March Madness Sweet Sixteen Winners [and Losers]

Zach Asay, 11,  poses with his successful bracket.

Mara S. Abernethy

Zach Asay, 11, poses with his successful bracket.

Mara Abernethy, Sports Editor

The results of the second prize-awarding round of the Cougar Daily’s March Madness bracket challenge have arrived:

Leading the pack is junior Zack Asay, who despite picking Michigan State University as the winner, successfully picked 12 of the 16 Sweet Sixteen teams.

Trailing Asay by only a single pick are Mr. Thomas and Tegan Chambon, 12.

With 10 correct picks are Mara Abernethy, 10, Clay Rahaman, 11, first-round winner Delaney St. Pierre, 10, and Coronado history teacher Mr. Kane.

The majority of contestants correctly picked 7-9 games; Jaelyn Hershberger, 10, Nick Vernacchio, 9, Logan Baumberger, 11, Ashton Rogers, 10, Coronado running coach Mr. Hugill, Ashlynn Garcia, 10, and Cougar Daily advisor Mr. Stoughton all picked 9 games correctly.

Mr. Thomas’s second bracket, 2016-2017 Student Council president Tegan Gough, 11, yearbook editor Abby Bean, 11, Alaina Africano, 11, Conor Strizitch, 10, and Judah Voss, 10 all picked eight teams correctly.

With 7 correct picks were Chase McElhany, 12, Sariah Stafford, 12, Bethany Heitland, 10, Bryce Payne, 11, Taylor Dutton, 10, and Sam Strait, 10.

Jackie Godec, 11, Jose Benavides, 12, and Austin Mayfield, 9, brought up the rear, Godec successfully picking 6 Sweet Sixteen teams, while Benavides Mayfield had 4 correct picks each.