

The Missouri State University Academic Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting the Missouri State Fall Academic Tournament on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We will be using NAQT Invitational Series #88 in an untimed format; each game will have 20 tossups and 30 point non-rebounding bonuses. Powers (5 extra points for an especially early correct buzz) and negs (-5 points for an early incorrect buzz) will be in effect for tossups.

Entry Fees:
First team from each school: $55
Each additional team after the first: $50

Contact: Jim McCrary (jmccrary AT lexington DOT k12 DOT mo DOT us)

Lexington will host its annual JV tournament on Nov. 14, and entry deadline is Nov. 6. The tournament will once again feature teams divided into two divisions based on school size. Trophies and medals will be awarded to the top four teams in each division. Entry fee is $65 for the first team, $55 for a second team. Entry information has been emailed to coaches and is also available for download at http://www.lexingtonhs.org/custom_2.html .

Contact: Paul Nelson (penforprez AT gmail DOT com)

This will be an early-season NAQT event using standard NAQT rules (pyramidal questions, neg-5's for incorrect early buzzes, 15 points instead of 10 for correct early answers, and 30-point bonuses with no rebounding), and will serve as a qualifier for NAQT nationals in Chicago in May 2010. 16-team cap unless staffing allows for a larger field.

Fee structure:

First team base fee: $60
Second (and subsequent) team fee: $55
Buzzer discount: -$5
Distance discount (for teams traveling more than 200 miles one way): -$10

Contact: Michael Hill (mizzouquizbowl AT gmail DOT com)

This tournament will use the same format of HSAPQ written modified PACE NSC format as the first Tiger Bowl. It will serve as a qualifier for the PACE National Scholastics Championship. If you have any more questions or would like to register a team, please email Michael Hill.

Contact: Steve Kelly (skelly AT hancock DOT k12 DOT mo DOT us)

Hancock High School in St. Louis County will be hosting their annual fall tournament on December 5th. This is the 4th year for the tournament and we hope to attract 16 teams. Cost is $75 per team with discounts for providing buzzer /responder systems discounts of $5 for multiple teams, distance of an hour or more traveled, and MACA membership. The state format will be used and the cost includes a copy of the questions.

The Missouri S&T Fall Tournament will be held on December 12, 2009, on the lovely campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. For more information and registration instructions, see the full tournament announcement at http://moquizbowl.com/topic/7766251/1/.

Hosted by Washington University in St. Louis

45 min north of KC - MSHSAA format - 3-day President's Day weekend.

This tournament will be run on ACF rules, which means 20 tossups with 30 point bonuses, no powers, but there will be negs, and nonrebounding bonuses.

NOTE: This tournament was rescheduled from 1/30/2010 due to inclement weather.

Missouri State University will be hosting a varsity academic tournament on Saturday, February 20, 2010. This tournament will be a mirror of the Classic City Classic set written by the quiz bowl team at the University of Georgia, and games will consist of twenty tossups worth ten points each and bonuses worth thirty points each. Tentatively, the top two teams in the field will qualify for the PACE NSC. Each team will be guaranteed at least nine matches.

See website for entry form: http://knob.mo.schoolwebpages.com/education/club/club.php?sectionid=218&

This tournament will operate on questions from NAQT, specifically set IS-92. The format will be similar to recent NAQT tournaments held elsewhere in Missouri—pyramidal questions, neg-5’s for incorrect early buzzes, 15 points instead of 10 for correct early answers, and no rebounding on bonuses.

This will be a sixteen team tournament for freshmen and sophomores. Each team may have one junior with little or no varsity experience. Morning will consist of three matches and all teams will advance to the afternoon for three more championship or consolation bracket matches, so there will be lots of competition for younger players. We are still discussing the format but are considering a shortened format, similar but not exactly the same as NAQT. Our varsity players will write the questions.

This tournament will use a modification of the standard Missouri format, in order to allow teams to play more games and face a wider variety of opponents. Each game will still have four quarters, and each quarter will contain eight tossups, for a total of thirty-two. Tossups answered correctly in the second and fourth quarters will be followed by bonuses as normal.

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance will host the third annual NAQT Missouri Qualifier on March 20, 2010 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. As MOQBA's flagship event, this tournament regularly features a diverse field of teams from throughout Missouri, recognizing the state's top teams for national tournament qualification and creating a championship atmosphere. Matt Chadbourne and Jeffrey Hill will serve as tournament directors of this official NAQT event, which will use untimed NAQT rules.

Lexington High School will once again host the Minuteman Varsity Tournament, this year on March 20, 2010. The tournament will feature two divisions based on school size, with trophies presented to the top four teams in each division (champions also receive medals). All-tournament players in each division will earn medals. This tournament is a great opportunity to tune-up prior to district competition.

Questions will be provided by Questions Galore, the provider for Missouri's district, sectional, and state competitions.

The Missouri Academic Coaches Association (MACA) would like to announce that the annual Missouri State Junior Varsity Quiz Bowl Tournament will be held on the campus of Helias High School on Saturday, April 10, 2010. This is a new central location and Helias has graciously agreed to host the tournament. MACA hopes that this will allow many more schools to compete especially those from the eastern side of the state since travel times will no longer be so long or require an overnight trip.

MSHSAA District tournaments. Winners will advance to Sectionals on April 22.

Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4

Each winner of MSHSAA District tournaments on April 17 will advance to play a best two-of-three sectional against the winner from a neighboring district to determine who advances to the state championships on May 7 (Classes 1 & 2) and May 8 (Classes 3 & 4).

Class 1 & 2 sectional winners will advance to the MSHSAA State Championships, which will be held Friday, May 7 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Class 3 & 4 sectional winners will advance to the MSHSAA State Championships, which will be held Saturday, May 8 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia.

National tournament. Due to MSHSAA rules, you must qualify at a regular season tournament to be eligible to attend this tournament.

More information about national tournaments can be found here

National tournament. Due to MSHSAA rules, you must qualify at a regular season tournament to be eligible to attend this tournament.

More information about national tournaments can be found here

National tournament. Due to MSHSAA rules, you must qualify at a regular season tournament to be eligible to attend this tournament.

More information about national tournaments can be found here

National tournament. Due to MSHSAA rules, you must qualify at a regular season tournament to be eligible to attend this tournament.

More information about national tournaments can be found here

National tournament. Due to MSHSAA rules, you must qualify at a regular season tournament to be eligible to attend this tournament.

More information about national tournaments can be found here