Harrison Crushes the Competition
Lafayette Harrison took the 2007 NAQT Qualifier in decisive fashion, by not dropping a single game along the way and by racking up some impressive scores.
In the morning preliminary rounds, Harrison averaged 377 points per game and crossed the 400-point threshold three times. Their most impressive game probably was holding St. Joseph's 2 to only 20 points. The latter team was good enough, though, to claim the other playoff spot for the afternoon.
In the other "house", Culver Academies 1 and St. Joseph's 1 were the top dogs. Their own match was very tight in the first half until the Eagles broke it open in the second half to garner their highest winning score.
In the afternoon playoffs, Harrison dispensed of St. Joseph's 1 and Culver dispensed of St. Joseph's 2 to set up a final between two undefeated teams. But the final was all Harrison, as they powered on 20% of the tossups in the final and converted points on bonus after bonus to steadily build the lead.
Harrison has now won three Indiana tournaments in a row (Culver Invitational, State Championship, and NAQT Qualifier). In fact, only an untimely loss to Hamilton Southeastern in the Cardinal Quiz Bowl playoffs kept the streak from reaching five, as they had won the Dogfight as well. Congratulations!
- Preliminary Rounds
House of Lancaster H1 SJ2 CA2 H4 NW Crossover-MR Record Harrison 1 400 410 320 350 405 vs. SJ3 5-0 St. Joseph's 2 20 150 240 180 115 vs. SJ1 3-2 Culver Academies 2 30 35 85 115 85 vs. H2 2-3 Harrison 4 95 45 60 85 95 vs. CA1 1-4 North White 40 50 10 5 30 vs. H3 0-5 House of York CA1 SJ1 H2 H3 SJ3 Crossover-MR Record Culver Academies 1 395 320 240 305 280 vs. H4 5-0 St. Joseph's 1 200 290 220 180 250 vs. SJ2 4-1 Harrison 2 50 155 180 230 160 vs. CA2 3-2 Harrison 3 115 165 160 210 190 vs. NW 2-3 St. Joseph's 3 55 130 65 145 25 vs. H1 0-5
- Playoffs
Semifinals
(Half Matches/Best of 3)Finals
(Full Match/Best of 3)Champion Harrison 1 Harrison 1 Harrison 1 170,165 St. Joseph's 1 330,355 -10,85 Culver Academies 1 Culver Academies 1 125,90 St. Joseph's 2 180,115 35,35
- Other Best-of-3 Matchups (Half Games)
Harrison 2 110,125, Culver Academies 2 20,35
Harrison 3 115,100, Harrison 4 10,55
St. Joseph's 3 40,70, North White 20,40