From visiting relatives, to a day at the football, the last school run or a meal out with a partner
What was your
#LastNormalPhoto
before the pandemic changed how we live?
@MenInBlazers
Having lunch in Liverpool. Not only did I miss today's game, but yesterday at
@TranmereRovers
...and the first day of the Test at the Oval was washed.
Asked staff where I might be able to find some college football later. Open to suggestions from the wider internet, too.
O-H!
@kiIIthesun
@baz00per
One piece of pepperoni
One piece of sausage
One mushroom
One slice of green pepper
Etc until one of each of the 33 is on the pizza
Then hit him with the
Happy Eitel-Pasteur Week! (This should be an official thing.) May your respective sites hold up under the impending deluge of traffic. :) Thank you for what you do for the fans, coaches, players and followers of high school football in Ohio.
@JoeEitel
@OhioF50
The difference between
#quizbowl
teams that are ready to improve or stagnate?
Stagnant teams lose and ask how the opponent knows so much.
Improving teams ask how _they_ can know what the opponent knows.
This is why, for coaches, getting out of the comfort zone is important.
Although I'm sure it's a good quizbowl Saturday morning somewhere, I am otherwise engaged today.
I've supported LFC for 20 years; today, I go to Anfield to watch a match for the first time.
It's a bit mad to do this as a weekend trip, but opportunities must be taken. :)
Thank you to everyone who has worked to keep
#quizbowl
going after it ground to a halt in the spring of this blasted year. I look forward to working with you all to get us through the remainder of this season, then we can see each other in the fall. Stay well, safe and warm!
The record has fallen.
@danny_turillo
is the first to record a double century in the Mahoning
#Quizbowl
League, posting 7-10-0 for 205 points in round 5 on 182A packet 3.
@Reflog_18
I know no one cares, but it's funny because you mentioned going solo.
This is a national middle school quizbowl semifinal.
Kid in purple has played the entire tournament solo and is 12-1.
For the seniors especially, but for all of the
#quizbowl
players, musicians, actors, debaters, and all who chose to represent their schools and communities but didn't choose to end their seasons early...
You are seen and recognized, even if the stadium lights do not reach you.
Pettisville -- population 498 per Wikipedia. OHSAA puts their 3 grade enrollment at 137. Graduating class of 45. Never played
@NAQT
before 2017.
Now a 2x national qualifier, maybe 3x depending on PACE.
Believe in outreach. Believe in coaches. Believe in players.
@rebeccadorosz
Thankful for the friends, family, coaches, students, admins and other professionals who have helped me throughout the season...but above all, it's about Annie.
If you would, please take a moment and wish her a happy 4th birthday. I'll pass it along. :)
Now that the check's cleared, I can make this announcement...
I met with Brian Nord of the YSU Foundation on Sunday a few hours before commencement to start the process of establishing a scholarship in Mom and Dad's name.
I had a row to myself on the plane. A shuttle was waiting for me outside. One of my league champions brought home a national title. Multiple Ohioans were named tournament all-stars. My friend
@scottietodd8
finished a perfect weekend.
Today was a good day. Good night.
Tomorrow is going to be one big good
#quizbowl
Saturday in Ohio.
-- 43 teams at Hicksville
-- 36 teams at Cloverleaf
@bowl_quiz
-- 22+ teams at
@MVSQuizbowl
Players, get your tossups. Fear no negs. And don't beat your opponent with a spare buzzer over the head, win or lose.
I'm home from a very good day of
#quizbowl
at Hicksville. I'll work on getting the last 5 varsity games entered tomorrow + post stats when they're done.
Thanks to all 43 teams and the dozens of readers, scorekeepers, and adults who were there in support. Let's do it again soon.
So
@BorisJohnson
was defeated 322 to 306 and he says it "was pretty close" so wants to do it again, as hopes people will "change their minds".
Guess what percentage of votes that 306 represents? 48%
#PeoplesVoteMarch
#SuperSaturday
Miami Valley School wins the 2019
@NAQT
Small School National Championship Tournament - Open Division
8-2 in preliminary play yesterday
#2
seed for double-elimination finals today
6-0 today to claim the title
@daytondailynews
@WDTN
@cityofdayton
@ABC22FOX45
It was a hell of a day for
#teamOhio
, particularly on the traditional public side of the tournament where we had 14 teams from 12 schools. Of those, 11 qualified to the double-elimination playoffs tomorrow. Miami Valley is the sole Ohio side in the Open Division playoff bracket.
