Team Dynamics

"Who's on the Hunt teams this year?"

"Well, on one team there's

UPERMRIDNITEBTMAECTRESTMANAOMGREELANTN
8 9 6 7 7 4 12 = 5

and on another, you'll find

ERORALESHELISAHRODTAOISTEMISTYHEDONYUEREB
4 8 6 9 6 7 5 8 6 = 4

and of course we have

AAHAMNAHLOESTJEHRRDECAIAMULEAU
7 4 3 6 6 8 6 4 = 5

and don't forget

HAARSPRSTENPELEYMCTNEBIONCLATNGACIAPET
5 11 7 9 7 7 6 5 = 5

and say, what about

NYTAMANYCHARELEHITMLECLEARYARFECHDGARADSCHARMADR
6 6 10 9 8 9 8 10 = 3

and there's always

AGARNPICEHAMTONMCRDYBILLPPARERNHGSOMNGRENA
5 7 6 8 7 7 6 4 5 4 6 = 1

and I can't leave out

NICEDRELFCARMATONJOHYAKRALPTIEPULIEHRISOPH
6 7 7 4 10 5 5 6 11 = 6

and rounding out the list is

MRENOSEANJOEAUDECYBTHOPERHYLLSBESNALLO
6 8 4 5 6 9 7 6 3 3 = 4

Yup, those are the teams. Pretty neat, huh?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Say that again?"