Groger Ranks is pleased to launch our latest project. As a complement to our normal rankings and the analysis articles we collect from members of the high school quizbowl community, we are launching Interview Thursdays! On Thursdays, we will publish short interviews with high school teams about their teams, circuits, studying tips, and more! Quizbowl … Continue reading Interview Thursdays Ep. 1 – Westview A
Category: Rankings/Analysis
November 12, 2019 Rankings
The rankings are back! There was a bit of a delay between the last set and this set, but that was mainly so that we could have enough data points to create accurate adjustments for sets like RAFT, 2019 SSNCT, and WAIT. The adjustments were also strengthened by using ACF Fall PPBs as an extra … Continue reading November 12, 2019 Rankings
The Methodology of Calculating Groger Ranks
The following article was a contribution of Groger Ranks member Steven Liu. Groger Ranks has been around for a little over a year now, and we've made a lot of big strides since we started. This year, I'm hoping to provide better, clearer documentation of our ranking methodology. In addition, we're making our major changes … Continue reading The Methodology of Calculating Groger Ranks
October 16, 2019 Rankings
We're back and better than ever! These rankings are the first of the season, and so obviously we should caution that not every region may be equally represented. In fact, we specifically excluded two sets from these first sets of rankings, RAFT and SSNCT, as there was a very small sample size of teams that … Continue reading October 16, 2019 Rankings
Powered Points Tournament III Writeup
The following article was a guest contribution by Shahar Schwartz. Lots of questions were still in the air going into PPT, the first competition of the year in SoCal. Westview and Del Norte would both try to double qualify while Santa Monica and Arcadia would fight to stay in contention. There's a lot to unpack … Continue reading Powered Points Tournament III Writeup
Earlybird Writeup
The following article was a guest contribution by Thomas Mercurio, Zach Roseman, Jonathan Lau, Dylan Bowman, and Roxanne Tang. The Illinois quiz bowl season kicked off on Saturday, September 28, with the annual Earlybird tournament at the University of Illinois. University of Illinois Lab capped off a dominant day by beating Stevenson twice by 90 … Continue reading Earlybird Writeup
PHSAT XXVII Writeup
The following article was a guest contribution by Dean Ah Now and Pedro Juan Orduz. On Saturday, September 28, 36 teams from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut converged upon Princeton University for the 27th Princeton High School Academic Tournament, played on NAQT’s Invitational Set #186. The following is a team-by-team analysis of some … Continue reading PHSAT XXVII Writeup
Prison Bowl XII Online Writeup
The following article was a contribution by the Groger Ranks staff. On Saturday, September 14, 10 teams from across the nation competed at the Discord mirror of Prison Bowl XII (Powered by Groger Ranks), one of if not the first ever online tournament to be run on a high school set. The field included 3 … Continue reading Prison Bowl XII Online Writeup
2019-20 HSQB PRESEASON POLL RESULTS
The following article was a contribution by the entire Groger Ranks staff and many members of the HSQB community who helped out with this poll. Thank you. Groger Ranks is back for the 2019-20 season! Over the last couple of weeks, we have been running a preseason poll for people to give their inputs for … Continue reading 2019-20 HSQB PRESEASON POLL RESULTS
2018-19 GROGER RANKS AWARDS
What a year it has been. When Groger Ranks started back in October with the first rankings, we had no idea how big it would become. Now, at the conclusion of the 2018-19 high school quizbowl season (with NASAT happening last week), we can finally make our last post of the season. Over the past … Continue reading 2018-19 GROGER RANKS AWARDS
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