For all that stayed to see the afternoon rounds, particularly the Pi-oneer v Challenger semifinal, I hope it inspires them to go home and tell people about this activity and how much pure fun can be had doing it at the highest level. As iron sharpens iron, minds sharpen minds.
Congratulations to
@PHSNerdHerd
A for winning the 2020
@NWOESC
November Invitational, winning their group with a 5-0 record and coming from behind to defeat a tough
@evergreenquiz
side that won its group at 5-0 in the crossover final, 300-215. PHS won the second half 185-75.
An open letter to players of the Mahoning
#Quizbowl
League...
It is an honor to be trusted by the collective of coaches, including yours, with the administration of over 200 students spread over 26 schools in the largest league of its kind in Ohio.
1/x
Good
#quizbowl
Saturday morning from Hicksville! Today, 44 teams from 3 states comprise the fields -- varsity and JV -- of the largest tournament I've ever directed and what will likely be the largest NAQT tournament in Ohio this season.
Five years ago tonight, I had a team withdraw from a
#quizbowl
tournament I was hosting the next morning because there were parents afraid of Ebola.
It is still the single most stupid thing to directly impact me.
One of the best things about extracurricular activities is the opportunity to represent your community to others. I started using the
#teamOhio
hashtag because I wanted the teams here to try to think of themselves as part of a larger community. (1/n)
Small School State Final
@jagquizbowl
315-310
@MVSQuizbowl
MVS 250-115 at the half. JAG 85 to -5 run over the first 3 cycles of the 2nd half. MVS answered back with 70 on the next 2 cycles. Over the final 5 cycles, JAG went on a 160 to -5 run to win.
@Tom_Nader
@JLRSports
7 of the 16 schools in the field were classified as Very Small by the NAQT definition: "traditional public" and grades 10-12 enrollment of 300 or fewer.
1.
@jagquizbowl
2.
@OHQuizBowl
3. Indian Lake
4. Riverdale
5. Bristol
6. Southeast
7. Zane Trace
His best game?
9-11-0 for 245 (23 tossups played).
I think it's the highest single game score in any competition I've ever run. According to NAQT, it would be in the top 75 of all-time.
#quizbowl
Congratulations to Freshman Jack Rado who won 2020 Portage player of the year for Quiz Bowl! Sophomore Cass Swenson was a jv all-Star! Awesome job to the ENTIRE team!
#1JAG
This.
No. Seriously.
I am here for this. I want every quizbowl player and program who follows me to look at this right here and tell me this isn't awesome. Pettisville may not have titles, but they've got the attitude that will drive them towards those.
So, as Illinois deservedly celebrates, the season ends.
Ohio has come a very long way, and finishing second today does not diminish what has been a phenomenal season in many respects.
Goals for teams today at
#HSNCT
by Saturday record:
7-0: get the 1 card
6-1: get to seven wins then try to improve seeding
5-2: get to seven wins
4-3: get to six wins and hope for a good draw in the last game
3-4: run the table
All else: win games, improve final rank
Things got a bit hectic after lunch, but Maumee Valley is the Toledo Area
#Quizbowl
League Champion at 10-1. Pettisville beat St. Francis in the final round to deny the Knights a chance at a tiebreak.
Well, that's one way to open the season.
Congrats to
@danny_turillo
of
@boardmanquizbwl
for posting two of the top 10 individual scores in the modern/
@naqt
(2007 onward) history of the Mahoning
#Quizbowl
League yesterday, posting a 165 and 170.
The highest is 190...
For the first time since March 7, it's a good
#quizbowl
Saturday morning for a tournament that will qualify for
@PACENSC
.
Columbian Exposition VII is hosted by
@tiffin_schools
@ProfeLichte
and Len Donaldson via Zoom. Instead of the library, I'm TDing from the Quizcave.
New this year for
#HSNCT
are "roving moderators"; they sub in on designated rounds to give full-time moderators a bit of a break. Round 2 is my round off this morning.
The goal for next season, personally, is the same as it was this season: bring more teams into the circuit, increase tournament attendance locally and nationally, and win stuff.
