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CHARGERS TRIUMPHANTLY RETURN TO SUMMIT; MIDDLE SCHOOL FINALS SET
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This weekend's action featured a crowning in one division and a full slate of nationals bids in another division. For the seventh time in school history, the Clark Chargers are the champions of the Las Vegas Quiz Bowl Alliance High School Division. On the middle school side, a dramatic tie between Rogich A and Meadows C ended up sending BOTH teams to Nationals along with Meadows A and Meadows B. The latter two will meet for the LVQBA Finals next week.
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HIGH SCHOOL FINALS RECAPGame 1
For the first quarter of the match, it looked like Clark A and Meadows A might have a see-saw affair. The Chargers started their usual crew of Theo Perez, Aaron Brown, Michu Zaki, and Axel Tamir. The Mustangs countered with sophomore Gigi Gonya and three middle schoolers--Georgia Lowry (8th), Clara Tsang (7th), and Sahil Wadhwa (7th). Clark jumped out to a early 70-0 lead, but Meadows came back to take a 5-point lead after T5. That would be the last serious threat in this game. The Chargers took 6 of the final 7 tossups of the half to enter the break with a 240-85 lead. Brown, Zaki, and Perez all tallied tossups during the run, and Perez would eventually lead all scorers by the end of the match (2-6-1, 85). In the second half, the Mustangs turned to Shawn Frost (10th) and Kayleb Hague (7th) to see if a rally could get started. It was not to be. Clark was simply too dominant and closed the 415-160 victory with an exclamation point--powers from Perez and Zaki. Game 2 Clark coach Lonnie Robbins had previously expressed some concern about Clark's ability to play with the advantage in a Finals setting. The first five tossups would put all of those fears to rest in about as swift a manner as possible. And it was especially fitting that Theo Perez, one of the best players in the league dating all the way back to his days at Coral Academy, would singlehandedly take over the game. His first 5 tossups went this way: power, power, power, ten, ten. That added up to a 125-0 Clark lead, and the rout was on. During the rest of the match, Brown and Zaki got in on the fun as well. Each contributed 4 tossups to an already sizable lead. With the match well in hand, Perez would fittingly close out the championship by taking the last two tossups. His line for Game 2 finished at 3-8-0 for 125 points. His total for the day--5-14-1 for 210. There is no question that Perez was absolutely sensational under the pressure of playing Finals. For the Chargers, it is championship number 7. They will hold the #1 seed in January's conference tournament. The Mustangs will sit at #2 after earning the runner-up finish. MS FINALS SET FOR NEXT WEEKENDAfter the HS Finals concluded, there was still plenty of business to be done in the MS Division--nationals bids and LVQBA Finals bids. Five teams came in still alive for any or all of that. And because there were 5 teams still alive, it was fitting that they all played each other over the final 3 rounds of the round robin. When everything had finally wrapped up, it would be a rematch of last season--Meadows A vs. Meadows B (except it was Meadows B who finished with the clean slate this time around).
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CLARK CHARGERS (A)
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HOW THE FINALISTS GOT HERE
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Meadows B
By virtue of an undefeated regular season, Meadows B finished atop the standings and earned the 1st bid into the LVQBA Finals. Having already played the more difficult part of their schedule earlier in the season, Meadows B defeated White B (410-10), Faith Lutheran (415-85), and a very scrappy Coral Academy team (325-195). And they did all of that despite missing team captain Cadence Luh. The crew of Georgia Lowry, Clara Tsang, Sahil Wadhwa, and Evan Kuperstock banded together brilliantly and took care of what needed to be done. Leading this team all season by the individual numbers have been Lowry and Wadhwa. They both sit in the top 10 for tossup points, and their speed on their respective specialties has only gotten faster as the season has gone on. Tsang and Luh have put in considerable amounts of time on the subjects that have more depth than others, too. The addition of Kuperstock this year has given the Mustangs all of the math and religion firepower they could ever ask for. And of course, it can't be overstated that they were the ONLY team this year to beat their upcoming opponent... Meadows A Meadows A has looked statistically dominant this season. A team that is more focused on the long-term than the short-term, Meadows A has faced their fair share of growing pains this year. They took a loss to their Meadows B counterparts earlier in the round robin, and then they lost again to them during the HS playoffs. They rolled into Finals with 3 impressive wins against Meadows C (485-155), Coral Academy (425-230), and Rogich A (680-20). In the last few weeks, they appear to have regained their form and desperately want to reestablish themselves at the top of the table next weekend. Elliot Lefebvre, Sophia Gallardo, Winston Luh, William Russman, and Solomon Dumont have begun to realize how powerful their chemistry could be if they stick together for the next four and a half years. Next weekend's LVQBA Finals is another opportunity for them to give another glimpse of what the future might hold. The MS LVQBA Finals will take place Saturday, December 14th, at Meadows. It will be a best-of-3 series. First buzz is at 9:00 AM. |
MEADOWS B
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Registration For 2024-25 Season Now Closed; Wait-list Open
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