[larrymcg421]

Reinstein Varsity Tournament (December 2022)

Format: 16 Teams, 4 prelim matches. Rebracket based on standing. (This is the format all tournaments should use).
Powers: Yes
Negs: Yes
Bouncebacks: No

This was a tournament some players from Chattahoochee told my kids about. It is in the Chicago suburbs and they actually had 80 teams show up. 16 of those teams (including us) played in the Uber-Competitive division. We thought it'd be a good idea to test our strength against some really tough competition.

This is a 4 player per team tournament (the standard everywhere but GA), so we are without our best Lit player Krish.

This is also a very difficult question set, written to be played by college teams.

Prelims

Hinsdale Central A 285, Innovation Academy A 75 - Grady showed up big with 45 pts, but the rest of the team struggled. Adhav had 3 negs.
Southwestern 180, Innovation Academy A 150 - Tough, narrow loss that came down to the end.
William Fremd A 295, Innovation Academy A 105
Barrington B 200, Innovation Academy A 70

Definitely a rough result after making such a long trip. Adhav, who now constantly laughs about this, finished the prelims with 0.00 ppg. The team seems a bit dejected, but I tell them to get ready for the rebracket. Since we will be rebracketed with teams who have performed similarly, we should have a chance.

Rebracket (to determine 13th-16th place)

Innovation Academy A 175, Carl Sandburg A 95
Innovation Academy A 160, William Fremd B 110
Innovation Academy A 190, Carbondale 60 - 70 pts from Grady!

Great final round and at least we can leave Chicago on a good note. Grady (34.29) and Matt (22.86) had pretty solid tournaments overall.

Final Standings (Out of 16 teams)

Team A - 13th