VBD: High School Debate, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum

Live from the Glenbrooks

Jon Cruz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:07:34 +0000

GLENVIEW and NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Jon Cruz will be providing live coverage of the Glenbrooks here on VBD. Preliminary round postings will be available throughout the day.

The fields for both varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate and varsity policy debate are available here on VBD.

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

GLENVIEW STATE BANK J.V. LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

VARSITY POLICY DEBATE

LEONARD A. GAIL J.V. POLICY DEBATE

KEN KARAS NOVICE POLICY DEBATE

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

PRELIMS

VLD Round 1
VLD Round 2
VLD Round 3

JVLD Round 1
JVLD Round 2
JVLD Round 3

VCX Round 1

JVCX Round 1
JVCX Round 2
JVCX Round 3

NCX Round 1
NCX Round 2
NCX Round 3
NCX Round 4

VLD Round 1
VLD Round 2
VLD Round 3

PF Round 1

NFL, Stanley Foundation Sponsor Glenbrooks PF

Jon Cruz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:58 +0000

GLENVIEW and NORTHBROOK, Ill. — The National Forensic Leagueand its November Public Forum signature sponsor, The Stanley Foundation, will be on hand to video record some debates, and students’ views on the topic (the “PFD Confessional Booth”).

This past weekend, the NFL made the Stanley Foundation’s new video, Fragile States: Risk & Responsibility, available for debaters to view.

The NFL worked with The Stanley Foundation to provide free resources on the November topic.

President and CEO of The Stanley Foundation, Vladimir P. Sambaiew, will be a featured final round judge at The Glenbrooks Tournament. Mr. Sambaiew brings 30 years of experience with the US State Department, including as director of the Office of Bilateral Trade when China entered the WTO. He also served as in-country lead on the US-Russia program to control “loose” Russian nuclear materials. Mr. Sambaiew was a foreign affairs fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University where he focused on post-Cold War issues. He taught globalization while a diplomat in residence at the University of Oklahoma and spoke often at universities across seven Midwest states. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University and speaks four foreign languages: Russian, Spanish, French, and Japanese.

The Stanley Foundation will footage recorded at The Glenbrooks to share with its staff and board of directors to get a sense of how the general public views whether failed or stable nations are more of a threat to the United States. It’s exciting that a nonprofit agency whose purpose it is to raise awareness of security issues is interested in the views of young people through academic debate! The NFL also will use some of the footage to promote academic debate, and incorporate it in instructional programs as part of its new Web site, NFLtv. The tournament sent a video release form to coaches on behalf of the NFL and Stanley Foundation, asking debaters to bring completed forms with permissions to be video recorded. Any students or coaches with questions about the video recording process can contact the NFL’s Programs Coordinator, Adam Jacobi.

Three years ago, The Glenbrooks helped SchoolTube.com debut its Speech and Debate portal, and is proud of its tradition of being a key partner with like-minded organizations in providing opportunities to advance a shared mission of debate education.

The National Forensic League has partnered with the Stanley Foundation to provide resources for the November topic, “Resolved: Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations.” The Stanley Foundation’s mission is to promote public understanding, constructive dialogue, and cooperative action on critical international issues. Its work recognizes the essential roles of both the policy community and the broader public in building sustainable peace, and to that end, this topic falls within their “human protection” focus area.

The View From Tab Releases Episode 7

Jon Cruz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:33:17 +0000

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y., LOS ANGELES, Cali., and NEW YORK, N.Y. — Three coaches — Jim Menick of Hendrick Hudson High School, Mike Bietz of Harvard-Westlake School, and Jon Cruz of the Bronx High School of Science — have banded together to create a weekly podcast, The View from Tab.

In the fifth episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz discuss openness of the tab room — including the releasing of the bracket and the posting of results after each round — and engage in the podcast’s two weekly features: tech tips (this week, Google Groups and Google Docs) and predictions for the coming week.

Field Report: The Glenbrooks

Jon Cruz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:43:03 +0000

GLENVIEW and NORTHBROOK, Ill. — The fields for varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, varsity policy debate, and Congressional Debate at the largest high school-sponsored speech and debate tournament in the United States — the Glenbrooks — is available on VBD.

“We are not likely to keep this list up-to-date,” notes Greg Malis. The fields are current as of November 13, 2009.

The judge preferencing system for the Glenbrooks will be open at noon on Tuesday, November 17 and will close at noon on Friday, November 20. All varsity debate judges must have their philosophies posted to the NDCA wiki. “If not,” notes Malis, “their schools lose the ability to rank or strike any judges.”

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [189 Entries]

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VARSITY POLICY DEBATE [190 Entries]

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CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE

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Register for Scarsdale

Jon Cruz — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:22:14 +0000

SCARSDALE, N.Y. — The sixth annual Scarsdale Invitational — which features a finals bid to the TOC in both varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate and Public Forum debate, as well as a large novice division — will be held on February 5 and 6, 2010. Registration for the tournament is now open on Tabroom.com.

The full invitation is available here.

Michelle Wagner Wins Highland Park

Jon Cruz — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:08 +0000

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — This year’s Capital City Invitational at Highland Park Senior High School concluded with a final round that featured Eagan High School’s Michelle Wagner and Hopkins High School’s Matt Watters.

The round was judged by Tyler Traub, Courtney Erickson, Singh, Jessie Stellmach, and a student judge, Jayant Tripathy, who was selected by student and coach vote. On a 5-0 decision, Michelle defeated Matt to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Michelle is coached by Paul Magyar and Alex Stephenson; Matt is coached by Adam Torson.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

SEMIS
Hopkins MW over Hopkins EN (Emily Nuckols)
Eagan MW def. Lakeville North JT (Jayant Tripathy)
3-0 (Switala, Torson, Tarsney)

FINALS
Eagan MW def. Hopkins MW (Matt Watters)
5-0 (Tyler Traub, Courtney Erickson, Singh, Jessie Stellmach, Jayant Tripathy)

CHAMPION
Eagan MW (Michelle Wagner)

NFL Student of the Year Shines

Jon Cruz — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:21:52 +0000

RIPON, Wisc. — The National Forensic League Student of the Year award recognizes a person who applies forensic skills and values beyond competition. He or she will uphold the NFL Code of Honor by pursuing the highest standards of integrity, humility, respect, leadership, and service.

The 2009 National Student of the Year, Danielle Camous, is an alumna of St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Danielle earned awards in debate, Congress, and US Extemp during her four-year career and achieved a degree of Premier Distinction. She is now a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Each month, Danielle writes the Student of the Year Spotlight column in Rostrum, providing insight on growing and thriving in forensics.

Danielle’s predecessor, Kyle Akerman, is an alumnus of Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, Illinois. He also achieved a degree of Premier Distinction during his NFL career and excelled in interpretation events. Kyle is now a student at the University of Texas-Austin, where he competes as a member of the award-winning forensics team.

The National Forensic League calls on coaches to nominate a deserving graduating senior NFL member for the District Student of the Year award, making her/him eligible for the National Student of the Year, who will become a spokesperson for the activity of debate and speech, and the benefits it brings young people. The NFL has several mechanisms for recognizing competitive achievement, but this program annually rewards students whose attitude transcends trophies and accolades; a student who characterizes the very traits of humility, integrity, leadership, respect and service touted by the NFL Code of Honor.

For more information about the student of the Year award, visit the NFL Student of the Year Award web site or e-mail Adam Jacobi.

VBD Weekend Coverage: November 13-15, 2009

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:27:06 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from several tournaments this weekend.

Bump (Hendrick Hudson) — Finals: As per tradition, Altamont’s Shawn Tuteja and Ridge’s Varun Jayaraman are declared co-champions.
Damien — Finals: Harvard-Westlake’s Adam Bennett and Michelle Choi close out.
Dobson — Finals: Brophy Prep’s Konstantine Vrazhilov and Mountain View High School’s Hannah Begley on a 2-1 decision.
IFL Fall Conference — Des Moines Roosevelt’s Taylor Yocum defeated Valley’s Christopher Miller on a 5-0 decision.
Jack C. Hays — Finals: Anderson’s Max McCready defeated Lyndon B. Johnson’s Jon Buterbaugh on a 3-0 decision.
Spring — Finals: Northland Christian’s Josh Roberts and Jared Woods close out.

Varun Jayaraman, Shawn Tuteja Are Bump Champions

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:08:47 +0000

MONTROSE, N.Y. — The forty-fourth annual Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Tournament at Hendrick Hudson High School — one of the longest-running competitions in the activity — concluded after the tournament distributed its traditional “crappy prizes” (and fine awards) to top-placing competitors across three debate events.

Another tradition of the tournament is that the finalists are declared co-champions in lieu of a round. This year’s champions are the Altamont School’s Shawn Tuteja and Ridge High School’s Varun Jayaraman. Congratulations to both debaters!

Shawn is coached by Shaun Thistlewaite, Sohail Syed, and Alex Castro; Varun is coached by David Yastremski and Charlie Furman.

In the novice Lincoln-Douglas debate competition, the Bronx High School of Science’s Tyler Morris faced off against Hunter College High School’s Ilina Kaufman in front of a panel of eleven current and former Hendrick Hudson debaters. On a 9-2 decision — Sophie Ruff and Zack Struver dissented — Ilina defeated Tyler to win the novice title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Ilina is coached by Noel Selegzi; Tyler is coached by Jon Cruz.

Finally, in the Public Forum debate tournament, the team of Rob Hurd and Aseem Mehta from Needham High School debated the team of Mark Andriola and Joseph Eddy from Regis High School to vie for the championship. In the round, Regis defeated Needham on a 4-1 decision to win the tournament. Congratulations to both teams!

Mark and Joseph are coached by Eric Di Michele; Rob and Aseem are coached by P.J. Wexler.

The first judge listed on each panel is the chair.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

(33) Newburgh Free ZS (Zach Schuyler)

DOUBLES
(1) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (32) Newburgh Free DK (Devin Kasinski)
2-1 (Craig Gilbert, Kimberly Chiu, *Scott Phillips)
(31) Needham SB def. (2) Potomac MR (Madhu Ramakutty)
2-1 (Les Phillips, Andy Knauss, *George King)
(3) Berkeley Carroll DS def. (30) Brooklyn Tech (Neil Alacha)
2-1 (Matt Dunay, Eric Insler, Matt Rothstein)
(4) Altamont ST def. (29) Byram Hills DD (Danielle Dinstein)
2-1 (Jon Wedrogowski, Adam Friedlander, *Max Katz)
(5) Ridge KS def. (28) William Allen CC (Charles Chy)
2-1 (Andrew Waks, James Slaughter, Bill Cooper)
(6) Ridge SV def. (27) Niskayuna SS (Salman Syed)
2-1 (Robbie Grabowitz, *Diane Steiker, Sabrina Graham)
(7) University CA def. (26) Bronx Science CC (Carolyn Clendenin)
2-1 (*Noah Chaikin, Jacob Thomas, Peter Cancro)
(8) Millburn MH def. (25) Scarsdale JB (Jonathan Bowyer)
3-0 (Katie Menick, Claire McHugh, Alex Castro)
(9) Bronx Science MR over (24) Bronx Science BE (Bobby Esnard)
(10) Hunter College IP def. (23) Bronx Science AE (Abhi Elisetty)
3-0 (Sohail Syed, Michael Guarini, Jason Sun)
(11) Needham KV def. (22) Byram Hills SC (Sammi Cannold)
2-1 (Douglas Jeffers, *Lawrence Golden, Annie Fuoto)
(12) Bronx Science EL def. (21) Brooklyn Tech SP (Sara Providence)
2-1 (Max Stevens, *Felicia Weisberg, Petey Gil-Montllor)
(20) Stuyvesant AE def. (13) Scarsdale JY (Jared Young)
2-1 (*Abdul Beretay, Ann Roness, Aracelis Biel)
(14) Monticello DC def. (19) Great Neck South SG (Shelli Gimelstein)
2-1 (Chetan Hertzig, *Anthony Berryhill, Liz Stoker)
(15) Ridge VJ def. (18) Needham NL (Nathan Lintz)
3-0 (Jonathan Alston, Ryan Miller, Mira Chernick)
(16) Walt Whitman MT over (17) Walt Whitman AZ (Alex Zimmerman)

OCTAS
(1) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (16) Walt Whitman MT (Marshall Thompson)
3-0 (Jon Wedrogowski, Mira Chernick, Abdul Beretay)
(15) Ridge VJ def. (31) Needham SB (Steve Berul)
3-0 (Sabrina Graham, Peter Cancro, Anthony Berryhill)
(3) Berkeley Carroll DS def. (14) Monticello DC (Dan Cook)
3-0 (Craig Gilbert, Petey Gil-Montllor, Jason Sun)
(4) Altamont ST def. (20) Stuyvesant AE (Andrew Eckholm)
2-1 (Ben Theodore, *Les Phillips, Chetan Hertzig)
(5) Ridge KS def. (12) Bronx Science EL (Emilija Landsbergis)
3-0 (Katie Menick, Annie Fuoto, Aracelis Biel)
(11) Needham KV def. (6) Ridge SV (Susanna Vogel)
2-1 (Matt Rothstein, *Andrew Waks, Matt Dunay)
(10) Hunter College IP def. (7) University CA (Carlos Astacio)
2-1 (Robbie Grabowitz, Max Katz, *Douglas Jeffers)
(9) Bronx Science MR def. (8) Millburn MH (Michael Hassin)
2-1 (*Noah Chaikin, Sohail Syed, Max Stevens)

QUARTERS
(1) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (9) Bronx Science MR (Matt Ross)
3-0 (Katie Menick, Sohail Syed, Chetan Hertzig)
(15) Ridge VJ def. (10) Hunter College IP (Isabel Patkowski)
2-1 (*Jon Wedrogowski, Matt Rothstein, Matt Dunay)
(3) Berkeley Carroll DS def. (11) Needham KV (Kaushik Vasudevan)
3-0 (Robbie Grabowitz, Adam Friedlander, Andrew Waks)
(4) Altamont ST def. (5) Ridge KS (Kevin Shia)
3-0 (Craig Gilbert, Jason Sun, Max Stevens)

SEMIS (”THE FINAL ROUNDS”)
(4) Altamont ST def. (1) Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski)
4-1 (*Katie Menick, Jon Wedrogowski, Robbie Grabowitz, Max Stevens, Matt Dunay)
(15) Ridge VJ def. (3) Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
3-2 (*Craig Gilbert, Matt Rothstein, *Alex Bleiweis, Douglas Jeffers, Andrew Waks)

FINALS
As per tradition, (4) Altamont ST and (15) Ridge VJ are declared co-champions.

