Pennsylvania 2019

[EastStroudsburg13]

Collective rankings as they stand right now:

Division B (35 total votes)
1. Springhouse - 98.3 (31 1st place votes, 2 2nd place votes)
2. Shady Side - 88.3 (4, 22)
3. Bala Cynwyd - 80.9 (0, 8)
4. Harlan Rowe - 70.6 (0, 3)
5. Eagle View - 54.3
6. Strath Haven - 50.3
7. Garnet Valley - 36.0
8. Orefield - 20.0
9. G.A. Stetson - 18.6
10. Abington Heights - 14.0

Others receiving votes: Franklin Regional (4.3), Hershey (2.6), Good Hope (2.6), Whitehall Coplay (2.3), Welsh Valley (2.3), Park Forest (2.3), J.R. Fugett (0.9), Winchester Thurston (0.9), Laurel (0.9)

Division C (38 total votes)
1. Harriton - 95.8 (25, 10)
2. Lower Merion - 90.5 (13, 22)
3. Bayard Rustin - 77.1 (0, 4)
4. Cumberland Valley - 60.3 (0, 1)
5. Penncrest - 53.7
6. Conestoga - 53.2
7. Shady Side - 38.9
8. Parkland - 24.7
9. Northwestern Lehigh - 14.7
10. North Pocono - 13.7

Others receiving votes: Garnet Valley (9.5), Abington Heights (4.2), Perkiomen Valley (3.7), North Penn (2.9), Mt. Lebanon (1.8), Kutztown Area (1.6), Hershey (1.3), State College Area (0.8), Franklin Regional (0.5), Quaker Valley (0.5), Stroudsburg (0.3), Shipley (0.3)

Also, here are the lists of people who have submitted, for people to confirm if they have submitted or not (Guests marked with asterisks):

• Both (28): 21Cabbage, Anomaly, antoine_ego, catch-22, Cow481, CrayolaCrayon, DiseaseMan03, dxu46, EastStroudsburg13, Flyingfish, Froggie, js18, kate!, Lavarball, malikaow1004, NotNewtAnymore, Paypog, pb5754[], Pettywap, sciolyperson1, sciolyrules107, Selundar, Tailsfan101, Tendan, waffletree, WhoKnows, zandra, zsg11
• B Only (7): <blank>*, builderguy135, IHateClouds, jslocum, supernumerary07, TechMaster*, vive
• C Only (10): elim5397, gillio, jaggie34, klastyioer, limke, Molybon, PA*, rs11, snappybabby, vstorm34

Predictions will still be accepted through Friday, April 26! Links to submit here:
2019 PA B Division Predictions
2019 PA C Division Predictions

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6. Strath Haven - 50.3

I'm kind of tempted to enter just to push Strath Haven into 4th.

[Anomaly]

6. Strath Haven - 50.3

I'm kind of tempted to enter just to push Strath Haven into 4th.

the real question is how come you haven’t entered already

[TheCrazyChemist]

Collective rankings as they stand right now:

Division B (35 total votes)
1. Springhouse - 98.3 (31 1st place votes, 2 2nd place votes)
2. Shady Side - 88.3 (4, 22)
3. Bala Cynwyd - 80.9 (0, 8)
4. Harlan Rowe - 70.6 (0, 3)
5. Eagle View - 54.3
6. Strath Haven - 50.3
7. Garnet Valley - 36.0
8. Orefield - 20.0
9. G.A. Stetson - 18.6
10. Abington Heights - 14.0

Others receiving votes: Franklin Regional (4.3), Hershey (2.6), Good Hope (2.6), Whitehall Coplay (2.3), Welsh Valley (2.3), Park Forest (2.3), J.R. Fugett (0.9), Winchester Thurston (0.9), Laurel (0.9)

Division C (38 total votes)
1. Harriton - 95.8 (25, 10)
2. Lower Merion - 90.5 (13, 22)
3. Bayard Rustin - 77.1 (0, 4)
4. Cumberland Valley - 60.3 (0, 1)
5. Penncrest - 53.7
6. Conestoga - 53.2
7. Shady Side - 38.9
8. Parkland - 24.7
9. Northwestern Lehigh - 14.7
10. North Pocono - 13.7

Others receiving votes: Garnet Valley (9.5), Abington Heights (4.2), Perkiomen Valley (3.7), North Penn (2.9), Mt. Lebanon (1.8), Kutztown Area (1.6), Hershey (1.3), State College Area (0.8), Franklin Regional (0.5), Quaker Valley (0.5), Stroudsburg (0.3), Shipley (0.3)

Also, here are the lists of people who have submitted, for people to confirm if they have submitted or not (Guests marked with asterisks):

• Both (28): 21Cabbage, Anomaly, antoine_ego, catch-22, Cow481, CrayolaCrayon, DiseaseMan03, dxu46, EastStroudsburg13, Flyingfish, Froggie, js18, kate!, Lavarball, malikaow1004, NotNewtAnymore, Paypog, pb5754[], Pettywap, sciolyperson1, sciolyrules107, Selundar, Tailsfan101, Tendan, waffletree, WhoKnows, zandra, zsg11
• B Only (7): <blank>*, builderguy135, IHateClouds, jslocum, supernumerary07, TechMaster*, vive
• C Only (10): elim5397, gillio, jaggie34, klastyioer, limke, Molybon, PA*, rs11, snappybabby, vstorm34

Predictions will still be accepted through Friday, April 26! Links to submit here:
2019 PA B Division Predictions
2019 PA C Division Predictions

I'm wondering why so more people have Bala Cynwyd beating Harlon Rowe than the other way around. Harlan Rowe beat them by a sizable amount at Rustin, while Bala Cynwyd barely beat them at Garnet Valley. Those are the only scores that I have access to, but what's your guys reasoning?

