Huron Tournament

Over the weekend we had our second saturday tournament at Huron. 50 students competed for Clague against students from other schools in Ann Arbor, Northville, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Oxford and Jackson.
The team finished first in Top Five (100 out of a possible 100) and first in team average (16.48 per student, 20 is perfect, second place was 14.25).
Top scorers (18 points or higher) for the team included:
Oliver B
Livia B-W
Luke C
Matt D
Mason D
Miela F
Shalini L
Chun-Lam L
Anly L
Shreya M
Natsume O
Shwetha R
Phillip R
Susanne S.
Justin S
Leo T
Topher W
Ningrui W
Yuqing W
Jessica Z

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournament. Our next saturday tournament will be November 20th at Amerman Elementary School in Northville.

Friday Results, 10/15

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Giant Midgets - 67 points, 4.47 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 64 points, 4.27 average
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 53 points, 4.07 average
No Names - 60 total points, 3.75 average

Overall Standings:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 265 points, 18.82 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 247 points, 15.28 average
No Names - 308 total points, 14.79 average
Giant Midgets - 203 points, 14.13 average

Equations Challenge Match

In a challenge match, the students work with their Friday tournament teams for the first half of practice. In second half, all of the students, except the captains, are matched up into games against students from the other teams. The captains are allowed to float around from game to game and help their teammates. At the end of the night, the team with the highest average over all its players wins the match, and every player on that team receives a 6.
Tonight was our Equations Challenge Match.
The averages were as follows:
Pretty Pink Trashcans 4.61
Indestructible Cabbages 4.17
No Names 3.93
Giant Midgets 3.46

So each member of the Pretty Pink Trashcans who was present received a six added to their Friday tournament score. Thje Cabbages all got 4 points, the No Names 3 and the Midgets 2.

Friday Results, 10/8

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 65 points, 4.64 average
No Names - 82 total points, 4.56 average
Giant Midgets - 53 points, 3.79 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 64 points, 3.76 average

Overall Standings:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 128points, 9.14 average
No Names - 139 total points, 8.36 average
Giant Midgets - 108 points, 8.02 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 131 points, 7.95 average


Equations Challenge Match coming up on Monday

First Friday Tournament

We held our first Friday tournament yesterday and the kids did well. Competition was crisp, the questions asked were on point, and for the most part all of the students seemed comfortable with the procedures of the game of Equations.

The team results of the tournament are as follows:
Pretty Pink Trashcans (Captain Shalini) -- 65 total points, 4.5 average
Giant Midgets (Captains Claire and Shwetha) -- 55 points, 4.23 average
Indestructible Cabbages (Captain Luke) -- 67 points, 4.1875 average
No Names (Captain Topher) -- 57 points, 3.8 average

First Saturday Tournament

Over the weekend we had our first tournament at Clague. 38 students competed for Clague against students from other schools in Ann Arbor, Northville and Jackson. The team finished first in Top Five (97 out of a possible 100) and second in average (14.76 per student, 20 is perfect, first place was 16.43).
Top scorers (18 points or higher) for the team included: JiHo H., Justin S., Leo T., Malay M., Matthew S., Preethi G., Shwetha R., & Susanne S.) Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournament.
Our next saturday tournament will be October 16th at Huron High School.
Students need to attend at least three saturday tournaments to be eligible for the State tournament in March.

Academic Games for 2010-11

Welcome Back,

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer vacation. Academic Games begins for all interested students this Friday after school from 3-5 pm. Our practice schedule will remain the same this year as it was last year, Mondays 7-9 pm, and Fridays after school.

Our first Saturday tournament will be a week from Saturday at Clague. A complete schedule is posted to the right, and is included in the Welcome Letter that is also posted on the right.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Eric (ericnelsonag@comcast.net) or Vivek (thanav@umich.edu) We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday

Eric & Vivek