CO-CHAMPIONS
(4) Altamont ST (Shawn Tuteja)
(15) Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)

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(25) Niskayuna AN (Alex Niedblac)

NOVICE PARTIAL DOUBLES
(1) Hunter College IK advances without debating
(2) Stuyvesant LC advances without debating
(3) Newburgh Free TR advances without debating
(4) Regis PB advances without debating
(5) Byram Hills JA advances without debating
(6) Regis RM advances without debating
(7) Carpe Diem JM advances without debating
(8) Lexington PZ advances without debating
(9) Regis BK def. (24) Scarsdale SF (Steven Friedman)
(10) Regis JO over (23) Regis MR (Massimo Romanzo)
(22) Bronx Science DK def. (11) Lexington JM (Josh Melnick)
(21) Scarsdale SN def. (12) Stuyvesant MY (Meisze Yau)
(13) Regis IN def. (20) Byram Hills AK (Ava Kingsley)
(14) Bronx Science AH def. (19) Dallastown Area MN (Megan Noll)
(15) Bronx Science TM def. (18) Hunter College RK (Rachel Kaly)
(17) Stuyvesant BC def. (16) Byram Hills SK (Sabrina Kahn)

NOVICE OCTAS
(1) Hunter College IK def. (17) Stuyvesant BC (Bernice Chan)
(15) Bronx Science TM def. (2) Stuyvesant LC (Linda Cai)
(3) Newburgh Free TR def. (14) Bronx Science AH (Anthony Hagouel)
(4) Regis PB over (13) Regis IN (Ignatius Nam)
(5) Byram Hills JA def. (21) Scarsdale SN (Sam Natbony)
(22) Bronx Science DK def. (6) Regis RM (Ryan McEvoy)
(10) Regis JO def. (7) Carpe Diem JM (Joseph Millman)
(8) Lexington PZ def. (9) Regis BK (Barrett King)

NOVICE QUARTERS
(1) Hunter College IK def. (8) Lexington PZ (Paul Zhou)
(15) Bronx Science TM def. (10) Regis JO (Jack O’Malley)
(22) Bronx Science DK def. (3) Newburgh Free TR (Taylor Roome)
(5) Byram Hills JA def. (4) Regis PB (P.J. Benasillo)

NOVICE SEMIS
(1) Hunter College IK def. (5) Byram Hills JA (Josh Altman)
(15) Bronx Science TM over (22) Bronx Science DK (Dorian Kaminski)

NOVICE FINALS
(1) Hunter College IK def. (15) Bronx Science TM (Tyler Morris)

NOVICE CHAMPION
(1) Hunter College IK (Ilina Kaufman)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

PARTIAL OCTAS
(1) Regis AE advances without debating
(2) Walt Whitman LS advances without debating
(3) Regis CC advances without debating
(4) Regis SW advances without debating
(5) Walt Whitman SH def. (12) Lexington CM (Mark Chonofsky & Kelly Miao)
(6) Needham HM def. (11) Bronx Science LW (Thomas Lloyd & Katie Wong)
(7) Regis LM def. (10) Byram Hills JW (Jonah Jeng & Zander Weiss)
(8) Walt Whitman SN def. (9) Regis CR (Brian Cronin & Shane Regan)

QUARTERS
(1) Regis AE def. (8) Walt Whitman SN (Ross Slaughter & Mike Neubauer)
(7) Regis LM def. (2) Walt Whitman LS (Travis Lesch & Zach Schloss)
(6) Needham HM def. (3) Regis CC (Joe Cammorosano & Kyle Conlee)
(4) Regis SW def. (5) Walt Whitman SH (Richard Scordato & Marius Harnischfeger)

SEMIS
(1) Regis AE over (4) Regis SW (Joe Setaro & Tom White)
(6) Needham HM def. (7) Regis LM (Chris Landry & Shane Mangin)

FINALS
(1) Regis AE def. (6) Needham HM (Rob Hurd & Aseem Mehta)

CHAMPIONS
(1) Regis AE (Mark Andriola & Joseph Eddy)

PRELIMS

VLD Round 1
VLD Round 2
VLD Round 3
VLD Round 4
VLD Round 5
VLD Round 6

NLD Round 1
NLD Round 2
NLD Round 3
NLD Round 4
NLD Round 1

Harvard-Westlake Closes Out Damien

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:07:29 +0000

LA VERNE, Calif. — The varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate competition at the Damien Debates concluded on Sunday with a final round close out: Harvard-Westlake School’s Adam Bennett and Michelle Choi are this year’s co-champions. (Michelle coached over teammate Aneri Amin in the semifinal round.)

Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake!

Adam and Michelle (and Aneri) are coached by Mike Bietz, Peter D. van Elswyk, and Tara Norris.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Harvard-Westlake AB over Harvard-Westlake NP (Nick Pritzker)
Harvard-Westlake MC def. La Costa Canyon DK
La Costa Canyon BH def. Claremont MD
Harvard-Westlake AA def. San Dieguito CL

SEMIS
Harvard-Westlake AB def. La Costa Canyon BH (Brad Hodgkins)
Harvard-Westlake MC over Harvard-Westlake AA (Aneri Amin)

FINALS
Harvard-Westlake AB and Harvard-Westlake MC close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
Harvard-Westlake AB (Adam Bennett)
Harvard-Westlake MC (Michelle Choi)

Northland Christian Closes Out Spring

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:06:05 +0000

MONTROSE, N.Y. — The Spring High School Speech and Debate Tournament attracted fifty-nine Lincoln-Douglas debaters from across Texas and concluded with a close out by Northland Christian School’s Josh Roberts and Jared Woods. (Josh coached over teammate Elizabeth Byrne in semifinals.) Congratulations to Northland Christian!

Josh and Jared (and Elizabeth) are coached by Kevin Roberts, Perry Beard, Sam Duby, Daniel Moerner and Josh Overton.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Northland Christian JR def. (8) Kingwood Park BH (Brett Hopkins)
(2) Northland Christian JW def. (7) Atascosita JH (Jonathan Hastings)
(6) Cypress Falls AK def. (3) Klein MW (Michael Wilde)
(5) Northland Christian EB def. Cypress Falls LM (Lina Meghji)

SEMIS
(1) Northland Christian JR over (5) Northland Christian EB (Elizabeth Byrne)
(2) Northland Christian JW def. (6) Cypress Falls AK (Ali Khan)

FINALS
(1) Northland Christian JR and (2) Northland Christian JW close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
(2) Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)

Taylor Yocum Wins IFL Fall Conference

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:05:12 +0000

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — The Iowa Forensic League Fall Conference Tournament — one of two annual events, along with the State Tournament, that the IFL sponsors — concluded Saturday night. After five preliminary debate rounds — debaters needed a record of 3-2 to advance — the tournament broke to the quarterfinals.

In finals, Des Moines Roosevelt High School’s Taylor Yocum defeated Valley High School’s Christopher Miller on a 5-0 decision to win the title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Taylor is coached by Harry W. Strong and Nathan Fredericks; Christopher is coached by Dave McGinnis and Marcus Moretti.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Roosevelt TY def. Iowa City OL (Olivia Louko)
Ankeny MB over Ankeny KK (Kelsey Knake)
Ankeny ET over Ankeny BP (Brendan Power)
Valley CM over Valley MS (Moses Sloven)

SEMIS
Valley CM def. Ankeny MB (Molly Burns)
Roosevelt TY def. Ankeny ET (Ethan Thatcher)

FINALS
Roosevelt TY def. Valley CM (Christopher Miller)

CHAMPION
Roosevelt TY (Taylor Yocum)

Speaker Awards
1. Christopher Miller — Valley High School (IA)
2. Molly Burns — Ankeny High School (IA)
3. Kelsey Knake — Ankeny High School (IA)

Max McCready Wins Jack C. Hays Classic

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:15:20 +0000

BUDA, Tex. — The twenty-second annual Jack C. Hays Classic attracted a field of forty-one debaters from across the Lone Star State. The final round featured Max McCready of Anderson High School and Jon Buterbaugh of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy at Lyndon B. Johnson High School.

On a 3-0 decision, Max defeated Jon to win the title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Max is coached by Joseph Uhler; Jon is coached by Malhaz Jibladze.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Lyndon B. Johnson JB def. Westwood JJ (Jessica Jiang)
Anderson MM def. Stony Point MY (Mirusha Yogarajah)
Westlake DS over Westlake AB (Alex Bennett)
Reagan SD def. Salado TS (Tyler Sullivan)

SEMIS
Lyndon B. Johnson JB def. Reagan SD (Sanjana Dubey)
Anderson MM def. Westlake DS (Danielle Suh)

FINALS
Anderson MM def. Lyndon B. Johnson JB (Jon Buterbaugh)

CHAMPION
Anderson MM (Max Cready)

Konstantine Vrazhilov Wins Dobson

Jon Cruz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:13:33 +0000

MESA, Ariz. — The twenty-fourth annual Dobson Invitational ended on Saturday with a final round between Brophy College Preparatory School’s Konstantine Vrazhilov and Mountain View High School’s Hannah Begley. On a 2-1 decision, Konstantine defeated Hannah to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Konstantine is coached by Beth Clarke; Hannah is coached by Meg Howell-Haymaker.

Charles Wanless contributed to this report.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

OCTAS
(16) Phoenix Central WB def. (1) Brophy Prep CS (Chase Stevens) (John Wolnisty)
(2) Brophy Prep KV def. (15) Shadow Mountain TP (Tanner Prynn) (Aubree Hansen)
(3) Mountain View HB def. (14) Chandler Prep CA (Caeli Austin) (Susan Seep)
(12) Tempe Prep PR def. (4) Buena BS (Brian Sayler) (Kyle Plumley)
(5) Tempe Prep AP def. (13) Horizon LZ (Lingjin Zheng) (Pete Jacobs)
(6) Mesquite GM def. (9) Desert Vista MM (Megan McHugh) (Farid Eythrib)
(10) Desert Vista IC def. (7) Tempe Prep KT (Kavin Tamizhmani) (Michael Wong)
(11) Hamilton SX def. (8) Desert Vista BJ (Benjamin Jisa) (Jon McGinn)

QUARTERS
(16) Phoenix Central WB def. (5) Tempe Prep AP (Alex Porter)
Kyle Plumley
(2) Brophy Prep KV def. (12) Tempe Prep PR (Pooja Ramesh)
(3) Mountain View HB def. (10) Desert Vista IC (Ivan Chong)
(11) Hamilton SX def. (6) Mesquite GM (Gina Mo)

SEMIS
(2) Brophy Prep KV def. (11) Hamilton SX (Shelley Xu)
2-1 (Clare Irvine, Scott Mulhollan, *Sam Yeh)
(3) Mountain View HB def. (16) Phoenix Central WB (William Brotherton)
2-1 (Brian McHugh, *Eric McKay, Farid Eythrib)

FINALS
(2) Brophy Prep KV def. (3) Mountain View HB (Hannah Begley)
2-1 (Clare Irvine, Josh Whitaker, *?)

CHAMPION
(2) Brophy KV (Konstantine Vrazhilov)

POLICY DEBATE

SEMIS
(1) Chandler PY def. (3) Desert Vista LP (Lily Luo & Alissa Partlan)
2-1 (Mark Zhang, *Canyon Brimhall, Peter Mardian)
(2) Desert Vista CL def. (4) Chandler Prep HM
3-0 (Anthony Parks, Alex DeBeus, Anthony Cradit)

FINALS
(2) Desert Vista CL def. (1) Chandler PY (Nisarg Patel & Joseph Yun)
2-1 (Michael Wong, Peter Mardian, *Susan Seep)

CHAMPIONS
(2) Desert Vista CL (Amrit Chowdhury & Timothy Lee)

Bump to Debut New Traveling Fruit Cup

Jon Cruz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:35:25 +0000

MONTROSE, N.Y. — The illustrious Traveling Soup Can — recognizing the top speaker at the Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Tournament — was actually a replacement for a can of Delmonte Fruit Cup that Hunter College High School opened and ate after David Gottlieb claimed top honors in 2001.

Jim Menick has commissioned a new Traveling Fruit Cup, to debut this weekend at the forty-fourth annual tournament.

UPDATE: The pictures have been updated to include the 2009 award recipient — honored on November 14 at Bump.

1985 — Hee-Sun Hong — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1986 — Andrew Wolff — The Collegiate School (NY)
1987 — Peter Colavito — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1988 — Tom McGeveran — Regis High School (NY)
1989 — Mark Sourian — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1990 — James Mallios — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1991 — Colleen Melia — Manchester High School (MA)
1992 — Geoffrey Upton — Hunter College High School (NY)
1993 — Liz Rogers — Shenendehowa High School (NY)
1994 — Jennie Lang — Scarsdale High School (NY)
1995 — David Browne — Regis High School (NY)
1996 — Shankar Duraiswamy — Randolph High School (NJ)
1997 — Jude Volek — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
1998 — Aaron Lang — Scarsdale High School (NY)
1999 — Ariana Chodosh — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
2000 — Dina Mishra — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
2001 — David Gottlieb — Hunter College High School (NY)
2002 — Harrison Siegel — Monticello High School (NY)
2003 — Lily Deng — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
2004 — Matt Shields — Scarsdale High School (NY)
2005 — The Great Blizzard
2006 — Mira Chernick — Lexington High School (MA)
2007 — Alex Williams — Niskayuna High School (NY)
2008 — Matt Dunay — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
2009 — Madhu Ramankutty — The Potomac School (VA)

Field Report: Jack C. Hayes

Jon Cruz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:41:54 +0000

BUDA, Tex. — The field for varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate at the twenty-second annual Jack C. Hayes Classic is available here on VBD.

