2026 Las Vegas

Introducing the Kingdom of Zaccaria

The 2025–2026 school year marks the ninth year of Monsieur Bracken’s professional teaching career and the eighth season of the French Class League competition. It also represents the seventh year in which the Goeller Cup will be awarded to the champion class at the conclusion of the playoffs.

The structure of the competition remains rooted in the league format introduced in previous seasons: classes (referred to as "Houses") compete throughout the school year by earning points through classroom participation, academic performance, positive behavior, and the use of French during instruction and activities. These points contribute to class statistics that are tracked across the season and ultimately determine the outcomes of playoff matchups.

For the 2026 season, the competition was integrated more fully into the narrative world of Zaccaria: Kingdom Rising, a classroom role-play storyline in which each class represents a noble House within the Kingdom of Zaccaria. While the narrative unfolds throughout the year, the final stage of the story coincides with the Goeller Cup Playoffs, where Houses compete directly against one another to determine which class will claim the throne of Zaccaria.

Students competed as one of seven character types, connected to the ancient "pillars of Zaccaria" which are explained as the ancient support systems that built the Kingdom. As each citizen of Nobility worked to lead the Realm, their specific roles influenced and shaped the Realm into a massive, powerful Kingdom. The character types are Builders, Clerics, Knights, Merchants, Rangers, Scholars, and Spies. Each character has special abilities and skills that they bring to their House and can impact aspects of the storyline but also can use their powers to influence their grade and coursework.

Houses of Zaccaria Iconography & Logos

House Caesars

House Fitzgerald

House Stardust

House Bellagio

House Strat

House Sahara

Zaccaria: Kingdom Rising

Zaccaria: Kingdom Rising served as the narrative framework for the French Class League competition during the school year for all courses. Throughout the story, students represented noble Houses of the Kingdom of Zaccaria and made decisions that shaped the fate of the Realm. The narrative unfolded across several acts that paralleled the progression of the academic year and ultimately led to the Goeller Cup Playoffs in Act IV: Quest for the Goeller Cup.

As students experienced and engaged in the storyline, they earned points in the "House tracker" which ranked the most active Houses. Categories were related to each of the various character tracks with other categories that any character type could influence. Houses could play attakcs or power-ups against other Houses in order to gain an advantage in the House tracker standings.

Act I – The Awakening of the Realm

The first act introduced the Kingdom of Zaccaria and the early signs of uncertainty within its borders. Strange occurrences began to emerge across the Realm, prompting the noble Houses to determine how they would respond to rumors of instability beneath the land.

During this stage, students established their identities within the kingdom, selecting roles and defining how their House would approach leadership, knowledge, and responsibility. Early decisions influenced the resources and advantages available to each House later in the story. Although the Realm still appeared stable, subtle clues suggested that deeper forces had already begun to stir beneath the surface.

Act II – Rise of Shadows

In the second act, the tensions within Zaccaria became increasingly difficult to ignore. Unusual natural events began appearing across distant regions of the kingdom, drawing the attention of scholars, scouts, and House leaders.

The Houses were dispatched to investigate these disturbances and encountered phenomena that challenged the Realm’s understanding of its own foundations. In response, Houses determined how they would confront the growing mysteries, whether through cooperation, exploration, or the pursuit of new knowledge. The choices made during this act shaped the advantages and resources that would later influence the fate of the kingdom.

Act III – Reckoning of the Realm

By the third act, the consequences of earlier choices had begun to unfold. The disturbances affecting Zaccaria escalated into a crisis that threatened the stability of the entire Realm.

The Houses were forced to confront the possibility that the kingdom they believed to be stable was far more fragile than it had appeared. Leadership, sacrifice, and strategy became central themes as the noble Houses attempted to preserve order while navigating the challenges before them.

Act III served as the turning point of the narrative. As the events unfolded (see: 2026 News subpage), the House Tracker ranking system was destroyed by a powerful, magical element known as the Rift. The events of this act brought the story to its most uncertain moment and set the stage for the final chapter of the year, the competition among the Houses for supremacy during the Goeller Cup Playoffs titled ACT IV: Quest for the Goeller Cup.

