California (North)

Northern California holds a separate competition from Southern California because of distance issues. It has a medium amount of membership compared to other states. There are 7 regions in Northern California all with about 30 teams per division. All regions hold both B and C competitions.

History
A small bit of history but certainly not all of it.

B Division
There have been quite a few close NorCal finals competitions over the years, some decided by just a point or 2. The nearly 30 years of Sci Oly 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 or 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. John Barrett MS (also a San Juan USD school) has consistently been in the top 5 or so places for many years prior to 2011. In recent years, the number of competing teams grew from 16 in 2008 to 18 in 2009 to 24 in 2011, and a few San Francisco Bay Area schools from Fremont (Hopkins, Mission Valley) and Cupertino (Kennedy) have finished in the top 3 at NorCal finals. In the 2014 tournament, 4 out of 5 of the top 5 schools were from the San Francisco Bay Area.

C Division
Mira Loma High School has dominated the C Division in recent years but has started to feel some heat from Bay Area schools like Mission San Jose High School, Palo Alto High School and Henry Gunn High School. In 2013, Palo Alto managed to defeat Mira Loma by one point.

Past State Champions
This is a record of the past state champions and runners up, and their respective places at the national competition. Scores at the state competition shown in parentheses.

Division B

 * Churchill Middle School Invitational
 * Wicklund Elementary School Invitational

Division C

 * San Joaquin Science Olympiad Invitational

Regional Competitions

 * Sacramento
 * Fresno
 * Redding
 * Stainislaus County
 * Bay Area
 * San Joaquin County
 * Tulare


 * Churchill Middle School hosted the first ever Norcal Invitational in Dec of 2013. They will again host a B Division invitation tentatively set for Saturday, Dec 7, 2014.

State Competition
2014 NorCal Finals TBD

Division B

 * Ahwahnee Middle School
 * Alta Sierra Intermediate School
 * Andrew Carnegie Middle School
 * Arden Middle School
 * Art Freiler School
 * Baird Middle School
 * Bay Area Technological School
 * Blaker-Kinser Junior High School
 * Challenger School Ardenwood
 * Challenger School Berryessa
 * Clark Intermediate School
 * Computech Middle School
 * Cupertino Middle School
 * Daniel Savage Middle School
 * Divisadero Middle School
 * El Monte Middle School
 * Elizabeth Ustach Middle School
 * Elkhorn 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
 * John Barrett Middle School
 * John Gomes Elementary School
 * Jordan Middle School
 * Kastner Intermediate School
 * Los Tules Middle School
 * Mission Valley Elementary School
 * Navelencia Middle School
 * Our Lady of Fatima School
 * Paramount Bard Academy
 * Pleasanton Middle School
 * Quail Lake Charter School
 * R.J. Fisher Middle School
 * Reyburn Intermediate School
 * Riverbank Language Academy
 * Rolling Hills Middle School
 * Saint Aloysius School
 * Saint Helens Middle School
 * Saint Rose - Thomas McCarthy School
 * Saint Stanislaus Middle School
 * Sierra Middle School
 * Somerset Middle School
 * Sullivan Middle School
 * Sutter Middle School
 * Tenaya Middle School
 * Thomas Russell Middle School
 * Thornton Junior High School
 * University Preperatory Academy
 * Valley Oak Middle School
 * Washington Academic Middle School (WAMS)
 * Williams Middle School
 * Wilson Middle School
 * Winston Churchill Middle School

Division C

 * Amador Valley High School
 * Bella Vista High School
 * Big Valley Christian High School
 * Buchanan 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
 * Connecting Waters Charter School
 * Cordova High School
 * De La Salle High School
 * Del Campo High School
 * Denair High School
 * Downey 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)
 * Golden West High School
 * Henry Gunn High School
 * Homestead High School
 * James C. Enochs High School
 * Jesuit High School
 * Laguna Creek High School
 * Lodi High School
 * Los Gatos High School
 * Lynbrook High School
 * McLane High School
 * Mendota High School
 * Milpitas High School
 * Mira Loma High School
 * Mission San Jose High School
 * Modesto Christian High School
 * Modesto High School
 * Mount Whitney High School
 * Mountain View High School
 * Oakdale High School
 * Palo Alto High School
 * Pleasant Grove High School
 * Redwood High School
 * Rio Americano High School
 * Rocklin High School
 * Roosevelt High School
 * Saint Teresa High School
 * Sheldon High School
 * Sunnyside High School
 * Tokay High School
 * Tracy High School
 * Tulare Union High School
 * Tulare Western High School
 * Turlock High School
 * University High School
 * University Preperatory Academy
 * Whitmore Charter High School