What is your favorite match?

[quizbowlcaptain]

Hello there lovers of quizbowl. I recently played a match against rivals Gadsden Middle School, and although we lost, it was a fun match and a great game. So, it got me thinking, what is the most fun match you have ever played?

IMO, a match against Monrovia Middle last year, in which we won with a narrow victory 340-300, after we got tossup twenty. Also, this match sent us to MSNCT, so pretty nostalgic. A close second would be the Chenery-River Trail match that RIver Trail won, handing Chenery their only defeat in the tournament.

[IndianaMan13]

For me, it has to be our recent match against Carmel A. We had just lost our last second group stage match to them to send it into a Carmel-advantage final. We went behind early but pulled back and while there are so many good buzzes I cannot share (darn you unclear set content), we eventually were vanquished on the tiebreaker after Anthony Pho out-buzzed me. But I regard this as a great sign even though it hurt to just barely lose, because having our 150-student middle school come so close to the quiz bowl dynasty of like 4500-student Carmel High School was amazing.

[quizbowlchamp1]

We were at MSNCT, and we played Howard B. I negged on the 2nd tossup, and they rallied. By tossup 6, the score was 100 to -5. As you all know, MSNCT uses 9-minute halves with 24 tossups. We played 11 tossups in the first. After the tossup I mentioned above, we went crazy. I got 10 tossups and 2 powers, scoring 86.36 points that game. We ended up winning 170-150. This is still my favorite game of all time. It's the one I tell at parties, and my second-highest scoring game ever, just .50 behind my domination of Padiea. I absolutely love this game. Here is the link to the game.

https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/g ... id=1231657

[mrpotatokid]

Our game at MSNCT last year against St. Mark's stands out for me. They were a really good team and I wasn't expecting for us to beat them. When we did actually win, it felt like a sign that we had finally made it to the level where we could compete against and beat good teams, so that one has good memories associated with it.

[Vainglorious yet Victorious]

For me, it has to be our game against Spectrum A last year. Their full team had not lost a single game to any other Minnesota MS team (including us), and given that it was my last year in MS quiz bowl last year I was nursing a bit of a grudge against them because of that. The match itself did not disappoint, and I won't lie- my powering the last question to beat them by 10(!) points was the highlight of my middle school quiz bowl career (I had never won a tournament before). Sure, they placed ahead of us at MSNCT, but I'll always have that game-and that tournament-over them.

[Joshua Li]

My favorite match was when me and my teammate Eli played SANDS National Online Mirror. Even if the set was really easy, I had my first 100 point game in a tournament keeping individual stats. We ended up winning against Chaska 515-115, and I had 7/2/0 for 125 points. I'll never forget my first 100 point game on a tournament with individual stats, even if it was novice. Also I actually averaged 68.57 ppg, probably never happening again unless I end up playing another novice tournament on an easy set.