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A parody church dedicated to a participant in this activity worships “D10S” and has a calendar beginning in 1960. An Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about Northern Irish teens is titled for a nickname for this activity attributed to Peter Doherty. Andrés Escobar was murdered due to a mistake (20[1])made (20[4])during (20[1])this activity. (20[6])The Hundred (20[2])Hours (20[1])War began (20[1])with violent clashes (20[1])during (20[2])this (20[2])activity (20[4])and escalated (20[2])into a full-scale invasion of (*) Honduras (10[2])by El Salvador. (10[5])The Biafran War had a ceasefire during a visit of a Brazilian participant in this activity nicknamed “O Rei” who died in December 2022. A controversial moment in this activity considered revenge for the Falklands War has been dubbed the “hand of God.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this sport whose stars include Diego Maradona and Pelé. ■END■

ANSWER: soccer [or football; prompt on the beautiful game; reject “American football”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Colin StewartBarrington ADetroit Catholic Central A4720
Chris YooThomas Jefferson BDallas County4820
Arjun KalaUniversity LabMaggie Walker A4820
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CThomas Jefferson D4820
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sDunbar4820
Puna EkkaNew BrightonParkway West4920
Aaron ZhouWinston Churchill ABelmont5120
Peter SamuelLake HighlandNorris5120
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy AHinsdale Central5120
Vishesh VermaTroyKinkaid5120
Nathan WuPlymouthWoodland5120
Kritanu SahaMercer CountyDetroit Catholic Central C5120
Varun SathyajeethSolonHunter A5320
Michael CamilleriJohn Adams AStevenson B5320
Edward KimJohns Creek BBarrington B5420
Deven HagenThomas Jefferson ACanyon Crest5620
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaDetroit Country Day5920
Hari VeginatiStevenson ACarl Sandburg6020
Joshua FanRichard MontgomeryRockford Auburn A6020
Camden WilliamsMexicoWinston Churchill B6120
Merrick HillWinnebagoMidtown6120
Ren GiustiNormanHunter B6220
Pranav AiyarWilliam FremdJohns Creek A6220
Jesse RabbittJohn Adams BElkhorn North6220
C. SchenkelWashingtonCincinnati Hills Christian6220
Tony HanCarbondaleHeights6420
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BWest Point6420
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee ALincoln-Way East7010
Ave RiegerNorthmont AWalter Payton7010
Aiden DombroskyHoover BMoberly7310
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AChattahoochee B7310
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CChoate Rosemary Hall7310
Donovan JensenBelvidereDetroit Catholic Central B7310
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BMaggie Walker B7310
William ThainSaint JosephNorthmont B11610