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The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance promotes high quality quizbowl tournaments throughout the state of Missouri.

Tournaments sponsored by the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance use well-written pyramidal questions that reward players for their academic knowledge and schedules that fairly recognize the best performing teams while offering all teams many competitive games throughout the day. Learn more about high quality quizbowl formats and MOQBA high school and middle school tournament certification.

Fair Grove wins national title!

Congratulations to Fair Grove High School—Christian Allen, Braden Booth, Charlie Harp, Aidyn Owings, Nate Waggoner, and coach Michelle Wahlquist—for their historic performance winning the overall and very small school titles in the Traditional Public Schools Division of the 2023 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament! Fair Grove went 18-1, with their only loss to Houston High School, who finished tied for fifth. Fair Grove won all of their other games by a margin of 260 or more points. Their 655-165 win over Southwestern A of Piasa, Illinois is believed to be the highest score for a team in a high school national championship game in quizbowl history. Fair Grove is Missouri's second small school national champion, after Hallsville's championship in the inaugural SSNCT in 2014.

Clever High School, Hallsville High School, and Centralia High School also advanced to the playoffs, and Columbia Independent School advanced to the playoffs of the Open division. Four Missouri students were recognized individually as All-Stars and a fifth was recognized as a Rising Star. Congratulations to all of Missouri's teams! See more historical nationals accomplishments by Missouri teams and individuals

MOQBA sponsoring two teams in 2023 all-star tournament

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is sponsoring two teams in the 2023 National All-Star Academic Tournament, to be held online on June 17-18. Missouri is one of only four states that have competed in every NASAT.

Team Missouri A is:

• Christian Allen, Fair Grove High School senior (second NASAT)
• Braden Booth, Fair Grove High School senior (third NASAT)
• Camden Williams, Mexico High School sophomore (first NASAT)
• Max Yang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School senior (second NASAT)

Team Missouri B is:

• Owen Arneson, Parkway West High School senior (second NASAT)
• Braxton Davis, College Heights Christian School sophomore (second NASAT)
• Caden Haustein, Kickapoo High School senior (first NASAT)
• Lucia Li, Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior (first NASAT)
• Patrick Rivas-Giorgi, (St. Joseph) Central High School junior (first NASAT)

The team alternates are:

• Sophia Xu, Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior
• Ryan Happel, Sullivan High School senior
• Andy Durham, Houston High School senior

MOQBA commends these students for their outstanding performances this season and is looking forward to another competitive tournament in June!

Team Missouri Honorable Mentions and Rising Stars

In addition to the above members of 2023 Team Missouri, MOQBA is pleased to recognize these students as Honorable Mentions:

• Jonah Blake, (Springfield) Central High School senior
• Eli Bosley, Smithville High School senior
• Grant Buechner, Warrenton High School senior
• Yuvan Chali, Ladue Horton Watkins High School senior
• Ben Cook, Houston High School senior
• Aiden Cooper, Fair Grove High School junior
• Xander Cummins, Clever High School junior
• Luc Deeds, Fair Grove High School senior
• Daphne Golden, Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior
• Terry Griggs, Sullivan High School senior
• Charlie Harp, Fair Grove High School junior
• Ed Harrison, Lindbergh High School senior
• Emmet Haugh, St. Pius X High School senior
• Karli Hedge, Clever High School junior
• Andrew Hellman, (Springfield) Central High School senior
• Vincent Hoang, Washington High School junior
• Ben Koberlein, Lindbergh High School senior
• Hayden Ley, Washington High School junior
• Asher Lidsky, Columbia Independent School senior
• Catherine Moyle, Columbia Independent School senior
• Luke Rausch, Warrenton High School senior
• Millie Sapp, Clever High School junior
• Thomas Sinkhorn, Skyline High School senior
• Ethan Smith, Troy Buchanan High School senior
• Nathan Swenson, Kickapoo High School senior
• Kevin Tang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior
• Cooper Terrill, Lindbergh High School senior
• Elle Webers, Sullivan High School senior

MOQBA also recognizes these students as Rising Stars:

• Aronno Dutta, Ladue Horton Watkins High School freshman
• Carter Hoffmeyer, Schuyler County High School sophomore
• Maxwell Jennings, Clever High School sophomore
• Elmedin Karamovic, Bayless High School freshman
• Avnith Kumar, Jefferson City High School sophomore
• Aaron Lin, Ladue Horton Watkins High School freshman
• Alex Merrill, Forsyth High School sophomore
• Tommy Nance, Weaubleau High School sophomore
• Nathan Oreskovic, Washington High School freshman
• Aidyn Owings, Fair Grove High School freshman
• Michael Peters, College Heights Christian School freshman
• Sasha Tripathi, Parkway West High School sophomore
• Anthony Zhao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School freshman

Congratulations to all of these students!

