IHSSBCA Tournament Central 2010–2011

Tournament Central archive: 2009–2010 2008–2009

All dates are Saturdays except where otherwise noted.

9/11
9/18
9/25 SchoBowlFest at Springfield High School: Contact: David Reinstein
10/2
10/9
10/16 Wake-Up Call at Northwestern University (Evanston): Fall Novice set; Entry restricted to players who have never played either PACE NSC or NAQT HSNCT, or who have played one or both of those tournaments but scored less than 20 points per 20 tossups heard; Contact: Anant Shah
10/23 Earlybird at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: DAFT set (ACF-format plus powers); Contact: David Garb
10/23 Orion Varsity (not confirmed): Contact: Rhonda Cox
10/30 SCOP Novice at various sites: Sponsored by the Scholastic Community Outreach Program; on the SCOP Novice set (head-edited by Brad Fischer and Kristin Strey); All sites will use the national rules (i.e., ACF) plus powers, with the choices of bonus rebounds and negs up to individual hosts. Tournament structures will be round-robin or bracketed round-robins with advantaged finals; at least seven rounds are guaranteed to all teams.; General contact: Kristin Strey; Carbondale Community High School site contact: Ben Chametzky; Durand High School site contact: Ryan Bland; Lakes High School (Lake Villa) site contact: Amber Cornelius; Lisle Senior High School site contact: Greg Dzuricsko; Maine South High School (Park Ridge) site contact: Tom Egan; Northern Illinois University (De Kalb) site contact: Kristin Strey; Springfield High School site contact: David Adkins
11/6 IHSSBCA Kickoffs at various sites: NAQT IS-98; Centennial (Champaign) site contact: James Garcia; Greenville site contact: Jay Winter; PORTA (Petersburg) site contact: Mark Grant; Sterling site contact: Cheryl Christianson; Wheaton North site contact: Phyllis Kidd
11/13 Loyburn at Loyola Academy (Wilmette): Contact: David Riley
11/13 Kaneland (Maple Park) Frosh/Soph: Contact: Ken Dentino
11/13 Moline Frosh/Soph: IHSA rules and distribution*; questions by Marlena Scavuzzo; Morning pools, then single-elimination; Contact: Nick Pitz
11/20 Scobol Solo at New Trier (Winnetka): Individual, tossups-only event; Questions by David Reinstein with assistance from Mark Grant, Jonah Greenthal, and Mike Laudermith; Contact: David Reinstein
11/20 Solo tournament at PORTA (Petersburg): Individual, tossups-only event; Questions by David Reinstein with assistance from Mark Grant, Jonah Greenthal, and Mike Laudermith; Contact: Mark Grant
11/20 Peoria Area World Affairs Council Social Studies Tournament at Bradley University (Peoria): Contact: Angela Weck
11/20 Rock Island Varsity: Contact: Emily Bohling
11/20 Armstrong Frosh/Soph: Contact: John Neubaum
11/27
12/4 River City Varsity and Junior Varsity (not confirmed): Contact: Diane Koch
12/11 Mirror of the Harvard Fall Tournament at Auburn (Rockford) (not confirmed): Contact: Linda Greene
12/11 Helen Bishop Memorial Tournament (for teams in Peoria County only) at Farmington: IHSA rules and distribution*; Separate divisions for varsity and frosh/soph; Contact: Cynthia Wierzba
12/11 PORTA (Petersburg) Frosh/Soph: NAQT IS–97A; Contact: Mark Grant
12/18 ADVANTAGE at New Trier (Winnetka): Mirror of GSAC; Contact: Jonah Greenthal and David Reinstein
12/25
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1/8 IHSSBCA Turnabouts at various sites: NAQT IS-101A; Armstrong site contact: Jon Neubaum; Carbondale site contact: Sharon Lorinskas; Fenton (Bensenville) site contact: Mike Laudermith; Greenville site contact: Jay Winter
1/8 Knights’ Challenge (Frosh/Soph and novice varsity) at Auburn (Rockford) (not confirmed): Contact: Linda Greene
1/8 Sterling Varsity (not confirmed): IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Cheryl Christianson
