Antioch Invitational Tournament VI Results
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:41 am
1st: Barrington Station A
2nd: Buffalo Grove Twin Groves
3rd: Barrington Station B
4th: Lake in the Hills Marlowe
Other quarterfinalists: Cary JHS A, Barrington Station C, Millburn Central A, Millburn West A
What did we learn today?
According to the question writer, Tunis is an African nation,
The names of the 5 sisters in the All-of-a-Kind Family book series is somehow a viable 20-point bonus,
It's OK to write a Super Bowl bonus about 3-time winners, and REUSE it 4 years later (Quote: "In 39 Super Bowls, ... 7 teams have win 3 or more Super Bowls... name 5 of them). Fortunately, NY Giants was not an answer issued by my team!
OK, seriously now... We learned that Lake in the Hills Marlowe, seeded #3 in our sectional, is the real deal this year. My A team beat them in the semifinals, by a score of 188-186, and was lucky to have done so. We out-toss-upped them 8-7, but converted only 12.5 PPB (out of 20), as opposed to Marlowe's 14.3 PPB. Their math skills are good and they showed head-turning depth of knowledge on literature topics. I thought it a possible aberration, but an inspection of the 3rd place match sheet revealed a 16.7 PPB conversion rate to my B team's 11.9 PPB, this difference was exacerbated by Marlowe's 32-4 edge in rebounding missed bonus parts in that match. Nonetheless, my B team held on for a 201-199 win by virtue of their 9-6 TU edge.
We also learned that the Marlowe coaches still have no compunction about mixing it up with the mods. Apparently, in that 3rd place game, one of their math bonus answers of (-3x + 1)^2 was not accepted, as the paper only stated (3x - 1)^2. Ironically, had I been in the room, I probably would've backed her up and yielded the points. The math teacher of the two allegedly declared in front of the whole room, "I'm a math teacher. These questions aren't written by math people, and you're not either!" However, I wasn't there and the moderator shined her on by moving on and saying "We'll see if it makes a difference." So, at match conclusion, with a 2 point difference, the senior moderator who had done the championship and the Antioch coaches were debating the issue, and they backed the mod's original ruling of 'incorrect'. Again, I stayed way far away as I've had my fill of run-ins with the Marlowe coaches over these past 7 years, but my 'B' kids were very turned off by the whole display, such that one of them told me later, "I wanted to say, "jeez, just give it to them if it's that important to them."")
(Remind me again why I quit inviting them to the Barrington Tourney?? Oh, right.)
2nd: Buffalo Grove Twin Groves
3rd: Barrington Station B
4th: Lake in the Hills Marlowe
Other quarterfinalists: Cary JHS A, Barrington Station C, Millburn Central A, Millburn West A
What did we learn today?
According to the question writer, Tunis is an African nation,
The names of the 5 sisters in the All-of-a-Kind Family book series is somehow a viable 20-point bonus,
It's OK to write a Super Bowl bonus about 3-time winners, and REUSE it 4 years later (Quote: "In 39 Super Bowls, ... 7 teams have win 3 or more Super Bowls... name 5 of them). Fortunately, NY Giants was not an answer issued by my team!
OK, seriously now... We learned that Lake in the Hills Marlowe, seeded #3 in our sectional, is the real deal this year. My A team beat them in the semifinals, by a score of 188-186, and was lucky to have done so. We out-toss-upped them 8-7, but converted only 12.5 PPB (out of 20), as opposed to Marlowe's 14.3 PPB. Their math skills are good and they showed head-turning depth of knowledge on literature topics. I thought it a possible aberration, but an inspection of the 3rd place match sheet revealed a 16.7 PPB conversion rate to my B team's 11.9 PPB, this difference was exacerbated by Marlowe's 32-4 edge in rebounding missed bonus parts in that match. Nonetheless, my B team held on for a 201-199 win by virtue of their 9-6 TU edge.
We also learned that the Marlowe coaches still have no compunction about mixing it up with the mods. Apparently, in that 3rd place game, one of their math bonus answers of (-3x + 1)^2 was not accepted, as the paper only stated (3x - 1)^2. Ironically, had I been in the room, I probably would've backed her up and yielded the points. The math teacher of the two allegedly declared in front of the whole room, "I'm a math teacher. These questions aren't written by math people, and you're not either!" However, I wasn't there and the moderator shined her on by moving on and saying "We'll see if it makes a difference." So, at match conclusion, with a 2 point difference, the senior moderator who had done the championship and the Antioch coaches were debating the issue, and they backed the mod's original ruling of 'incorrect'. Again, I stayed way far away as I've had my fill of run-ins with the Marlowe coaches over these past 7 years, but my 'B' kids were very turned off by the whole display, such that one of them told me later, "I wanted to say, "jeez, just give it to them if it's that important to them."")
(Remind me again why I quit inviting them to the Barrington Tourney?? Oh, right.)