Congratulations team on making the finals of ONN's Brain Game.
Congratulations Brandon Williams on being selected to the HSAPQ All Ohio All-Star Team!
Welcome
Welcome to the new and improved website of the Northmont Academic Challenge Team. The Northmont Academic Challenge Team, founded in 1990 by Mrs. Roberts has a long tradition of being one of the top academic teams in Southwest Ohio. Highlights of the team include:
- 12 time league champion, including the last three seasons
- 13 time OAC regional qualifier and 2 time state tournament qualifier
- 6 time national championship qualifier (2008, 2009, 2010 - NAQT and PACE)
- 7 High-Q Final Four Appearances, including 3 championships
- Reigning GWOC League champions, two-time coach of the year (Mr. Jones) and back to back Player(s) of the Year (Joe Czupryn, Amma Boakye)
As with any activity, the more work you put into it, the better you will be. Participation in Academic Challenge is open to any student at Northmont High School. As many students participate in other activities, students are welcome to participate during whatever quarters their schedules allow; however, participation in tournaments will be set based upon what team gives us the best chance to win.
We regularly have freshmen and sophomores who compete and contribute mightily to our team, so don’t be intimidated!
2009-2010 Team Highlights
- Vandalia-Butler Fall Kick-off Tournament champions. Michael Czupryn was tournament high scorer.
- Copley No Frills Tournament Blue Division Champions
- The teams performance at the Tippecanoe Academic Challenge qualified Northmont for NAQT and PACE national competitions.
- Bowling Green NAQT Tournament Division Champions (8-0)
- Ohio State Winter Tournament Champions
- High-Q Champions
- ONN Brain Game Finalist
For Parents
The Northmont Academic Challenge team travels regularly, beginning in September and ending in May with the National Championship competitions. We currently host two tournaments during the year (one at Northmont and one at Wright State University) to raise money to cover hotels, entrance fees and transportation. However, occasionally, students will be asked to pay a portion of the cost for our tournaments.
In order to keep costs down for participants, it is important that all students (and hopefully parents!) be involved in assisting with our tournaments. This can include reading matches, scorekeeping, helping set-up food for our volunteers or picking up food from donors, or helping Mr. Jones and Mr. Czupryn with organizing the event.
Each week, we will announce the team for that weekend’s tournament and will distribute permission slips for the event. These permission slips will be distributed every Monday for a Saturday tournament. If your student is attending a weekend event, please make sure that they have their signed permission slip to Mr. Jones before the event, or they will be unable to travel with the team.
In order to keep you in the loop, I will send home monthly newsletters detailing the results and progress of our team. I also invite parents to sit in on practice, or to come to one of our events. The students work very hard to excel, and unlike other athletics, we get very little recognition for our success.
If you have any questions about the team, your student’s progress, or any of our events, do not hesitate to contact me at (937) 775-2138 or david.jones@wright.edu.
Televised Tournament Schedule
| Air Date | Tournament | Status |
| October 11, 2009 | High-Q Round 1 | Defeated Bethel (550-320) |
| January 10, 2010 | High-Q Round 2 | Defeated Xenia (630-315) |
| March 21, 2010 | High-Q Round 3 | Defeated Stivers (535-200) |
| April 25, 2010 | High-Q Quarterfinals | Defeated Bishop-Fenwick (610-325) |
| May 16, 2010 | High-Q Semi-finals | Defeated Carroll (610-490) |
| May 23, 2010 | High-Q Finals | Defeated Lima Bath (510-325) |
| ONN Brain Game | Defeated Hilliard-Bradley (715-75) | |
| ONN Brain Game Finals | Pending v Copley |
Tournament Schedule (additional tournaments pending)
| Date | Tournament | Status |
| September 26, 2009 | Detroit Central Catholic Academic Tournament | Complete |
| October 3, 2009 | Fall Kick-off Tournament at Vandalia-Butler (varsity & middle school) | Complete |
| October 10, 2009 | Copley "No Frills" Tournament | Complete |
| October 17, 2009 | Fall Novice Tournament at Ohio State (Miranda and Middle School) | Complete |
| October 24, 2009 | Fisher Catholic "Golden Shamrock" Tournament | Complete |
| October 31, 2009 | No event | |
| November 7, 2009 | Tippecanoe Academic Challenge | Complete |
| November 14, 2009 | St. Charles "In the Know" Tournament (varsity & middle school) | Complete |
| November 21, 2009 | Bowling Green Brave Falcon Invitational | Complete |
| November 28, 2009 | No event | |
| December 5, 2009 | Wright State Rowdy Raider Invitational | Complete |
| December 12, 2009 | Tippecanoe "Trash" Tournament | Complete |
