Gate City High School represented SWATA at NAQT’s High School National Championship Tournament in preliminary competition on Saturday, May 27 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. We kept tabs on their performance on Twitter using the #SWATAQB hashtag; full tournament statistics are available on NAQT’s website; Gate City has a individual statistics page as well.
Gate City finished the day with a 3-7 record, recovering from an 0-5 start in morning matches. Here is the full results list:
Northview (GA) A 450, Gate City 90
Seven Lakes (TX) B 230, Gate City 160
Kickapoo (MO) B 220, Gate City 95
Tome (MD) 140, Gate City 95
Tuscumbia (MS) 170, Gate City 140 (Gate City eliminated from playoff contention)
Gate City 210, River Ridge (GA) 50
Bainbridge (GA) 135, Gate City 115
Brandon (MS) 210, Gate City 115
Gate City 165, Kickapoo (MO) B 105 (revenge match!)
Gate City 160, Flowery Branch (GA) 110
If you want to drink directly from the firehose, the full-tournament hashtag is #hsnct. It will continue to be updated as the playoffs proceed tomorrow.
Congratulations to Gate City for their representation at HSNCT, thank you to all those in Scott County and throughout Southwest Virginia who supported them as they traveled, and congrats to all our teams who competed in SWATA tournaments and who represented SWATA in national competitions this season.
We can’t wait for 2017-2018 to be bigger and better for quizbowl in Southwest Virginia.
-pearson, 27 May 2017
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