Posted April 28, 2026 In 2026-2027 all 5&6 regionals will be played on January 23; 6&7, on February 13; 7&8, on February 20; and 8&9, on February 27.Before you join the coming year, you must decide if you have these dates available in your calendar. The State Tournaments will be held at Dale High School on April 3 (5&6), April 10 (6&7), April 17 (7&8), and April 24 (8&9).Makeup day for any of the tournaments postponed will be May 1. Again, this year, we are giving you and your players a heads-up on subjects that we will emphasize in our questions for the coming year.Most of our sixty-second sets will be drawn from these subject areas. We will especially draw questions from the following subject areas: * U.S. Presidents(numerical order, full names--including names not commonly known and extensions such as "Jr.," years in office, birth states, political parties, and Vice-presidents). * World Geography(heads of state, countries, capitals, rivers and lakes and other bodies of water, mountains, and location of each country by continent and as relates to other countries on its continent). * Chemical Elements (groups, symbols, name derivations). * U.S. States(capitals, postal abbreviations, rivers, lakes, mountains, and location of each state). * Bones of the Human Body * Basic Grammar * The U.S. Constitution * The Declaration of Independence * The U.S. Citizenship Test
Book List for 2026-2027Sixty-second sets and tossups--scattered throughout the year in all four divisions--will be based upon the books listed below. All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson The Grey King by Susan Cooper Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illustrated by Matt Phelan Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis