West Des Moines, IA-
The Valley Mid-America Cup is in full swing. With round 6 coming in, elims will be announced soon.
Meanwhile, the second annual Valley Round Robin and the fourth annual Sophomore Throw-Down were held on Friday.
On a 3-0 decision, Varun Bhave of Del Mar defeated Adam Tomasi of Sacred Heart to win the Round Robin.
On a 2-1 decision, Richard Cook of Strake Jesuit defeated Nina Potischman from Hunter College Prep.
Congratulations to Varun, Richard, and all other participants.
Sophomore Throw-Down
Semifinals
Hunter College NP def. Lake Highland KP (Krupali Patel) 3-0
Strake Jesuit RC def. Dowling Catholic JO (Joie Otting) 2-1
Participants
The Second Annual Valley Round Robin
Varun Bhave – Torrey Pines
Sophia Caldera – Walt Whitman
Abbey Chapman – Woodlands
Rahul Gosain – Scarsdale
Anne-Marie Hwang – Hockaday
Nalin Vattigunta – Oxbridge Academy
Jared Paul – Brentwood
Ruchir Rastogi – LAMP
Gina Scorpiniti – Valley
Adam Tomasi – Sacred Heart
Anisha Vora – Annie Wright
Emma Weddle – Des Moines Roosevelt
The Fourth Annual Sophomore Throw-Down
Dotan Appelbaum – St. Louis Park
Melissa Chau – Lake Highland
Richard Cook – Strake Jesuit
TJ Foley – Valley
Trent Gilbert – Valley
Kate Keough – Hockaday
Priya Kukreja – Millard North
Jonas Le Barillec – PV Peninsula
Elizabeth Lively – Needham
Gabriel Manak – Bronx Science
Evan McKinney – Valley
Joie Otting – Dowling
Krupali Patel – Lake Highland
Vandita Pendse – MVLA
Nina Potischman – Hunter College
Xavier Roberts-Gaal – Walt Whitman
Sam Serber – Brentwood
Kirk Wu – San Marino
Karen Xia – MVLA
Jason Yang – Kinkaid
Neeki Zand – Brentwood
Alex Zhao – La Canada
Matt Zinnman – Harrison
Suhas Raja – Whitefish Bay