The 2010 NSC has seen the registration of the A and B teams of Southside High School (Greenville, South Carolina). This gives the PACE field 37 teams in it, leaving 27 spots at this time.

It is important to note that registrations are coming in at more than twice the pace (pun not intended) of last year. If you’re planning on attending this year’s NSC, we advise that you register as soon as you possibly can!

PACE is very pleased to announce that Solon High School has registered for the 2010 NSC. Solon is the 35th team to register for the NSC.

There are 29 spots remaining in the field for this year’s NSC.

PACE is very pleased to announce the affiliation of four new tournaments:

• The Half Hollow Hills High School Invitiational, held on January 9, qualifying Bergen County Academies’ A team, Horace Greeley High School, Kellenberg Memorial High School’s A and B teams, Millburn High School, Newtown High School, St. Joseph High School’s A team (Metuchen, New Jersey) and White Plains High School
• The Dorman Cavalier Challenge, held on January 23, qualifying Brookwood High School’s A team, Chattahoochee High School, duPont Manual High School’s A team, Ezell-Harding Christian School, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School’s A team, Russell High School, Southside High School’s A team and Walton High School
• Western North Carolina Shootout at South Caldwell High School, to be held on March 6
• The Detroit Catholic Central Spring Invitational, to be held on March 13

We at PACE thank these tournaments for their affiliation and congratulate these teams on qualifying for the 2010 NSC!

Due to the incoming snow storm on the east coast, the Gonzaga and St. Anselm’s Tournament at Gonzaga College High School that was originally scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed. Additionally, The Early College at Guilford’s Quaker Bowl has been canceled.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s NAREN, which was previously postponed due to a prior snow storm, has been rescheduled for February 20, 2010.

PACE is very pleased to announce the gold-certification of three new tournaments: Central Gwinnett High School’s mirror of Harvard Fall Tournament, University of Minnesota’s 2009 Gopher Invitational, and the VCU Spring Semester Tournament III.

As a result, the following teams are now qualified for the 2010 PACE NSC: Brookwood High School’s A team and Westminster School, qualifying at Central Gwinnett High School’s mirror of Harvard Fall Tournament; Chaska High School and Eden Prairie High School’s B team, qualifying at University of Minnesota’s 2009 Gopher Invitational; and Caesar Rodney High School and Quince Orchard High School, qualifying at the VCU Spring Semester Tournament III.

PACE is also very pleased to announce the platinum-certification of the VCU Winter Tournament II. This is just the seventh platinum-certified tournament this year.

The following teams have now qualified at the VCU Winter Tournament II: Douglas Southall Freeman High School, Georgetown Day School’s B team, St. Anselm’s Abbey School and Walter Johnson High School.

Congratulations to all of these teams for their fine efforts, and thank you to all of these tournament hosts for their hard work!