1st Annual

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Hosting School: Case Western Reserve University Competition Location: Cleveland, Ohio Dates: November 15-16, 2008 AMTA Officials: Case Western Coaching Staff: Allen Hufford, Ricky Stahl, and Maria Phills. Dr. Joann Scott, Ohio Northern University

Tab Summary

Team Name No. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Summary

D v 548 P v 954 D v 314 P v 448 Ballots: 5.5 W W T L L W W W CSS: 13 Pts. +69 Ratt (Ohio State) (306)

+19 +46 0 -4 -4 +6 +3 +3 SOO: 2 Rank: 6

D v 610 P v 976 D v 696 P v 314 Ballots: 5 W L W W L L W W CSS: 16 Pts. +33 Poison (Ohio State) (307) +1 -9 +14 +16 -1 -11 +11 +12 SOO: 3 Rank: 8

D v 448 P v 386 P v 306 D v 307 Ballots: 3 W W L L W L L L CSS: 20.5 Pts. -33

The Police (Case Western Reserve U.) (314)

+11 +6 -16 -9 +4 -6 -11 -12 SOO: 2 Rank: 15

P v 842 D v 346 P v 534 D v 535 Ballots: 6 L L W W W W W W CSS: 15 Pts. +38

Wham! (Case Western Reserve U.) (315)

-9 -20 +13 +14 +1 +8 +20 +11 SOO: 6.5 Rank: 5

D v 534 P v 315 P v 548 D v 690 Ballots: 3 L L L L W W L W CSS: 13 Pts. -58

Rick Springfield (Washington &

Jefferson) (346)

-15 -18 -13 -14 +15 +1 -17 +3 SOO: 6 Rank: 17

P v 955 D v 314 P v 842 D v 610 Ballots: 7 W W W W W W L W CSS: 17 Pts. +76

Journey (Eastern Michigan) (386)

+18 +12 +16 +9 +10 +14 -10 +7 SOO: 2 Rank: 1

P v 696 D v 928 D v 882 P v 697 Ballots: 4 L W L L W W W L CSS: 15 Pts. +45

Foreigner (Eastern Michigan) (387)

-3 +9 -3 -4 +23 +20 +7 -4 SOO: 4 Rank: 11

P v 314 D v 955 P v 690 D v 306 Ballots: 3 L L W W W L L L CSS: 14.5 Pts. -8

Europe (Ohio Northern) (448)

-11 -6 +3 +10 +3 -1 -3 -3 SOO: 4 Rank: 16

P v 882 D v 696 P v 535 D v 534 Ballots: 3.5 L W T L L L W W CSS: 13 Pts. -54 Asia (Ohio Northern) (449) -8 +4 0 -3 -27 -32 +7 +5 SOO: 4 Rank: 14

Team Name No. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Summary

P v 346 D v 842 D v 315 P v 449 Ballots: 2 W W L L L L L L CSS: 18.5 Pts. 0 Twisted Sister (Dickinson) (534)

+15 +18 -8 -4 -1 -8 -7 -5 SOO: 2 Rank: 18

D v 976 P v 610 D v 449 P v 315 Ballots: 4 W W L L W W L L CSS: 17.5 Pts. -13The Scorpions (Dickinson) (535) +4 +3 -27 -21 +27 +32 -20 -11 SOO: 3 Rank: 10

P v 306 D v 690 D v 346 P v 976 Ballots: 1 L L L L L L W L CSS: 14.5 Pts. -128Culture Club (St. Bonaventure) (548)

-19 -46 -7 -34 -15 -1 +2 -8 SOO: 2 Rank: 22

P v 307 D v 535 D v 697 P v 386 Ballots: 6 L W W W W W W L CSS: 19.5 Pts. +85Cheap Trick (Pittsburgh) (610) -1 +9 +27 +21 +14 +12 +10 -7 SOO: 4.5 Rank: 3

D v 954 P v 548 D v 448 P v 346 Ballots: 4 L L W W L W W L CSS: 13 Pts. +8

Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Kenyon College) (690)

-20 -25 +7 +34 -3 +1 +17 -3 SOO: 5 Rank: 12

D v 387 P v 449 P v 307 D v 954 Ballots: 5 W L T W W W L T CSS: 18.5 Pts. +3Rush (Chicago) (696) +3 -9 0 +3 +1 +11 -6 0 SOO: 3 Rank: 7

P v 928 D v 882 P v 610 D v 387 Ballots: 3.5 L T W W L L L W CSS: 16.5 Pts. +10Rick Astley (Chicago) (697) -1 0 +15 +25 -14 -12 -7 +4 SOO: 2 Rank: 13

