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Round 8

Team A (3-4) vs. Lake Braddock (3-4)

We need a win here to keep our slim playoff hopes alive.

Tossup 1 - Grady picks up a rare literature tossup and we get one bonus. 20-0
Tossup 2 - Neither team gets it.
Tossup 3-5 - Lake Braddock gets all three of these and 4 bonuses to open up a lead. 20-65
Tossup 6 - Adhav powers the geography question and we get one bonus. 45-65
Tossup 7-8 - Lake Braddock powers back to back questions, but only get one bonus, keeping the game in reach. 45-105
Tossup 9 - Adhav picks up a philosophy question and we get 2 of the 3 history bonuses. 75-105
Tossup 10-14 - Lake Braddock gets 4 of the next 5 tossups and the game is falling out of reach. 75-190
Tossup 15 - Adhav keeps us in it with yet another geography power. And we convert two of the movie bonuses. 110-190
Tossup 16-17 - Lake Braddock beats us to literature and mythology. 110-240
Tossup 18 - Adhav continues his great game by picking up a science question. We get one bonus. 130-240
Tossup 19-21 - Lake Braddock closes the door with a power. We get one more tossup.

Final Score: Lake Braddock 265, Innovation Academy A 160

Rough way to get eliminated, but hopefully we can fight back for a strong finish in the next two matches.


Team B (3-4) vs. Mandarin (3-4)

Tossup 1 - Mandarin gets the first tossup and a bonus. 0-20
Tossup 2 - Neither team gets it.
Tossup 3 - Jack comes through with a current events tossup. We get one bonus. 20-20
Tossup 4-7 - Mandarin gets 3 of the next 4 tossups, but only 1 of the 9 bonuses. 15-60
Tossup 8 - Jacob gets a pop culture question, but we miss all three science bonuses. 25-60
Tossup 9-13 - Mandarin gets 5 tossups in a row and we neg on one. 20-160
Tossup 14 - Jack powers a question about Mongolia and we manage a perfect cycle with all three bonuses. 65-160
Tossup 15-20 - We fail to capitalize as we only get one more tossup the rest of the match and Mandarin pulls away.

Final Score: Mandarin 205, Innovation Academy B 65

Both teams are out of the playoffs, but still two matches left and every win gives us a higher finish.