Western Bracket leader edges out HBHS on final night of voting

It was an exercise in extreme networking. Texting friends, hammering Facebook pages, mapping out voting directions for Grandma. But in the end, after a see-saw battle all day yesterday, Corona Del Mar edged out Huntington Beach High School to take the lead in this year's Walk the Walk video challenge series. The final count: 6498 to 6201. Laguna Beach High came in third with a total of 3100 points.

But students should know this is only the first quarter of a battle that concludes this July in Huntington Beach. There are more challenges, more voting and much more extreme networking to be done. Congratulations to all the Western Bracket Schools, and especially winners CDM, for putting on such a good show. Now live: the Eastern Bracket. Check the videos here and vote for your favorite.

To review the Western Bracket scores and videos, go here.

And be sure to watch Sliders TV today at 4 p.m. — Corona Del Mar and HBHS will be on the set, recounting their dramatic battle for the top slot.