Congratulations to the Academic Quiz Bowl Team for their Blazing Success in 2013-2014

Bob Squad 2014

  • June 7 – Battle of the Brains Airing

o   All Star Game.  Connor Wood and Vasa Clarke were participants

 

  • May 31 – Battle of the Brains Airing

o   MLWGS v. New Kent – we won!  We’re the champions!

 

  • May 31 – June1: HSNCT (High School National Championship Tournament for the National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC (NAQT)), Chicago, IL

o   A Team was 5th out of 272 Teams

o   Connor Wood earned a scoring medal as the 29th highest scorer out of 1325 students

 

  • May 23 – May 25: PACE NSC (Partnership for Academic Excellence National Scholastic Championship), Reston, VA

o   A Team was 17th out of 96 Teams

o   B Team was 62nd out of 96 Teams

o   B Team was 2nd out of the Junior Varsity Teams

o   Connor Wood earned a scoring medal, as the 11th highest scorer out of 435 students.

 

  • May 17 – Battle of the Brains Airing

o   MLWGS v. Warwick.  We won!  We’re moving on to the finals!

 

  • April 25-27: National History Bowl and Bee, Washington D.C.

o   Varsity made it to the Quarter Finals undefeated

o   Connor Wood, Patrick Canteros, and Vasa Clarke all make it to the History Bee Quarter Finals

 

  • April 19: Battle of the Brains Airing

o   MLWGS v. Cave Spring – we won!

 

  • April 19: VCU Season Finale Tournament at New Kent High School

o   A Team placed 1st of 16 Teams

o   B Team placed 4th

o   C Team placed 13th

 

  • March 25: Battle of the Brains Taping

o   Championship: Maggie Walker v. New Kent.

o   All-Star:  Connor and Vasa

 

  • March 24: Battle of the Brains Taping

o   Semi Final: Maggie Walker v. Warwick.  Please tune in to CBS 6 at 10:00am on May 17 to see the results!

 

  • March 22: NAQT State Tournament at the University of Virginia

o   A Team placed 2nd of 18 Teams

o   B Team placed 7th

o   C Team placed 11th

 

  • March 8: National History Bowl State Tournament at Monticello High School

o   Varsity was the State Runner-Up

o   Junior Varsity was the State Champion!

o   Connor Wood, Vasa Clarke, Patrick Canteros, Will Overman, Robert Morris, Omar Karim, and Parth Kotak qualified for the National History Bee

 

  • March 1: VCU Spring Tournament at New Kent High School

o   A Team placed 2nd of 17 Teams

o   B Team placed 6th

o   C Team placed 9th

o   D Team placed 11th

o   E Team placed 15th

 

  • February 22: Battle of the Brains Airing

o   MLWGS v. Clover Hill High School.  We won 395-205.

 

  • February 22: VHSL State Championships at the College of William and Mary

o   MLWGS won 1st Place – STATE CHAMPS!

 

  • February 8: VHSL Regional Tournament at MLWGS

o   MLWGS won 1st Place of 8 teams

o   Hana Reed was named Region 2A East Coach of the Year

 

  • February 8: NHBB Regional History Bowl and Bee at New Kent High School

o   Maggie Walker won 1st place in the Junior Varsity History Bowl

o   Omar Karim placed 1st in the Junior Varsity History Bee

o   Parth Kotak placed 2nd in the Junior Varsity History Bee

 

  • January 18: Battle of the Brains Airing

o   MLWGS v. Dinwiddie.  We won 550-80

 

  • January 11: VHSL Conference Tournament at Windsor High School

o   MLWGS won 1st Place of 6 teams

 

  • January 15: Battle of the Brains Taping

o   MLWGS played Cave Spring.  Please tune in to CBS 6 at 10:00am on April 19 to see the results!

 

  • January 8: Battle of the Brains Taping

o   MLWGS played Clover Hill High School.  Please turn in to CBS 6 at 10:00am on February 22 to see the results!

 

  • December 14: GSAC XXI  (Governor’s School Academic Competition)

o   MLWGS wrote, organized and hosted a competition here at Maggie Walker for 28 teams

o   We raised about $1400!  (We will continue to receive money, as the students sell their questions to other schools to use for tournaments)

 

  • December 7: VCU Winter Tournament at New Kent High School

o   A Team placed 2nd  of 19 Teams

o   B Team placed 7th

o   C Team placed 13th

o   D Team placed 15th

 

  • November 23: Cavalier Classic Tournament at the University of Virginia

o   A Team placed 3rd of 21 Teams

o   B Team placed 5th

o   C Team placed 13th

 

  • November 9: VCU/UVA Collab Tournament at New Kent High School

o   A Team placed 1st of 21 Teams

o   B Team placed 3rd

o   C Team placed 8th

o   D Team placed 15th

 

  • October 26: New Kent Novice at New Kent High School

o   B Team placed 3rd

o   C Team place ? (sorry, not all of the statistics are available)

 

  • October 9: Battle of the Brains Taping

o   MLWGS played Dinwiddie.  Please tune in to CBS 6 at 10:00am on January 18 to see the results!

 

  • October 5: VCU Fall Tournament at VCU

o   A Team placed 2nd of 14 Teams

o   B Team placed 7th

o   C Team placed 10th

o   D Team placed 13th

 

  • October 4th: Fall Festival    

o   We had a Cotton Candy Booth

o   We made around $200!

 

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