![Black & Gold Yearbook Editor-in-Chief Chloe Farson ‘25 works on a winter trends and events page for the yearbook during period four in room 4113 March 25. The deadline for the final version of the yearbook is this Friday, March 29. “Although I’m quite nervous and stressed about [the deadline], I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product more than anything,” Farson said. “I’ve found our book to be extremely unique from ones in past years, and it’s been so beautiful to work on. It’s wonderful to see it truly begin to come together, even though we don’t necessarily have all the time in the world to make it perfect.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_8224-e1711942407745-1200x1046.jpg)
![The girls varsity soccer team walk back to their bench during halftime April 1. The Jags played against the Castle View Sabercats at the Douglas County Stadium and scored 3-0 W. “It felt really good [to beat Castle View]. I feel like that was a big win for us because knowing that we came together to beat a pretty good team has definitely given us some leverage for this season,” attacking midfielder Grace Rossner ‘24 said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_4906-1-1200x1057.jpg)
![At Prairie View High School, the winterguard team poses with their plaque after winning first place at their competition Feb. 24. This was the second time they won first place this year, this time with a score of 74.190 points. “I [love being] a witch, but my favorite [part of the show] is the trios, it’s so cool,” Heather Strickland ‘27 said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PRARIE-VIEW-BY-MARGO-SANFORD-e1709531739910-1200x910.jpg)
Then There Were Two: The Story of How Your Bracket Broke
With March Madness coming to a close April 8, learn how your bracket was destroyed.
media by Jack Keough
The Michigan Wolverines wins their game against the Florida Gators March 23. In the Second Round of March Madness, Michigan progressed after winning 64-49.
April 8, 2019
Tonight, Texas Tech and Virginia (UVA) will play in the final game of March Madness 2019, both competing for their first tournament win. Like every year in the past, no known person has a perfect bracket. This is because of a series of upsets throughout the tournament.
How Your Bracket Broke Down
The first upset for your bracket was when Murray State had beat Marquette. 58% of brackets had Marquette winning. An even more damaging upset, was when UC Irvine had beat Kansas State, where 79% of people had Kansas State winning. However, on a larger scale, the team that people had decided to win the whole tournament, was Duke, who had 39.2% of brackets with them as the champion. This was ruined abruptly in the Elite Eight, when Michigan State had barely beat them, ending their chance at a championship title.
Unexpected Winners
In the ESPN People’s Bracket, it shows that the two teams people had expected to make to the final game was Duke and UNC (North Carolina). Virginia was expected to lose in the final four, but more interestingly, people expected Texas Tech to lose in the Sweet 16 against Michigan. At the moment, the two top brackets are split, one has Texas Tech winning, the other has UVA winning. Henceforth, the overall bracket winner will be decided by the winner of the basketball game tonight.