| December 19, 2009 | New Trier (Illinois) Varsity Tournament | Complete |
| December 26, 2009 | No event | |
| January 2, 2010 | No event | |
| January 9, 2010 | Sidney Social Studies Shoot-out/Ohio State Winter Tournament | Complete |
| January 16, 2010 | Northmont Academic Challenge Tournament | Complete |
| January 23, 2010 | ONN Brain Game Taping | Complete |
| January 30, 2010 | Culver (IN) Academic Tournament/Miami University Tournament | Complete |
| February 6, 2010 | No event | |
| February 13-14, 2010 | Solon "Two-Day" Tournament | |
| February 20, 2010 | South Range Tournament | |
| February 27, 2010 | Copley Invitational | |
| March 6, 2010 | No event | |
| March 13, 2010 | Detroit Central Catholic Academic Tournament | |
| March 20, 2010 | ||
| March 27, 2010 | Case Western Great Lakes Regional Academic Challenge | |
| April 1-3, 2010 | Spring Break Trip (pending) | |
| April 10, 2010 | ||
| April 17, 2010 | NAQT State Championship at Ohio State | |
| April 24, 2010 | OAC Regionals | |
| May 1, 2010 | OAC State Championship (possible) | |
| May 8, 2010 | Bossick's Birthday Basho | |
| May 15, 2010 | No event | |
| May 22, 2010 | ||
| May 29-30, 2010 | NAQT National Championship (Chicago, IL) | |
| June 5-6, 2010 | PACE National Championship (Washington D.C.) | |
| June 12, 2010 | HSAPQ All-Star Tournament (possible) |
GWOC League Schedule:
| Date | Tournament | Status |
| January 5, 2010 | GWOC vs Sidney | Win 70-43 |
| January 5, 2010 | GWOC vs Miamisburg | Win 73-26 |
| January 5, 2010 | GWOC vs Springboro | Win 70-30 |
| January 12, 2010 | GWOC vs Fairmont | Win 71-33 |
| January 12, 2010 | GWOC vs Fairborn | Win 77-30 |
| January 26, 2010 | GWOC vs Piqua | Win 77-43 |
| January 26, 2010 | GWOC vs Trotwood-Madison | Win 66-34 |
| January 26, 2010 | GWOC vs Troy | Win 81-44 |
| February 2, 2010 | GWOC vs Butler | Win 77-35 |
| February 2, 2010 | GWOC vs Centerville | Win 60-38 |
| February 2, 2010 | GWOC vs Beavercreek | Win 66-45 |
| February 9, 2010 | GWOC vs Springfield | at Piqua |
| February 9, 2010 | GWOC vs Wayne | at Piqua |
| February 16, 2010 | GWOC vs Lebanon | at Northmont |
| February 16, 2010 | GWOC vs Xenia | at Northmont |
| February 27, 2010 | GWOC Tournament | at Fairmont |
MVAC League Schedule (Varsity & JV): High School & Middle School Teams
| Date | Tournament | Status |
| February 1st, 2010 | MVAC vs Cedarville |
Varsity: Win, 70-25 JV: Win, 44-29 |
| February 1st, 2010 | MVAC vs Yellow Springs |
Varsity: Win, 67-14 JV: Win, 40-25 |
| February 1st, 2010 | MVAC vs Oakwood |
Varsity: Win, 58-34 JV: Win, 47-21 |
| February 8th, 2010 | MVAC vs Centerville |
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| February 8th, 2010 | MVAC vs Urbana |
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| February 8th, 2010 | MVAC vs Carroll |
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| February 22nd, 2010 | MVAC vs Greenview |
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| February 22nd, 2010 | MVAC vs MVCTC |
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| February 22nd, 2010 | MVAC vs Tippecanoe |
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Practices
Practices are held on Tuesdays and Fridays after school from 3:00-5:00 pm in room 255. Currently, all students practice together, but as the team grows, we may split off into varsity and JV practices. Also, assistant coach Joe Czupryn runs a team at Northmont Middle School as a start up program for the high school team. All middle school students are welcome to practice with the middle school team, and may have the opportunity to participate in some JV high school events.
The team works best when everyone focuses on a core area. All students will be expected to familiarize themselves with the “You Gotta Know Lists” on www.naqt.com. Weekly quizzes to determine tournament participation will be based upon those quizzes, other study guides that are distributed, and knowledge in your particular area of expertise.
Each student is expected to select two areas of expertise from one of the following areas:
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Science (Biology and Geology)
- Science (Chemistry and Physics)
- Literature (American and World)
- Fine Arts (Includes art, music)
- Social Sciences (Includes Psychology, Sociology, Economics, etc.)
- Mathematics (Computation and Terminology)
- History / Social Studies
- Geography
Students will be given study guides and are expected to do outside research on their subject areas. Teams will be composed of students who are specialists in a variety of topics- therefore, the easiest way to play is to study something that no one else knows!
For additional information, please contact:
David Jones
Center for Urban & Public Affairs
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
225 Millett Hall Dayton, Ohio 45435
Phone: (937) 775-2138
E-mail: david.jones@wright.edu
