Charter Academic Bowl

Charter Academic Bowl

Schedule 2009-2010

October

• 3 - Princeton University. Six teams traveled to the Princeton High School Tournament
  • The team of Kushal, Lizzy, Rose, and Sid went 2-6 with wins over North Shore A and Northern Valley B.
  • John, Patrick, Ravi, Sarah, and Seth went 3-5, and then upset a higher ranked Great Neck South team in the consolation bracket.
  • Brianna, Hannah, Josh, Kevin, and Mohammed went 4-4 including wins overs Pingry, Half Hollow Hills, and Bloomfield.
  • Charlie, Kev, Keyi, and Stephen went 7-1, only losing to eventual runner up Bergen. They lost St Josephs in the octo-finals for a final finish of 13th.
  • Bohan, Joe, John, and Stephen went 6-2 in the prelims. In the octos they avenged an earlier loss to Livingston A, and then lost to Kellenberg in the quarters for an overall finish of 5th.
  • Alex, Billy, David, and Meg went 7-0, was the 1 seed out of 54 teams, and then beat Conestoga, St Joes, Kellenberg, and Bergen in the playoff to win the tournament! This is the first time that Charter has won Princeton.

• 23-24 - Twenty-four students attended the Long Island Fall Tournament. The tournament started with brackets of eight, and then had playoff brackets of four. Out of 54 teams in attendace:
  
  
  • Charter E (George, Josh, Ravi, Sarah) finished 30th (4-3, 0-3)
  • Charter F (Kevin X, Marshall, Seth, Tian) finished 28th (4-3, 1-2)
  • Charter D (Charles, Rose, Sid, Tim) finished 27th (4-3, 1-2)
  • Charter B (Bohan, Joe, Kevin N, Stephen) finished 22nd (4-3, 2-1)
  • Charter C (Brianna, Keyi, Kushal, Brianna) finished 18th (5-2, 3-0)
  • Charter A (Alex, David, John, Meg) finished 1st (7-0, 2-1, 2-0). David was 12th and Alex 6th individually out of 232 individuals.

November

• 21 - Four teams went to the University of Pennsylvania. During prelims, team A (Alex, David, Meg, and John) went 5-0 and scored the second highest number of points, while Charter B (Billy, Bohan, Joe, Stephen), Charter C (Brianna, Keyi, Rose, and Stephen) and Charter D (Josh, Kushal, Lizzy, and Ravi) teams all went 3-2. In the playoffs, Charter A finished fifth, losing close rounds to Hunter and Kellenberg, but picking up wins against DCC and Caesar Rodney. In the second bracket, Charter B and C finished in a tie for 11th, and Charter D finished 14th in a field of 36 teams.
• 22 - Two teams went to the FOGHAT trash tournament mirror at the University of Delaware. In the prelims, "Rise to Greatness" (Alex, John, Kushal, and Mr. Tressler) went 3-4, giving the eventual tournament winner their only loss of the tournament. "What a Champ" (Alex, Brianna, George, Jacob, Lizzy, and guest star Crabby for one round) went 2-5. In the playoffs, Rise to Greatness won the bottom bracket (5th oveall) and What a Champ was second (6th overall).

December

• 12 - 52 teams participated in the Delaware Fall Open at Charter. Our JV teams took 1st, 2nd, and 5th.

January

• 9 - We hosted 73 teams in the Middle School Charter Challenge. Trophy winners were Independence, Newark Charter, P.S. Dupont, Shue-Medill, and Wilson
• 30 - Alex, David, Joe, John, and Mr. Tressler particpated in Penn Bowl, a college-level tournament at the University of Pennsylvania. The team went 3-3 in the prelims, and 3-1 in the playoffs. Our best round was when David and Alex combined for ten tossups and defeated VCU, giving them their only prelim loss. Alumni Henry (Rice) and Neeraj (George Mason) were also in attendance.
• 31 - Joe, Kushal, Rob Poirier, and Mr. Tressler went back to Philadelphia to participate in Penn Trash II. The team finished third in their prelim pool, but then went 0-5 in the upper bracket.

February

• 20 - State Championship at Mount Pleasant HS (all teams)
• 27 - Teams A-B are going to Hunter College HS in New York City.

March

• 6 - Juniors and Seniors will participate in Delware's "eight on eight" tournament, along with Mr. Tressler.
• 13 - Six teams may go to Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC.
• 20 - Blue Hen at UD (all teams)

April

• (date TBA) - Bergen (3 teams)
• 17 - Caesar Rodney Rider Bowl (3-4 or more? teams)

Nationals

• May 27-30, NAQT HSNCT, Chicago, IL
• June 5-6, PACE NSC, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA