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- The New Orleans Academic Games League conducted its annual Presidents Tournament at Tulane University Saturday, January 29. The tournament produced a story that will endure in academic games lore.
- For three years, the tournament has been held on a Saturday to allow schools from further away to participate.
- Arnaudville Middle School is one of those schools. Arnaudville ("Ar-no-ville" in Cajun speak) is located NE of Lafayette LA. The coach, Dr. Flora Hollier, fixed breakfast for the players and their parents at 5 am before the convoy drove 140 miles to the tournament, which began at 9:30.
- When the results were announced, the Arnaudville Middle Division team received the third place trophy. However, the players had added their scores and believed they had done better.
- Sure enough, when Flora asked that the scores be rechecked, it was determined that Arnaudville had actually tied for first with Audubon Charter School of New Orleans.
- Since the participants had dispersed, no playoff could be held. Both schools' names will be inscribed on the Traveling Trophy that the winning school keeps for one year.
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- Links
- Online article: Ellwood City (PA) Teen Qualifies for Nationals
- 2010-11 results of the Intermediate Unit 4 (IU4) League in Pennsylvania
- Results of the February Michigan League of Academic Games (MLAG) Saturday tournaments
- Upcoming events
- The IU4 League will hold its World Events Tournament for all divisions pm February 25. The Elementary/Middle Presidents Tournament will take place three days later.
- The St. Vrain School District in Colorado will hold its annual Equations tournament. Approximately 400 students, mostly Elementary, are expected to participate. St. Vrain hopes to send several teachers to Orlando in late April for the Academic Games National Tournament to see how things operate at the Nationals. Depending upon several factors, they may also send some students.
- The 37th annual Michigan League of Academic Games (MLAG) State Tournament will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, in Grand Rapids.
- March 9-11 (Elementary & Minor)
- March 16-18 (Middle & HS)
- The annual Pennsylvania Tri-Bowl is scheduled for March 8 and 9 at Geneva College in Beaver Falls.
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The original Academic Games Olympics was held in 1966 in Fort Lauderdale FL.
- Equations was played only for team competition. All games were two-person, no variations existed, and the person who played the final cube won the shake (no forceouts).
- So a simple counting algorithm allowed Hialeah High School of Miami to win. The Hialeah team never returned to defend its title.
- A group of young girls and nuns came from Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans on a bus and sparked that area's interest in the games.
The 1967 Olympics, also in Fort Lauderdale, embodied significant changes.
- Equations changed to a three-person game, although there were still no forceouts or variations.
- Propaganda and Wff'N Proof were added to the slate of games.
- The first Pennsylvania contingent arrived from Allegheny County and swept all team honors led by Scott Kennedy from Richland and Dave Pritchard from Bethel Park.
- Alan Reynolds of Nova High School, the host institution, won the Middle Equations championship after starting the scool year in a low ability math class.
- Lynne Calvert of Allegheny Valley captured the first of her many titles.
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First Two National Tournaments