California (North)
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| General Information | |
| Member of SO since | 1985 |
| Total teams | 384 |
| Division B Champion | Kennedy Middle School |
| Division C Champion | Mira Loma High School |
| State Tournament Location | California State University, Stanislaus |
| Website | http://www.norcalscienceolympiad.com/ |
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.
Contents
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 over 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 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. In 2018, Kennedy won their first state title.
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 Mountain View High School, 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.
| Season | Division B | Division C | ||||||||
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| Champion | Runner-Up | Third Place | Champion | Runner-Up | Third Place | |||||
| Team | Nats Place | Team | Nats Place | Team | Team | Nats Place | Team | Nats Place | Team | |
| 1991 | Winston Churchill Middle School (193)* | 7th | Camerado Springs (150)* | Rio Americano High School (186)* | Elk Grove (151)* | |||||
| 1992 | Winston Churchill Middle School (169)* | 8th | Our Lady of Assumption (133)* | Rio Americano High School (163)* | 12th | Mira Loma High School (162)* | ||||
| 1993 | Winston Churchill Middle School (103)* | 4th | Somerset (74)* | Rio Americano High School (111)* | 28th | Mira Loma High School (100)* | ||||
| 1994 | Winston Churchill Middle School (163)* | 5th | Computech | Mira Loma High School (136)* | 24th | Rio Americano High School (128)* | ||||
| 1995 | Winston Churchill Middle School | 8th | Rio Americano High School | 14th | ||||||
| 1996 | Andrew Carnegie Middle School (170)* | 35th | Downey High School (169.5)* | 14th | Davis High School (161.5)* | |||||
| 1997 | Henderson School | 28th | Mira Loma High School (157)* | 21st | Grace Davis HS (142.5)* | |||||
| 1998 | Henderson School | 6th | Grace Davis High School (166)* | 19th | Mira Loma High School (161)* | |||||
| 1999 | Elkhorn Middle School | 6th | Mira Loma High School (166)* | 25th | Rio Americano High School (165)* | |||||
| 2000 | Andrew Carnegie Middle School | 26th | Tokay High School | 20th | ||||||
| 2001 | Elkhorn Middle School | 24th | Tokay High School (166)* | 15th | Rio Americano High School (160)* | |||||
| 2002 | Arden Middle School | 19th | Tokay High School (190)* | 17th | Rio Americano High School (186)* | |||||
| 2003 | Arden Middle School | 11th | Mira Loma High School | 13th | ||||||
| 2004 | Elkhorn Middle School | 27th | Tokay High School | 32nd | ||||||
| 2005 | Arden Middle School | 23rd | Mira Loma High School (206)* | 19th | Rio Americano High School (174)* | |||||
| 2006 | Arden Middle School | 4th | Elkhorn Middle School | Mira Loma High School (208)* | 6th | Rio Americano High School (171)* | ||||
| 2007 | Arden Middle School | 8th | Winston Churchill Middle School | Mira Loma High School | 12th | Mission San Jose High School | ||||
| 2008 | Arden Middle School | 7th | Winston Churchill Middle School | Mira Loma High School (174)* | 21st | Palo Alto High School (161)* | ||||
| 2009 | Arden Middle School | 4th | Winston Churchill Middle School | Mira Loma High School (202)* | 10th | Bella Vista High School (172)* | ||||
| 2010 | Arden Middle School | 2nd | Winston Churchill Middle School | Mira Loma High School (200)* | 9th | Franklin High School (151)* | ||||
| 2011 | Winston Churchill Middle School | 8th | Arden Middle School | Mira Loma High School (101) | 10th | Palo Alto High School (166) | ||||
| 2012 | Winston Churchill Middle School (80) | 4th | Elkhorn Middle School (103) | Mira Loma High School (57) | 10th | Palo Alto High School (98) | ||||
| 2013 | Winston Churchill Middle School (78) | 5th | Kennedy Middle School (138) | Palo Alto High School (93) | 16th | Mira Loma High School (94) | ||||
| 2014 | Winston Churchill Middle School (40) | 2nd | Hopkins Junior High School(105) | Mira Loma High School (57) | 4th | Palo Alto High School (99) | ||||
| 2015 | Winston Churchill Middle School (69) | 3rd | Kennedy Middle School (103) | Mira Loma High School (50) | 2nd | Palo Alto High School (87) | ||||
| 2016 | Winston Churchill Middle School (91) | 2nd | Kennedy Middle School (106) | Mira Loma High School (54) | 1st | Palo Alto High School (81) | ||||
| 2017 | Winston Churchill Middle School (47) | 2nd | Kennedy Middle School (79) | Mira Loma High School (60) | 5th | Mountain View High School (123) | ||||
| 2018 | Kennedy Middle School (62) | 4th | Miller Middle School (87) | Mira Loma High School (81) | 7th | Mountain View High School (122) | ||||
| 2019 | Kennedy Middle School (71) | 1st | Winston Churchill Middle School (90) | Mira Loma High School (97) | 15th | Mountain View High School (108) | ||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak | |||||||||
(*) Old scoring system was used (highest score wins)
NOTE: 2012 C division only had 21 official events due to event/supervisor issues.
Competitions
| Name | Type | Date | Division | Format |
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| BEARSO's Exciting And Revamped Science Olympiad (BEARSO) | 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 |
| Kennedy Invitational | Invitational | 2021-02-13 | B | Mini SO |
| Golden Gate Invitational | Invitational | 2021-02-13 | C | Mini SO |
Invitational Competitions
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
Division C
- Mira Loma Invitational (B and C) - Mira Loma High School
- Golden Gate Invitational - University of California-Berkeley/Stanford University
Regional Competitions
- Bay Area Regional
- Fresno Regional
- Sacramento Regional
- San Joaquin Regional
- Santa Clara Regional
- Stanislaus County Regional
- Tulare Regional
State Competition
- California State University, Stanislaus - April 18, 2020
State Competition 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
- Bay Area Technological School
- Blaker-Kinser Junior High 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
- 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
- Joaquin Miller Middle School
- John Barrett Middle School
- John Gomes Elementary School
- Jordan Middle School
- Kastner Intermediate School
- Kennedy Middle 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- University Preparatory Academy
- 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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