Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet

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The Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet is an annual, two-day event sponsored by the Minnesota Service Cooperatives, which is Minnesota's governing body of Knowledge Bowl. The State Meet is held in April at Cragun's Resort, located in Brainerd.

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[edit] Format

The 48 teams that qualify for the Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet are ordered by enrollment size and then are evenly divided, with the larger 24 schools in Class AA, and the smaller 24 schools in Class A. All schools from the Metro Region (Region XI) are automatically placed in Class AA. If one private school qualifies, it is automatically placed in Class AA, regardless of size. If two private schools qualify, the larger is placed in Class AA, and the smaller in Class A. If three private schools qualify, the larger two are placed in Class AA, and the smallest is placed in Class A, and so on.

The first day of the State Knowledge Bowl Meet begins in the evening with a banquet, at which all the teams are introduced. Following the banquet is the written round which consists of 60 questions. Once the written rounds are scored, the teams are ranked. In the event of a tie after the written round, certain questions will be used to break the tie. The state meet is "power-ranked," that is, teams are grouped together by their current standing as follows:

  • Room 1: #1-2-3
  • Room 2: #4-5-6
  • Room 3: #7-8-9
  • Room 4: #10-11-12
  • Room 5: #13-14-15
  • Room 6: #16-17-18
  • Room 7: #19-20-21
  • Room 8: #22-23-24

Teams are power ranked for five, 45-question oral rounds. At then end, the team with the highest total score is the State Champion. The top 3 teams receive trophies, and the top 6 teams receive medals. If there is a tie among the top 6 following the fifth and final oral round, it is broken by a 15-question "overtime." The Heritage Spirit Award is given to one team from each class that demonstrates a positive attitude and sportsmanship as voted on by the readers, computer operators, coaches, and other teams.

[edit] Historical Format

In 2007, the State Tournament began using "SOS", or strength-of-schedule. In this system, teams competing in the top room receive 1.5 extra points, teams in the second room receive 1 extra point, and teams in the third room receive .5 extra points.

As recently as 1999, there was a "championship round," which appears to have been an additional round in which the top 3 teams competed head-to-head to determine who would be champion.[1]

Furthermore, the state meet was not split into two classes until 1996.

[edit] Past State Champions and Runners-up

2008

Class AA Class A
  1. Eden Prairie 130
  2. Prior Lake-Savage 129.5
  3. Simley 119.5
  4. Saint Anthony Village 118.5
  5. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 116.5
  6. Chaska 116
  1. Saint John's Prep 121.5
  2. Lac qui Parle Valley 118.5
  3. Sebeka 109.5
  4. Houston 109
  5. Redwood Area 108
  6. Dover-Eyota 106

2007

Class AA Class A
  1. St. Anthony Village 146.5
  2. Eden Prarie Midnight 130
  3. Moorhead Mint 126
  4. St. Thomas Academy/Visitation 128
  5. Chaska 122.5
  6. Prior Lake-Savage 121.5
  1. Glencoe-Silver Lake 139.5
  2. Morris 123
  3. MN Valley Lutheran Silver 119.5
  4. Lake Park Audobon 119
  5. St. John's Prep Brass 114
  6. Lac qui Parle Valley 112.5

2006

Class AA Class A
  1. St. Anthony Village 123
  2. Chaska 121
  3. Buffalo 118
  4. St. Thomas Academy 117
  5. Eden Prairie 114
  6. Moorhead Gold 112
  1. St. John's Prep 114
  2. Redwood Valley Black 110
  3. Lake Park-Audubon 103
  4. Staples-Motley 102
  5. Dover-Eyota 101
  6. Roseau 101

2005

Class AA Class A
  1. St. Thomas Academy 122
  2. Chaska Purple 113
  3. St. Anthony Village 112
  4. Moorhead Orange 107
  5. Buffalo 107
  6. Hermantown 103
  1. East Grand Forks 111
  2. Win-E-Mac 110
  3. Montevideo 107
  4. Lac qui Parle Valley 106
  5. Blue Earth 98
  6. Fairmont 98