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [41 Entries]

Savannah Kumar Anderson High School
Chuck Matula Anderson High School
Max McCready Anderson High School
Megan Muller Anderson High School
Dianna Radpour Anderson High School
Franco Weaver Anderson High School
Trey Henninger Bowie High School
Angela Mata Dripping Springs HS
Jonathan Polkinghorn Dripping Springs HS
Alexa Johnson Georgetown High School
Mary Finkenhagen Harker Heights High School
Lucas Margaretich Hendrickson High School
Andrew Nader Hendrickson High School
Aaron Overheim Hendrickson High School
Kelsey Wesolick Hendrickson High School
Samantha Wooster Hendrickson High School
Jon Buterbaugh Liberal Arts and Science Academy – LBJ High School
Akshay Jotwani Liberal Arts and Science Academy – LBJ High School
Emma Fullerton Pflugerville High School
Tillman Huett Pflugerville High School
Olivia Deffner Reagan HS
Sanjana Dubey Reagan HS
Andrew Markham Reagan HS
Jordan Nerison Reagan HS
Tyler Sullivan Salado High School
Irene Morse San Marcos High School
Sam Brothers St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
Tyler Haulotte Stony Point High School
Greg McNeese Stony Point High School
Sabine Wakim Stony Point High School
Mirusha Yogarajah Stony Point High School
Taylor Zavala Stony Point High School
Alexander Bennett Westlake High School
Tanmay Gaglani Westlake High School
Katie Preston Westlake High School
Danielle Suh Westlake High School
Jake Webber Westlake High School
Ben Weiner Westlake High School
Shantanu Banerjee Westwood High School
David Emelianov Westwood High School
Jessica Jiang Westwood High School

The View From Tab Releases Episode 6

Jon Cruz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:25:56 +0000

In the sixth episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz discuss theory arguments in Lincoln-Douglas debate and engage in the podcast’s two weekly features: tech tips (this week, Magic Mouse) and predictions for the coming week.

Click here to subscribe to The View from Tab on iTunes.

Dodgeball at the Glenbrooks!

Jon Cruz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:04 +0000

GLENVIEW, Ill. — Ari Parker cordially invites you to attend the Glenbrooks’s first-ever charity dodgeball tournament.

“A team will be comprised of five individuals and coaches are encouraged to play. Hybrid teams are welcome, so if you’re coming alone, use the comment box below or lddebate.org to form a team. Entry fees will be $10-$15. Let the trash talking begin.”

“While LD rounds are at Glenbrook North,” Parker continues, “the dodgeball tournament will be held at Glenbrook South on Saturday night following the conclusion of round 4. I understand that this will make it difficult for some teams without rental cars to attend, but I hope we can accommodate you. If you will have open car seats and are attending the dodgeball tournament, please let me know.”

Hockaday Closes Out UNT in Quarters

Jon Cruz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:22:52 +0000

DENTON, Tex. — Final round close-outs are exciting. Semifinal round close-outs are intense. Quarterfinal round close-outs? Practically unheard of. Yet, this weekend, the Hockaday School was able to claim such an achievement, as its debaters placed as the top twelve seeds at the John S. Gossett Memorial Tournament at the University of North Texas. Winning all four octafinals rounds, Hockaday was able to close out the tournament in quarters. Congratulations to co-champions Leila Safavi, Lara Gatehouse, Kaavya Balan, Anna Ramundo, Annie Zhu, Trishla Jain, Sarah Ridout, and Mollie Cowger!

(In the octafinal round, Annie, Trishla, Sarah, and Mollie advanced over teammates Michelle Tsai, Hanna Fanous, Rupsha Basu, and Sarah Alexander, respectively.)

Leila, Lara, Kaavya, Anna, Annie, Trishla, Sarah, and Mollie (and Michelle, Trishla, Sarah, and Rupsha) are coached by Stacy Thomas, Eric Melin, and Jenn Miller.

Hockaday’s victorious weekend extended not only to Lincoln-Douglas debate but to Public Forum debate, as the team of Jasmine DiLucci and Patricia Porter defeated Plano East Senior High School’s Maya Sachdeva & Nikki Sachdeva on a 2-1 decision to claim the tournament title. Congratulations to both teams!

Jasmine and Patricia are coached by Stacy Thomas, Eric Melin, and Jenn Miller; Maya and Nikki are coached by Stephen Horn and Ashley Edwards.

Hockaday also claimed top team honors by winning the first place sweepstakes award.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

(17) Parish Episcopal BA (Blake Andrews)

OCTAS
(1) Hockaday LS def. (16) Southlake Carroll MK (Michael Kohm)
(2) Hockaday LG def. (15) Law Magnet KA (Kelsey Annu-Essuman)
(3) Hockaday KB def. (14) Plano East RA (Rohun Ati)
(4) Hockaday AR def. (13) Burleson MM (Meg Medina)
(5) Hockaday AZ over (12) Hockaday MT (Michelle Tsai)
(6) Hockaday TJ over (11) Hockaday HF (Hanna Fanous)
(7) Hockaday SR over (10) Hockaday RB (Rupsha Basu)
(8) Hockaday MC over (9) Hockaday SA (Sarah Alexander)

QUARTERS
(1) Hockaday LS, (2) Hockaday LG, (3) Hockaday KB, (4) Hockaday AR, (5) Hockaday AZ, (6) Hockaday TJ, (7) Hockaday SR, and (8) Hockaday MC close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Hockaday LS (Leila Safavi)
(2) Hockaday LG (Lara Gatehouse)
(3) Hockaday KB (Kaavya Balan)
(4) Hockaday AR (Anna Ramundo)
(5) Hockaday AZ (Annie Zhu)
(6) Hockaday TJ (Trishla Jain)
(7) Hockaday SR (Sarah Ridout)
(8) Hockaday MC (Mollie Cowger)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Plano East HV def. (8) Coppell KA (Jessie King & Satvika Ananth)
(2) Plano East SS def. (7) Hockaday VL (Chinmayee Venkatraman & Karen Lee)
(6) Berkner AO def. (3) Plano East PS (Sagar Patel & Sameeta Satyanarayana)
(5) Hockaday DP def. (4) Berkner AM (Mike Adray & Quinton Milner)

SEMIS
(5) Hockaday DP def. (1) Plano East HV (Robert Horn & Sheela Varadhan)
(2) Plano East SS def. (6) Berkner AO (Sheba Aslam & Cynthia Onyeka)

FINALS
(5) Hockaday DP def. (2) Plano East SS (Maya Sachdeva & Nikki Sachdeva)

CHAMPIONS
(5) Hockaday DP (Jasmine DiLucci & Patricia Porter)

TEAM SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

1. The Hockaday School (TX) — Stacy Thomas and Eric Melin, Directors of Forensics
2. Creekview High School (TX) — Robert Shepard and Alicia Dunson, Directors of Forensics
3. South Grand Prairie High School (TX) — Forrest Denbow, Director of Forensics
4. Plano East High School (TX) — Stephen Horn and Ashley Edwards, Directors of Forensics
5. Grapevine High School (TX) — Jane Boyd, Director of Forensics

Sean Janda Wins the Langan

Jon Cruz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:05:07 +0000

SCRANTON, Penn. — The thirty-first annual James M. Langan Invitational was significantly expanded this year by tournament directors Brian Manuel, Taylor Roth, and Eleanor Langan. The tournament staff looks forward to further expansion next season.

In the final round of varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, La Salle College High School’s Sean Janda defeated Elk Lake High School’s Austin Cohen on a 2-1 decision to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Sean is coached by Raymond T. Shay and Steve McElroy; Austin is coached by Keith A. Brosious.

(As we await a picture from Pennsbury, we’ll show Sean with his Pennsylvania state championship plaque.)

The novice division concluded with a close-out from the Delbarton School’s Zachary Posess and James Weldon, who were declared co-champions. (James advanced over teammate Gregory Keiser in the semifinal round.) Congratulations!

James and Zachary are coached by Bro. Kevin Tidd.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Ridge AL def. Elk Lake SS (Shea Skinner)
Newburgh Freek DK over Newburgh Free PW (Phoebe Wolfe)
La Salle College SJ def. Abington Heights AN (Ashley Novak)
Elk Lake AC def. Southern Lehigh JJ (Jacob Jones)

SEMIS
Elk Lake AC def. Ridge AL (Alex Liao)
La Salle College SJ def. Newburgh Free DK (Devin Kasinski)

FINALS
La Salle College SJ def. Elk Lake AC (Austin Cohen)

CHAMPION
La Salle College SJ (Sean Janda)

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NOVICE QUARTERS
Truman JN def. Delbarton VS (Vivek Shimpi)
Delbarton JW over Delbarton RS (Ritchie Shen)
Delbarton GK def. Lexington NS (Noah Star)
Delbarton ZP def. Elk Lake RG (Richard Guiton)

NOVICE SEMIS
Delbarton ZP def. Truman JN (Jennifer Nguyen)
Delbarton JW over Delbarton GK (Gregory Keiser)

NOVICE FINALS
Delbarton ZP and Delbarton JW close out.

NOVICE CO-CHAMPIONS
Delbarton JW (James Weldon)
Delbarton ZP (Zachary Posess)

Field Report: Bump

Jon Cruz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:41:06 +0000

MONTROSE, N.Y. — The fields in varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, novice Lincoln-Douglas debate, and open Public Forum debate at the forty-fourth annual Malcolm A. Bump Memorial Tournament at Hendrick Hudson High School are available here on VBD.

In an effort to promote expediency, given the necessarily narrow time between registration and the first round, an electronic, virtual opening meeting has been posted online; handouts outlining the same information will also be included in the registration packets.

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [108 Entries]

Altamont Tuteja, Shawn
Berkeley Carroll Perry, Will
Berkeley Carroll Scher, Dylan
Berkeley Carroll Timko, Andrew
Bronx Science Clendenin, Carolyn
Bronx Science Elisetty, Abhi
Bronx Science Esnard, Bobby
Bronx Science Kirby, Ellington
Bronx Science Landsbergis, Emilija
Bronx Science Peterson, Karleta
Bronx Science Ross, Matt
Bronx Science Schorsch, Emanuel
Bronx Science Weinreich, Max
Brooklyn Technical Alacha, Neil
Brooklyn Technical Artunian, Alina
Brooklyn Technical Pines, Henry
Brooklyn Technical Providence, Sara
Brooklyn Technical Roychowdhury, Joshua
Brooklyn Technical Sawwan, Gennine
Brooklyn Technical Shima, Nisat
Byram Hills Berger, Sarah
Byram Hills Cannold, Sammi
Byram Hills Chorne, Danielle
Byram Hills Dinstein, Danielle
Byram Hills Kaplan, Rachel
Byram Hills March, Jeffrey
Dallastown Area Crivaro, Liz
Dallastown Area Roth, Ethan
Dallastown Area Schroeder, Ryan
Great Neck South Gimelstein, Shelli
Hunter College Lasswell, Charlie
Hunter College Lee, Edward
Hunter College Li, Diana
Hunter College Lippin, Eric
Hunter College Mogilanski, Lisa
Hunter College Patkowski, Isabel
John Jay Albala, Sarah
John Jay Bilgore, Andrew
John Jay Mitchell, Michael
John Jay Seidell, Charlie
Lexington Hoffman, Abby
Lexington Lung, Genesis
Lexington Walsh, Nicole
Lexington Wang, Flora
Manchester Essex Gothie, Tyler
Manchester Essex Shaw, Graham
Millburn Fitzpatrick, Haley
Millburn Hassin, Dan
Millburn Hassin, Michael
Millburn Hertz, Eric
Millburn Llaveshi, Arbi
Monticello Cook, Dan
Monticello Druse, Kristen
Monticello Ference, Charlotte
Monticello Parisi, Diana
Monticello Walker, Rachelle
Needham Berul, Steve
Needham Lintz, Nathan
Needham Staum, Zoe
Needham Vasudevan, Kaushik
Newark Science Boone, Jabriel
Newark Science Broughton, Kylah
Newark Science Mashack, Muta
Newark Science Murphy, Devane
Newark Science Nakrani, Kishan
Newark Science Romero, Norberto
Newtown Agashe, Amar
Newtown Argraves, Andrew
Newtown Kearney, Maggie
Newtown Kim, Scott
Newtown Villamil, Justin
NFA Bramble, Victor
NFA Kasinki, Devin
NFA Mejia, Rene
NFA Schuyler, Zach
Niskayuna Adi, Abhinav
Niskayuna Dai, Kevin
Niskayuna Johnson, Bradley
Niskayuna McCann, Brendan
Niskayuna Syed, Salman
Niskayuna Zhao, Daniel
Perkiomen Valley Gorski, Karlyn
Potomac Ramankutty, Madhu
Regis Fiorentino, Domenick
Regis Giambrone, Andrew
Regis Hausen, Bobby
Regis Kelly, Chris
Regis McCooey, Bobby
Regis Neylan, Chris
Ridge Jayaraman, Varun
Ridge Liao, Alex
Ridge Pires, Liz
Ridge Shia, Kevin
Ridge Vogel, Susanna
Ridge Wei, Howard
Sacred Heart Morgan, Dale
Sacred Heart Pink, Matt
Scarsdale Bowyer, Jonathon
Scarsdale Fife, Benjamin
Scarsdale Kratzer, Evan
Scarsdale Lalwani, Sahil
Scarsdale Meyers, Douglas
Scarsdale Weisenfeld, David
Scarsdale Young, Jared
Stuyvesant Ahsin, Taha
Stuyvesant Eckholm, Andrew
Stuyvesant Elyukin, Sofiya
Stuyvesant Varghese, Matt
Stuyvesant Vijay, Aditya
Stuyvesant Weisberg, Grant
University Astacio, Carlos
University Smith, Elijah
Walt Whitman Carroll, Lydia
Walt Whitman Chhabra, Abhinav
Walt Whitman Haven, Stephanie
Walt Whitman Thompson, Marshall
Walt Whitman Umans, Rachel
Walt Whitman Zimmermann, Alex
William Allen Chy, Charles

NOVICE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [67 Entries]

Forthcoming.