1/8 Macomb Rotary: IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Suellyn Rickelman
1/15 IMSAnity at IMSA (Aurora): Housewrite; Contact: Noah Prince
1/15 Winnebago Varsity: Class A schools only; Contact: Les Fay
1/15 Kaneland (Maple Park) Varsity: IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Ken Dentino
1/22 Ultima at Loyola Academy (Wilmette): BATE set; Contact: David Riley
1/22 Fremd Varsity and Frosh/Soph: IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Kevin Palmer
1/22 Peoria Heights (Class A only): Housewritten questions with modified IHSA rules and distribution*; Preliminary pools of 4, followed by a rebracket into pools of 4; Contact: Jeff Vallosio
1/22 Springfield Varsity and Frosh/Soph: Contact: David Adkins
1/29 Huskie Bowl at Northern Illinois University (De Kalb): Upper division: mirror of Prison Bowl (not confirmed); Lower division: NAQT IS-99A; Both divisions will use ACF rules and round-robin or bracketed round-robins, depending on field size, with advantaged finals.; Contact: Kristin Strey
1/29 Wheaton North Frosh/Soph: approximately IHSA rules and distribution with rounds of 16/16 written by the varsity team; Power-matched or bracketed round-robin preliminary rounds depending on field size; single-elimination playoffs; Contact: Phyllis Kidd
1/29 Sterling Frosh/Soph: IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Cheryl Christianson
1/29 PORTA (Petersburg) (Class A only): NAQT IS–100 (teams whose leagues use NAQT’s IHSA-format sets may not enter); Contact: Mark Grant
1/29 WUHSAC at Washington University in St. Louis (not confirmed): Contact: John Ahlfield
1/29 Culver (Indiana) Varsity and Frosh/Soph: Contact: Phil Blessman
2/5 Streator Rotary: IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Sue Schmitt
2/12 Wildcat at Northwestern University (Evanston): Contact: Anant Shah
2/12 Galesburg Rotary (not confirmed): IHSA rules and distribution*; Contact: Steve Eisemann
2/12 Greenville Comet (not confirmed): Contact: Jay Winter
2/19 Masonic Sectionals at various sites TBA: Masonic format; questions by Questions Galore; Full or bracketed round robin depending on each site’s field size; Restricted to teams from IHSA member schools; one team per school; two classes based on high school enrollment (same as the IHSA’s system); Contact: Dale Thayer
2/26 NAQT State Championship at Fenton (Bensenville): Contact: Mike Laudermith
2/26 Carmel (Mundelein) Frosh/Soph (not confirmed): Contact: Brian Mellon
2/26 Orion Frosh/Soph (not confirmed): Contact: Rhonda Cox
3/5 Homewood-Flossmoor Varsity: Questions by Michael Sacks; IHSA rules and distribution; Contact: Mike Sacks
3/5 Masonic State at Riverton High School: Masonic format; questions by Questions Galore; Qualification required at Masonic Sectionals; Full round robin in class AA; bracketed round robin in class A; Restricted to teams from IHSA member schools; one team per school; two classes based on high school enrollment (same as the IHSA’s system); Contact: Dale Thayer
Monday 3/7 IHSA Regionals at various sites TBA: IHSA rules and distribution; Contact: Ron McGraw
3/12 IHSA Sectionals at various sites TBA: IHSA rules and distribution; Qualification required; Contact: Ron McGraw
3/18 IHSA State at the Peoria Civic Center: IHSA rules and distribution; Qualification required; Contact: Ron McGraw
4/23 ATROPHY at Northern Illinois University (De Kalb): Contact: Brad Fischer
5/28–5/29 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia: Qualification required
6/5–6/6 PACE National Scholastics Championship at Northwestern University (Evanston): Qualification required

*Invitationals with IHSA rules generally allow shorthanded teams to play and do not require matching tops. Additionally, many such tournaments do not use pyramidal questions. Coaches are encouraged to find out who the question provider is and look at samples.