The results are in for the first eight match-ups! A fond farewell to many a popular name, including Remy, Camden, Crew, Orrin, Tate, Nolan, Emrys, and Phoenix. I’m already start to speculate on this year’s big winner, the one that will claim the crown bestowed upon Nathaniel in 2011. I’m not ready to share my […]
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Were you counting up the total number of polls in the girls’ post? No? Me neither. So I inadvertently left Carys versus Genevieve out of the original March Madness 2012: Girls’ Opening Round post. Once more, with feeling – please vote!
READ MORE >>March Madness 2012: Girls’ Opening Round
The boys’ round was posted earlier today and voting is still open. Now it is time for the Opening Round of March Madness 2012, Girls’ Edition! Last year the enduring and literary Louisa walked off with top honors. If the classics hold on, there are a few contenders on this list. But at least one […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2012: Boys’ Opening Round
It’s that time of year again! I’ve narrowed down the sixteen most popular names at Appellation Mountain last year, and it is time to vote! A few notes on the how – the top sixteen include most page views and most searched-for names. All of the 2011 contestants were excluded. (If only because the contest […]
READ MORE >>March Madness 2011: The Victors!
It’s official. The trophies go to Louisa and Nathaniel! In the final round of play, Louisa bested Elodie, 229 to 140 votes, or 62%. The boys’ round was more interesting. Nathaniel, you’ll recall, was wrongly ousted in the Semi-Finals. He was returned for the Finals, leaving us with a three-way contest. And wouldn’t you know […]
READ MORE >>March Madness: Girls’ Final
Color me surprised! If you’d asked me to predict the final match-up, well, I’d have guessed the opposite. In last week’s action, Elodie squeaked past Isla, 53% to 47%, or 197 votes to 177. After trailing for a few days, Louisa beat Adele, 54% to 46%, or 204 votes to 173. But that’s why we […]
READ MORE >>March Madness: Boys’ Final
There’s been controversy. There’s been heartache. I’m not sure if we’ve had a Cinderella story. But it has been great fun to watch the names advance. In last week’s action, Nathaniel beat Tobias, 54% to 46%, or 198 votes to 170. Finn was the clear winner over Cian, 70% to 30%, or 257 votes to […]
READ MORE >>March Madness: Boys’ Update
As some of you have noticed, the Boys’ Semi-Finals have been riddled with controversy. It’s due to pure human error on my part – somehow, I jotted down the wrong winner in a Quarter-Finals match: Nathaniel won, but I advanced Tobias to the next round. I’ve been puzzling over what to do ever since Patricia […]
READ MORE >>March Madness: Girls’ Semi-Finals
The boys’ Quarter Finals were all close, with no one name winning by a landslide. The girls were a different story. Louisa beat Ophelia handily, 67% to 33%. And Elodie bested Lorelei by a comfortable margin of 20%. Still, you can’t quite call any of those runaway victories. I have my guesses as to which […]
READ MORE >>March Madness: Boys’ Semi-Finals
It’s the Final Four! A few of my favorites have been knocked out. (Au revoir, Huxley!) But some of the matches were just impossible – at least for me. I’m sad to see Dashiell fall, but Archer is great, too. For the boys, there were no upsets in the last round. But then, neither were […]
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