House Rankings and Playoff Seeding

Ahead of the Quest for the Goeller Cup Playoffs, the Houses of Zaccaria were ranked according to their engagement and participation during the first three Acts of the Zaccaria: Kingdom Rising storyline in the Zaccarian Council Register. Rather than relying solely on traditional class point totals, the initial rankings reflected the strategic decisions and actions taken by students throughout the narrative.

Each House accumulated ranking points through character development, gameplay decisions, and in-game purchases made during Acts I through III. These actions represented the influence, preparation, and strategic positioning of each House prior to the final contest for the Goeller Cup. This scoring system and ranking was not shown to students until the final week of Act III, as the "House Tracking System" was the student-facing scoring-system through the first parts of the storyline, until it was intentionally destroyed in the storyline a few weeks before the end of Act III.

Points were awarded according to the following system:

Character Creation

Level 1 Character: 5 points
Level 2 Character: 10 points
Level 3 Character: 20 points
Level 4 Character: 40 points
Level 5 Character: 75 points
Level 6 Character: 100 points

Gameplay Actions

Playing a strategic card or making a major narrative decision: 2 points

Kingdom Marketplace

Purchasing an item from the online shop: 1 point

The cumulative total of these points determined the initial House rankings entering the Quest for the Goeller Cup. These rankings established the competitive landscape leading into the playoff stage of the competition.

Once the playoffs began, advancement in the tournament was determined by the standard Goeller Cup format, in which Houses competed across multiple statistical categories over several class days.

House Ranking Scores

Pts: 316

Rnk: 1

Pts: 291

Rnk: 2

Pts: 274

Rnk: 3

Pts: 102

Rnk: 4

Pts: 64

Rnk: 5

Pts: 55

Rnk: 6

Act IV: Quest for the Goeller Cup

The 2026 Goeller Cup Playoffs, officially titled The 2026 Goeller Cup Playoffs: Quest for the Goeller Cup, is the ongoing French Class League playoffs tournament. The playoff format continued in 2026 to be determined by five statistical categories measured over multiple class days, 5 A-B day cycles. These categories include total class points, average points per student, percentage of positive points, percentage of points earned through speaking or using French. New in 2026, the final category was modified to combine the average points of a House's three highest-earning students. This adjustment was introduced to encourage broader student participation and reduce the impact of a single individual dominating the category.

Additionally, for the first time scoring was tabulated through CritterCoin, an online classroom management/PBIS application, instead of the traditional application and original namesake of the competiton, ClassDojo. Students could earn three types of virtual coins through this app to tabulate their scores: Goellers (replacing the standard year-long currency of Zaccars) for positive interactions (worth: 1), Negative Goellers for failing to meet expectations (worth: -1), and French Goellers for using and employing French (worth: 2).

The 2026 Playoff started on 25 March and will conclude on 11 May, with the champions' celebration and coronation happening no earlier than 13 May. At the conclusion of the playoffs, the winning class will be awarded the Goeller Cup and the House will vote on who among them shall be crowned monarch, marking the first time that the Helmerich MVP award is student-elected and not awarded solely on performance alone.

ROUND 1 (Wildcard Round)

The first round of the Quest for the Goeller Cup started on 25 March 2026 and, like previous competition years, lasted 5 cycles of A-B days. House Sahara (Per. 8) and House Strat (Per. 7) were the top-seeded Houses from the Zaccarian storyline, earning first-round byes and automatic berths into the semi-final round of the Quest for the Goeller Cup.

Defending Goeller Cup Champion class, House Bellagio (Per. 6) ranked 3rd, set to face off against 6th-ranked House Caesars (Per. 3) in a rematch of the 2022 Goeller Cup Finals and the 2025 semi-finals. House Stardust (Per. 5) ranked fourth and played fifth-ranked House Fitzgeralds (Per. 4).

(#3) House Bellagio vs. (#6) House Caesars

Thie first matchup of the 2026 Goeller Cup Playoffs: Quest for the Goeller Cup, was the 3rd-ranked House Bellagio versus the 6th-ranked House Caesars. These two classes have met in two previous playoffs, the 2022 Goelle Cup Final, won by Period 3 "Caesars" and the 2025 semi-final round won by Period 6 "Bellagio" en route to their 2025 championship.

