The End of the MACC Season

Saturday, March 19, was the last MACC match of this MACC season. Every team played Carroll except science and they played Galax. The first two teams to go Saturday were science and social studies. Science beat Galax during the season by 12 points. During tournament, Galax came back and won 70-48. The social studies team played Fort Chisewell. Fort Chisewell is very strong on their social studies team.  Fort Chisewell destroyed Rural Retreat 75-28. English and math were the next two teams to go up. Rural Retreat played Carroll during the quaterfinals. The score was tied at the end of the directed round,but during the toss-up round Carroll buzzed in every question. The final score for english was 76-35 with Carroll defeating Rural Retreat.  The second to last team to play was math. The math team only has two members. Rural Retreat was also defeated by Graham. The final score for the math round was 50-15, with Graham taking the win. Sadly, Rural Retreat didn't have any of these teams go on to semi-finals. The final team to go for Rural Retreat was all-around. All-Around played Carroll, and it was tied at the end of the directed round. During the toss-up round Rural Retreat was winning the whole time. With two questions left Carroll takes the lead. Trevor Tidewell for Rural Retreat buzzed in for the last question and got it correct: 55-51, with Rural Retreat taking the win. All-Around made it to semi-finals, against Galax. This round was a very intense match, and it ended in tears. Galax and Rural Retreat are both great teams. Rural Retreat was leading at the end of the directed round. Then at the end of the toss-up round Galax took the win, 60-35. This tournament ended in tears for Rural Retreat. Rural Retreat is losing a bunch of seniors. It was a great season with the seniors.We had memories, laughs, and tears. This group of seniors will never be forgotten. 

-Hannah Addair