Illinois 2020

[chrroh]

Oakton

Division B
1st. Marie Murphy - 33
2nd. North Park - 108
3rd. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - 110
4th. Old Orchard - 119
5th. North Shore Country Day - 125
6th. Thomas - 127
Alternate: Attea - 155
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/oakton-regional-b/

Division C
1st. New Trier - 34
2nd. Niles West - 97
3rd. Niles North - 99
4th. Loyola Academy - 102
Alternate: Hinsdale South - 109
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/oakton-regional-c/

Please do not look down on the teams that failed to qualify, it was really close. So, congrats to the others teams for a well-fought effort. And a special congratulations to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Old Orchard for returning to state! Nice job!

[chrroh]

Western Illinois

Division B
1st. Farmington - 32
2nd. Liberty - 53
3rd. Macomb - 80
Alternate: Payson Seymour - 141
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/wiu-regional-b/

Division C
1st. Farmington - 87
2nd. Rochester - 101
3rd. Mercer County - 104
Alternate: Liberty - 109
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/wiu-regional-c/

Congrats to the other teams that competed who put in a well-fought effort. And a special congratulations to Rochester High School for returning to state and to Liberty and Mercer County for qualifying for the first time! (*I may need a fact check, you get the message though) Nice job everyone!

[chrroh]

Neuqua Valley

Division B
1st. Hawthorn North - 55
2nd. Gregory - 98
3rd. South - 102
4th. Kennedy - 117
5th. Quest Academy - 119
6th. Wilmette/Highcrest - 120
7th. Scullen - 158
8th. Granger - 172
Alternate: Bednarcik - 198
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/neuqua-valley-regional-b/
**I'll need confirmation on the number of bids given 2 teams didn't compete.

Division C
1st. Neuqua Valley - 64
2nd. Waubonsie Valley - 95
3rd. Metea Valley - 95
4th. IMSA - 111
5th. Oak Park River Forest - 153
6th. Naper Valley - 165
Alternate: Joliet West - 176
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/neuqua-valley-regional-c/

Once again, shout out to the other teams that competed who put in a well-fought effort. And a special congratulations to Gregory, Scuellen, Granger, and Oak Park River Forest for qualifying for the first time! Nice job!

[musabkaz6173]

I will admit that the margin between Waubonsie Valley and teams such as Oswego East and Joliet West is closing in on them more than I'm comfortable admitting.

1. Stevenson
2. New Trier
3. Naperville North*
4. Neuqua Valley
5. UChicago
6-8. Naperville Central, Hinsdale Central, Grayslake North**
9-15. Walter Payton, Lyons Township, Huntley, Crystal Lake Central, Conant, Hersey, Niles West***

Oswego East and Joliet West's regionals scores were almost double Waubonsie's. Don't forget Waubonsie was in the top 10 from 2014-2018 and historically do significantly better at state and sometimes regionals than at invitationals. With their regionals placing, I wouldn't be surprised to see them back in the top 10 this year.

Source: https://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Waubo ... igh_School

[chrroh]

I will admit that the margin between Waubonsie Valley and teams such as Oswego East and Joliet West is closing in on them more than I'm comfortable admitting.

Oswego East and Joliet West's regionals scores were almost double Waubonsie's. Don't forget Waubonsie was in the top 10 from 2014-2018 and historically do significantly better at state and sometimes regionals than at invitationals. With their regionals placing, I wouldn't be surprised to see them back in the top 10 this year.

I was referring to their score from Joliet West (https://app.avogadro.ws/il/joliet-west- ... ational-c/) which was where I made that observation about the "margin closing in." Maybe a look at those scores might give you some context into what I was thinking. With that, I agree with everything you said. I was there competing in 2014-2018 and saw them at their best, so I know what they're capable of. It's clear that they improved significantly since that invite and did fantastic at their regional, and I'm glad to see it!

[Nydauron]

I will admit that the margin between Waubonsie Valley and teams such as Oswego East and Joliet West is closing in on them more than I'm comfortable admitting.

