The Red Ledger’s Sweetology Bracket

Ginger Hervey, Editor-in-chief

March 22, 2013

In honor of March Madness, The Red Ledger has created a similar competition for its readers. Through daily polls, four different areas of sweets will be ranked and advance according to whichever sweet receives the most votes on the poll. When the competition is down to the final four, taste tests will be available at lunches.

Scoring

For every winner predicted in the first round, participants receive one point. For every winner in the second round, two points are awarded. For every winner in the third round, participants receive three points. For the quarterfinals, each winner is worth worth four points. For the semifinals, each winner is worth five points. If the correct champion is predicted, the participant will receive six points.

There will be one winner based on points. In addition, every participant that correctly predicts the champion will receive a prize in the form of the sweet predicted. For instance, if Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream is correctly predicted as the overall champion, all students who correctly guessed this will receive Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream as their prize.

How to participate

Fill out a bracket (available below, as well as in E103) by Wednesday, March 27 and turn it into Brian Higgins in E103.

Once voting starts, vote on every poll once a day.

The first round (Thursday-Monday, March 28-April 1), there will be sixteen polls a day.

Second round (Tuesday-Wednesday, April 2-3), there will be eight.

Third round (Thursday, April 4), there will be eight.

Fourth round, with the final eight, (Friday and Monday, April 5 and 8) there will be four polls. These polls will be left up for two days.

For the final four (Tuesday, April 9), there will be taste tests available in the lunch room, with ballots available to help determine the winner.

The championship will also be decided by taste tests and ballots, on Wednesday, April 10.

Winners will be announced Thursday, April 11.

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Look for theredledgerlhs on twitter and instagram for updates about the voting. Good luck!

About the Contributor

Ginger Hervey, Editor-in-chief

Ginger Hervey cried on her eleventh birthday when she didn't get a Hogwarts letter. If there was an Olympic event for sitting around in sweatpants, eating ice cream, and watching old romance movies, she would make her country proud. She is an expert at procrastination and overloads her schedule past what any rational person would- as a result, she frequently tests how little sleep a teenager can get and still function on a basic level. To her, there is no such thing as "too old to trick-or-treat" on Halloween. To instantly be liked by Ginger, bring her chocolate chip cookies and/or mention the TV show How I Met Your Mother. She is a senior who, in spite of having ambitious plans of going to law school, can be found on weekends experimentally baking with her friends and watching Disney movies until she falls asleep on the couch. Entering her sixth and final year of high school newspaper, Ginger is thrilled to have such a dedicated and fun staff to work with, especially her co-editor, the sensational Liz Schasel. She hopes to leave a legacy of prestigious journalism and witty poll questions behind her.