After two weeks of competition, the remaining six teams in Hopelink’s Can Madness competitive food drive to help stock the agency’s five food banks are evenly split between Redmond and Kirkland.

Redmond teams:

Hancock’s Bakery

Magellan Architects

Precision Electric Group, Inc.

Kirkland teams:

Guild Mortgage Kirkland

Lake WA Physical Therapy

Lil ‘People’s World

The 12 teams competing in Week II of the competition brought in more than 4,300 pounds of food and over $200, bringing the two-week total to about 10,000 pounds of food and more than $700 in cash.

This week, defending champion Hancock’s Bakery will take on Lil ‘People’s World of Kirkland, while Precision Electric Group, Inc. will face Magellan Architects. Guild Mortgage Kirkland will challenge Lake Washington Physical Therapy.

The drive is patterned after the famous national spring college basketball tournament, matching businesses in weekly competitions to see which one can bring in the most food. Each week, the winning business in every bracket will advance to the following week.

To ensure that businesses of all sizes are able to compete on a level playing field, the competition uses a unique scoring system: the total pounds of food donated by a business are divided by the total number of employees, resulting in a competitive “score.”

Teams are bracketed together in pairs and one winner from each 2-member bracket advances to the following week.