House Caesars entered the playoffs on a downward trend. Despite the class being an average-sized level 1 course, their lack of engagement with the storyline prevented them from ranking amongst the top-half of Houses. They were one of two Houses to harvest a rare yet powerful crystal, Kyberite, during the storyline of Act II, but failed to employ any advantageous uses of the crystal to help their House.

House Bellagio had ranked in the top 2 in the final moments of Act III's storyline but were out-played by House Strat in the final day, causing them to fall to third in the rankings.

Through the first day cycle, Bellagio held a 3-2 series lead, having earned 106 points, an average of 3.09 per student and 93.8% positive rating. Their French score was the lowest of the first day at 5.36%, but they were the only House in the first round to score over 100 points on the first day. Their top leaders average score was 5.67. Conversely, Caesars earned only 48 points on the first day, a 1.55 student average. They also scored a 75.8% positive score, one of the lowest scores in history. Caesar's had 21.5% of their points for French speaking and had a top-leaders score of 8.

Might

106-48

Unity

3.09-1.55

Honor

93.8%-75.8%

Voice

21.5%-5.36%

Legend

8-5.67

(#4) House Stardust vs. (#5) House Fitzgeralds

Thie second matchup of the 2026 Goeller Cup Playoffs: Quest for the Goeller Cup, was the 4th-ranked House Stardust versus the 5th-ranked House Fitzgeralds. This is the first-ever playoff meeting between Period 4 and Period 5 class.

House Stardust (Period 5) was the largest class by roster of 2026 and they largely dominated the regular-season's standings, swapping the lead with House Strat (Per. 7) and consistently ranking as the richest house. They dropped to 4th in the standings when the true rankings were revealed, following the destruction of the leaderboard in the storyline during Act III.

Conversely, House Fitzgeralds was the smallest rostered class but all House members except one had previously won the Goeller Cup in a previous season. They ranked 6th place for most of the storyline, as the dual-enrollment class did not engage with the storyline in the same was as French level 1 and 2 classes did.

After the first day of competition, Fitzgeralds held a 4-1 lead, outscoring Stardust in all trials except might (total points). They earmed 86 points, an average of 6.14 points, a 93.5% positive rating, 26.1% French usage, and their top earning students averaged 12 points. For House Stardust, their 89 points held a narrow lead in this trial but they trailed in all others: 2.78 average, 89.9% positive, 18.1% French and an 8-point top 3 average.

Might

89-86

Unity

6.14-2.78

Honor

93.5%-89.9%

Voice

26.1%-18.1%

Legend

12-8

ROUND 2 | SEMI-FINALS

The 2026 Goeller Cup Semi-Finals continued uusing the Quest for the Goeller Cup branding for the four remaining houses. The 2026 semi-finals will begin on 10 April 2026.

(#1) House Sahara vs. TBD

Semi-final #2 will feature the top-seeded team versus the winner of Wildcard Match-Up #2 between the 3rd and 6th ranked classes.

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(#2) House Strat vs. TBD

Semi-final #2 will feature the top-seeded team versus the winner of Wildcard Match-Up #2 between the 3rd and 6th ranked classes.

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Consolation Rounds for 3rd and 5th Places

For the second-consecutive school year, the Goeller Cup Finals will include matchups for eliminated classes through Consolation Rounds to award 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th places, with each finishing position excepct for last earning a Zaccars (the currency of Zaccaria) reward for the final exam at the end of the school year.

Third Place Match-Up

The semi-finalist Houses who did not advance to the Finals compete for 3rd place.

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Fifth Place Match-Up

The Wildcard Houses who did not advance to the Semi-finals compete for 5th place.

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ROUND 3

2026 GOELLER CUP FINALS

The 2026 Goeller Cup Finals are the culmination of the final act of the Zaccarian storyline and the ending saga of the Quest for the Goeller Cup. The winning class will become the 7th class to win Mr. Bracken's end-of-year competition and the first to officially be named House Supreme of Zaccaria. The 2026 Goeller Cup Finals and the Battle for the Cup will begin on 28 April 2026.

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