2004

Class AA Class A
  1. St. Anthony Village 114
  2. Mahtomedi 113
  3. St. Thomas Academy 112
  4. Chaska 112
  5. Moorhead White 111
  6. Hibbing 108
  1. Park Christian 115
  2. East Grand Forks 105
  3. Windom 105
  4. Lac qui Parle Valley 104
  5. Pequot Lakes 100
  6. Blackduck 99

2003

Class AA Class A
  1. Chaska White 120
  2. Moorhead Gold 113
  3. Rochester Mayo 110
  4. Bemidji 110
  5. St. Thomas Academy 107
  6. Northfield 106
  1. Springfield 116
  2. Blackduck 106
  3. Park Christian 103
  4. Moose Lake/Willow River 102
  5. Cook 102
  6. Lake Park-Audubon 100

[edit] 2006 Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet

The 2006 State Meet was held April 25-26 at Cragun's Resort in Brainerd. The 48 teams who qualified are as follows:

Class AA Class A
  • Bemidji
  • Brainerd (2)
  • Buffalo
  • Cambridge-Isanti
  • Chaska
  • Crookston
  • Duluth East
  • Duluth Marshall
  • Eden Prairie
  • Fairmont
  • Hibbing
  • Little Falls
  • Mahtomedi
  • Moorhead (2)
  • New London-Spicer
  • Red Wing
  • Rochester Century
  • St. Anthony Village
  • St. Cloud Apollo
  • St. Peter
  • St. Thomas Academy
  • Thief River Falls
  • Albany
  • Blackduck
  • Blue Earth Area
  • BOLD
  • Canby
  • Carlton
  • Cook
  • Dover-Eyota
  • Hawley
  • Houston
  • Lake Park-Audubon
  • LeSueur-Henderson
  • Littlefork-Big Falls
  • Murray County Central
  • Redwood Valley (3)
  • Roseau
  • Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s
  • Southland
  • St. John’s Prep
  • Staples-Motley
  • West Central Area
  • Windom

St. Thomas Academy returned to defend their Class AA title, while last year's Class A Champion, East Grand Forks, did not qualify for the 2006 state tournament. St. Anthony Village High School, the 2006 AA winner, won its second title in its first three years in state competition. St. John's Prep, the class A Champion, did not qualify for the competition in 2005 and had never won the competition prior to 2006. Also of note, Redwood Valley (Redwood Falls) qualified three teams out of Region VIII. For a team to qualify two teams is very impressive, especially if it is a smaller school, Windom's two teams in Class A last year were the first time in recent memory that a small school had done so. However, three teams from one high school is an extraordinary feat, and for a small school to do so is surely unprecedented. The results of this year's competition are posted in the list above.



[edit] Assorted Historical Finishes

2002 Class AA

  • 1-St. Thomas Academy
  • 2-Moorhead
  • 3-Chaska

2002 Class A

  • 1-Cook 112
  • 2/3-Springfield 110
  • 2/3-Osakis 110
  • 6-Moose Lake/Willow River 104

2001 Class AA

  • 1-Hibbing
  • 2-St. Thomas Academy
  • 3-Chaska

2001 Class A

  • 1-NRHEG
  • 2-Redwood Valley
  • 4-Cook

2000 Class AA

  • 1-St. Cloud Tech
  • 2-Blake
  • 3-Chaska
  • 4-Hibbing

2000 Class A

  • 1-Moose Lake
  • 2-Redwood Valley
  • 3-St. John's Preparatory School

1999 Class AA

  • 1-Cretin-Derham Hall
  • 2-Chaska
  • 3-St. Cloud Tech
  • 4-Hibbing

1998 Class AA

  • 1-Cretin-Derham Hall
  • 2-Hibbing
  • 3-Chaska

1997 Class AA

  • 1-Chaska
  • 2-Centennial
  • 3-Wilmar

1997 Class A

  • 1-Morris

1996

  • 1-Hibbing
  • 2-Chaska

1995

  • 1-Chaska
  • 2-Hibbing
  • 3-Cannon Falls

1994

  • 1-Moorhead
  • 2-Chaska
  • 3-MACCRAY

1993

  • 1-Chaska Purple
  • 2-Chaska Gold
  • 3-Moorhead

1992

  • 1-Chaska 1
  • 2-Duluth East
  • 3-Centennial

1986

  • 1-Little Falls

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Chaska Academic Teams Online