D v 315 P v 534 D v 386 P v 928 Ballots: 6 W W W W L L W W CSS: 19.5 Pts. +52Meatloaf (Rochester) (842) +9 +20 +8 +4 -10 -14 +12 +23 SOO: 4 Rank: 2

D v 449 P v 697 P v 387 D v 955 Ballots: 2 W L L L L L L W CSS: 13 Pts. -84The Cars (Maine) (882) +8 -4 -15 -25 -23 -20 -9 +4 SOO: 6 Rank: 20

D v 697 P v 387 P v 954 D v 842 Ballots: 4.5 W T W W W L L L CSS: 19.5 Pts. -26Men At Work (Yale) (928) +1 0 +3 +4 +2 -1 -12 -23 SOO: 2 Rank: 9

P v 690 D v 306 D v 928 P v 696 Ballots: 6 W W T W L W W T CSS: 19 Pts. +54Blondie (Michigan State) (954)

+20 +25 0 +4 -2 +1 +6 0 SOO: 5 Rank: 4

D v 386 P v 448 D v 976 P v 882 Ballots: 2 L L L L L W W L CSS: 14 Pts. -38Bon Jovi (Michigan State) (955)

-18 -12 -3 -10 -8 +8 +9 -4 SOO: 5 Rank: 19

P v 535 D v 307 P v 955 D v 548 Ballots: 2 L L L L W L L W CSS: 12 Pts. -31Guns 'N Roses (Toledo) (976) -4 -3 -14 -16 +8 -8 -2 +8 SOO: 7 Rank: 21

A special thanks to all of the teams who attended, the coaches who helped with judging, and all of the coaches who aided in the tab room for helping make this inaugural event a success.

Spirit of AMTA Award 448 Ohio Northern University - "Europe"

Honorable Mention: Rush (696, U-Chicago), Bon Jovi (955, Michigan State), and Culture Club (548, St. Bonaventure) *The Spirit of AMTA Award winner receives free admission for next year's Throwdown.

Team Awards

Place Team School Band Name Ballots CSS SOO P/D

1st Place 386 Eastern Michigan Journey 7 17 2 +76

2nd Place 842 Rochester Meatloaf 6 19.5 4 +52 3rd Place 610 Pittsburgh Cheap Trick 6 19.5 4.5 +85 4th Place 954 Michigan State Blondie 6 19 5 +54 5th Place 315 Case Western Reserve U. Wham! 6 15 6.5 +38 6th Place 306 Ohio State Ratt 5.5 13 2 +69 7th Place 696 Chicago Rush 5 18.5 3 +3 8th Place 307 Ohio State Poison 5 16 3 +33 9th Place 928 Yale Men At Work 4.5 19.5 2 -26 10th Place 535 Dickinson The Scorpions 4 17.5 3 -13

Leonidas Award 610 Pittsburgh Cheap Trick Point Diff.: 85

Honorable Mention: Journey (386, Eastern Michigan), Ratt (306, Ohio State) *The Leonidas Award goes to the team with the highest point differential in the tournament.

Attorney Awards

Place Team Name Side Ranks 1 307 Luke Brewer Plaintiff 20

2 (Tie) 697 Amira Makansi Defense 19 2 (Tie) 928 Heather Stoller Plaintiff 19 2 (Tie) 534 James Taefel Plaintiff 19 2 (Tie) 314 Matthew Vogler Plaintiff 19 6 (Tie) 448 Kevin Cieploski Plaintiff 18 6 (Tie) 386 Joshua Conway Plaintiff 18 6 (Tie) 690 Gavin McGimpey Plaintiff 18 6 (Tie) 386 Adam Slingwein Defense 18 6 (Tie) 306 Emily Smart Plaintiff 18 6 (Tie) 314 Mirela Turc Defense 18

Witness Awards

Place Team Name Side Role Ranks 1 610 Michael Weisman Defense Kit Berkshire 20 2 307 Tiara Ross Plaintiff Fran Martin 19

3 (Tie) 954 Adam Birmingham Both Sides Drew Walton/Kit Berkshire 18 3 (Tie) 307 Luke Brewer Defense Mickey McQuiggan 18 3 (Tie) 976 Amanda Neiding Plaintiff Drew Walton 18 3 (Tie) 535 Rico Sanders Defense Reagan Thomas 18 3 (Tie) 955 Ryan Timmis Plaintiff Harley Kim 18 8 (Tie) 315 Dania Korkor Plaintiff Drew Walton 17 8 (Tie) 315 Yelena Roschupkina Defense Reagan Thomas 17

10 Numerious individuals were tied with 16 ranks as witnesses; therefore, no awards given.