[Paypog]

I'm wondering why so more people have Bala Cynwyd beating Harlon Rowe than the other way around. Harlan Rowe beat them by a sizable amount at Rustin, while Bala Cynwyd barely beat them at Garnet Valley. Those are the only scores that I have access to, but what's your guys reasoning?

Bala was HEAVILY unstacked at Rustin. Also, history typically plays a role in people's predictions...

[sciolyperson1]

I'm wondering why so more people have Bala Cynwyd beating Harlon Rowe than the other way around. Harlan Rowe beat them by a sizable amount at Rustin, while Bala Cynwyd barely beat them at Garnet Valley. Those are the only scores that I have access to, but what's your guys reasoning?

Bala was HEAVILY unstacked at Rustin. Also, history typically plays a role in people's predictions...

In addition to that, it looks as if Bala is a lot more consistent in their events. (https://scioly.org/wiki/images/a/a9/Gar ... Master.pdf). With the exception of boomi and circuit, all their events placed pretty normally (1st - 13th). However, Harlan Rowe obviously had some strong events (2 golds!!), with a total of 4 events below 13th place, as opposed to the 2 Bala had. Generally, consistency is the major determining factor in many tournaments - take nats 2018 div B (Beckendorff), or Cornell 2019 Div B (Community, Solon, Gelinas).

[TheCrazyChemist]

I'm wondering why so more people have Bala Cynwyd beating Harlon Rowe than the other way around. Harlan Rowe beat them by a sizable amount at Rustin, while Bala Cynwyd barely beat them at Garnet Valley. Those are the only scores that I have access to, but what's your guys reasoning?

Bala was HEAVILY unstacked at Rustin. Also, history typically plays a role in people's predictions...

In addition to that, it looks as if Bala is a lot more consistent in their events. (https://scioly.org/wiki/images/a/a9/Gar ... Master.pdf). With the exception of boomi and circuit, all their events placed pretty normally (1st - 13th). However, Harlan Rowe obviously had some strong events (2 golds!!), with a total of 4 events below 13th place, as opposed to the 2 Bala had. Generally, consistency is the major determining factor in many tournaments - take nats 2018 div B (Beckendorff), or Cornell 2019 Div B (Community, Solon, Gelinas).

I see what you're saying. The bomb in glider as well as heredity definitely cost Solon a first at Cornell, and I looked at Harlan Rowe again and they seem to sporadically bomb one or two events. However, there's not really any evidence of Bala Cynwyd being particularly consistent at any very competitive competition where they're stacked.

[TheCrazyChemist]

Bala was HEAVILY unstacked at Rustin. Also, history typically plays a role in people's predictions...

In addition to that, it looks as if Bala is a lot more consistent in their events. (https://scioly.org/wiki/images/a/a9/Gar ... Master.pdf). With the exception of boomi and circuit, all their events placed pretty normally (1st - 13th). However, Harlan Rowe obviously had some strong events (2 golds!!), with a total of 4 events below 13th place, as opposed to the 2 Bala had. Generally, consistency is the major determining factor in many tournaments - take nats 2018 div B (Beckendorff), or Cornell 2019 Div B (Community, Solon, Gelinas).

I see what you're saying. The bomb in glider as well as heredity definitely cost Solon a first at Cornell, and I looked at Harlan Rowe again and they seem to sporadically bomb one or two events. However, there's not really any evidence of Bala Cynwyd being particularly consistent at any very competitive competition where they're stacked.

According to Paypog, they weren't stacked at Rustin and I'm not sure if Garnet was particularly competitive, with Gelinas missing and Bedford not being stacked there. However, Bay Academy, Springhouse, and Community (who swept) were there, so I'm not sure as to whether or not it counts as a particularly competitive invitational.

[waffletree]

I'm wondering why so more people have Bala Cynwyd beating Harlon Rowe than the other way around. Harlan Rowe beat them by a sizable amount at Rustin, while Bala Cynwyd barely beat them at Garnet Valley. Those are the only scores that I have access to, but what's your guys reasoning?

well then
i guess we'll have to wait 19 days to see if we lose to Harlan Rowe
isnt this my 200th post?

[TheCrazyChemist]

I'm wondering why so more people have Bala Cynwyd beating Harlon Rowe than the other way around. Harlan Rowe beat them by a sizable amount at Rustin, while Bala Cynwyd barely beat them at Garnet Valley. Those are the only scores that I have access to, but what's your guys reasoning?

well then
i guess we'll have to wait 19 days to see if we lose to Harlan Rowe
isnt this my 200th post?

I didn't mean offend you. I was just wondering. But good luck!