UT-Chattanooga Dennis
Haskins
Open
March 1, 2008
DIVISION I (varsity)
1st:
M.L. King Magnet School A
2nd:
Ezell-Harding B
3rd:
Brindlee Mtn. (AL) A
4th:
Brindlee Mtn. (AL) B
DIVISION II (junior
varsity):
1st:
Ezell-Harding B
2nd:
Ringgold (GA) B
3rd:
Hume-Fogg B
4th:
M.L. King Magnet B
Further results and stats follow below, but first
there are a lot of people to thank.
From their inception, UTC’s high school
tournaments have received tremendous support from current and former
quizbowl players from other universities. We remain deeply
grateful for these volunteers; for Haskins 2008, special thanks to Dave
Leach, Stephen Taylor, John McCollum, and Eileen Steinhice.
Thanks also to the volunteer readers from participating high schools:
Kay Campbell from Lincoln Co., Steve Sessis and Mike Taylor from Daniel
Boone, Ruth Jackson from Ringgold, and our backups on call (Nancy
Howell & Ms. Padgett) from M.L. King Magnet.
But I’m especially proud that (counting myself)
there were an unprecedented eighteen current or former UTC students
serving as officials at this year’s Haskins. Thanks to house
readers/scorekeepers Toni Van Winkle, David and Rachel Moore, Wally and
Shannon Edmondson, John Kilby, Nikki Poarch, Ashley Rousselle, Jacob
Vannucci, Jimmy Beilstein, the aforementioned Ruth Jackson, Yolanda
Fernandez, Tiffany Willis, Edward Henderson, Rishabh Shah, Shane
Sawyer, and Dren Rollins. Special thanks to Nikki and Rachel for
their versatility in running logistics, keeping stats, and also
officiating as needed.
The questions for the Dennis Haskins Open were
produced in a collaborative effort with Drake University and the
University of Oklahoma as an outgrowth of this year’s Sword Bowl.
Thanks to the respective crews at Drake (Stephen Wise, Brendan Byrne,
Derek Olson, Ben Urick, Phil VerBeke, and Dan Weflen), Oklahoma (David
John Gagne II, Brian Morrow, Chris Terrill, Matt King, Cliff Marroquin,
Tony Hayes, Ted Swang, and Emily Duda), and UTC (David Moore, Shane
Sawyer, John Kilby, Jacob Vannucci, and Rishabh Shah) for their writing
& editing services. Thanks also go to Dave Leach, Jeremy
Hixson, Stephen Taylor, and Stephen Webb for editorial assistance; to
Sword Bowl packet contributors from Bevill State Community College
(Glenn Allen Bobo, Mason Portzer, Jonathan Mitchell, Patrick Kilgore,
Evan Underwood, Nick Powell, Julia Hosmer, J R Tidwell, Daryl Phelps,
and Hannah Goode); Georgia Tech (Taylor Kulp); Shorter College (Whitney
Richert and Chuck Pearson), and Wake Forest (Jacob Bathanti and Ross
Williford). Thanks also for freelance contributions from
UT-Knoxville’s Scotti Whitmire and Markus Iturriaga; UCLA’s Tirth
Patel, Chris Ngoon, and Seema Ullal; South Florida’s Ahmad Ragab; Bryan
Roper of Virginia Tech; Daichi Ueda of Walter Johnson HS (Bethesda,
MD); Eric Huff et al. of Dorman HS (Roebuck, SC); the aforementioned
Jeremy Hixson; Shawn Pickrell, Brice Russ, Brian Hight, and Michael
Kearney.
And as always, thanks to Dennis Haskins himself
for his continued support for this event, and for sending a welcoming
message as well as autographed Saved By the Bell photos for the
winners and all-stars.
A record 44 teams competed, representing 23
schools. We apologize again for the buzzer issues, and the
resultant delays – we had exactly enough buzzers available to cover the
20 rooms needed, but two didn’t work at all and two more conked out
during the day, requiring a lot of schedule juggling and several rooms
of “slap bowl.” Special thanks to Wally Edmondson, Steve Taylor,
and John Kilby for extended service in “slap bowl” matches, which went
more smoothly than we had any right to expect.
We would love to have discussion online of these
questions. However, our friends at Oklahoma have had to postpone
their mirror event till late April. So please, if you have any
comments on the questions, don’t discuss specifics for the time being.
RESULTS
We had 28 teams split into four brackets in
Division I, and 8 teams in two brackets in Division II. This
meant each bracket had a seven-round round robin, followed by playoffs
for the top teams.
Full results through the round robin, as well as
full individual stats, can be found online at:
http://results.scobo.net/Default2.aspx?org=utcquizbowl
All-Stars follow below, after the playoff results.
PLAYOFFS
DIVISION I
Round of 16 (well, really 12)
#5 Hume-Fogg A 350 , #12 Murray Co. A 80
#6 Knoxville West B 250, #11 Ringgold A 200
#10 Knoxville West A 360, #7 Rossview A 100
#8 Seymour 190, #9 Lincoln Co. A 180
[Byes – #1 M.L. King Magnet A, #2 Ezell-Harding A,
#3 Brindlee Mtn. A, #4 Brindlee Mtn. B]
Quarterfinals
M.L. King A 510, Seymour 110
Brindlee Mtn. A 410, Knoxville West B 170
Brindlee Mtn. B 370, Hume-Fogg A 180
Ezell-Harding A 390, Knoxville West A 170
Semifinals
M.L. King A 360, Brindlee Mtn. B 170
Ezell-Harding A 270, Brindlee Mtn. A 260
Finals
M.L. King A 470, Ezell-Harding A 185
DIVISION II
Quarterfinals
#L1 Ringgold B 370, #S4 Giles Co. B 0
#L2 Ezell-Harding B 230 , #S3 Avery Trace A 120
#S2 Hume-Fogg B 210, #L3 Lincoln Co. 9th
Grade Academy A 120
#L4 M.L. King B , 220, #S1 Brindlee Mtn. C 190
Semifinals
Ringgold B 260, Hume-Fogg B 80
Ezell-Harding B 320, M.L. King B 70
Finals
Ezell-Harding B 220, Ringgold B 70
INDIVIDUAL SCORING: ALL-STARS
All-Star recognition went to the top six players
in each division:
Division I
Dallas Simons, ML King Magnet A
Nick Allen, Hume-Fogg A
Andy Knowles, Brindlee Mtn. A
Mark Morris, Brindlee Mtn. B
Ryan Rummage, Ezell-Harding A
Ethan Fulwood, Seymour
Division II (including Div. II-eligible players in
Div. I)
Dylan Rush, Ringgold B
Isa Domin, Hume-Fogg B
Zachary Freeman, Lincoln 9th A
Riley Denton, Brindlee Mtn C
Logan Lockner, Daniel Boone A
Sarah Craig, Knoxville West B
Again, full individual stats are found at:
http://results.scobo.net/Default2.aspx?org=utcquizbowl