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RECAP: CHARGERS NOTCH 8TH REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP
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The 2025 High School Regular Season came to a close on Saturday with a traditional Finals matchup that was as good as advertised. The Clark Chargers retained the championship in 2 sets over A-TECH B. They will hold the all-important #1 seed and a first round bye heading into January's LVQBA Conference Tournament. The Mavericks will take the #2 seed, which also comes with a first round bye. Both Clark and A-TECH have earned the right to represent Nevada in May down in Atlanta.
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LVQBA FINALS GAME 1
After relatively easy wins over their semifinals opponents, Clark and A-TECH began their best-of-3 series by trading early blows. Dhruv Soundarapandian got it going with a fast power for the Chargers, and Mark Argento responded with 10 of his own for A-TECH. Then, the balance kicked in for Clark. Theo Perez tallied a power followed by an Aaron Brown 10. The Chargers converted 5 of the 6 bonus parts to take a 110-20 lead after T4. The middle part of the first half was all A-TECH. They scored 4 tossups in a row--one from Vidyuth Naveenkumar and three in a row from Argento. Despite some unfortunate bonus topic luck, A-TECH took a 5-point lead after T8. But then Clark righted the ship and closed the half strong thanks to Brown taking 3 of the last 4, including 1 for power. At halftime, Clark led 205-100. The second half was a classic case of how an experienced team can slightly bend but never break. A-TECH took the first 2 cycles to close the gap to 65 points, but Michu Zaki calmly hyper-powered T15. The momentum carried over into a 30-bonus to put the Chargers up 250-135. After that, the pattern repeated. A-TECH took 2 in a row when Caleb Cordon took 10 on T16 and powered T17. Much improved bonus conversion brought the Mavericks back to within 35, 245-210. But like last time, a veteran Charger held firm. Perez took a buzzer race 10 on T18 to keep the Mavericks at bay. |
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CLARK CHARGERS
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Having held off the second charge, Clark had victory in sight. Brown and Zaki took 3 of the final 6 to cement Game 1. Final Score: Clark 335, A-TECH 260.
LVQBA FINALS GAME 2
Needing to win in order to force a Game 3, A-TECH started brilliantly. Argento kicked it off with 10 and a 30-bonus. After back-to-back Charger tossups, Cordon went on a solo run of his own. T4 went for 10, T5 for power, T6 for 10. A-TECH vaulted into the lead, 100-70.
Now that they had gotten a better start, the Mavericks were in excellent position to hang around a lot longer. But the veteran Chargers once again stepped up. Perez, Zaki, and Brown all took a tossup, with Brown's going for power. In the 3 bonuses for those tossups, Clark took 8 of 9 parts and led at halftime, 205-110.
If there was going to be a Maverick comeback, Michu Zaki personally stopped it himself. In one of his finest halves of his career, he took 3 of the first 5 tossups in the second half, all for fast 10s. Sandwiched in the middle of those was a 10 for Brown. When you add in the 8 bonus parts that were converted, Clark suddenly had a 320-125 advantage with 7 tossups to go.
A-TECH surely had one more run in them. William Guild came off the bench to get it started with two 10s. Then Cordon powered T21 to cut the deficit to 100. And then Argento scored another 10 to make it 4 in a row for A-TECH. With 2 tossups to go, the Mavericks had gotten to within 2 cycles and had a great shot to force a decider.
On T23, Clark got the clincher from a Dhruv Soundarapandian power that came with authority. A 20 on the bonus made T24 irrelevant, and the Chargers won their 8th regular season championship. Final Score: Clark 350, A-TECH 270.
Both teams earned Nationals bids to Atlanta in May 2026.
LVQBA FINALS GAME 2
Needing to win in order to force a Game 3, A-TECH started brilliantly. Argento kicked it off with 10 and a 30-bonus. After back-to-back Charger tossups, Cordon went on a solo run of his own. T4 went for 10, T5 for power, T6 for 10. A-TECH vaulted into the lead, 100-70.
Now that they had gotten a better start, the Mavericks were in excellent position to hang around a lot longer. But the veteran Chargers once again stepped up. Perez, Zaki, and Brown all took a tossup, with Brown's going for power. In the 3 bonuses for those tossups, Clark took 8 of 9 parts and led at halftime, 205-110.
If there was going to be a Maverick comeback, Michu Zaki personally stopped it himself. In one of his finest halves of his career, he took 3 of the first 5 tossups in the second half, all for fast 10s. Sandwiched in the middle of those was a 10 for Brown. When you add in the 8 bonus parts that were converted, Clark suddenly had a 320-125 advantage with 7 tossups to go.
A-TECH surely had one more run in them. William Guild came off the bench to get it started with two 10s. Then Cordon powered T21 to cut the deficit to 100. And then Argento scored another 10 to make it 4 in a row for A-TECH. With 2 tossups to go, the Mavericks had gotten to within 2 cycles and had a great shot to force a decider.
On T23, Clark got the clincher from a Dhruv Soundarapandian power that came with authority. A 20 on the bonus made T24 irrelevant, and the Chargers won their 8th regular season championship. Final Score: Clark 350, A-TECH 270.
Both teams earned Nationals bids to Atlanta in May 2026.
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