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WOW! New London-Spicer Meet
Posted by Vicky Harris on 12/8/2012 6:31:06 PM
This meet was held on Saturday, December 1.
What a great day!! The weather was good, we had a great drive to NLS. (Our bus driver slowed enough to miss TWO deer, and that is excellent in my book!) We had entered two varsity teams, one JV team, and three junior high and almost everyone made it to the bus on time.
There were fourteen varsity teams, and we brought two of them. The top written score was 46, and our teams scored 43 and 38, but that put GSL 1 in room 2, and GSL 2 in room 3. (Apparently nobody in our region excels at writtens yet this year!)
Both teams dominated their rooms and moved up for round 2. GSL 1 beat ACGC and YME, 20-10-2, while GSL 2 earned 17 points against Hutch (11) and Willmar Community Christian (a new team) with 1.
In round 2, GSL 1 earned 14 against Willmar (11) and CMCS (5) in room one. Meanwhile, GSL 2 beat ACGC and NLS (13-12-5). For the last two rounds GSL 1 and GSL 2 would be against each other in room one (oh yes, and Willmar was there, too.)
Round 3 was close, with GSL 2 squeaking out a slight lead with 12 points, Willmar 11, GSL 1.
Round 4 was not quite as close, and Willmar won with 16 points, vs GSL 2 (13) and GSL 1 (10). Pretty amazing. At the end, GSL 1 earned gold, Willmar took silver, and GSL 2 finished with bronze. So congratulations to GSL 1 - Joe, Ethan, Mark, and Chandler - AND GSL 2 - Lindsey, Cedric, Patrick, and Jacob. WONDERFUL RESULTS!! Final scores were GSL 1 103.5, Willmar 101, and GSL 2 97.5.
We missed seeing a strong Hutchinson team, as many of their team are seniors with jobs. Most other teams from the region were there, however.
There were 15 JV teams, and GSL brought 1. Because we have 11 students in grades 10-12, there were only three on our JV team, but Oakley, Brent and Kyle did fine!
The highest written score was 53. GSL's was 49, starting the team in third place. They stayed in room one for the whoe meet, always against Hutchinson. Benson and NLS took turns competing against them. Round 1 scores: GSL 17, Hutch 16, Benson 6. Round 2: Hutch 19, GSL 14, NLS 5. In round 3 it was GSL's turn again: GSL 16, Hutch 13, Benson 5. Last round: GSL 20, Hutch 17, NLS 4. In the end, Hutch had won by 2 points (total 124) while GSL got second with 123. This was totally awesome for a team of three, and demonstrates the strength of GSL's group of 10th-12th graders.
(JV questions were different than varsity at this meet, so you can't compare scores.)
The junior high competition had 27 teams or nine rooms! GSL had three teams, but so did several other schools. Since we have eight new junior high students, our main goal was to give every new student a good meet experience and show them what a meet was like, so we mixed everyone up.
The GSL teams were pretty evenly matched. For instance, in three out of four oral rounds, GSL 1 competed against another GSL team, and not always the same one. Also, both GSL 1 and GSL 3 made it to room 1, where teams from Willmar and Hutchinson were parked for the duration of the meet. (GSL teams commented, "Hutch is FAST!", "Willmar is fast and good and strong, too!")
Eventually the meet was won by Willmar with 128 points, with Hutch in second with 124. GSL 1 took 3rd with 110. GSL 3 was fifth with 108, and GSL 2 was 12th with 99.
Congratulations to team 1 - Maddie, Jenna, Lindsay, Jake F and Jake V!! Also to team 2 - Mitch, Connor, Dini, Jack, and Theresa - and to team 3 - Kaitlyn, Katie, Robin, Cora, Marisa and Rachel. What an excellent start to the season!
Overall, a good time was had by all, and we are looking forward to the ACGC meet on Monday, December 10.
(Edited to add scores and correct number of teams on December 8, 2012.)