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GATA Fall - September 2022

Varsity Format: 22 teams. Top 8 make playoffs.
JV Format: 14 teams. Top 6 make playoffs.
Powers: Yes
Bouncebacks: Yes

Varsity Prelims

Team A 460, North Gwinnett A 290 - Massive score to start the season.
Team A 510, Paul Duke STEM A 165 - 4 players score 40+ points.
Chattahoochee A 450, Team A 310 - Adhav gets 3 powers, but not enough against a great team.
Team A 505, Centennial A 170 - Grady gets 70 points.
Team A 355, Gwinnett Math and Science A 310 - We were down 230-70, but Matt leads a massive comeback, coming away with 4 powers!

Varsity Playoffs

Lambert A 420, Team A 340 - Against the defending PACE national champions, we start off a bit too eager and neg the first three questions. Lambert takes an early lead. We come back and manage to keep it close the rest of the way, but they get the last tossup to shut the door. Tough loss, but great performance to open the season, with 4 players averaging over 30 ppg.

JV Prelims

Chattahoochee C 380, Team B 145 - This was a shocker. I had higher hopes for Team B, but they came out flat.
Team B 345, Lambert B 280 - Jacob's 55 pts help us rebound from a rough start.
Northview C 405, Team B 255 - Another surprisingly big loss against a C team.
Team B 350, Creekview A 150 - A balanced win with everyone contributing.
Team B 260, Johns Creek C 255 - A win on the last question of the game!

Despite that win, Team B finished 7th and did not qualify for playoffs.

Team C 285, Creekview A 250 - We won this narrow match due to strong performance on bounceback bonuses.
Chattahoochee D 320, Team C 275 - Freshman Ian's 55 points aren't enough.
Team C 290, Chamblee B 170 - New Sophomore Luke's 55 points leads the way.
Northview C 395, Team C 165

Finished 2-3 and in 9th.

Gwinnett Science B 250, Team D 240 - Tough loss to open the tournament.
Team D 285, Chamblee B 265 - Nice bounceback. New Sophomore Winnie leads with 35 pts.
Lambert C 505, Team D 115 - Ouch.
Chattahoochee D 265, Team D 170 - 40 pts from Winnie and 25 from Freshman AJ.
Team D 240, Hebron Christian 155 - Another 30 from Winnie.

Multiple wins from Team D is a nice start. They finished 11th.

Overall, some good things to see here. Team A is definitely much stronger than last year and Teams C and D showed some promise, but Team B really underperformed and I'll have to figure that out.