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POSTED MAY 13, 2024 (Updated August 5):

In 2024-2025 all 5&6 regionals will be played on January 25; 6&7, on February 8; 7&8, on February 15; and 8&9, on February 22.  Before you join the coming year, you must decide if you have these dates available in your calendar.
The State Tournaments wil be held at Dale High School on March 29 (5&6), April 5 (6&7), April 12 (7&8), and April 26 (8&9). 
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 2024-2025
Sixty-second sets and tossups--scattered throughout the year in all four divisions--will be based upon the books listed below.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows