Way Too Early Predictions

[MadCow2357]

Irrelevant, but Hope Highlands Middle School has a chance at the RI bid this year (MadDogeDoggo kind of a scioly god)

[Unome]

CA 1-2, Kennedy beats their old score and Jeffrey Trail gets 2nd.

Hm, a bold prediction. How was Kennedy at Churchill?

[SOPomo]

CA 1-2, Kennedy beats their old score and Jeffrey Trail gets 2nd.

Hm, a bold prediction. How was Kennedy at Churchill?

They beat JT by 30. A score of 71 with three other schools (JT, Kraemer, Churchill) who have been top ten nationals finishers in the last couple years.

I dunno that it's that bold, Kraemer was 6th last year and the SoCal team will improve but it feels like JT this year. Community is supposed to be on the downslope and JT already beat Beckendorff at UTA. Solon could make me wrong, but it just feels like CA's on the up and up competitively. We'll see!

[Umaroth]

CA 1-2, Kennedy beats their old score and Jeffrey Trail gets 2nd.

Hm, a bold prediction. How was Kennedy at Churchill?

They beat JT by 30. A score of 71 with three other schools (JT, Kraemer, Churchill) who have been top ten nationals finishers in the last couple years.

I dunno that it's that bold, Kraemer was 6th last year and the SoCal team will improve but it feels like JT this year. Community is supposed to be on the downslope and JT already beat Beckendorff at UTA. Solon could make me wrong, but it just feels like CA's on the up and up competitively. We'll see!

I'm still confident in my kids that they can make it out of states, but I do agree that whichever team makes it out of SoCal will be up there, top 4 or 5.

[MacintoshJosh]

How does anyone think about Virginia teams? TJHSST had a great season last year, and I know there were strong sophomores and juniors on their team. Also, Langley seems to be doing well this year, at least from their placing at this year's Cornell Invitational. Fairfax seems to be declining, and Lake Braddock is somewhat strong this year. I still think TJHSST is taking states though. Thoughts?

[Tailsfan101]

How does anyone think about Virginia teams? TJHSST had a great season last year, and I know there were strong sophomores and juniors on their team. Also, Langley seems to be doing well this year, at least from their placing at this year's Cornell Invitational. Fairfax seems to be declining, and Lake Braddock is somewhat strong this year. I still think TJHSST is taking states though. Thoughts?

I imagine the top C teams will be about the same as last year, with TJHSST winning again, followed by Langley, Fairfax, and Lake Braddock. As for B, I think Cooper has a great chance this year as upsetting Longfellow. Luther Jackson will likely hold 3rd, and I feel like J. Michael Lunsford will get 4th again, with a smaller margin between them and the top three.

[SONica]

CA 1-2, Kennedy beats their old score and Jeffrey Trail gets 2nd.

Hm, a bold prediction. How was Kennedy at Churchill?

They beat JT by 30. A score of 71 with three other schools (JT, Kraemer, Churchill) who have been top ten nationals finishers in the last couple years.

I dunno that it's that bold, Kraemer was 6th last year and the SoCal team will improve but it feels like JT this year. Community is supposed to be on the downslope and JT already beat Beckendorff at UTA. Solon could make me wrong, but it just feels like CA's on the up and up competitively. We'll see!

Both Kraemer and JT beat Churchill?? Surprise!

[Umaroth]

Hm, a bold prediction. How was Kennedy at Churchill?

They beat JT by 30. A score of 71 with three other schools (JT, Kraemer, Churchill) who have been top ten nationals finishers in the last couple years.

I dunno that it's that bold, Kraemer was 6th last year and the SoCal team will improve but it feels like JT this year. Community is supposed to be on the downslope and JT already beat Beckendorff at UTA. Solon could make me wrong, but it just feels like CA's on the up and up competitively. We'll see!

Both Kraemer and JT beat Churchill?? Surprise!

Not too big of a surprise, Churchill typically doesn't stack for invites. JT had a strong showing, not unexpected given all of our changes in both of our programs. States is going to be fun for sure.

[Doctheduck]

I know that this is irrelevant to top tier nationals competition, but do you guys think that any of the schools from smaller states could do better than previous years. Im talking like MT, ID, WY and states like that

[Unome]

I know that this is irrelevant to top tier nationals competition, but do you guys think that any of the schools from smaller states could do better than previous years. Im talking like MT, ID, WY and states like that

I haven't seen anything in particular that would point to such occurrences. Generally there are some signs, as there were with Clark some years back.