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ScienceOlympian wrote:

SciJ wrote:What about Muscatel? They beat Churchill at the Muscatel invite...

But Churchill beat Muscatel at the Churchill Invite
..

LOL

Remember, the Churchill invite was in early December, while the Muscatel Invite was in late January.
And, at Muscatel, the 7th place team at SoCal states came within 11 points of beating Churchill A.
Point being: invites aren't really that great as ways of ranking the teams, and state tournaments aren't much better. Too much variability.

PacificGoldenPlover wrote:Remember, the Churchill invite was in early December, while the Muscatel Invite was in late January.
And, at Muscatel, the 7th place team at SoCal states came within 11 points of beating Churchill A.
Point being: invites aren't really that great as ways of ranking the teams, and state tournaments aren't much better. Too much variability.

You do have a point.
Now I feel stupid.
Go Muscatel!

silverheart7 wrote:I think Casey has a strong point. Veterans/highschoolers are a valuable resource for our teams. Gneissisnice for example, is a college student who has helped us on many events. FueL and starshine make appearances to teach, and the others also pass along resources as they find them.

Lots of 'powerhouse' teams have both a B and C component. These are just the ones I know off the top of my head:

Paul J. Gelinas/Robert C. Murphy -> Ward Melville
Eagle Hill -> Fayetteville Manlius
Solon Middleschool -> Solon Highschool
Memorial -> Mentor

Exactly. As a member of the Mentor High School team, we are all very proud of Memorial with all their hard work and accomplishments this season. I am friends with many of the Memorial team members and I know they have cracked down and have worked hard the second they found out they qualified for nationals in addition to their hard work throughout the rest of the season. Plus many of the high schoolers, whether older siblings or not, want to help Memorial do their best. Granted I'm a little biased since I'm with their home city but I really do think that they have a good chance at getting into the top 10 at nationals. They have some dedicated members that are willing to do what it takes to do well at Nats. If they continue to work as hard as they are, I wouldn't be surprised if they end up between the 5 to 10 place range.

ScienceOlympian wrote:

PacificGoldenPlover wrote:Remember, the Churchill invite was in early December, while the Muscatel Invite was in late January.
And, at Muscatel, the 7th place team at SoCal states came within 11 points of beating Churchill A.
Point being: invites aren't really that great as ways of ranking the teams, and state tournaments aren't much better. Too much variability.

You do have a point.
Now I feel stupid.
Go Muscatel!

.......remember nationals last year.........and wow........but i agree that invites aren't the best way to rank teams...

Wait, so what im getting is that Memorial should be in top ten and we should include Muscatel.

Would it look like this than?
1) Solon
2) Daniel Wright
3) Marie Murphy
3) Meads Mill
5) Booth
5) Churchill
5) Muscatel
8) Memorial
9) Paul J Gelinas
10) Strath Haven or Lakeshore

5) Beckendorff (Edit)

Also, a suggestion. Why dont we start a division C one of these?

Vader_ wrote:Wait, so what im getting is that Memorial should be in top ten and we should include Muscatel.

Would it look like this than?
1) Solon
2) Daniel Wright
3) Marie Murphy
3) Meads Mill
5) Booth
5) Churchill
5) Muscatel
8) Memorial
9) Paul J Gelinas
10) Strath Haven or Lakeshore

Also, a suggestion. Why dont we start a division C one of these?

Yeah we should start a C division... except have a new forum....

Vader_ wrote: Also, a suggestion. Why dont we start a division C one of these?

Agreed.

Vader_ wrote:Wait, so what im getting is that Memorial should be in top ten and we should include Muscatel.

Would it look like this than?
1) Solon
2) Daniel Wright
3) Marie Murphy
3) Meads Mill
5) Booth
5) Churchill
5) Muscatel
8) Memorial
9) Paul J Gelinas
10) Strath Haven or Lakeshore

Also, a suggestion. Why dont we start a division C one of these?

ouch. what happened to Beckendorff?

death_owl wrote:

Vader_ wrote:Wait, so what im getting is that Memorial should be in top ten and we should include Muscatel.

Would it look like this than?
1) Solon
2) Daniel Wright
3) Marie Murphy
3) Meads Mill
5) Booth
5) Churchill
5) Muscatel
8) Memorial
9) Paul J Gelinas
10) Strath Haven or Lakeshore

5) Beckendorff (Edit)

Also, a suggestion. Why dont we start a division C one of these?

ouch. what happened to Beckendorff?

Oh man I forgot! I knew I missed something, but did not know what.