Students receive 2023 MOQBA Values and Student Involvement Awards

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance presented the 2023 MOQBA Values Award to Aidan Heaney of Hermann High School and the 2023 MOQBA Award for Outstanding Student Involvement to Ethan Smith of Troy Buchanan High School. MOQBA commends Aidan and Ethan for their outstanding citizenship and service to the Missouri quizbowl community!

Fair Grove wins the 2023 NAQT Missouri Qualifier!

Congratulations to Fair Grove High School for becoming the second school to win both the overall and small school titles at the 2023 NAQT Missouri Qualifier, which was held on March 4 at Columbia College. Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Parkway West High School, and Kickapoo High School rounded out the top 4. Eugene High School won the very small school title for the second consecutive year.

We anticipate scheduling the 2024 Qualifier on its usual first Saturday in March and will post an announcement here when the date and location are confirmed. Read the recap and discuss the tournament.

Fair Grove wins the 2022 MOQBA Fall Championship!

Congratulations to Fair Grove High School for winning the 2022 MOQBA Fall Championship, which was held on December 10 at Columbia College. Fair Grove also repeated as small school champion, becoming the first small school eligible team to win the overall Fall Championship title! Ladue Horton Watkins High School A, Mexico High School, and Parkway West High School rounded out the top 4. Read the recap and discuss the tournament.

MOQBA welcomes two new members

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is excited to welcome Jeff Carter and Michelle Wahlquist as new members!

Three Missouri teams excel at 2022 all-star tournament

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance sponsored three teams in the twenty-three team 2022 National All-Star Academic Tournament, held on Zoom on June 18-19. Missouri is one of only four states that have competed in every NASAT.

With a 10-5 overall record, Team Missouri A finished in third place, earning Missouri's second best placement all-time! The team was:

• Gabe Forrest, College Heights Christian School senior (second NASAT)
• Frederick Rivas-Giorgi, (St. Joseph) Central High School senior (third NASAT)
• Max Yang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior (first NASAT)
• Yi Zheng, Parkway West High School senior (second NASAT)

With 59.50 points per game in the preliminary rounds, Gabe Forrest was the top individual scorer, becoming the second ever individual from Missouri to lead the NASAT field in scoring.

With an 8-7 overall record, Team Missouri B finished tied for eleventh place, earning Missouri B's best ever placement at NASAT! The team was:

• Christian Allen, Fair Grove High school junior (first NASAT)
• Braden Booth, Fair Grove High School junior (second NASAT)
• Yuvan Chali, Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior (first NASAT)
• Owen Farra, St. Louis Christian Home School Association junior (second NASAT)
• Chase Sponenberg, Kickapoo High School senior (first NASAT)

With 36.00 points per game in the preliminary rounds, Owen Farra finished tenth individually, becoming the first member of Team Missouri B to earn NASAT All-Star honors! This was also only the second year that Missouri had two NASAT All-Stars!

With a 7-8 overall record, Team Missouri C finished in seventeenth place, earning Missouri C's best ever placement and record at NASAT! The team was:

• Owen Arneson, Parkway West High School junior (first NASAT)
• Ty Butler, Clayton High School senior (first NASAT)
• Braxton Davis, College Heights Christian School freshman (first NASAT)
• Samantha Doepker, Washington High School senior (third NASAT)
• Connor Lee, Eldon High School senior (first NASAT)

Sophia Xu, a sophomore from Ladue Horton Watkins High School, was also selected to Team Missouri C but was unable to attend.

MOQBA commends our all-stars for their incredible performances, earning Team Missouri's best placements outside of the 2013 team's national title!

Want to host a tournament?

MOQBA is seeking hosts for more high quality tournaments. Hosting an MOQBA certified tournament is a great way to promote the expansion of high quality quizbowl throughout the state while raising money for your team to attend more tournaments. See the high school tournament certification or middle school tournament certification pages for more information.