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE [67 Entries]

Bronx Science Lloyd & Wong
Bronx Science Ho & Kaplan
Bronx Science Belyavskaya & Lee
Bronx Science Im & Tong
Bronx Science Kane & Foto
Byram Hills Nick & Freedman
Byram Hills Jeng & Bohrer
Dallastown Area Trauffer & Crivaro
Dallastown Area Winograd & Witt
Dallastown Area Kauffmann & Gill
Hunter College Basu & Yu
Lexington Garimella & Theodosiou
Lexington Chonofsky & Miao
Lexington Ruxin & Psyhojos
Lexington Hines & Feifke
Lexington Mattingly & Psyhojos
Manchester Essex Bailey & Cody
Monticello Aguirre & Berhent
Monticello Franca & Goodman
Needham Hurd & Mehta
Newark Science Gillett & Thomas
Newark Science Clark & Sennon-Grant
Newark Science Peres & Chester
Newtown Barra & Mitra
Newtown Kung & Brown
Niskayuna Malik & Sorenson
Regis Setaro & White
Regis Andriola & Eddy
Regis Landry & Mangin
Regis Lobo & Nowak
Regis Cammarosano & Conlee
Regis Setaro & White
Regis Cronin & Regan
Regis Haynes & McNierney
Regis Gowen & Moran
University Gilmore & Harris-Rice
Walt Whitman Slaughter & Neubauer
Walt Whitman Bhalla & Chhabra
Walt Whitman Scordato & Harnischfeger
Walt Whitman Millan-Ronchetti & Reimer
Walt Whitman Lesch & Schloss

VBD Weekend Coverage: November 6-8, 2009

Jon Cruz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:46:09 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from several tournaments this weekend.

Apple Valley — Finals: Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney defeated Northland Christian’s Josh Roberts on a 4-1 decision.
Homewood — Finals: Vestavia Hills’s Shanna Liu defeated Donoho’s Vinay Giri on a 3-0 decision.
S.F. Austin — Finals: Anderson’s Jin Hyung Lee defeated Westlake’s Alex Bennett on a 2-1 decision.
USC — Finals: Esperanza’s Justin Pearce defeated Green Valley’s Reed McGinley-Stempel on a 2-1 decision.
Whitman — Finals: Bainbridge’s Jimmy Mooney and Brendan Silk closed out.

Catherine Tarsney Wins the MinneApple

Jon Cruz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:40:04 +0000

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — The twenty-fourth annual MinneApple at Apple Valley High School concluded Saturday night with a final round that pitted Texas against Minnesota.

Northland Christian School’s Josh Roberts and Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney debated, and Catherine defeated Josh on a 4-1 decision to win the tournament and keep the title in Minnesota. Congratulations to both debaters!

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

DOUBLES
Saint Louis Park CT def. Walt Whitman DI (Daniel Imas)
Meadows JL def. Coon Rapids RS (Robyn Sellman)
Strake Jesuit College NL def. Walt Whitman JK (Jane Kessner)
Scarsdale ET def. Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
Torrey Pines CS def. Walt Whitman EM (Emily Massey)
West Des Moines Valley RB def. Barrington KP (Kanisha Parthasarathy)
Blake EL def. Brentwood CW (Cory Wynn)
Meadows NS def. Ridge SV (Suanna Vogel)
Iowa City West GT def. Ridge KS (Kevin Shia)
Iowa City West KT def. Greenhill TT (Tanya Thanawalla)
West Des Moines MK def. Staley NG (Nick Gorman)
Loyola AS def. Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
Walt Whitman CS def. Alamont ST (Shawn Tuteja)
Alamont SA def. Benilde-St. Margaret’s BK (Bennet Kenzie)
Valley AL def. College Prep AK (Alexandra Kennedy)
Northland Christian JR def. Torrey Pines IG (Ilya Gaidarov)

OCTAS
Saint Louis Park CT def. Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
Loyola AS def. Torrey Pines CS (Colin Scott)
Blake EL def. Iowa City West KT (Kui Tang)
Northland Christian JR def. Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
Meadows JL def. Walt Whitman CS (Caroline Sherrard)
Valley RB over Valley MK (Matt Kawahara)
Iowa City West GT def. Meadows NS (Nate Socolof)
Scarsdale ET def. Valley AL (Anna Lyons)

QUARTERS
Saint Louis Park CT def. Iowa City West GT (Graham Tierney)
Scarsdale ET def. Loyola AS (Andrew Seber)
Meadows JL def. Blake EL (Erik Legried)
Northland Christian JR def. Valley RB (Ross Brown)

SEMIS
Saint Louis Park CT def. Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
Northland Christian JR def. Meadows JL (Jordan Lamothe)

FINALS
Saint Louis Park CT def. Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)

CHAMPION
Saint Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)

Justin Pearce Wins USC

Jon Cruz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:37:35 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The forty-sixth annual David Damus Trojan Championships at the University of Southern California concluded with a final round in which Esperanza High School’s Justin Pearce faced off against Green Valley High School’s Reed McGinley-Stempel. Justin defeated Reed on a 2-1 decision to reclaim the title he first won as a sophomore. Congratulations to both debaters!

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

Bainbridge Closes Out Whitman

Jon Cruz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:34:18 +0000

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — This year’s edition of the Whitman Invitational concluded without a final round, because Bainbridge High School’s Jimmy Mooney and Brendan Silk closed out the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters on this triumph!

Jimmy and Brendan are coached by Jeff Kingshott.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Bainbridge JM def. (8) Mount Vernon MF (Michelle Flores)
2-1 (Begus, *Cossette, Hansen)
(2) Bainbridge BS def. (7) Bellingham NC (Nate Cancilla)
2-1 (*Bergus, Cossette, Hansen)
(3) Mercer Island SA def. (6) Bainbridge LG (Lauren Greenawalt)
2-1 (*Barnack, Johnson, Connor)
(4) Centennial PJ def. (5) Bainbridge KH (Kramer Hudgens)
2-1 (Barnack, Johnson, *Connor)

SEMIS
(1) Bainbridge JM def. (4) Centennial PJ (Paige Joki)
2-1 (Hixon, Barnack, *Johnson)
(2) Bainbridge BS def. (3) Mercer Island SA (Steven Adler)
2-1 (*Soldano, Bergus, Smith)

FINALS
(1) Bainbridge JM and (2) Bainbridge BS close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Bainbridge JM (Jimmy Mooney)
(2) Bainbridge BS (Brendan Silk)

Shanna Liu Wins Homewood

Jon Cruz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:33:09 +0000

HOMEWOOD, Ala. — This year’s edition of the Homewood Patriot Forensic Classic, historically one of the major season highlights in Alabama, concluded this afternoon with a final round that featured the Donoho School’s Vinay Giri and Vestavia Hills High School’s Shanna Liu.

On a 3-0 decision, Shanna defeated Vinay to take the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Shanna is coached by Ben Osborne; Vinay is coached by Ashley Pendley Burrage.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

SEMIS
Donoho VG def. Vestavia Hills RW (Regan Williams)
Vestavia Hills SL over Vestavia Hills JC (Jennifer Chu)

FINALS
Vestavia Hills SL def. Donoho VH (Vinay Giri)

CHAMPION
Vestavia Hills SL (Shanna Liu)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Vinay Giri — The Donoho School (AL)
2. Jennifer Chu — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
3. Shanna Liu — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
4. Regan Williams — Vestavia Hills High School (AL)
5. Temple Price — The Altamont School (AL)

Jin Hyung Lee Wins S.F. Austin

Jon Cruz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:32:30 +0000

AUSTIN, Tex. — Ben Weiss will be providing live coverage of the twenty-sixth annual Capitol City Classic at S.F. Austin High School.

Field Report: MinneApple

Jon Cruz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:26:19 +0000

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — The fields in varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate and Public Forum debate at the twenty-fourth annual MinneApple at Apple Valley High School are available here on VBD.

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [156 Entries]

Sasha Arijanto Altamont School
Shawn Tuteja Altamont School
Lauren Burdt Ankeny HS
Sarah Sutter Ankeny HS
Kanisha Parthasarathy Barrington High School
Natasha Thondavadi Barrington High School
Jamey Huffnagle Battle Ground Academy
Garrett Jackson Battle Ground Academy
Austin Tobak Battle Ground Academy
Nic Brinza Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Bennet Kenzie Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Alex Smith Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Ryan Freund Bettendorf High School
Leighton Huch Bettendorf High School
Mara McConnell Bettendorf High School
Honda Wang Bettendorf High School
Kyle Allen-Niesen Brentwood School
Alec Bowman Brentwood School
Adam Weinstein Brentwood School
Cory Wynn Brentwood School
Abhi Elisetty Bronx Science
Vishal Mahadeo Bronx Science
Emanuel Schorsch Bronx Science
Danielle Chorne Byram Hills High School
Dani Dinstein Byram Hills High School
Danielle Dinstein Byram Hills High School
Jesse Honig Byram Hills High School
Michelle Deloison-Baum College Prep
Alexandra Kennedy College Prep
Chelsea Brown Coon Rapids High School
Lateef Oseni Coon Rapids High School
Robyn Sellman Coon Rapids High School
Taylor Yocom Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Will Cox Eagan High School
Russell Howland Eagan High School
Kevin Hsiung Eagan High School
Michelle Wagner Eagan High School
Brett Beutell Eden Prairie High School
He Li Eden Prairie High School
Tanay Mehta Eden Prairie High School
Ning Yang Eden Prairie High School
Tara Gupta Edina High School
David Kakalios Edina High School
Jimmy Libbey Edina High School
Jenny Rustad Edina High School
Allysea Chelberg-Wacks Great River School
Apryl Giraudon Greenhill School
Zoe Marshall Greenhill School
Tanya Thanawalla Greenhill School
Ananda Guneratne Highland Park Senior Highschool
Spencer Leary Hopkins High School
Johanna Olsen Hopkins High School
Paul Saliterman Hopkins High School
Matt Watters Hopkins High School
Olivia Louko Iowa City High School
Stephanie Fang Isidore Newman School
Chang Yang Jiao Isidore Newman School
Brendan Caldwell James Madison Memorial
Pratyusha Kalluri James Madison Memorial
Micah Boyd Jesuit High School
Nick Falba Jesuit High School
Alex Hotard Jesuit High School
Jacob Pritt Jesuit High School
Randy Ahluwalia Lake Highland Preparatory
Tej Amin Lake Highland Preparatory
Sheena Karkal Lake Highland Preparatory
Martin Sigalow Lake Highland Preparatory
Catherine Eichmann Lakeville North High School
Jayant Tripathy Lakeville North High School
Wes Brand Lakeville South
Dylan Slinger Lakeville South
Saleil Bhat Los Altos High School
Almog Gavra Los Altos High School
Adam Bistagne Loyola High School
Bob Overing Loyola High School
Andrew Seber Loyola High School
Chang Chun Hwang Lynbrook High School
Kunal Rathi Lynbrook High School
Talia Teplinsky Main Street School of Performing Arts
Chris Dopuch Marquette High School
Ashley Kuykendall Marquette High School
Aaron Malin Marquette High School
Alena Perszyk Marquette High School
Libby Jacobson Mountain View High School
Heather Lawton New Trier Township High School
Zach Mandell New Trier Township High School
Elzbeth Weeks New Trier Township High School
Muta Mashack Newark Science
Josh Roberts Northland Christian School
Jared Woods Northland Christian School
Regan LaBounty Okoboji High School
Abbie Shew Okoboji High School
Taylor Francois principia
Cheyane Reisner Randolph HS, Randolph Twp., NJ
Maddy Stein Randolph HS, Randolph Twp., NJ
Allison Douglis Ridge High School
Varun Jayaraman Ridge High School
Kevin Shia Ridge High School
Susanna Vogel Ridge High School
Linda Zhong Ridge High School
Joe Kleckner Robbinsdale Cooper High School
Chyenne Thibodo Robbinsdale Cooper High School
Meera Sury Roseville Area High School
Mary Claire Flanagan Saint Thomas Academy
Brian Plunkett Saint Thomas Academy
Meagan Trayers Saint Thomas Academy
Elizabeth Weir Saint Thomas Academy
Ben Abrahams Scarsdale High School
Jonathon Bowyer Scarsdale High School
Eric Thurm Scarsdale High School
Jared Young Scarsdale High School
Patrick Graham Southlake Carroll
keni sabath St. Agnes Academy
Michael Prideaux St. Louis Park High School
Leah Shapiro St. Louis Park High School
Catherine Tarsney St. Louis Park High School
Nick Gorman Staley High School
Alejandro Esquino Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
John Heizelman Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Nick Lassus Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Hendrick Le Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Drew McCormick Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Clay Spence Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Erik Legried The Blake School
Phelan O’Neill The Blake School
Roshni Bhatnagar The Harker School
Kaitlin Halloran The Harker School
Tanya Rai The Harker School
Ryan Fink The Meadows School
Justin Gutzwa The Meadows School
Jordan Lamothe The Meadows School
Nate Socolof The Meadows School
Hamilton Bloom The Montgomery Academy
Charles Cardinal The Montgomery Academy
Ilya Gaidarov Torrey Pines HS
Kyle Jablon Torrey Pines HS
Naveen Krishnamurthi Torrey Pines HS
Colin Scott Torrey Pines HS
Carlos Astacio University High School
Elijah Smith University High School
Mike Fried University School
Lorenia Lopez University School
Josh Tupler University School
Stephanie Franklin Walt Whitman High School
Daniel Imas Walt Whitman High School
Jane Kessner Walt Whitman High School
Emily Massey Walt Whitman High School
Caroline Sherrard Walt Whitman High School
Ross Brown West Des Moines Valley
Matt Kawahara West Des Moines Valley
Alex Kramer West Des Moines Valley
Anna Lyons West Des Moines Valley
Megan Nubel West Des Moines Valley
Luchang Wang West Des Moines Valley
Kui Tang West High School
Graham Tierney West High School

