knees - 2025 ACF Fall

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Note to moderator: Read the answerline carefully. Damage to three structures in this body part make up (-5[1])O’Donoghue’s unhappy triad. (-5[1])In Osgood–Schlatter disease, (10[2])a painful (10[1])bump (10[1])directly (10[1])below (10[3])this (10[1])body (10[1]-5[1])part (10[4])is caused by (10[2])epiphyseal (10[4]0[1])plate (10[1])tension during growth (10[1])spurts. (10[4])When (10[2])extended (10[2])by the vastus (10[2])medialis, (-5[1])this body part is stabilized by the (10[2])screw-home mechanism and by posterior (-5[2])and anterior (10[1]-5[1])ligaments (10[1]-5[1])arranged (10[1])in an (10[1])“X” shape. (10[4]-5[3])The (10[2])menisci (10[4])of (10[1])this (10[3])joint (10[5]-5[1])improve (10[6])its (10[2])shock (10[1])absorption (10[7])capacity. (10[10])This joint’s (10[1])soft cartilage hardens into (10[1])bone (10[1])at age (10[1])four (10[1]-5[1])and connects (10[1])the femur (10[1])and tibia. (10[3])For 10 points, a common reflex test (10[1])involves (10[1])striking the (10[1])patella of what largest joint (10[1])located between the shin and thigh? ■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: knees [accept kneecaps; accept medial knees or inner knees; accept blown knees; prompt on patellas or patellar tendon until “joint” is read; prompt on meniscus or menisci until “menisci” is read; prompt on anterior cruciate ligaments or ACLs or posterior cruciate ligaments or PCLs or medial collateral ligaments or MCLs until “joint” is read; prompt on legs until “joint” is read; prompt on tibiofemoral joints or patellofemoral joints] (The posterior and anterior cruciate ligaments are named for their cross-shape.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	Indiana B	16	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Penn	19	-5
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cambridge A	22	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Southampton	22	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Amherst A	24	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Toronto H	25	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Imperial A	26	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	CWRU A	27	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Purdue B	27	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee A	27	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Pittsburgh	28	10
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	Waterloo B	29	-5
Erin Williams	JMU A	Duke A	29	10
Ellen Ge	Toronto A	Toronto D	30	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Louisville A	30	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Pink	30	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT A	30	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto F	33	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	MIT B	33	10
Elena Yarrington	Michigan State D	Ohio State D	34	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Iowa B	34	0
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Dartmouth A	34	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	34	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	34	10
Josh Morris	Bristol	Oxford	35	10
James Mogg	Birmingham	Cambridge D	38	10
Cheyenne Hewitt	Tusculum A	JMU B	39	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	NYU C	39	10
Harrison Greenlee	Washington State	British Columbia B	39	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	39	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	VCU A	40	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Chipola College	40	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	41	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	Imperial D	41	10
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	McMaster A	44	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Blue	44	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	45	-5
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	UCLA D	52	10
Stella Brown	Washington Masu	Washington Atlantic	52	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Michigan C	57	-5
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Arizona State A	57	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UCLA F	59	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	59	-5
Gabe Rosen-Turits	NYU B	Lehigh A	60	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	60	-5
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	61	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT B	63	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan State A	65	-5
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan State B	65	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	65	10
Brady Bier	Boston University A	Tufts B	65	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Emory A	65	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	65	-5
Harry Fines	York	Durham B	65	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Boston College A	66	10
Lola Maas	Washington Coho	Boise State	66	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA B	67	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	UNC B	67	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary B	67	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	67	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto B	68	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State B	69	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Tufts C	69	10
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Durham C	69	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	USC A	70	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Louisville C	70	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State C	70	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	NYU A	70	-5
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	70	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	70	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	UCSD A	71	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto G	71	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Vassar A	71	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	71	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	71	10
Roger Peng	LSE	Cambridge E	71	10
Dustin Sanders	Chicago B	William Woods University A	72	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	WashU Grolars	72	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Maryland C	73	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	74	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Rutgers D	74	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Vassar B	74	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Vermont B	74	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	74	10
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	74	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	ESF	74	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Louisville D	75	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan D	75	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Columbia A	75	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Princeton	75	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana A	75	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brandeis Beethoven	75	10
Zeke Collins	Auburn B	Georgia A	75	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh A	75	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Sheffield B	75	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell D	75	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	77	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	81	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont A	82	10
Tim Morrice	Cambridge C	Warwick	84	10
Katie Young	Liberty C	Liberty B	85	-5
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Cornell B	85	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	MIT A	87	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Rutgers A	89	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Texas	91	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chinook	91	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	91	10
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	CWRU B	98	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont C	99	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Rowan	101	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn	Johns Hopkins	106	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Guelph A	113	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Ohio State A	113	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	CWRU D	113	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Liberty C	113	10
Bokei Thompson	Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	113	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech C	113	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech E	113	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	70.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	42.38
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	71.43
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	59.89
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	25%	66.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	6	100%	17%	59.17
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	17%	74.83
Midwest	US	9	89%	11%	62.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	62.08
Pacific	US	9	100%	11%	61.56
Southeast	US	12	100%	25%	71.50
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	65.40