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Last I checked, they're today, at 5:00 PM Pacific. (source: BirdSO 2023 updates document)

Results for the Midstate Divison C Regional, our first of the year, are available here: https://newyorkscioly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-Div.-C-Midstate-Final-Results.pdf 1) Fayetteville-Manlius A: 73 points 2) Jamesville-DeWitt A: 159 points 3) Christian Brothers Academy A: 200 points 4) C...

The full list of Divison C State Tournament qualifying teams is up! There will be 68 teams; found at this link: https://newyorkscioly.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/C2021-State-Team-Number-List.xlsx Other information can be found on newyorkscioly.org Special congratulations to Half Hollow Hills East...

Fairness is another issue, but where has NY made meeting up considered cheating? In a normal year, everyone's in the same classroom together, and it's all fine. This isn't a normal year. Fairness requires teams to compete on a level playing field. This year, I don't see a reasonable way of achievin...

NY is now saying to use adobe instead of Preview, and the use of any other program that modifies the answer sheet is grounds for DQ. Thoughts? Sounds like NY further dividing the competition. That's exactly how I feel. While one of the primary goals of the STAR system was to improve equity among co...

Yeah, the results were really confusing. It appears that in each event, some teams got normal placements (#1 through #12-#16, depending on how many teams got DQed). Then, some teams got 22nd, indicating a no-show. Teams that got disqualified got 23rd, and presumably, the worst placement <22 in each ...

While that makes sense and seems like the best solution for now, it seems very suboptimal; favoring schools that can compete in-person (with safety precautions, of course). I guess in theory the one hour helps with that... but it still places schools on an unequal playing field due to the lack of co...

Western Long Island Regional Tournament results: Division B: School Name: Team (score); bolded teams qualified for the New York State Tournament 1. Great Neck South: A (50) 2. South Woods: A (53) 3. SAIL (82) 4. Wisdom Lane: A (136) 5. C.P. Weber: A (138) 6. Great Neck South: B (140) 7. Manhasset: B...

1. Vermilion Flycatcher, Tyrannidae, Passeriformes 2. False: only adult birds have pink/red plumage in this species 3. I have no idea! My best guess is that they perform some kind of singing-in-flight type thing 4. Altricial refers to when the young of a species are not fully developed, often lacki...

nope I play two

TPBM is not attending school in-person right now.