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE [65 Entries]

Frances Jiminez – Sian Last Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Adam Bamonti – Kristian Evans Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Will Scheid – Patrick Black Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Liam Brew – Maddie Hibbs Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Grace Winchip – Mackenzie Locey Bettendorf High School
Alex Struelens – Tom Romano Bettendorf High School
Alex Brown – Taylor Premo Bettendorf High School
Abbey Silverman – Patilyn Lowery Bettendorf High School
Rachel Markon – Iaan Reynolds Eagan High School
Myles Norman – Emily Dallager Eagan High School
Weronika Janczuk – Haben Ghebregergish Eagan High School
Anne Beck – Mathew Burian Eagan High School
Sneha Somani – Michelle McGuire Eastview HS
Bryan Larson – Anthony Stagner Eastview HS
Allan Newman – Brent Stapleton Eastview HS
Jason Vanderlinden – Sarah Malaske Eastview HS
Danielle Lassonde – Anne Pearson Eastview HS
Chris Klapperich – Jessica Seline Eastview HS
Katie Janicki – Avery Koester Eastview HS
Alex Reed – Allie Moore Eastview HS
Patrick McQuade – Reed Showalter Fenwick High School
Michelle Villegas – Raffaele Triggiano Fenwick High School
Miriam Snyder – Danny Schuleman Henry Sibley High School
Kirsten Haukness – Elizabeth Ciborowski Henry Sibley High School
Jack Schuleman – Paige Kaess Henry Sibley High School
Connor O’Leary – Jacob Welter Henry Sibley High School
Ian Fox – Matt Kamman Henry Sibley High School
Matt Bernick – Ezra Strohm Henry Sibley High School
Hannah Nemer – Molly Nemer Henry Sibley High School
Lingran Kong – Valerie Shen James Madison Memorial
Yi Yi – Michelle Yang James Madison Memorial
Scott Tilton – Austin Speaker Jesuit High School
William Miller – Danny Welch Lake Highland Preparatory
Hal Shimkoski – Shannen Bazzi Lake Highland Preparatory
Karen Zhou – Steven Elliot Lakeville North High School
Ruthie Nelson – Karissa Martin Lakeville South
Hayden Rutan – Ashley Branch Lakeville South
Jack Ryan – Leema John Lakeville South
Laura Merchant – Aya Kellam Maggie L. Walker Governors School
Logan Ferrell – Kelsie Taylor Maggie L. Walker Governors School
Mitch Caudill – Elsa Schultze Maggie L. Walker Governors School
Maggie Chambers – Olivia Baumann Maggie L. Walker Governors School
David Walchak – Joe Eichenbaum New Trier Township High School
Max Kanter – Andrew Miller New Trier Township High School
Max Shaffer – Gil Israel-Rosen New Trier Township High School
Alice Chen – Christopher Plampin New Trier Township High School
James Cossey – Jonathan Crews Northland Christian School
Josiah Bartlett – Connor Ave Okoboji High School
Jackson Ave – Margaret Cihlar Okoboji High School
Alex Berger – Daniel Porter SPA
Sam Rock – Zac Mohring SPA
Chris Wang – Travis Donnelly Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Mike Graham – Mik Kaminski The Blake School
Taylor Briggs – Sarah Carthen Watson The Blake School
Ziad Jawadi – Aakash Jagadeesh The Harker School
Akshay Jagadeesh – Fred Enea The Harker School
Will Massey – William Hughes The Montgomery Academy
Ali Rohde – Xavier Zaim Walt Whitman High School
James Dionne – Jesse Freeman Walt Whitman High School
Gracie Brandsgard – Reid Brown West Des Moines Valley
Molly Fallon – Sam Schulte West Des Moines Valley
Keegan Brown – Jeff Pflanz West Des Moines Valley
Jake Dehaai – Steve McCarville West Des Moines Valley
Katherine Hicks – Sulejman Malic West Des Moines Valley
Phil Dobrinov – Bob Pak West Des Moines Valley

The View From Tab Releases Episode 5

Jon Cruz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:12 +0000

In the fifth episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz discuss the November-December resolution in more detail and engage in the podcast’s two weekly features: tech tips (this week, Fluid) and predictions for the coming week.

Click here to subscribe to The View from Tab on iTunes.

Scenes from the Averill

Jon Cruz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Fifty-five images from the Tim Averill Invitational at Manchester Essex Regional High School have been added to the Victory Briefs Photo Gallery. You can view the images from Manchester, along with images from Hopkins, the Iowa Caucus, and Meadows.

Scenes from Hopkins

Jon Cruz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:43:44 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Sixty-nine images from the Hopkins Royal Cup have been added to the Victory Briefs Photo Gallery. You can view the images from Hopkins, along with images from the Iowa Caucus, Manchester, and Meadows.

IPPF Announces Top 32

Jon Cruz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:07 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The top thirty-two teams in the 2009-2010 Bickel & Brewer/NYU International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) have been announced. 243 schools participated in the qualifying round, representing forty states and thirty-one countries.

“The competition was extremely close and the judging panel was very impressed with the quality and creativity of your submissions,” noted Sarah Marshala of the Bickel & Brewer Foundation.

The IPPF announced that the following schools have advanced to the first elimination round of thirty-two teams:

All Saints Episcopal School–Tyler, TX
Atlantic Community High School–Boca Raton, FL
Chaparral High School–Parker, CO
Cherry Creek High School–Greenwood Village, CO
Clear Brook High School–Friendswood, TX
Clovis East High School–Clovis, CA
Emil Racovita National College–Iasi, Romania
Fargo Shanley High School–Fargo, ND
Hamilton High School–Chandler, AZ
Henry Clay High School–Lexington, KY
Henry W. Grady High School–Atlanta, GA
Highland Park High School–Highland Park, IL
John Hampden Grammar School–High Wycombe, England
Korean Minjok Leadership Academy–Hoengseong, Republic of Korea
La Salle College High School–Wyndmoor, PA
Lakewood High School–Lakewood, CO
Maritzburg College–Pietrermaritzburg, South Africa
Mastermind School–Dhaka, Bangladesh
McNeill High School–Austin, TX
Nanyang Girls’ High School–Singapore
Notre Dame High School–Sherman Oaks, CA
Plano East Senior High School–Plano, TX
Plano Senior High School–Plano, TX
Princess Anne High School–Virginia Beach, VA
Ross Sterling High School–Houston, TX
Samuel Marsden–Wellington, New Zealand
Shady Side Academy–Pittsburgh, PA
Singapore Ministry of Education–Singapore
Suncoast Community High School–Riviera Beach, FL
Valley Regional High School–Deep River, CT
Walter Johnson High School–Bethesda, MD
Whitehaven High School–Memphis, TN

Trial Public Forum Ballot Debuts at Minneapple

Jon Cruz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:42:27 +0000

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — The Minneapple at Apple Valley High School will be using this trial ballot that has been designed by the National Forensic League.

“We want all participants at the MinneApple in Public Forum to see this in advance of the tournament,” notes Pam Cady Wycoff. “A survey will be conducted to see how judges and competitors like the formatting of the ballot. This ballot will be used at several tournaments throughout the season to see if it should be adopted as the final format.”

Dowling Catholic Paradigm Open for Registration

Jon Cruz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:21:30 +0000

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Dowling Catholic Paradigm is now open for registration. The annual event will take place December 11-13, 2009 with bids to the TOC in Lincoln-Douglas debate (at semifinals), policy debate (at semifinals), and Public Forum debate (at octafinals).

“In addition to our TOC level competition in debate we have amazing fields of competition annually with many states represented in the Individual Events and Student Congress!” notes Steve Schappaugh, on behalf of Tim Sheaff.

“Schools from as far away as California are making plans to join us once again and we hope that you will too. Information and registration can be found at Joy of Tournaments. If you have any questions about the event do not hesitate to contact Timothy Sheaff at any time. We are excited to host this event again this year!”

The View From Tab Releases Episode 4

Jon Cruz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:11:37 +0000

In the fourth episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz discuss the definitions of novice, junior varsity, and varsity in terms of tournaments and engage in the podcast’s two weekly features: tech tips (this week, using Twitter for debaters) and predictions for the coming week.

Click here to subscribe to The View from Tab on iTunes.

Register for Ridge

Jon Cruz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:19:43 +0000

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Registration for the Ridge Debates — which will be held on December 11 and 12, 2009 and which will feature competition in open and novice Lincoln-Douglas debate, open and novice policy debate, open Public Forum debate, and open congressional debate — is now open on Tabroom.com.

Ridge will be the first tournament in the Northeast to feature a mutual judge preference system.

VBD Weekend Coverage: October 30-November 1, 2009

Jon Cruz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:14:24 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from several tournaments this weekend.

Iowa Caucus (Cedar Rapids Washington) — Finals: Iowa City West’s Graham Tierney defeated Staley’s Nick Gorman on a 3-0 decision.
Kirk L. Knutsen Classic (Meadows) — Finals: Harvard-Westlake’s Jake Sonnenberg defeated Loyola’s Andrew Blay on a 2-1 decision.
Tim Averill Invitational (Manchester Essex) — Finals: Regis’s Andrew Giambrone defeated Needham’s Laura Furman on a 5-0 decision.

Jake Sonnenberg Wins Meadows

Jon Cruz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:11:11 +0000

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The Battle for the Belt is over.

The sixth annual Kirk L. Knutsen Classic at the Meadows School concluded with a final round that featured Harvard-Westlake School’s Jake Sonnenberg and Loyola High School’s Andrew Blay. Josh Anderson, Adam Nelson, and Todd Newkirk. On a 2-1 decision — Anderson dissented — Jake defeated Andrew to claim the Meadows Belt.

Jake is coached by Mike Bietz, Peter D. van Elswyk, and Tara Norris; Andrew is coached by James Zucker, Ashan Peiris, and John Scoggin.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

BALLOTS
Meadows Ballots Rounds 1-3
Meadows Ballots Rounds 4-6

OCTAS
(16) Brentwood KA def. (1) Torrey Pines AA (Amin Aalipour)
(Van Elswyk, Scoggin, Bhatnagar)
(15) Torrey Pines IG def. (2) Lone Peak CP (Cameron Partovi)
2-1 (Nelson, Bhatnagar, *Peiris)
(3) Lone Peak OG def. (14) Chaminade College Prep NC (Neeraj Chandra)
3-0 (Hamilton, Baca, Merchant)
(4) Brentwood CW def. (13) Montgomery CC (Charles Cardinal)
2-1 (Empey, Coltin, *Hogan)
(5) Harvard Westlake BSK def. (12) Green Valley DC (Daniel Coffey)
3-0 (Anderson, Nelson, Pettit)
(11) Harvard-Westlake JS def. (6) Esperanza JP (Justin Pearce)
2-1 (*Baghai, Newkirk, Scoggin)
(7) Torrey Pines CS def. (10) Loyola AS (Andrew Seber)
3-0 (Baghai, Norris, Newkirk)
(8) Loyola AB def. (9) College Prep AK (Alex Kennedy)
3-0 (Van Elswyk, Pielstick, Merchant)

QUARTERS
(8) Loyola AB def. (16) Brentwood KAN (Kyle Allen-Niesen)
3-0 (Nelson, Van Elswyk, Empey)
(7) Torrey Pines CS over (15) Torrey Pines IG (Ilya Gaidarov)
(11) Harvard Westlake JS def. (3) Lone Peak OG (Oliver Gappmayer)
3-0 (Hamilton, Baghai, Newkirk)
(5) Brentwood CW def (4) Harvard-Westlake BSK (Ben Sprung-Kyser)
2-1 (Hogan, Scoggin, *Bhatnagar)

SEMIS
(8) Loyola AB def. (5) Brentwood CW (Cory Wynn)
3-0 (Nelson, Van Elswyk, Empey)
(11) Harvard-Westlake JS def. (7) Torrey Pines CS (Colin Scott)
2-1 (*Baghai, Anderson, Newkirk)

FINALS
(11) Harvard-Westlake JS def. (8) Loyola AB (Andrew Blay)
2-1 (*Anderson, Nelson, Newkirk)

CHAMPION [The Meadows Belt]
(11) Harvard-Westlake JS (Jake Sonnenberg)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Oliver Gappmayer — Lone Peak High School (UT)
2. Cameron Partovi — Lone Peak High School (UT)
3. Andrew Blay — Loyola High School (CA)
4. Ben Sprung-Keyser — Harvard-Westlake School (CA)
5. Colin Scott — Torrey Pines High School (CA)
6. Justin Pearce — Esperanza High School (CA)
7. Andrew Seber — Loyola High School (CA)
8. Cory Wynn — Brentwood School (CA)
9. Jake Sonnenberg — Harvard-Westlake School (CA)
10. Alexandra Kennedy — College Preparatory School (CA)

Graham Tierney Wins the Iowa Caucus

Jon Cruz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:10:46 +0000

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — This year’s edition of the storied Iowa Caucus at Cedar Rapids Washington High School concluded with a final round that brought together representatives of Iowa and Missouri: Iowa City West High School’s Graham Tierney and Staley High School’s Nick Gorman.

