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1st Tournament - CATT XVII (26 teams) - November 2021

We started our program with 13 players, so we sent two teams to this first tournament. Some were set up to be substitutes and I made sure everyone played at least one match. Teams are labelled by letter, from strongest to weakest (Team A, Team B, etc.) and they compete separately.

This was a Varsity tournament, so our 9th and 10th graders were playing against mostly 11th and 12th graders. My goal going in was to just get some experience.


Prelim Results:

Team A 230, Paideia B 180 (We win our first ever match!)
Team A 300, Milton 125 (2-0)
Southside A 335, Team A 180
Creekview 355, Team A 190
Marist 270, Team A 220 (Controversial ending as the other team got the last tossup, but they should've been prompted)

Creekview 360, Team B 140
Paideia A 625, Team B 5 (Ouch)
Westminster 375, Team B 115
Milton 240, Team B 130
Chattahoochee D 165, Team B 155 (Lost a tiebreaker on a very easy Literature tossup about John Steinbeck).

Rough start for Team B, but Team A's 2-3 record was enough to make the 16 team playoffs. Our lack of strength in Lit and FA was very noticeable, but we did very well in History.

Playoffs:

Lambert A 495, Team A 120 - We ran into a buzzsaw here. Lambert is one of the best teams in the country (and would later go on to win one of the national championship tournaments).

Overall a pretty good start for a group of young kids.

For Team A, our captain Matt led the way with 25 points per game (individual stats are only kept for tossups, not bonuses).
For Team B, Jacob led with 21.25 PPG.

Final Standings

Team A - 13th
Team B - 25th