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Texas Quiz Bowl
Summer Camp
(13 spots remaining) |
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Texas Quiz Bowl is
pleased to announced that it will host a Quiz Bowl camp this
summer. The camp will be held at the
Tradition in College
Station between Sunday August 1st and Thursday August 5th.
Registration for this camp is now available via email to
romeroc at
gmail dot com. This camp is an ideal
way for students to improve their quiz bowl knowledge, strategy,
and study skills. More details are
available. A $50 discount is
available for students who register and pay before June 15th.
Registration is still open and the camp
is expected to fill. |
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LASA 4th,
Seven Lakes 18th at PACE's NSC |
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During the first weekend in June, the Liberal Arts and Sciences
Academy (Austin ISD) and Seven Lakes High School (Katy ISD)
represented the state of Texas at the Partnership for Academic
Competition Excellence's National Scholastics Championship. LASA
placed fourth and Seven Lakes placed eighteenth. |
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From left: LASA's Thomas Littrell, Benji Nguyen, Shen Gong, and
Daniel Chupin |
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Four
Texas Teams finish in Top 20 at NAQT's HSNCT |
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On Memorial Day weekend, 15 teams from Texas competed in NAQT's
High School National Championship Tournament in Chicago. Four
teams from three Texas schools placed in the top 20 included LASA (3rd
& 11th),
Seven Lakes (11th), and St. Marks (17th). Complete Statistics
are available
here. A summary of the placing of Texas teams is show below. |
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Team |
Place |
Coach |
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LASA A |
3 |
Jason Flowers |
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Seven Lakes A |
11 |
Chris Romero |
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LASA B |
11 |
Jason Flowers |
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St. Marks |
17 |
Paul Mlarkar |
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Cistercian A |
43 |
Fr. Gregory Schweers |
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St. Johns |
91 |
Ted Curry |
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LASA C |
99 |
Jason Flowers |
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Franklin A |
114 |
Rachel Anderson |
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Temple |
115 |
Derek Parsons |
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Cistercian B |
117 |
Fr. Gregory Schweers |
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Highland Park |
118 |
Becky Weber |
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Prosper |
125 |
Jason Taylor |
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Seven Lakes B |
150 |
Chris Romero |
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Franklin B |
198 |
Rachel Anderson |
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Franklin C |
200 |
Rachel Anderson |
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Inaugural
TQBA
Middle School State Championship |
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Congratulations to
Kealing Middle School from Austin who won the TQBA Middle School
State Championship on May 1st in Katy. Nathan Weiser, Arnav
Sastry, Advaitn Anand, and Stephen Ngo were the players that
made up the championship team. Kealing is coached by Patty Hill. Congratulations to Carlo DeGuzman
(Katy-Beck), Corin Wagen (Kealing), Nathan Weiser (Kealing), and
Katie Butler (Houston-Duchesne) who were on the all-tournament
team as the day's highest scorers. Full Statistics are
available. |
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2010
Texas All-State Team |
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The process of selecting a team of
students to represent the Lone Star State in the National All-Star Academic Tournament
hosted by
High School Academic Pyramid Questions on June 12-13,
2010, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville began in September.
After considering dozens of students from schools across the
state, Texas Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce its 2010 All-State
team. The team pictured below (from L to R) includes:
Jiawei Li (Seven Lakes), Charlie Caplan (St. Johns), Thomas
Littrell (LASA), Benji Nguyen (LASA), and Aaron Pellowski (LASA).
Team members was chosen based on individual performances,
dedication to quiz bowl, and willingness to play defined roles
within a team concept. We wish this team the best of luck as it
prepares to challenge for the All-Star National Championship in
June.
Additional pictures are
available. |
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11th
Annual Texas Quiz Bowl State Championship |
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Congratulations to the Liberal
Arts and Sciences Academy of Austin, Texas whose A team won the
11th annual Texas Quiz Bowl State Championship. The team, which
was led by juniors Thomas Littrell and Benji Nguyen, won 10
matches and loss championship. The top
individuals
stats
are available. |
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LASA A Students
(from l to r): Benji Nguyen, Roger Cain, Thomas Littrell, Ben
Goldstein, Matt Goodman and Coach Jason Flowers |
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2010
State Championship All-Tournament Teams |
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Varsity Team |
Varsity
Underclassmen Team |
Junior Varsity Team |
- Thomas Littrell,
LASA (2011)
- Jiawei Li, Seven
Lakes (2011)
- Stewart MacDonald,
St. Marks (2010)
- Benji Nguyen, LASA
(2011)
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- Shair Ahmed, St.
Stephens (2012)
- Andrew Clarkston,
Lamar Consol. (2013)
- Vimal Konduri,
Cistercian (2013)
- Jonathan Xu, Seven
Lakes (2012)
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- Elliott Lapin, St.
Johns (2012)
- Ariel Smith,
Kealing (2014)
- Nathan Weiser,
Kealing (2014)
- Mitchell Weldon,
Cistercian (2013)
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2009-10 Official Texas Quiz Bowl Events
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Date
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Event
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Location
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Qs
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V Winner
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V 2nd
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Teams
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JV Winner
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September 26,
2009
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Texas Quiz Bowl
Kickoff (stats)
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Katy, Texas
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86
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LASA
A & LASA B
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17
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St. Johns
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October 17,
2009
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Central Texas
Open (stats)
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Temple, Texas
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88
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St. Marks
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Temple A
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11
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NA
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January
23, 2010
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Spartan
Showdown (stats)
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Katy,
Texas
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90
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LASA B
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LASA
A & Seven Lakes
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21
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NA
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March
6, 2010
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Texas State
Championship (stats)
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Temple,
Texas
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94
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LASA A |
LASA C &
Seven Lakes |
23 |
Cistercian |
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May
15, 2010
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TQBA Pre-Nationals (stats)
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Houston,
Texas
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TBA
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Dorman |
LASA |
SCT DII |
NA |
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May
1, 2010
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Middle School Texas State
Championship (stats)
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Katy,
Texas
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TBA
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Kealing A
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Kealing B
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NA
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NA |
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