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Spartan Classic (January 2023)

Format: JV. 9 Teams. Full 8 game round robin.
Powers: Yes
Bouncebacks: Yes
Negs: No

Round 1

Innovation Academy B 355, Innovation Academy A 330 - Luke and Nathan lead the upset with a combined 70 pts.
Innovation Academy C 555, GACS 170 - AJ puts up a massive 90 pt performance to lead a stunning victory by our JV C team.
Chattahoochee C 375, Innovation Academy D 335

Round 2

Innovation Academy C 385, Innovation Academy B 340 - Another huge performance by AJ, who puts up 85 pts. Team C now in the driver's seat.
Innovation Academy A 500, Innovation Academy D 220 - Lucas' 70 pts put Team A back in the hunt.

Round 3

Innovation Academy B 510. Paul Duke STEM 195 - Samanyu and Nathan combine for 115 pts.
Innovation Academy C 600, Innovation Academy D 115 - All 5 players from Team C have 30+ pts,
Innovation Academy A 500, Chattahoochee A 265 - Krish, Jacob, and Lucas combine for 8 powers in a thoroughly dominating performance.

Round 4

Chattahoochee A 405, Innovation Academy C 260 - Team C is ahead by 100 pts at the half and Chattahoochee seems stunned by AJ's aggressive buzzing strategy. However, they successfully replicate his strategy in the 2nd half to pull off the comeback.
Innovation Academy B 370, Chattahoochee B 355 - A win on the last tossup keeps Team B in a tie at the top of the standings.
Innovation Academy A 580, Chattahoochee C 200 - This team is just on fire now. They got 14 powers out of 18 questions.

Round 5

Chattahoochee B 595, Innovation Academy D 175
Chattahoochee C 400, Innovation Academy C 365 - Both teams get same number of tossups, but Chattahoochee outperforms us on bonuses and bouncebacks.
Innovation Academy B 430, GACS 325 - Everyone contributes to this nice victory, as the team converts 27 out of 30 bonuses.

Round 6

Innovation Academy A 495, Innovation Academy C 275 - Krish and Jacob combine for 115 pts.
Innovation Academy D 480, GACS 205 - Lauren comes up with a big breakthrough 70 pt game for a really nice victory.

*Worth noting that Chattahoochee B beat Chattahoochee A, giving Chatt A two losses.

Round 7

Innovation Academy A 500, Paul Duke STEM 240 - Krish continues to dominate with an 80 pt game.
Innovation Academy B 370, Innovation Academy D 360 - Lauren continues her solid play and almost leads a massive upset, but Samanyu gets the final tossup for the victory.

Round 8

Innovation Academy A 400, Chattahoochee B 335 - It's Jack who comes up big here, by getting several key tossups late in the 2nd half.
Chattahoochee A 515, Innovation Academy B 205 - Pretty much ends Team B's chances of winning the tournament.
Innovation Academy C 580, Paul Duke STEM 110 - Team C ends their losing streak behind a great performance from Pratyusha, who just started studying literature and made greater strides than I anticipated by this point.

Round 9

Innovation Academy A 530, GACS 130 - The Krish-Jacob duo combine for 135 pts to clinch a tournament victory for Team A!
Innovation Academy B 450, Chattahoochee C 255
Chattahoochee B 495, Innovation Academy C 270
Chattahoochee A 375, Innovation Academy D 350 - Almost an insane upset as Lauren puts up 75 pts. However, Chattahoochee earns 100 bounceback points to win despite getting 3 fewer tossups.

Final

Team A - 1st
Team B - 2nd (three way tie with Chatt A and B)
Team C - 5th
Team D - 7th

AJ won a prize for being top individual scorer at 59.38 PPG.
Krish won a price for being 4th individual scorer at 55.00 PPG.