Thirteen Years Later, Two Blue Competition Badges Answered Every Question

“What revised schedule?” Claire asked.

She paused to breathe before the next sentence.

“The brackets were set a month ago.”

Arthur handed her the thick paper.

He polished his glasses again with his thumb.

“They moved Oakridge to the elite bracket,” Arthur said.

“Our boys are testing against the private academies.

They raised the scoring threshold by twenty percent for this group.”