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The 2025 Middle School Regular Season came to a close on Saturday in a fashion similar to the past few years. The bracket culminated in an All-Meadows LVQBA Finals for the third straight year. With age and experience on their side, Meadows A defeated Meadows B 2 games to none to win the championship. For the Mustangs, it is their 5th straight regular season title. Meanwhile, Meadows C and Rogich A finished in a tie for 3rd place, earning additional MSNCT bids for both of their respective schools.
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LVQBA FINALS GAME 1
Game 1 began with a neg from Tywin Kim and a missed rebound from William Russman. On T2, Kim swung again knowing he had to go quick on a history tossup but missed with a vicinity neg. Russman took the rebound, and the team of Sahil Wadhwa, Clara Tsang, and Kayleb Hague contributed 20 on the bonus. On T3, Russman just missed power with a very fast 10. After a 20 on the bonus, A held a 70-point lead. The next tossup gave Russman the chance to show some versatility as he picked up a literature tossup outside of his wheelhouse. Team conferral on the bonus was critical as 3 different players contributed each of the 3 parts for a full 30. Wadhwa took advantage of the momentum with a power on T5. Russman then fired off one of his own on T6. The flurry increased A's lead to 190 points and brought a timeout from Meadows B. During the timeout, coach Gigi Gonya calmed down the very young starting lineup of Kim, Harper Michaels, Fox Fechser, and Lorelai Zimring (1 7th grader, 3 6th graders). Gonya's timeout magic worked immediately. Zimring confidently took a literature tossup on T7, which was followed by 10 on a very difficult math bonus. Kim took another big swing on T8 but missed again, which led to Tsang picking up the rebound. And then Tsang scored the fastest buzz of the day with the most hyper of hyperpowers on an art tossup. Russman made it two powers in a row on T10. An additional 20 on the bonus made it 290-5 after 10. Meadows A closed the half with a late Wadhwa 10 on a trash tossup, a 30 bonus, another Wadhwa 10, and a strong 20 on the bonus. They led 360-5. Knowing there was still a Game 2 to come, Meadows B tried to use the second half as a way to pick up some momentum. Unfortunately for them, their peers were still firing on all cylinders. They powered 5 of the first 6 tossups and pushed the score to 535-5. However, Harper Michaels did take advantage of a literature neg from Meadows A on T21. Remi Brown, who entered at halftime, almost had T22 in hand but just couldn't pull the answer. Then, Kim picked up a rebound on T23. Meadows B had clearly shown signs of competitiveness at the end of the game, a 615-30 victory for Meadows A. LVQBA FINALS GAME 2 Russman kept the party going on T1 by winning an internal team buzzer race just out of power. He then tallied his second in a row with another 10 that was just out of power. Meadows A converted |
THE MEADOWS MUSTANGS (A)
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on 4 of 6 bonus parts to take an early 60-0 lead. Wadhwa made it 3 in a row with a late literature 10 on T3, followed by 10 on a difficult bonus. Tsang then became the third starter to score on T4.
Russman took a neg on T5 after muddying up the limiting noun. Remi Brown cleaned up the rebound, but the fine arts bonus was way out of this very young team's wheelhouse. Still, they were on the board at 105-10. On T6, Russman made up for his mistake with a confident 10 just out of power again. Unlike Game 1, Team B was ready with a fast answer this time. Tywin Kim notched a very fast power on T7. The back-and-forth quarter continued when Evan Kuperstock became the fourth starter on Meadows A to crack the scoresheet. His power on T8 was the first of the game Team A.
Kuperstock fired again on T9, this time for 10. Spirited conferral resulted in 20 more points for the Mustangs. Russman scored his fourth of the half on T10, and Tsang contributed her second fine arts hyperpower on T11. A brilliant first half ended with a Kuperstock power on T12 and a confident 30 on the bonus. Meadows A could already smell a championship at halftime as the scoreboard read 300-25.
The second half would be a celebration for a group of 8th graders who were finishing their final middle school regular season. They reaped the benefits from all of their constant practice that began with their 6th grade season. Russman powered T15, Wadhwa took 10 on T14 just out of power, Kayleb Hague powered T15 (having entered the game at halftime), Russman grabbed an out-of-wheelhouse 10 on T16, Tsang did him one better with a hyperpower out of her comfort zone on T17, Russman powered T18, and then he powered again on T19 before they called timeout to get Juju Levisman in on the fun. During the run, Meadows A converted 11 of 21 bonus parts, stretching the lead to 480 points.
The only question left for the last five tossups would be if Meadows A could sweep the half. Tsang took 10 on T20, Russman powered a lit tossup on T21, then powered again on T22, struck yet again for 10 on T23, but they slightly missed on T24 to end the run. Kim picked up 10, keeping Meadows B at a perfect 100% on rebounds. The final score of Game 2 would finish as Meadows A 610, Meadows B 45.
For a team that simply hadn't looked like themselves all year, the LVQBA Finals saw Meadows A finally return to last year's form. And for Meadows B, they took another necessary step in what they hope will be a similar evolution for them over the next two years.
Russman took a neg on T5 after muddying up the limiting noun. Remi Brown cleaned up the rebound, but the fine arts bonus was way out of this very young team's wheelhouse. Still, they were on the board at 105-10. On T6, Russman made up for his mistake with a confident 10 just out of power again. Unlike Game 1, Team B was ready with a fast answer this time. Tywin Kim notched a very fast power on T7. The back-and-forth quarter continued when Evan Kuperstock became the fourth starter on Meadows A to crack the scoresheet. His power on T8 was the first of the game Team A.
Kuperstock fired again on T9, this time for 10. Spirited conferral resulted in 20 more points for the Mustangs. Russman scored his fourth of the half on T10, and Tsang contributed her second fine arts hyperpower on T11. A brilliant first half ended with a Kuperstock power on T12 and a confident 30 on the bonus. Meadows A could already smell a championship at halftime as the scoreboard read 300-25.
The second half would be a celebration for a group of 8th graders who were finishing their final middle school regular season. They reaped the benefits from all of their constant practice that began with their 6th grade season. Russman powered T15, Wadhwa took 10 on T14 just out of power, Kayleb Hague powered T15 (having entered the game at halftime), Russman grabbed an out-of-wheelhouse 10 on T16, Tsang did him one better with a hyperpower out of her comfort zone on T17, Russman powered T18, and then he powered again on T19 before they called timeout to get Juju Levisman in on the fun. During the run, Meadows A converted 11 of 21 bonus parts, stretching the lead to 480 points.
The only question left for the last five tossups would be if Meadows A could sweep the half. Tsang took 10 on T20, Russman powered a lit tossup on T21, then powered again on T22, struck yet again for 10 on T23, but they slightly missed on T24 to end the run. Kim picked up 10, keeping Meadows B at a perfect 100% on rebounds. The final score of Game 2 would finish as Meadows A 610, Meadows B 45.
For a team that simply hadn't looked like themselves all year, the LVQBA Finals saw Meadows A finally return to last year's form. And for Meadows B, they took another necessary step in what they hope will be a similar evolution for them over the next two years.
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