This is the second performance by Orange. Prior to the injury, they had already had a SF and then if you add the touch, they are already at 1.0 in deductions at that point. When you add another major fall you add another 1.25 in deductions which brings them to 2.25 potentially. This would have changed the WHOLE competition and would have actually made things (IMO) much more plausible to me. I hope the girl who was hurt will be okay! I will say that based on what I saw in person of the 2 performances combined, I would say that I had Orange in last. Things to consider...Orange's routine is similar to all the routines in the division, I would like to see if anyone can figure out why their raw score was 1.0 higher than every other team in the division. It may be something I am missing or is it that 1.0 technical/overall point that doesn't seem to really have requirements for. Additionally, Orange scored a 92.99 at BUTB...so they changed their routine so much more that they gained 4 points in a month? The rest of the teams in LAG5 seemed to be scoring about what they had a previous competitions. Since they were all using the Varsity score sheet, this is really surprising. I will say that this was not the only division I was surprised with at Majors, and found Day 1 at Jamfest just as surprising. We stayed and watched most of the level 5 teams yesterday and I am thinking the same things will be happening there as well. This is all just my opinion, but there are some definite points to consider. I cannot wait for these teams to meet again at a normal 2 day and see how it plays out.
