Michael Borecki

2024 PACE NSC liveblogger. Formerly @PACENSC_MB, also @Michael_Borecki. Former player at Bowdoin, Darien, and Middlesex Middle, PACE member.

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

Because we got rid of bouncebacks 2 years ago (whoops), posting a corrected rules and format thread:
Games are played in two halves of 10 tossups each. The team that correctly answers a tossup earns a three-part bonus for 10 points each. (1/3)

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

I’m signing off from the metro; thanks everyone for a great tournament and congratulations to all of our talented teams! We hope to see you again next year.
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[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

Final score Hoover 370 - 200 Heights
Hoover finishes in 14th place, Heights in 15th place
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[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

I now have Heights (Houston, TX) vs. Hoover A (AL) playing for 14th place!
Isaac opens the scoring for Hoover on social science, and they get 10 on a science bonus, 20-0.
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[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

19: Jakub gets a physics buzz for Hoover, and they get 10 on current events.
20: After Hoover misses the lit tossup, Bryce picks it up, and Heights gets 10 on the religion bonus.

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

Final score Winston Churchill A 440 - Hoover A 180
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Both teams still have a game for final placement

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

I'm in Lake Anne B, and along with @PACENSC_KR will be following a 4-way tie for 12th place! I have Winston Churchill A (Potomac, MD) and Hoover A (AL) in this room, he has Innovation Academy A (GA) vs. Heights (TX)
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[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MTB]

Nobody gets tossup 18, which is science.
19: Stephen with a great lit power for Hoover! Their bonus is also lit, and they get 20.
20: Jakub attempts a chemistry buzz for Hoover, but misses. Tyler gets it, and Churchill gets 20 on classical music.