1. Stevenson
2. New Trier
3. Naperville North*
4. Neuqua Valley
5. UChicago
6-8. Naperville Central, Hinsdale Central, Grayslake North**
9-15. Walter Payton, Lyons Township, Huntley, Crystal Lake Central, Conant, Hersey, Niles West***

Oswego East and Joliet West's regionals scores were almost double Waubonsie's. Don't forget Waubonsie was in the top 10 from 2014-2018 and historically do significantly better at state and sometimes regionals than at invitationals. With their regionals placing, I wouldn't be surprised to see them back in the top 10 this year.

Source: https://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Waubo ... igh_School

You do bring up a good point though. (Forgot to consider it in my predictions!) Seems like Waubonsie went unstacked for the Joliet invite. Superscoring the team gets within top 10 and close to top 5. (I need to superscore every team to be sure on that!) From the outcomes of regionals, it is no doubt that they (along with Metea) are in the running to make top 10 again. Honestly, it's going to be a really close race!

[musabkaz6173]

I was referring to their score from Joliet West (https://app.avogadro.ws/il/joliet-west- ... ational-c/) which was where I made that observation about the "margin closing in." Maybe a look at those scores might give you some context into what I was thinking. With that, I agree with everything you said. I was there competing in 2014-2018 and saw them at their best, so I know what they're capable of. It's clear that they improved significantly since that invite and did fantastic at their regional, and I'm glad to see it!

You do bring up a good point though. (Forgot to consider it in my predictions!) Seems like Waubonsie went unstacked for the Joliet invite. Superscoring the team gets within top 10 and close to top 5. (I need to superscore every team to be sure on that!) From the outcomes of regionals, it is no doubt that they (along with Metea) are in the running to make top 10 again. Honestly, it's going to be a really close race!

I understand now. There were actually scoring errors with Waubonsie's tests at Joliet West in 3 different events. Fossils and Geologic Mapping scores were mixed up between Varsity and JV-1, and Varsity was given a 34th (out of 33 teams) in Detector Building, even though they had a working device that did not get tiered and did relatively well on the written test (~ 80 %). Ranked properly, Waubonsie was actually 5th or 6th at the Joliet West invitational. The rankings are not updated on avogadro, so I see why people were thrown off.

[knightmoves]

Neuqua Valley

Division B
1st. Hawthorn North - 55
2nd. Gregory - 98
3rd. South - 102
4th. Kennedy - 117
5th. Quest Academy - 119
6th. Wilmette/Highcrest - 120
7th. Scullen - 158
8th. Granger - 172
Alternate: Bednarcik - 198
https://app.avogadro.ws/il/neuqua-valley-regional-b/
**I'll need confirmation on the number of bids given 2 teams didn't compete.

I heard a claim that the D204 schools weren't taking their state bids again. (That's Gregory, Scullen, and Granger from your list, plus Still, Hill, and Fischer who finished lower down.)

If that's true (and I don't know that it is), then there were 17 teams registered for this regional. Two did not compete, and six more teams are not being permitted to advance to state by the school district, which leaves nine teams actually competing for state bids, one of which only entered half the events. Which would leave eight state bids for effectively eight teams competing, which seems a little silly.

(Also, does anyone know why Game On got thrown out?)

[musabkaz6173]

"Division B and C teams can bring up to 12 alternates to the state tournament. Alternates will receive a wristband and will be eligible to compete in the trial events." (http://www.illinoisolympiad.org/state.html)

Does 12 alternates mean there will be 6 trial events at state this year? Are there any rumors on what the trial events will be? Does anyone know when trial events will be announced?

[knightmoves]

Are there any rumors on what the trial events will be? Does anyone know when trial events will be announced?

They're usually not announced until all the regionals have happened. If it follows the pattern of previous years, there will be Geocaching at B and C levels, and probably Pentathlon for B, and there will be a couple of the events that are probably coming next year (Electric Wright Stuff? WiFi Lab again? Crave the Wave / It's about Time?)
Maybe codebusters for B, because it's easy to set up and run.