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Dutchtown is hosting its Academic Tournament on Saturday, February 17th. Interested teams can still register at https://www.naqt.com/registration/choose-school.jsp?division_id=10347.

We are hosting our fifth annual ESA Cade Cane Classic Tournament. We sincerely hope you will plan to enter the quiz bowl team(s) from your school. All Louisiana schools should have received an online invitation to the tournament through NAQT accounts. If your school did not see one, please notify Ashley Dugas immediately. You may also go to www.laquizbowl.org and find a link to the tournament under the Schedule tab. When: Saturday, January 20, 2018 Where: Episcopal School of Acadiana 1557 Smede Road Broussard, LA 70518 Time: Registration will begin at 8:00 AM and play will begin between 8:30 AM and 8:45 AM. To allow time to set up the game sites, please plan to arrive at least thirty minutes prior to play if you are providing a buzzer system.…

Louisiana Tech University is proud to announce that we will be holding our fifth annual Louisiana Tech Winter Tournament on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Registration/check-in for the tournament will take place from 8:00-8:30 a.m., with a welcome meeting for coaches & players at 8:30. Preliminary games will take place following the welcome meeting (no later than 9am) to noon. Lunch will not be provided, as there are many local food options near the Louisiana Tech campus. The field is capped at 24 teams, with every team being guaranteed to play 7 games. Standings will be determined by win-loss record. Ties will be broken by Points per Bonus, and then Points per Game. Teams can expect the final rounds and trophy ceremony to be finished by 6pm at the latest, but…

We would like to invite you to our First Annual Gator Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, December 9, 2017. The cost per team will be $60.00. There is no discount for buzzers, but we would appreciate it if you could bring one just in case. Registration will be done through the NAQT registration system. Our mailing address is: Captain Shreve High School 6115 East Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71105 If you need an invoice in advance of the day of the tournament, please let us know so that we can send one to you. Otherwise, we will have an invoice for you on the morning of the tournament when you check in. If you can, please try to enter your team rosters in the NAQT registration system. It is okay…

Lusher Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana is pleased to announce that the Lusher Invitational High School Quiz Bowl Tournament will take place on Saturday, November 11. We will be using NAQT’s IS-170 set. Each team is guaranteed at least eight rounds of play. As registration numbers come in, we will be able to let you know how many rounds we anticipate and what the setup on tournament day will look like. We will be using NAQT rules for this tournament, with the exception that matches will not be timed (all matches will consist of twenty toss-ups). Any questions about the tournament may be directed to john_mersch@lusherschool.org. Location and Check-in: Check-in will begin at 8 am in the Lusher Upper School library (5624 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115) and…

At the French Quarter Kickoff held at Xavier University on September 30th, Strake Jesuit from Houston placed first over Jesuit High School of New Orleans. Lusher and Ben Franklin tied for third place. All four earned bids for NAQT's High School National Championship Tournament. At C.E. Byrd's Fall Tournament held on October 7th, teams from Windhaven Park from Plano, TX placed first and second. Dutchtown placed third over North Caddo. Again, all four teams earned bids to the HSNCT. Congratulations to Laya Tummala who was named High School Player of the Week by NAQT.

Congratulations to Coppell, who placed first at the Tal Atkins Memorial Quiz Bowl Tournament held at Caddo Magnet High School. C.E. Byrd A placed second, followed by West Monroe A and Dutchtown A. The sixteen team field came from across Louisiana, with Coppell traveling from the Dallas area. Full results are available here and will be available on the NAQT website soon. Click on the schedule link above to find a list of upcoming Quiz Bowl tournaments in Louisiana.

The 2017-18 Quiz Bowl season starts off with several early tournaments. Caddo Magnet High School will be hosting its Tal Atkins Quiz Bowl Tournament on September 9th in Shreveport. Click here to register for the tournament using the NAQT registration system. If you have not created an account there, you will need to do so to register for a tournament. A list of Quiz Bowl tournaments in Louisiana can be found in the "schedule" tab. A full listing of all tournaments around the country using NAQT questions can be found on their website.

The Louisiana Quiz Bowl Association (LQBA) would like to begin updating next year’s tournament schedule as soon as possible. If you are interested in hosting a tournament at your school, but don’t know where to start, please let us know! We would love to help you get started! Hosting a tournament is a great opportunity for your team to fundraise so you can participate in other quiz bowl events. If you have already scheduled a tournament for next year, please send that information to board@laquizbowl.org. We want to coordinate with tournaments across the state to maximize the number of tournaments available to students. We also want to invite all Louisiana quiz bowl coaches and alumni to our annual board meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, June 17 at…