Sweet Sixteen First Half: #4 Acadia Edges #1 Great Smoky, Other Top Seeds Sail

The first #1 seed has been eliminated from competition in the National Park Playoff, while the other three will comprise a plurality of the Elite Eight. In the East, #4 Acadia knocked off #1 Great Smoky Mountains, 16-11, to reach the last round before the Final Four. After surviving a huge scare last round, #1 […]

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Day Nine: Yellowstone Survives Denali, Top Seeds Hit Sweet Sixteen

For most of the day, it looked like #1 Yellowstone wasn’t going to make it to the Sweet Sixteen of the National Park Playoff. The top seed in the North (picked by 13/19 predictive brackets to reach the Final Four, 12/19 to reach the Championship Final, and 4/19 to win it all) needed a late […]

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Day One: Top Seeds Cruise, Led by Grand Canyon

The opening day of the National Park Playoff provided no surprises as each region’s #1 seed rolled to an easy victory against their respective #16s. Grand Canyon posted the biggest such win, dominating Great Basin 33-2. In the Pacific region, #1 Yosemite rolled past #16 American Samoa 32-5. Contests on the right side of the […]

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