Back again in Myrtle Beach, still on Week 1 whether you like it or not.
It's already up to 55 teams--last year the number was 65. Take from that what you will.
Notable so far:
1) 8 rookie teams so far, 5 of them from South Carolina. Two are back-from-the-dead types; Dorman HS (5020) had 1715 that lasted a year, and Blythewood HS (5180) had 1959 that last competed in 2011*.
2) For ten years, the Palmetto Regional never had a Canadian team. Now we have 4...and two of them are rookies!
3) Of all of last year's 8 medal-getters, only three are returning: 2187 (Conway SC, champions), 2655 (Colfax NC, EI), and 3824 (Knoxville TN, finalists). Room at the top?
Spoiler for *:
Standard policy is teams that last competed in 2011 come back with their old numbers, but my understanding is that they brought back one kid that was around for their last season as 1959. That team was credited with one win in their only event that year. That's a rookie team to me.
Its already begun folks...the Amanda you know is now one of us! mwahahahaha! - Andy Grady [more] 
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