On a 3-0 decision — Steve Schappaugh, Brad Noethe, and Allison Stickley adjudicated — Graham defeated Nick to claim the championship bust of our nation’s first President. Congratulations to both debaters!

Graham is coached by Cyndy Woodhouse and Ernie Rose; Nick is coached by Christopher Miller.

Julian Switala contributed to this report.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

OCTAS
Staley NG def. Valley MK
Ankeny LB def. Sioux Falls Lincoln RN
Bettendorf HW def. Valley AK
Saint Louis Park CT def. Ankeny SS
Eagan MW def. Saint Louis Park MP
University MF def. Edina SW
Iowa City West GT def. Valley AL
Iowa City West KT def. Barrington KP

QUARTERS
Saint Louis Park CT def. Valley AK
Staley NG def. Iowa City West KT
University MF def. Eagan MW
Iowa City West GT def. Ankeny LB

SEMIS
Staley NG def University MF (Mike Fried)
3-0 (Tarsney, Rose, Magyar)
Iowa City West GT def. Saint Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)
3-0 (Schappaugh, Clancy, Stickley)

FINALS
Iowa City West GT def. Staley NG (Nick Gorman)
3-0 (Schappaugh, Noethe, Stickley)

CHAMPION
Iowa City West GT (Graham Tierney)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Matt Kawahara — Valley High School (IA)
2. Catherine Tarsney — Saint Louis Park High School (MN)
3. Josh Tuppler — University School (FL)
4. Graham Tierney — Iowa City West High School (IA)
5. Kui Tang — Iowa City West High School (IA)
6. Kanisha Parthasarathy — Barrington High School (IL)
7. Alex Kramer — Valley High School (IA)
8. Robert Mikhayelyan — Sioux Falls Lincoln High School (SD)
9. Mike Fried — University School (FL)
10. Michelle Wagner — Eagan High School (MN)

Andrew Giambrone Wins Manchester

Jon Cruz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:58:34 +0000

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. — The thirty-first annual Tim Averill Invitational at Manchester Essex Regional High School concluded with a final round that featured Needham High School’s Laura Furman and Regis High School’s Andrew Giambrone. Sohail Syed, Alex Castro, Michael Calavano, Josh Meah, and Seth Teleky adjudicated.

On a 5-0 decision, Andrew defeated Lauren to claim the long-running title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Andrew is coached by Eric Di Michele; Lauren is coached by P.J. Wexler.

Earl St. Sauver contributed to this report.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Needham NL def. Newburgh PW (Phoebe Wolfe)
Needham KV def. Newburgh DK (Devin Kasinksi)
Regis AG over Regis CK (Chris Kelly)
Needham LF over Needham SB (Steve Berul)

SEMIS
Regis AG def. Needham NL (Nathan Lintz)
Needham LF over Needham KV (Kaushik Vasudevan)

FINALS
Regis AG def. Needham LF (Laura Furman)
5-0 (Sohail Syed, Alex Castro, Michael Calavano, Josh Meah, Seth Teleky)

CHAMPION
Regis AG (Andrew Giambrone)

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NOVICE QUARTERS
Regis JC vs. East Lexington MR
Regis JO vs. Newburgh Free Academy TR
Regis KM vs. Needham SC
West Lexington DA vs. East Lexington NS

POLICY DEBATE

SEMIS
(4) Newburgh Free BS def. (1) Beacon GF (Ivy Gluck & Yasmine Flodin-Ali)
(2) Lexington FC over Lexington DT (Elizabeth Del Nido & Aron Thomas)

FINALS
(2) Lexington FC def. (4) Newburgh Free BS (Anuj Bapodra & Baasil Shariff)

CHAMPIONS
(2) Lexington FC (James Fraser & Bennett Clifford)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

QUARTERS
Regis CO over Regis LW
Lexington SS def. Needham HM
Lincoln-Sudbury WC def. Lexington MC
Regis AE def. Harker NB

SEMIS
Regis AE def. Lincoln-Sudbury WC
Regis CO def Lexington SS

FINALS
Regis AE and Regis CO close out.

Field Report: Iowa Caucus

Jon Cruz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:19:00 +0000

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The fields for Lincoln-Douglas debate, varsity policy debate, novice policy debate, and Public Forum debate at the Iowa Caucus at Cedar Rapids Washington High School — current as of Thursday night — are available here on VBD.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [59 Entries]

Lauren Burdt Ankeny HS
Sarah Sutter Ankeny HS
Evan Blum Barrington High School
Kanisha Parthasarathy Barrington High School
Christina Sampaleanu Barrington High School
Natalie Wallace Barrington High School
Bennet Kenzie Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Effie Constantinou Bettendorf High School
Ryan Freund Bettendorf High School
Stephen Manley-Buser Bettendorf High School
Honda Wang Bettendorf High School
Samantha Gerleman Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Taylor Yocom Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Michelle Wagner Eagan High School
Doug Baker Edina High School
Jimmy Libbey Edina High School
Jenny Rustad Edina High School
Silas Wallen-Friedman Edina High School
Spencer Leary Hopkins High School
Johanna Olsen Hopkins High School
Matt Watters Hopkins High School
Olivia Louko Iowa City High School
Brendan Caldwell James Madison Memorial
Pratyusha Kalluri James Madison Memorial
Arjun Seshadri James Madison Memorial
Dustin Peters Okoboji High School
Abbie Shew Okoboji High School
Alex Gill Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Robert Mikhaylelyn Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Robyn Smith Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Aaron Burnett St. Louis Park High School
Alyssea Chelberg-Wacks St. Louis Park High School
Michael Prideaux St. Louis Park High School
Leah Shapiro St. Louis Park High School
Catherine Tarsney St. Louis Park High School
Talia Teplinsky St. Louis Park High School
Nick Gorman Staley High School
Sam Gibson The Blake School
Tim Juang The Blake School
Erik Legried The Blake School
Phelan O’Neill The Blake School
Mike Fried University School
Lorenia Lopez University School
Josh Tupler University School
Matt Kawahara West Des Moines Valley
Alex Kramer West Des Moines Valley
Anna Lyons West Des Moines Valley
Nick Mylan West Des Moines Valley
Megan Nubel West Des Moines Valley
Tricia Shi West Des Moines Valley
Moses Sloven West Des Moines Valley
Kevin You West Des Moines Valley
Alex Zhou West Des Moines Valley
Yale Zhu West Des Moines Valley
Garret Anstreicher West High School
Kui Tang West High School
Graham Tierney West High School
Julie Aust Westside High School
Samantha Juster Westside High School

VARSITY POLICY DEBATE [75 Entries]

Maria Keller – Noel Massarelli Canton Central Catholic
Harrison Hayward – Nick Swingle Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Alex Blank – Sean Duff Dowling Catholic High School
Anna Dore – Shannon McCarthy Dowling Catholic High School
Joseph Nelson – Joe Carroll Dowling Catholic High School
Ben Mahoney – Nick Staver Dowling Catholic High School
Annie Martin – Kyra Stephenson Eagan High School
Hilary Campion – Leah Norman Eagan High School
Tanay Mehta – Brett Beutell Eden Prairie High School
He Li – Clayton Carlson Eden Prairie High School
Nick Khatri – Hannah Nelson Edina High School
Erin Sielaff – Mimi Sergent-Leventhal Edina High School
Isaac Rothberg – Vivian Ha Edina High School
Annie Dehnel – Dustin Meyers-Levy Edina High School
Kevin Liao – Boone Leach Edina High School
Jaret Kanarek – Jake Saltzman Glenbrook South High School
Alyssa Zimmer – Kathy Nalepka Glenbrook South High School
Colin Bianchi – Mitchell Bigelow Glenbrook South High School
Jack McLeod – John Zhao Glenbrook South High School
Brian Henderson – Marc Jacome Glenbrook South High School
Leah Firestone – Sarah Smaga Groves High School
Danny Bernick – Anna Koelsch Henry Sibley High School
Tamar Kaplan – Andrew Hall Highland Park Senior High School
Matthew Barry – Adam Griesebach Homewood-Flossmoor HS
Astead Herndon – Donald Grasse Homewood-Flossmoor HS
Pascal Fernandes – Margeret Strong Homewood-Flossmoor HS
Laura River – Emily Carroll Homewood-Flossmoor HS
David Elfman – Kyle Joseph Homewood-Flossmoor HS
Spencer Croat – Branden Lewiston Indianola High School
Thomas Casady – Ryne DeCamp Indianola High School
Luke Allen – Noah Rocklin Iowa City High School
Carl Sessions – Graham Klemme Iowa City High School
Jeff Haidri – Thomas Panther Iowa City High School
Scheharya Flatte – Andrew Chudznik Iowa City High School
Sydnie Brown – Marquise Banks Kansas City Central High School
Chimene Okere – Carl Jiang Lane Tech (CDC)
Michael Hoffmann – Tyler Thur Marquette University High School
Teddy Kontopoulos – Parth Khatri New Trier Township High School
Alex Holland – Abby Loxton nicolet
Norman Luu – Kevin Steele Northside Prep (CDC)
Mitchell Caminer – Tom Trieu Northside Prep (CDC)
john hazinski – james hanley oak park – river forest
maranna yoder – will hardwicke oak park – river forest
nathan rothenbaum – kofi ohemeng oak park – river forest
Tony Mead – Sara Liebler Perry High School
Steve Quam – Laura Johnson Saint Paul Central
Hannah Johnson – Hannah Nesser Saint Paul Central
Frank Liang – Ana O’Hara Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Tony Welter – Jackson Erpenbach Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Dylan Powell – Evan Jones Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Kirsten Craft – Nishita D’Souza Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
cody crunkilton – cleo johnson SPASH
Alex Smith – Kaleb Hummel Staley High School
Richard Min – John Ryan Fehr Stratford Academy
David Kang – Tom Madsen The Blake School
Michael McGrath – Oliver Zosel The Blake School
Kentucky Morrow – Jacob Derechin The Blake School
Omar Mendoza – Saul Vazquez Thomas Kelly (CDC)
Sam Miller – Tyler Gutzman Vermillion High School
Halle Apy – Ola Topcewska Walter Payton College Prep (CDC)
Ali Sears – Susan Curran Walter Payton College Prep (CDC)
Shruti Satish – Laura Holder Wayzata
Devon Manley – Mariah Donnelly Wayzata
Luke Plutowski – Johanni Thunstrom Wayzata
Krishnan Ramanujan – Dru Svoboda Wayzata
Alex Bahls – Lina Li Wayzata
Miranda Ehrlich – Meghna Sohoni Wayzata
Johnny Boyd – Hari Ganti Wayzata
Allie Windergerst – Natasha Dutta West Des Moines Valley
Kathleen Nubel – Takashi Yanagi West Des Moines Valley
Jackson Dunn – Ahsan Mujeeb West Des Moines Valley
David Huang – Jeffrey Ding West High School
Kap Mueller – Alex Klopp West High School
Daniel Dai – Shi-Ke Xue West High School
Astrid Ludwig – Jinny Guo West High School

NOVICE POLICY DEBATE [31 Entries]

Mason Buonadonna – Jackson Ochs Cedar Rapids Washignton HS
Hansen Frake – Evan Lehrman Cedar Rapids Washignton HS
Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben – Isabel Severson Cedar Rapids Washignton HS
Amira Nash – Carley Rickey Cedar Rapids Washignton HS
Charlie Seefeld – James Tangen Cedar Rapids Washignton HS
Brittany Brown – Jack Carver Cedar Rapids Washignton HS
Elizabeth Eager – Jenna Bauer Dowling Catholic High School
Feilding Montgomery – Jacob Solawetz Dowling Catholic High School
Simon Sheaff – Andrew Suiter Dowling Catholic High School
Micah Purcell – Jade Storms Dowling Catholic High School
Bailey Young – Alli Butler Indianola High School
Steven Hooten – Xengxai Lor Indianola High School
Celena Krause – Brook Croat Indianola High School
Lukas Georgeff – Colby Vlieger Indianola High School
Keiran Green – Tom Chudzik Iowa City High School
Robert Brown – Joshua Chapman Kansas City Central High School
Kevin Fortune – Chris Luckett Marquette University High School
Besim Ademi – Nathan Rein Marquette University High School
Jack Reesman – Kieran Farrell Marquette University High School
Cowen Byers – Taylor Cayce Staley High School
Andrew Jones – Hemanth Sanjeev Stratford Academy
Hannah Stafford – Sebastian Hart The Blake School
Juliet Nelson – Tom Maude-Griffin The Blake School
Adele Watkins – Blaine Crawford The Blake School
Jeff Zheng – Michael Parker University School
Harrison Azizi – Jordan Bresalier University School
Dylan DeClerck – Emma Schulte West Des Moines Valley
William Ash – Brady Moore West Des Moines Valley
Jordan Rossen – Uma Balakrishnan West High School
Nathaniel Lovin – Trevor Clinkenbeard West High School
Anthony Zhang – Nicholas Wagner West High School

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE [13 Entries]

Zoe Russell – Anna Baumgartner Ames High School
Abbey Silverman – Patilyn Lowery Bettendorf High School
Mackenzie Locey – Sara Lamere Bettendorf High School
Michael Flannery – Sam Roeder Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Annie Reisener – Sarah Wood Indianola High School
Laura Gillenwater – Phillip Brownlee Indianola High School
Zitxw Lor – Dan Mazurets Indianola High School
Taylor Brandt – Zach Bales Indianola High School
Lane McMillan – Alex Kirkpatrick Indianola High School
Josiah Bartlett – Connor Ave Okoboji High School
Sarah Carthen Watson – Leon Lee The Blake School
Alexis Boyd – Alexa Billings Westside High School
Marcus Richardson – Emily Milton Westside High School

