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Thursday, April 16, a contest of rochambeau, more commonly known as rock paper scissors, will occur during non-academic hours of the school day. At the beginning of the day for high schoolers and during wellness for middle schoolers, one bead necklace will be provided. If you have at least one necklace, you can challenge someone else with at least one necklace. Whoever wins two out of three rock paper scissors games gets all of the losers necklaces. Staff can also participate, but only can be challenged by students with at least five bead necklaces. By the end of the day Thursday, there will be only four people left standing: one from middle school, one from grades 9 and 10, one junior and one senior. During a spectacle in the foyer Friday, the final four will compete for the bragging rights of the rochambeau ultimate winner.
Friday:
Exclusive Interview with the members of the Strolle/Heeringa team:
Strolle:
Echo: Describe your Rochambeau experience in one word.
Ed Strolle: Companionship.
E: Tell me about your mindset going into the tournament.
ES: I wasn’t looking to do a lot, but then Oscar and I teamed up and he got pretty far.
E: How do you plan to deal with your loss in the championship round?
ES: Go home and cry. It’s gonna be a long night.
Heeringa:
Echo: What was going through your head during that last match at lunch?
Oscar Heringa: I was just trying to think through it as if I was my opponent and tried to gain a tactical advantage.
E: Explain a bit about your alliance with Ed Strolle.
OH: I got out early and then me and Ed decided to work together with his beads. Then we just kept winning.
E: Would you consider yourself a Rock Paper Scissors expert after this experience?
OH: No. I just got lucky and did whatever I could to win.
10:00 | Malia Koffi was crowned the overall champion after a finals victory against Manny Dupras.
Thursday:
12:50 | Lunch C matchups were complicated by labs, but as of now Malia Koffi and Manny Dupras have been crowned senior and junior champions, respectively. Will Merrow also clinched the middle school title in a match that took place on the third floor.
12:20 | The matchups in Lunch B were hotly contested, and controversy surrounded the ultimate champion, a two person team of Oscar Heeringa and Ed Strolle, who beat tenth grade champion Zamir Ashraf for the overall 9/10 title. The official sanction from Ms. Barrett for the purported bead mixing that occured within the championship team will see Strolle compete for the overall title tomorrow in place of his teammate, Heeringa, who contested the championship today.
12:10 | The eighth grade matchup took place during block 5B in the gym, and Will Merrow emerged victorious. He will play Goh during their directed study block.
11:00 | Some students have reported dye leakage off the beads, with the blue variety in particular leaving several students with stained necks.
10:54 | During block 4, the seventh graders carried out their matchups in a tournament-style format, split by classes. Isy Goh ended up winning it all in a final against Bayleigh Tatro. Class winners included Andre Thompson for Gill, Goh for Jutras, Tatro for Garo and Noemi Evans for McCarthy’s class.
