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Carnegie Mellon is soon! Anyone have predictions???

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: ↑December 27th, 2020, 7:55 pm Carnegie Mellon is soon! Anyone have predictions???

Superscored (assuming that Enloe sends varsity to Mira Loma):
1. TJ
2. Carmel
3. Cumberland Valley
4. Saline
5. Hillsborough
6. Enloe
7. Parkland
8. Rustin
9. West
10. Northville

no method, just subjective

Also Rustin is coming up pretty soon! Anyone have predictions for the AAA and AA levels?

my team is aa because half of our team is 6th graders who barely show up to meetings online

MorningCoffee wrote: ↑December 28th, 2020, 10:53 am Also Rustin is coming up pretty soon! Anyone have predictions for the AAA and AA levels?

my team is aa because half of our team is 6th graders who barely show up to meetings online

California teams sweep the top 5 lol

To help you answering this question the information below may be helpful.

Total: 69 schools with a total of 125 teams representing 17 states

AAA group: 44 schools with a total of 83 teams:

• Bala Cynwyd Middle School
  BASIS MS
  Bedford Middle School
  Bonham
  Burleigh Manor
  Carmel Valley Middle School
  Cedar Springs Homeschool B div
  Chaboya MS
  CJ Hooker Middle School
  Cooper Middle School
  Dodgen Middle School
  Eagle View Middle School
  Frost Middle School
  Fulton Science Academy
  Goshen Central School- CJH Middle School
  Great Neck South Middle School
  Harlan Rowe Middle School
  Highlands Intermediate School
  Homeschool Science Colorado
  Howard L. Goff Middle School
  J. R. Fugett Middle School
  Jeffrey Trail
  John F. McCloskey School
  Kennedy Middle School
  Kraemer Middle School
  Lake Braddock Middle School
  Longfellow Middle School
  Mesa Robles School
  Miller MS
  Mountain View Middle School
  North Bethesda Middle School
  Seminole Science Charter School
  Seven Lakes Junior High
  Shady Side Academy Middle School
  Sierra Vista Middle School
  Springhouse Middle School
  Springton Lake Middle School
  Strath Haven Middle School
  The Bay Academy
  Tilden Middle School
  Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School
  Warwick Middle School
  Welsh Valley Middle School
  Winston Churchill Middle School

AA group: 25 schools with a total of 42 teams:

• Abington Heights Middle School
  Alamo Heights Junior School
  Anthony Middle School
  Boyceville Middle School
  Clarksville MS
  Coleytown
  CP Weber
  Detroit Country Day
  Eudora Middle School
  G.A. Stetson Middle School
  Greene MS
  Harmony School of Endeavor-Austin
  Kutztown Area Middle School
  Manhattan Youth-The Salk School of Science
  Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy
  North Pocono Middle School
  Osceola Science Charter School
  Saint Leo the Great Catholic School
  Sartartia Middle School
  St. Ann
  Steam Heat
  Wallenpaupack
  Wayne Highlands Middle School
  Western Center Academy
  Whitehall Coplay Middle School

Woah, three homeschool teams are attending! (Cedar Springs, HSC, Steam Heat)

Been 2 years since I last competed at Rustin... amazing that's it's gone from a 60 team invitational to 125 teams this year. Looks like it'll be close between Kennedy and Jeffrey Trail in div B, but I haven't been keeping track of many div B teams this year.

sciolyperson1 wrote: ↑December 29th, 2020, 3:17 pm Been 2 years since I last competed at Rustin... amazing that's it's gone from a 60 team invitational to 125 teams this year. Looks like it'll be close between Kennedy and Jeffrey Trail in div B, but I haven't been keeping track of many div B teams this year.

If only tournaments could be this many teams in regular seasons too!

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2021, 8:16 am

sciolyperson1 wrote: ↑December 29th, 2020, 3:17 pm Been 2 years since I last competed at Rustin... amazing that's it's gone from a 60 team invitational to 125 teams this year. Looks like it'll be close between Kennedy and Jeffrey Trail in div B, but I haven't been keeping track of many div B teams this year.

If only tournaments could be this many teams in regular seasons too!

San diego though

I am not sure that big tournaments are all that great. Although it it wonderful this year to do this, having 200 teams compete gives the top 10 teams something to thump their chest about but makes the bottom half teams not feel so great.

The way I view this organization is a cross between you don’t get a award for showing up but we still want you to feel some success to keep you moving along.

If the Top 50 teams in the country just keep pounding everyone else who is trying their best to improve or this year just remain engaged we are going to lose students and teams.

Not every time has the financial resources, community support, parental support, or enough engaged academically strong students to compete with the top.

Let’s be real, there is problem in the organization when the same teams make it to nationals every year and the same teams win nationals every year.

If this happened in sports to this extent new rules would be put in place to level the playing field.

PIAA is constantly fiddling with the rules to prevent kids from jumping districts to prevent the same team from winning the state title each year. I am not advocating for that but

I think the National organization organization knows this. To sustain the organization financially they need to add teams or charge more otherwise they can’t pay for the National office staff. This is basic economics

To keep teams engaged small tournaments where more teams get medals in events will keep students engaged and moving forward.