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2022 Team Missouri
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance sponsored three teams in the virtual National All-Star Academic Tournament (NASAT) on June 18-19, 2022. The teams were coached by Jason Loy, David Dennis, Lisa McClary, and Jeffrey Hill.
Team Missouri A
Roster
- 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)
Schedule
Preliminary Rounds
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey A | Win | 315–205 |
| 2 | Minnesota | Win | 345–120 |
| 3 | North Carolina | Win | 305–225 |
| 4 | Connecticut | Loss | 165–335 |
| 5 | Bye | ||
| 6 | Illinois Blue | Loss | 205–340 |
| 7 | Asia A | Win | 335–160 |
| 8 | Maryland White | Loss | 185–270 |
| 9 | Kentucky B | Win | 335–170 |
| 10 | Missouri C | Win | 380–70 |
| 11 | Iowa Gold | Win | 420–20 |
Finishing fourth in the pool with a 7-3 record, Team Missouri A advanced to the top eight pool.
Playoff Rounds
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (carry-over) | New Jersey A | Win | 315–205 |
| 3 (carry-over) | North Carolina | Win | 305–225 |
| 6 (carry-over) | Illinois Blue | Loss | 205–340 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | Win | 330–185 |
| 14 | Illinois Orange | Win | 370–215 |
| 15 | Michigan | Win | 325–160 |
| 16 | Maryland Gold | Loss | 180–355 |
Team Missouri A finished tied with Illinois Blue at 5-2 in the top eight pool. With New Jersey A at 6-1, this resulted in a play-in game between Missouri A and Illinois Blue to determine who would face New Jersey A disadvantaged in the final. Illinois Blue won 305-205 to advance to the final, while Missouri A finished in third place!
Team Missouri B
Roster
- 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)
Preliminary Rounds
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asia B | Loss | 160–175 |
| 2 | Illinois Orange | Loss | 115–245 |
| 3 | Kentucky A | Win | 310–125 |
| 4 | Iowa Blue | Win | 385–90 |
| 5 | Michigan | Win | 370–135 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | Loss | 140–355 |
| 7 | Liberia | Win | Forfeit |
| 8 | New Jersey B | Win | 285–180 |
| 9 | California | Loss | 130–390 |
| 10 | Maryland Red | Win | 330–110 |
| 11 | Maryland Gold | Loss | 160–340 |
Finishing tied for sixth in the pool with a 6-5 record, Team Missouri B advanced to the middle playoff pool to play for ninth through sixteenth place.
Playoff Rounds
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (carry-over) | Kentucky A | Win | 310–125 |
| 8 (carry-over) | New Jersey B | Win | 285–180 |
| 9 (carry-over) | California | Loss | 130–390 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Loss | 195–265 |
| 14 | Asia A | Win | 230–185 |
| 15 | Maryland White | Win | 245–160 |
| 16 | Connecticut | Loss | 195–280 |
Tied for third in the middle pool with a 4-3 record, Team Missouri B finished tied for eleventh place.
Team Missouri C
Roster
- 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, Ladue Horton Watkins High School sophomore (first NASAT selection; could not attend)
Preliminary Rounds
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asia A | Loss | 170–240 |
| 2 | North Carolina | Loss | 175–315 |
| 3 | Maryland White | Win | 310–115 |
| 4 | Iowa Gold | Win | 275–105 |
| 5 | Connecticut | Loss | 95–400 |
| 6 | Bye | ||
| 7 | Illinois Blue | Loss | 95–435 |
| 8 | Kentucky B | Win | 320–95 |
| 9 | Minnesota | Loss | 210–220 (OT) |
| 10 | Missouri A | Loss | 70–380 |
| 11 | New Jersey A | Loss | 140–410 |
Following the preliminary rounds, Missouri C was tied for eighth in the pool at 3-5 with Maryland White. A tiebreaker game was played to decide which team would advance to the middle playoff pool to play for ninth through sixteenth place. Maryland White won the tiebreaker game 285-205 to send Missouri C to the bottom playoff pool to play for seventeenth through twenty-third place.
Playoff Rounds
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 (carry-over) | Iowa Gold | Win | 275–105 |
| 8 (carry-over) | Kentucky B | Win | 320–95 |
| 13 | Liberia | Win | 265–30 |
| 14 | Asia B | Win | 235–140 |
| 15 | Iowa Blue | Win | 320–55 |
| 16 | Maryland Red | Win | 235–125 |
With an undefeated 6-0 record in the bottom playoff pool, Team Missouri C finished in seventeenth place.
Statistics
Full tournament statistics are available on the Quizbowl Resource Center Database.
Unofficial scoresheets for Team Missouri are available on Google Docs. These scoresheets include all games for Team Missouri A, most of Missouri B's round 5 game, and Missouri C's round 12 tiebreaker game.
Honorable Mentions
In addition to the above members of 2022 Team Missouri, MOQBA is pleased to recognize these students as Honorable Mentions:
- Brinda Ambal, Parkway West High School senior
- Lauren Blakemore, Hallsville High School senior
- Eli Bosley, Smithville High School junior
- Michael Brown, Stockton High School senior
- Ben Cook, Houston High School junior
- Anna Csiki-Fejer, Parkway West High School senior
- Andy Durham, Houston High School junior
- Terry Griggs, Sullivan High School junior
- Ryan Happel, Sullivan High School junior
- Cameron Jones, Van-Far High School senior
- Dorian Khoshyomn, Greenwood Laboratory School senior
- Asher Lidsky, Columbia Independent School junior
- Jacob Martin, Galena High School senior
- Finn Meggitt, Rolla High School senior
- Isaac Millians, Clayton High School senior
- Ji Ni, Palmyra High School senior
- Evan Nierman, Palmyra High School senior
- Grace Nuckolls, Washington High School junior
- Alex Rapp, Nixa High School junior
- James Reineke, Orchard Farm High School senior
- Devon Sawyer, Houston High School senior
- Mel Small, North Kansas City High School junior
- Ethan Smith, Troy Buchanan High School junior
- Zane Tolbert, Galena High School senior
- Zach Wang, Clayton High School senior
- CJ Wears, Kickapoo High School senior
- Tim Wellman, Palmyra High School senior
- Angela Yang, Rolla High School senior
Rising Stars
MOQBA also recognizes these students as Rising Stars:
- Dhruv Divyakumar, Jefferson City High School freshman
- Charlie Harp, Fair Grove High School sophomore
- Vincent Hoang, Washington High School sophomore
- Luke Ketchum, Hallsville High School sophomore
- Avnith Kumar, Jefferson City High School freshman
- Hayden Ley, Washington High School sophomore
- Meyer Lively, Nixa High School sophomore
- Kevin Tang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School sophomore
- Sasha Tripathi, Parkway West High School freshman
- Camden Williams, Mexico High School freshman