We are
#teamOhio
, and we go again.
Today was one of the best tournament experiences I've had this season, and I credit the "new" teams for that. Thanks to
@edgeprincipal
and
@TinoraPrincipal
for greenlighting their teams to take a bold leap into the deep end of the difficulty pool. They didn't sink. Far from it.
And so ends
#ssnct
.
I said a while ago that I believed Ottawa Hills could add a second star to their badge. They did. They came 2 games short of making it a binary star, but Glasgow are the best team here and no mistake.
There are 3
@naqt
tournaments happening in the world today: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Zambales, Philippines; and East Palestine, Ohio.
Good luck to the 8 teams that are returning after last week's power outage postponement!
#quizbowl
#teamOhio
#RoadtoAtlanta
#RoadtoRosemont
Today is my favorite day of the quizbowl calendar.
For the 150 teams that will be battling in the comfy confines of the Hyatt O'Hare, good luck. Fear no neg. Buzz boldly.
#SSNCT
Good
#quizbowl
Saturday morning from Youngstown! 28 schools and 49 teams will converge on Austintown Fitch High School for the 30th Mahoning Quizbowl Tournament.
I’d like to add that the players in
#ssnct
are some of the kindest, most gracious competitors. It’s really inspiring, and I find myself cheering on all of the remaining teams as I was so impressed by their talent and sportsmanship.
I hope the rest of the community will join me in remembering those who couldn't be here today, particularly Coach Zuber of Van Wert and
@zubeskids
.
Good luck. Let's play.
I've wondered who else in quizbowl is a musician, specifically brass. If I can get 2 trumpets, another trombonist, and a tuba player together, we can do some quintet work.
Call us Neg Five.
Almost any musical genre that can have a trumpet, trombone, and a tenor sax has me interested. I wish I could just have that as my backing band in the classroom.
Out of 192 teams and 982 players, he won the individual scoring title (obvs) and the national championship trophy, which is taller than he is. Take a bow, Shiva.
State tournaments abound this weekend. Wrestling, ice hockey, and bowling are in Columbus. Girls basketball is in Dayton. Let's join the party.
Good
#quizbowl
Saturday morning from Upper Sandusky for the 2022
@naqt
Ohio Small School State Championship.
It's been a long time since I've read quizbowl to people, so I'm going to dive in at the deepest of ends today. I'm in Evanston for Chicago Open 2021. It's the first time I've visited Northwestern since the 2011 PACE NSC.
I was very close to throwing someone out after round 1.
I don't care how bad you think a reader is. If you have issues, bring them to me. No reader, even if they are paid, deserves to be driven to tears.
And it's a trash tournament. Really? You wanna put someone on blast here?
6 Ohioans are playing the inaugural
@naqt
individual championships...
2 from the Mahoning League --
@_ppadmanabhan
and Patrick Begley of Maplewood
The Grogers of
@MVSQuizbowl
Joey Esposito of
@AuroraQuizBowl
Someone from University School
Good luck to all!
We all know
#quizbowl
doesn't get much love/thought/respect from the general public. Let's face it, it's not exactly the greatest spectator sport. Televised competitions don't reflect the highest level of game. So, we have to pull for and support each other. Who else will?
BFG3 Championship Group
@solonquizbowl
A 5-0
@JAGSchools
A 4-1
@SalemQuakers
3-2
@boardmanquizbwl
5-0
Solon B 4-1
Wellsville 3-2
All records carry. 3 rounds in the afternoon, no repeated matches from the morning. Top 2 play a final, either single game or advantaged, if needed.
Break is over.
Quizbowl is back. Liverpool is ascendant. Mogadore plays Friday night.
I still have things to handle outside of the Twitterverse, but I'm not going to shun my friends in doing so.
Your support/prayers/positivity is always appreciated.
Psalm 147:3 and 6.
Good
#quizbowl
Saturday morning from the Quizcave!
3/7 was my last event of the season at Pettisville. It's appropriate, then, that this scrimmage tournament for 8 teams picks up where we left off with
@PHSNerdHerd
hosting the rooms where the players will do virtual battle.
Ohio A leads the championship group.
Ohio B leads the consolation group.
Both are undefeated within those groups.
Tomorrow could be a very special day.
#quizbowl
#NASAT