9th Annual Gateway Athletic Conference Tournament (titles won: Francis Howell Central 4, Fort Zumwalt West 4, Washington 1)
Question Provider: Questions Galore

Round 1
Fort Zumwalt West 460, Timberland 100
Francis Howell 250, Fort Zumwalt North 190
Francis Howell Central 270, Francis Howell North 130

Round 2
Francis Howell Central 340, Francis Howell 130
Francis Howell North 150, Timberland 220
Fort Zumwalt West 350, Fort Zumwalt North 150

Round 3
Francis Howell North 120, Fort Zumwalt North 230
Francis Howell Central 330, Timberland 110
Fort Zumwalt West 360, Francis Howell 160


Semifinals
(1) Fort Zumwalt West 300, (4) Francis Howell 200
(2) Francis Howell Central 370, (3) Fort Zumwalt North 180

Championship Game
(1) Fort Zumwalt West 230, (2) Francis Howell Central 210

3rd Place Game
(4) Francis Howell defeated (3) Fort Zumwalt North

All Tournament Team (based on 3 morning rounds)
1. Blake (FHC) = 10, 10, 9 = 29
2. Rishi (FH) = 10, 6, 9 = 25
3. George (FHC) = 5, 7, 11 = 23
4. Robert (FZW) = 8, 6, 8 = 22
5. Dylan (FZW) = 7, 5, 5 = 17
Meghan (FZN) = 2, 6, 9 = 17

Notable Players Missing
Austin (FZW)
Abby (FZW) - after scoring 10 the first game, she had to leave to attend a previously scheduled event. Luckily for us, she returned in time for the playoffs.

A brief history of tournament champions (1st - 4th listed in order)
2002 - Francis Howell Central, Fort Zumwalt South, Fort Zumwalt West, Holt
2003 - Fort Zumwalt West, Fort Zumwalt North, Fort Zumwalt South, Francis Howell
2004 - Washington, Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell, Francis Howell Central
2005 - Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell Central, Francis Howell, Washington
2006 - Francis Howell Central, Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell, Warrenton
2007 - Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell Central, Francis Howell, Washington
2008 - Francis Howell Central, Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell, Troy
2009 - Franics Howell Central, Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell, Warrenton
2010 - Fort Zumwalt West, Francis Howell Central, Francis Howell, Fort Zumwalt North

Ummm, so how exactly did these morning rounds work? Specifically referring to the spots where (it seems that) the same team plays two different games in the same round. My guess would have been B teams, but that wouldn't consistently explain each round...

I'll fix that. I was trying to look at original scoresheets (where the rounds are not marked clearly). I accidently left all of my scoresheets and all posted scores at school. I incorrectly listed a game in round 1 that should have been in round 2 (and visa versa). Thanks. No B teams. We run this tournament just like we run districts and have so for years hoping that those who have success here will have success in districts and beyond.

One Interesting FZW fact

Emilee scored 10 toss-ups in the second game (vs. FZN). She is the 15th player in school history to have scored 10 or more toss-ups in a varsity game. Six of the 15 players are current players. They include (with their individual high game listed, all occurring this year): Austin (17), Robert (16), Abby (13), Dylan (11), Edbert (10), and Emilee (10). Our school record for most toss-ups in a game is held by Julia Price (21).

I remember that game with Julia. She went beast mode.

Ahhh...the ugly demon of Missouri question sets finally rears its head.

Anyway, congrats to all teams who participated, great job everyone

The irony, of course, being that the team that has won GACs the past four years has lost Districts.

Also, Coach Gibbs, who runs GACs now? Has Coach Scherrer taken over the entire process (including organization, selecting question providers, etc.)?

The activities directors meet each year in May to decide who is hosting each conference tournament (e.g. say Fort Zumwalt South gets chosen to run the junior varsity girls tournament, St. Charles West gets chosen to run the freshman wrestling tournament, etc.). It is a draft process, from what I understand, with academic competition not being the #1 draft choice in any year. That activities director is in charge of the tournament. Of course, he/she will likely just have the academic coach run the tournament rather than worrying about it.

Let's see if I can remember things correctly as far as who was in charge:
2002 - (I was not there . . . . um, . . . . maybe Francis Howell Central)
2003 - Timberland
2004 - Warrenton
2005 - Washington
2006 - Timberland
2007 - Francis Howell Central
2008 - Francis Howell Central
2009 - Francis Howell
2010 - Francis Howell