Field Report: Meadows

Jon Cruz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:19:45 +0000

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The fields for Lincoln-Douglas debate and policy debate at the sixth annual Kirk L. Knutsen Classic at the Meadows School — current as of Thursday night — are available here on VBD.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [55 Entries]

Sonia Vora Annie Wright School
Kyle Allen-Niesen Brentwood School
Emily Chassman Brentwood School
Naila Dharani Brentwood School
Andrew Glantz Brentwood School
Samantha Mannis Brentwood School
Cory Wynn Brentwood School
Andrew Anderson Brophy College Prep
Christian Jaramillo Canyon Springs High School
Dominic Ribaudo Canyon Springs High School
Neeraj Chandra Chaminade College Preparatory
Grace Chang College Prep
Michelle Deloison-Baum College Prep
Alexandra Kennedy College Prep
Aaron Pang College Prep
Sarah Sachs College Prep
Alexandra Willingham College Prep
Brandon Buscaino Esperanza HS
Nate Jara Esperanza HS
Justin Pearce Esperanza HS
Daniel Coffey Green Valley HS
Dylan Kama Green Valley HS
Reed McGinley-Stempel Green Valley HS
Nicholas Tettamanti Green Valley HS
Adam Bennett Harvard Westlake Upper School
Michelle Choi Harvard Westlake Upper School
Brendan Gallagher Harvard Westlake Upper School
Jake Sonnenberg Harvard Westlake Upper School
Ben Sprung-Keyser Harvard Westlake Upper School
Richard Idriss Juan Diego Catholic High School
Dorr Andrew La Costa Canyon High School
Hodgkins Brad La Costa Canyon High School
Oliver Gappmayer Lone Peak High school
Cameron Partovi Lone Peak High school
Andrew Blay Loyola High School
Andrew Seber Loyola High School
Steven Wartinbee Loyola High School
Alex Shen Palo Verde High School
Lauren Smith Palo Verde High School
Cameron Koob San Dieguito High School Academy
Alex Rosengarten San Dieguito High School Academy
Michael Slemon San Dieguito High School Academy
Arihant Jain The Harker School
Muralikrishna Joshi The Harker School
Chaitanya Malladi The Harker School
Charles Cardinal The Montgomery Academy
Mitchell Parrish The Montgomery Academy
Henry Weatherly The Montgomery Academy
Amin Aalipour Torrey Pines HS
Ilya Gaidarov Torrey Pines HS
Colin Scott Torrey Pines HS
Sarah Coughlon Veritas Preparatory Academy
Nick Fiore Veritas Preparatory Academy
Raiyan Khan West High
Joanna Zheng West High

POLICY DEBATE [48 Entries]

Ashley Hellebuick – Brandon Huynh bingham
Madison Rodabough – Hayden Warren bingham
Max Maerowitz – Michael Maerowitz Brophy College Prep
Abhinava Singh – Ryan Michels Brophy College Prep
Radha Inguva – Zachary Pribyl Canyon Springs High School
Daron Bigby – Troi Thomas Canyon Springs High School
Chloe Coughlin-Schulte – Justin Mardjuki College Prep
Joel Lee – Julian Compagni-Portis College Prep
Eric Berggren – Richard Mancuso Damien High School
Alex Velto – Nadeem Farooqi Damien High School
Nick McAfee Fabiani – Mark Ornelas Damien High School
Jacob Diaz – Steven Cassettari Damien High School
Emma Thompson – Zachary Schofield Davis High School
Alex Agne – Flora Zhang Detroit Country Day School
Taylor Graham – Taylor Sanchez East Kentwood High School
Gurgen Grigoryan – Abby Bartlett East Kentwood High School
Alexis Neel – Jadon Montero Green Valley HS
Soona Amhaz – Sam Shields Green Valley HS
Kyle Eriksen – Kevin Molina Green Valley HS
Christine Ko – Alena Kiki Green Valley HS
Nicholas Roberts – Augustus Schwab Juan Diego Catholic High School
Kathryn Roberts – Aniela Butler Juan Diego Catholic High School
Andrew Moyle – Henry Schwab Juan Diego Catholic High School
Lucero Adrianna – Barsky Jonathan La Costa Canyon High School
Max Chaffetz – Cade Cottrell Lone Peak High school
Shannon Blackham – Dillon Olson Lone Peak High school
Gannon Nelson – Ryan Marcus Los Alamos High School
Donald Virts – Tristan Paguio Loyola High School
Jan Wimmer – Morgen Olsen Loyola High School
Morgan Titcher – Jake De Filippis Notre Dame High School
Cristina Cambianica – Russell Whitman Notre Dame High School
Summer Wall – Andrew McLoon Notre Dame High School
Chris Ceron – Marian Grau Notre Dame High School
Wes Shoup – Manalee Zarrabian Notre Dame High School
Joey Dalla Betta – Jay Nasser Notre Dame High School
Chris Older – George Paguio Notre Dame High School
Brandon Azad – Matthew Volk Polytechnic School
Anand Upandahaya – Mathew Chou Polytechnic School
Andrew Arsht – Mario Feola Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School
Jordan Friedman – Aria Thaker Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School
Hope Delap – Annie White Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School
Christopher Sundquist – Caroline Nielsen Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School
Andrew Welcome – Mike Jackson Sage Ridge School
Leslie Nesser – Jake Novack San Dieguito High School Academy
Kianna Eberle – Megan Gaffney San Dieguito High School Academy
Clara Purk – Ellie Cawthon West High
Maddie Langr – Corinne Sugino West High
Julie Ikeda – Joaquin Galvan West High

Happy Birthday, Tim Case!

Bietz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:23:40 +0000

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Everyone at Victory Briefs would like to wish Tim Case a very happy birthday… even though his favorite team kept the Vikings from going undefeated this season. Please join us in sending him our best wishes!

NFL Announces November PF Initiatives

National Forensic League — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:06:22 +0000

RIPON, Wisc. — Political science professor Steve Yetiv of Old Dominion University wrote an op-ed column in yesterday’s (October 27, 2009) Christian Science Monitor that is quite relevant to the dynamics surrounding November’s Public Forum topic, “Resolved: Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations.” The column explores the United States’ relative decline on the world stage and the implications this may have to global security.

The NFL has partnered with the Stanley Foundation to provide resources for the November topic. The Stanley Foundation’s mission is to promote public understanding, constructive dialogue, and cooperative action on critical international issues. Its work recognizes the essential roles of both the policy community and the broader public in building sustainable peace, and to that end, this topic falls within their “human protection” focus area.

PF Debate squads can find myriad resources as catalysts for research.

Pursuant to its mission, the Stanley Foundation is thrilled to hear student discourse and public engagement on this issue, and the NFL is excited to raise awareness of the medium of debate as a tool for engaging the public and showcasing our fine student members. Indeed, this initiative seeks to include the public in Public Forum!

Here is how you can get involved:

Public Engagement

Coaches and tournament directors, find members of the local community to judge Public Forum on your behalf. Reach out to your local chamber of commerce, city council, Rotary, Kiwanis, church groups, etc. (Click here for a list of directories). Ask your guest judge to serve on a finals panel, or whenever they’re available during a tournament. Allow them to help hand out awards and share a few remarks on behalf of the organization they represent. Don’t forget to tell them about all the great benefits of forensics! Download a convenient guide to judging .

Video Documentation

We encourage teams to video record their pro and con cases, and for coaches to arrange with other coaches to record full debates, all of which can be submitted to the NFL in December as part of our debriefing with the Stanley Foundation. Your school and the NFL benefit from promoting the activity of debate, and the Stanley Foundation benefits from observing how students are learning and raising awareness on issues important to the foundation.

Questions about this unique project? Contact Adam Jacobi.

Blake Welcomes You

Jon Cruz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:44:42 +0000

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — “Time for a ‘road trip’ to Minneapolis!!!”

The Blake School is ready to host the forty-seventh version of the John Edie Holiday Debate tournament on December 18, 19, 20, 2009. The invitation and details can be found on the Joy of Tournaments website.

“We are very excited about this year’s tournament,” notes Shane Stafford. “The ‘bears’ will be back on our popular trophies and the judges and coaches can count on continued great food. Blake was honored by the National Debate Coaches Association last year as one of the best tournaments to attend. We hope we see both familar faces and some new faces this year.”

“The TOC bid in policy has moved to an octafinals bid,” he continues. “We continue to have our quarters bid in LD and finals in Public Forum. New this year is Congressional Debate, so consider bringing some congress students. Additionally, we will run our Public
Forum round robin again, but will run that on Sunday, December 20. If you have questions about the tournament, please contact me. The entire Blake community is excited and hard at work preparing to host you and your
students.”

Happy B-day, Adam Torson!

Jon Cruz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:59:04 +0000

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Some Internet difficulties on my end caused this post to be a touch belated, but, nonetheless, here’s my message to one of my favorite fellow Trekkies…

Live long and prosper, birthday boy!

Cast Your Vote for Detroit Urban Debate

Jon Cruz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:58:41 +0000

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Detroit Urban Debate Education needs your help! We’re in an online voting competition on Ideablob for $10,000 that will go a long way towards funding tournaments, scholarships, and expanding debate programs where they’re most needed.

The competition ends on October 31, 2009. “Show your support for the debate community and vote!” urges Kyle Deming. “It only takes seconds, but you can make an enormous difference by participating and informing as many people – friends, relatives, team members, teachers, students — as you can…. If you’re interested in learning more or getting involved, visit our website, and thanks in advance!

Lexington Registration Opens Sunday

Jon Cruz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:56:26 +0000

LEXINGTON, Mass. — Sara Sanchez, director of debate at Lexington High School, has opened registration for the Lexington Winter Invitational. The tournament, Sanchez notes, is a “trifecta qualifier at quarterfinals in policy, Lincoln-Douglas, and Public Forum debate.” It is held over Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weekend.

The invitation for the Lexington Winter Invitational can be found by clicking here. Registration is available on Tabroom.com under “Massachusetts Forensic League.”

Pennsbury Wants You

Jon Cruz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:55:03 +0000

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Jeff Kahn, director of the seventh annual Pennsbury Falcon Invitational, has announced that registration for said tournament — which will be held on February 5 and 6, 2010 — is now open on Tabroom.com.

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Kahn notes:

The PFI is a full-service tournament with top-quality competition in CX, LD, PF, Congress, DEC, DP, DUO, EX, OI, OO, and Impromptu. This year, we are a TOC bid tournament in 6 events: Policy Debate (Finals), Student Congress (Top 6), Extemp (all elims), DUO (pending entries, likely Top 6), DP (pending entries, likely Semifinalists), and OO (pending entries, likely Top 6). Debate and Congress are contested Friday afternoon in to Saturday, while Speech and PF are Saturday only. All events are open divisions, though Policy and LD have a Novice Breakout.

Though we are more than three months away, we already have registrants from three states in LD and are well on pace to exceed the seventy-five LDers from five states that we hosted last year. In the past, we have drawn competitors from all over Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. Last year’s LD champion was Sean Janda from LaSalle College High School. The Policy championship was shared by Edgemont High School and Newburgh Free Academy.

For more information, visit http://pennsburyfalcon.wordpress.com/ or contact Tournament Director Jeff Kahn at pennsburyfalcon@gmail.com. We hope to see you in February!

Pennsbury is located in Fairless Hills, PA, about 30 minutes north of Philadelphia and an hour south of New York. We are close to I-95 and SEPTA/NJTransit accessible.

Emory Invites You to the Barkley Forum

Jon Cruz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:54:52 +0000

ATLANTA, Ga. — Melissa Maxcy Wade has opened the 2010 Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University for registration. The web site is available at Joy of Tournaments.

“From there,” notes an e-mail from the Barkley Forum staff, “you will find the invitation for the 2010 BFHS and additional important information for the tournament. The website is open and ready to take your nominations. We look forward to seeing you all in January.”

Register for Princeton

Jon Cruz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:53:08 +0000

PRINCETON, N.J. — Chris Palmer, director of the 2009 edition of the Princeton Classic, has announced that registration for the tournament is now open at Tabroom.com. The invitation for the tournament is also available there.

“Highlights include a new hotel, the Doubletree, featuring a room rate of $89 a night,” notes Palmer. “Just ask for the Princeton Classic block to secure this rate…. We’ll also be hosting IE at the Princeton Day School on Saturday, enabling us to offer FIVE preliminary rounds of competition in IE events.”

VBD Weekend Coverage: October 23-25, 2009

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:43:05 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from several tournaments this weekend.

Desert Vista — Finals: Mountain View’s Hannah Begley defeated Chandler’s Tony Nguyen on a 3-2 decision.
Fullerton — Finals: Claremont’s Madeline Zhu defeated Centennial’s Courtney Shipp on a 3-0 decision.
Hopkins Royal Cup — Finals: Lakeville North’s Jayant Tripathy defeated Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney on a 2-1 decision.
St. Mark’s — Finals: Indian Springs’s Larry Liu defeated Greenhill’s Tanya Thanawalla on a 3-0 decision.

