Watching our kid kick ass
Nov. 19th, 2005 04:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, we got up at ass-thirty today to take Elayna to her Quiz Bowl tournament. We had no idea how it would work, or that it would be nearly as large as it was.
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shadesong has a huge recap in her journal, but a quick summary:
● The entire team of five had never played quiz bowl before, and were nervous as heck.
● They went 4-1, with three of those wins matches in which they either shut their opponents out or kept them to 10 points.
● They finished fourth (which nabbed them a trophy -- the top four teams in the elementary and middle school divisions got trophies, although only the middle school teams could go on to the state tournament).
● Of the teams that finished above them, they beat the third place team in head-to-head (but ranking was done based on total points, not record), and their only loss was to the first-place team, which was composed of people who'd played quiz bowl before.
● Most importantly, all five players contributed to the wins, and they all had fun and relaxed once things got under way.
So yeah, a good day.
shadesong has a huge recap in her journal, but a quick summary:● The entire team of five had never played quiz bowl before, and were nervous as heck.
● They went 4-1, with three of those wins matches in which they either shut their opponents out or kept them to 10 points.
● They finished fourth (which nabbed them a trophy -- the top four teams in the elementary and middle school divisions got trophies, although only the middle school teams could go on to the state tournament).
● Of the teams that finished above them, they beat the third place team in head-to-head (but ranking was done based on total points, not record), and their only loss was to the first-place team, which was composed of people who'd played quiz bowl before.
● Most importantly, all five players contributed to the wins, and they all had fun and relaxed once things got under way.
So yeah, a good day.