California (North)
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| General Information | |
| Member of SO since | 1985 |
| Total teams | 292 ( 15.87% 2021 to 2022)
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| Division B Champion | Kennedy Middle School |
| Division C Champion | Mountain View High School (California) |
| State Tournament Location | California State University, Stanislaus |
| Website | scilympiad |
Northern California holds a separate competition from Southern California because of distance issues. It has a large amount of membership compared to other states. There are 7 regions in Northern California, each with various number of teams per division. All regions hold both B and C competitions simultaneously. Bids for the state tournament are split equally among the 7 regions, regardless of member participation.
History
A small bit of history but certainly not all of it.
Division B
There have been quite a few close NorCal state competitions over the years, some decided by just a point or two. The over 30 years of Scioly history in NorCal have been dominated by 2 schools, Churchill and Arden. Together, these 2 schools account for most of the NorCal 1st place finishes. Interestingly, these 2 schools are both in Sacramento, both in the San Juan School District and are located just a few miles from each other. Other schools that have won the NorCal title are Elkhorn from Lodi and Carnegie MS in Sacramento. In recent years, the number of competing teams at the NorCal tournament grew from 16 in 2008 to 18 in 2009 to 24 in 2011. Marking a change in the results, schools from the Bay Area started placing in the majority of the top 5, and a few San Francisco Bay Area schools from Fremont (Hopkins, Mission Valley) and Cupertino (Kennedy, Miller) have finished in the top 3 at NorCal finals. This can be shown as ever since the 2014 tournament, 4 of the top 5 schools have been from the San Francisco Bay Area; however, from 2005 to 2017, the Sacramento region (Arden & Winston Churchill Middle Schools) won every state competition. Since 2018, Kennedy has won every state competition.
Division C
Mira Loma High School has dominated the Division C in recent years but has started to feel some heat from Bay Area schools like Mountain View High School, Palo Alto High School, and Mission San Jose High School. In 2013, Palo Alto managed to defeat Mira Loma by one point and in 2021, Mountain View beat out Palo Alto and Mira Loma for the state title.
Past State Champions
This is a record of the past state champions, runner ups and third places. The state champions' places at the national competition are also shown. Scores at the state competition shown in parentheses.
(*) Old scoring system was used (highest score wins)
NOTES:
- 2012 Division C only had 21 official events due to event/supervisor issues.
- 2021 both Division B and Division C had 21 official events due to Covid-19 restrictions
Tournaments
| Name | Type | Date | Division | Format |
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| BEARSO Invitational | Invitational | 2020-10-10 | B/C | mini SO |
| Yosemite Invitational | Invitational | 2020-12-19 - 2020-12-20 | C | mini SO |
| Mira Loma Invitational | Invitational | 2021-01-09 | C | mini SO |
| Aggie Invitational | Invitational | 2021-01-16 | C | mini SO |
| STEMBoost Invitational | Invitational | 2021-01-23 | B | mini SO |
| Kennedy Invitational | Invitational | 2021-02-13 | B | mini SO |
| Golden Gate Invitational | Invitational | 2021-02-13 | C | mini SO |
| 2021 Northern California Joint Regionals | Regional | 2021-03-06 | B/C | mini SO |
| 2021 Northern California State Tournament | State | 2021-04-17 | B/C | TBD |
| 2021 BirdSO Invitational | Invitational | 2021-03-07 | B/C | mini SO |
Invitational Tournaments
Division B
- Winston Churchill Invitational - Winston Churchill Middle School
- Mountain House Invitational - Wicklund Elementary School
- Mira Loma Invitational (B and C) - Mira Loma High School
- Nordic Invitational - Irvington High School
- Kennedy Invitational - Kennedy Middle School
Division C
- Mira Loma Invitational (B and C) - Mira Loma High School
- Golden Gate Invitational - University of California-Berkeley/Stanford University
- San Joaquin Invitational - Tracy High School
- Aggie Invitational - University of California-Davis
Regional Tournaments
- Bay Area Regional
- Fresno Regional
- Sacramento Regional
- San Joaquin Regional
- Santa Clara Regional
- Stanislaus County Regional
- Tulare Regional
State Tournament
- California State University, Stanislaus - April 17, 2021
State Tournament Results
Division B
Division C
Teams
Division B
- Ahwahnee Middle School
- Albany Middle School
- Alta Sierra Intermediate School
- Andrew Carnegie Middle School
- Art Freiler School
- Baird Middle School
- BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
- Bay Area Technological School
- Bethany Elementary School
- Blaker-Kinser Junior High School
- Butte Vista Elementary School
- Chaboya Middle School
- Challenger School Ardenwood
- Challenger School Berryessa
- Clark Intermediate School
- Computech Middle School
- Creekside Middle School
- Cupertino Middle School
- Daniel Savage Middle School
- Divisadero Middle School
- Eagle Peak Middle School
- El Monte Middle School
- Elizabeth Ustach Middle School
- Elkhorn Middle School
- Fred E. Weibel Elementary School
- Granite Oaks Middle School
- Granite Ridge Intermediate School
- Green Acres Middle School
- Hart-Ransom Academic Charter School
- Harvest Park Middle School
- Hickman Charter Middle School
- Hopkins Junior High School
- Horner Junior High School
- Jefferson Charter Academy
- Joaquin Miller Middle School
- John Barrett Middle School
- John Gomes Elementary School
- Jordan Middle School
- Kastner Intermediate School
- Kennedy Middle School
- La Loma Junior High School
- Live Oak Middle School
- Lodi Middle School
- Los Tules Middle School
- Mission Valley Elementary School
- Navelencia Middle School
- Oak Grove Elementary School
- Palo Verde Union School
- Paramount Bard Academy
- Peter Hansen Elementary School
- Peyton Elementary School
- Pleasanton Middle School
- Pomolita Middle School
- Quail Lake Charter School
- Questa Middle School
- R.J. Fisher Middle School
- Reyburn Intermediate School
- Ridgeview Middle School
- Riverbank Language Academy
- Rolling Hills Middle School
- Saint Aloysius School
- Saint Helens Middle School
- Saint Rose - Thomas McCarthy School
- Saint Stanislaus Middle School
- Sequoia Middle School
- Sierra Middle School
- Smedberg Middle School
- Somerset Middle School
- Sullivan Middle School
- Sutter Middle School
- Tenaya Middle School
- Thomas Russell Middle School
- Thornton Junior High School
- Turlock Junior High School
- University Preparatory Academy
- Ustach Middle School
- Valley Oak Middle School
- Washington Academic Middle School (WAMS)
- Wicklund Elementary School
- Williams Middle School
- Wilson Middle School
- Winston Churchill Middle School
Division C
- Albany High School
- Amador Valley High School
- American High School
- BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
- Bella Vista High School
- Big Valley Christian High School
- Buchanan High School
- Castro Valley High School
- Central Catholic High School
- Central High School East
- Central Valley High School
- Ceres High School
- Christian Brothers High School
- Clovis East High School
- Clovis High School
- Clovis North High School
- Clovis West High School
- College Preparatory Academy
- Connecting Waters Charter School
- Cordova High School
- Cosumnes Oaks High School
- De La Salle High School
- Del Campo High School
- Del Mar High School
- Denair High School
- Dougherty Valley High School
- Edison High School
- El Camino High School
- Encina Preperatory High School
- Exeter Union High School
- Farmersville High School
- Florin High School
- Folsom High School
- Foothill High School
- Fowler High School
- Franklin High School (Sacramento)
- Franklin High School (San Joaquin)
- Fred C. Beyer High School
- Fremont Christian School
- Fremont High School
- Golden West High School
- Granite Bay High School
- Henry Gunn High School
- Homestead High School
- Irvington High School
- James C. Enochs High School
- James Logan High School
- Jesuit High School
- Laguna Creek High School
- Las Lomas High School
- Leigh High School
- Leroy Greene Academy
- Lodi High School
- Los Altos High School
- Los Gatos High School
- Lynbrook High School
- McLane High School
- Mendota High School
- Mesa Verde High School
- Milpitas High School
- Miramonte High School
- Mira Loma High School
- Mission San Jose High School
- Modesto Christian High School
- Modesto High School
- Monta Vista High School
- Mountain House High School
- Mount Whitney High School
- Mountain View High School
- Notre Dame High School
- Oakdale High School
- Oak Ridge High School
- Palo Alto High School
- Piedmont Hills High School
- Pioneer High School
- Pleasant Grove High School
- Redwood High School
- Rio Americano High School
- River Valley High School
- Rocklin High School
- Roosevelt High School
- Sacramento Waldorf High School
- Saint Francis High School
- Saint Teresa High School
- Saratoga High School
- Sheldon High School
- Silver Creek High School
- Stevenson High School
- Sunnyside High School
- Ukiah High School
- Thomas Downey High School
- Tokay High School
- Tracy High School
- Tulare Union High School
- Tulare Western High School
- Turlock High School
- University High School
- University Preparatory Academy
- Vista del Lago High School
- West High School
- Whitmore Charter High School
- Whitney High School
External Links
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