Jayant Tripathy Wins the Hopkins Royal Cup

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:42:46 +0000

MINNETONKA, Minn. — The final round of varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate at the Hopkins Royal Cup featured Lakeville North High School’s Jayant Tripathy and Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney. On a 2-1 decision, Jayant defeated Catherine to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Jayant is coached by Courtney Erickson, Mike Berger, and Tyler Traub; Catherine is coached by Christian Tarsney, Heather Hamilton, and Jason Zhou.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
(1) Lakeville North JT def. (8) Edina JL (Jimmy Libby)
3-0 (Tarsney, Theis, Koshiol)
(2) Saint Louis Park CT def. (7) Eagan MW (Michelle Wagner)
3-0 (Richard, Noble, Robb)
(3) Apple Valley JS def. (6) Lakeville North CE (Catherine Eichmann)
2-1 (*Storm, Campbell, Switala)
(5) Blake PO def. (4) Apple Valley JG (John Granlund)
3-0 (Thompson, Garner, Gudmundson)

SEMIS
(1) Lakeville JT def. (5) Blake PO (Phelan O’Neil)
2-1 (Campbell, Knoll, *Zhou)
(2) Saint Louis Park CT def. (3) Apple Valley JS (John Slater)
3-0 (Koshiol, Garner, Traub)

FINALS
(1) Lakeville North JT def. (2) SLP CT (Catherine Tarsney)
2-1 (*Pryor-Winton, Storm, Knoll)

CHAMPION
(1) Lakeville North JT (Jayant Tripathy)

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NOVICE QUARTERS
(1) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EB def. (8) Apple Valley MC (Max Courtwright)
2-1 (*Lau, Gillard, Pryor-Winton)
(2) Apple Valley GS over (7) AV MaLa (Mallory Lammers)
(3) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EH def. (6) Apple Valley RS (Rand Silver)
3-0 (Allender, Zhou, Tumini)
(4) Apple Valley MK over (5) Apple Valley ML (Miranda Lawell)

NOVICE SEMIS
(1) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EB def. (4) Apple Valley MK (Miriam Keldberg)
2-1 (*Storm, Richard, Watters)
(3) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EH def. (2) Apple Valley GS (Georgia Schmitt)
2-1 (*Gillard, Pryor-Winton, Saliterman)

NOVICE FINALS
(1) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EB and (2) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EH close out.

NOVICE CO-CHAMPIONS
(1) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EB (Emily Busch)
(2) Benilde-St. Margaret’s EH (Emily Herrmann)

POLICY DEBATE

QUARTERS
Sibley BK def. Edina SS
3-0 (Kauppi, Chin, Espejo)
Eden Prairie BY def. Wayzata RP
3-0 (Coates, Edstrom, Peterson)
Wayzata DM def. Edina AD
2-1 (*Faltesek, Berkowitz, Garshelis)
Bloomington LZ def. Wayzata ES
2-1 (Nikolai, Stinson, Simmons)

SEMIS
(1) Henry Sibley BK def. (5) Eden Prairie BY (Brett Beutell & Ning Yang)
2-1 (*Gokey, Coates, Hasan)
(3) Wayzata DM def. (7) Bloomington-Jefferson LZ (Devin Long & Tom Zimmer)
3-0 (Turner, Kauppi, Edstrom)

FINALS
(1) Henry Sibley BK def. (3) Wayzata DM (Mariah Donnelly & Devon Manley)
3-0 (Hasan, Kauppi, Chin)

CHAMPIONS
(1) Henry Sibley BK (Danny Bernick and Anna Koelsch)

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NOVICE QUARTERS
Blake HS def. Wayzata CU
2-1 (Gokey, Chowdhury, *Germundson)
Eden Prairie CP def. Wayzata SG
2-1 (Panneck, Turner, *Schweitz)
Wayzata GH over Wayzata KW
Wayzata JG def. Blake MP
3-0 (Hoverson, Groenke, Sharron)

NOVICE SEMIS
(1) Blake HS def. (4) Wayzata JG (Summmer Johnson & Kathryn Gerber)
2-1 (Lawler, *Panneck, Chin)
(2) Wayzata GH def. (3) Eden Prairie CP (Kate Carlsen & Akila Pai)
3-0 (Lind, Espejo, Dobrin)

NOVICE FINALS
(1) Blake HS def. (2) Wayzata GH (Nirupa Galagedera & Cosette Haugen)
3-0 (Sun, Simmons, Edstrom)

NOVICE CHAMPIONS
(1) Blake HS (Sebastian Hart & Hannah Stafford)

TEAM SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
1. Apple Valley High School — Pam Cady Wycoff, Director of Forensics
2. Lakeville North High School — Courtney Erickson, Director of Forensics
3. Benilde St. Margaret’s School — Kari Koshiol, Director of Forensics

POLICY DEBATE
1. Wayzata High School — Gail Sarff, Director of Forensics
2. Eden Prairie High School — Nancy Schmitt, Director of Forensics
3. Bloomington-Jefferson — Scott Sieling, Director of Forensics
3. Edina High School — Sheila Peterson, Director of Forensics

St. Mark’s: Larry Liu Wins the Heart of Texas

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:41:06 +0000

DALLAS, Tex. — The final round in Lincoln-Douglas debate of the 2009 St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational featured Greenhill School’s Tanya Thanawalla and Indian Springs High School’s Larry Liu. Chris Castillo, Katie Dessi, and Jason Fernandez adjudicated. On a 3-0 decision, Larry defeated Tanya to win the title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Larry is coached by Wade Houston; Tanya is coached by Aaron Timmons, Neil Conrad, and Jake Nebel.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

DOUBLES
Northland Christian JR def. Awty International PH (Phillips Hogan)
Westlake JM def. Southlake Carroll CC (Cathy Creighton)
Glenbrook North PD def. Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
Greenhill TT def. Crowley DL (Daniel Lumpee)
University JT def. Loyola AB (Andrew Blay)
Indian Springs JL def. Strake Jesuit AE (Alejandro Esquino)
Southlake Carroll PG def. Hockaday JE (Julia Enthoven)
Strake Jesuit NL def. Legacy BW (Bryan Wilder)
Vestavia Hills KS def. Walt Whitman SR (Stefanie Rohde)
Indian Springs LL def. Winston Churchill CD (Claire Daviss)
Meadows NS def. New Orleans Jesuit NF (Nick Falba)
Kingwood NG def. Torrey Pines IG (Ilya Gaidarov)
Reagan JN def. New Orleans Jesuit JP (Jacob Pritt)
Anderson MM def. Brentwood CW (Cory Wynn)
Northland Christian JW def. Winston Churchill AL (Amanda Legried)
Cypress Falls BH def. Potomac EB (Esfandyar Batmanghelidj)

OCTAS
Northland Christian JR def. Cypress Falls BH (Brian Hodge)
Westlake JM def. Anderson MM (Max McCready)
Greenhill TT def. Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
Indian Springs LL def. Meadows NS (Nate Socolof)
Glenbrook North PD def. Indian Springs JL (Jeff Liu)
Vestavia Hills KS def. University JT (Josh Tupler)
Southlake Carroll PG def. Kingwood NG (Neil Grigg)
Strake Jesuit NL def. Reagan JN (Jordan Nerison)

QUARTERS
Strake Jesuit NL def. Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
Southlake Carroll PG def. Westlake JM (James Monaco)
Indian Springs LL def. Glenbrook North PD (Patrick Donovan)
Greenhill TT def. Vestavia Hills KS (Kevin Sipe)

SEMIS
Indian Springs LL def. Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
Greenhill TT def. Southlake Carroll PG (Patrick Graham)

FINALS
Indian Springs LL def. Greenhill TT (Tanya Thanawalla)
3-0 (Chris Castillo, Katie Dessi, and Jason Fernandez)

CHAMPION
Indian Springs LL (Larry Liu)

Hannah Begley Takes Desert Vista

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:36 +0000

PHOENIX, Ariz. — The first-ever Desert Sun Invitational at Desert Vista High School concluded with a final round that featured Chandler High School’s Tony Nguyen and Mesa Mountain View High School’s Hannah Begley. In the round, Hannah defeated Tony on a 3-2 decision to take the title. Congratulations to both!

Charles Wanless contributed to this report.

Hannah is coached by Meg Howell-Haymaker; Tony is coached by Jessica Walker.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Mountain View [AZ] HB def. Veritas Prep SC (Sarah Coughlon)
Chandler RR def. McClintock AP (Abby Perkins)
Chandler TN def. Tempe Prep AP (Alex Porter)
Brophy Prep AA def. Hamilton SX (Shelly Xu)

SEMIS
Mountain View [AZ] HB def. Chandler RR (Rohit Rajan)
Chandler TN def. Brophy Prep AA (Andrew Anderson)

FINALS
Mountain View [AZ] HB def. Chandler TN (Tony Nguyen)

CHAMPION
Mountain View [AZ] HB (Hannah Begley)

POLICY DEBATE

Brophy Prep closes out.

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

QUARTERS
Chaparral AJ def. Brophy VE (Vrazhilov & Ebensberger)
Chaparral AR def. Brophy WL (Wolf & Landry)
Chaparral SS def. xxxxxx CM (Currie & Massey)
Hamilton LH def. Chaparral EN (Eckhardt & Ngyuen)

SEMIS
Chaparral AJ over Chaparral AR (Arn-Rao)
Hamilton LH def. Chaparral S-S (Sarihan-Shapiro)

FINALS
Chaparral AJ def. Hamilton LH (Lee-Huang)

CHAMPIONS
Chaparral AJ (Anasari-Jones)

Madeline Zhu Wins Fullerton

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:18:28 +0000

FULLERTON, Cali. — The Lincoln-Douglas debate portion of this year’s installment of the annual CSU Fullerton Invitational concluded on Saturday evening with a final round between Centennial High School’s Courtney Shipp and Claremont High School’s Madeline Zhu. In the round, Madeline defeated Courtney to take the title. Congratulations to both debaters!

Madeline is coached by David Chamberlain and Fritz Pielstick; Courtney is coached by Craig A. Austin.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

OCTAS
Loyola JS def. Granada Hills KC
3-0 (Austin, Gabrielian, Kelly)
Claremont MZ def. San Dieguito CL
3-0 (Austin, Gabrielian, Kelly)
San Marino YY def. Claremont CG
3-0 (Weiss, Zucker, Francis)
Torrey Pines AL def. Polytechnic LV
2-1 (Weiss, Zucker, *Francis)
Centennial CS def. Brentwood JG
3-0 (Leopold, Cogswell, Jorgensen)
Loyola SW def. San Dieguito DM
3-0 (Leopold, Cogswell, Jorgensen)
San Dieguito AR def. Oxford EK
2-1 (Punt, Martindale, *Smith)
Edison Computech RS def. Polytechnic CN
2-1 (Punt, Martindale, *Smith)

QUARTERS
Edison Computech RS def. Loyola JS
2-1 (Sass, Stanton, *Conklin)
Claremont MZ def. San Dieguito AR
3-0 (Sass, Stanton, Conklin)
Loyola SW def San Marino YY
2-1 (*Armendoz, Bassett, Gabrielian)
Centennial CS def. Torrey Pines AL
2-1 (Armendoz, Bassett, *Gabrielian)

SEMIS
Centennial CS def. Edison Computech RS
2-1 (Newkirk, *Bassett, Armendariz)
Claremont MZ def. Loyola SW
2-1 (*Newkirk, Bassett, Armendariz)

FINALS
Claremont MZ def. Centennial CS (Courtney Shipp)

CHAMPION
Claremont MZ (Madeline Zhu)

The View From Tab Releases Episode 3

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:58:53 +0000

In third episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz share some general thoughts on the new LD resolution and engage in the podcast’s two weekly features: tech tips (this week, Dropbox) and predictions for the coming week.

Click here to subscribe to The View from Tab on iTunes.

Scenes from the Bronx

Jon Cruz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:43:10 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — 152 pictures from the New York City Invitational and twenty-six pictures from the Bronx Round Robin have been added to the Victory Briefs Photo Gallery.

Field Report: St. Mark’s

Jon Cruz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:26:50 +0000

DALLAS, Tex. — The field report for Lincoln-Douglas debate and policy debate at this season’s St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational is now available.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [98 Entries]

Ellie Boswell Albuquerque Academy
Cole Helsell Albuquerque Academy
Shawn Tuteja Altamont School
Jin Hyung Lee Anderson High School
Max McCready Anderson High School
Phillips Hogan Awty International School
Kanisha Parthasarathy Barrington High School
Natasha Thondavadi Barrington High School
Naila Dharani Brentwood School
Adam Weinstein Brentwood School
Cory Wynn Brentwood School
Ellington Kirby Bronx Science
Ellie Merle Bronx Science
Sophia Dhanani Colleyville Heritage High School
Alizah Lalani Colleyville Heritage High School
Hailey Lopez Crowley High School
Daniel Lumpee Crowley High School
Brian Hodge Cypress Falls High School
Ali Khan Cypress Falls High School
Joshua Wahl Dobson High School
Adi Wiezel Dobson High School
Logan Jensen Dulles High School
Amyn Kassam Dulles High School
Pat Donovan Glenbrook North
Carley Merckling Grapevine High School
Ava Moorhead Grapevine High School
Farhan Damani Greenhill School
Apryl Giraudon Greenhill School
Tanya Thanawalla Greenhill School
Niko Tapangan Harlingen South High School
Mollie Cowger Hockaday School
Julia Enthoven Hockaday School
Sarah Ridout Hockaday School
Jeff Liu indian springs school
Larry Liu indian springs school
Stephanie Fang Isidore Newman School
Chang Yang Jiao Isidore Newman School
Emily Rougeux Jack C. Hays High School
Nick Falba Jesuit High School
Jacob Pritt Jesuit High School
Neil Grigg Kingwood High School
Dorr Andrew La Costa Canyon High School
Hodgkins Brad La Costa Canyon High School
KELSEY ANNU-ESSUMAN Law Magnet High School
KEYONNA HALL Law Magnet High School
Bryan Wilder Legacy High School
Jon Buterbaugh Liberal Arts and Science Academy – LBJ High School
Saleil Bhat Los Altos High School
Andrew Blay Loyola High School
Bob Overing Loyola High School
Andrew Seber Loyola High School
Danny Alexander Mayde Creek High School
Sehar Hirani Mayde Creek High School
Max McCarthy Mountain View High School
Ruchita Pendse Mountain View High School
Peter Kondelis New Trier Township High School
Elzbeth Weeks New Trier Township High School
DAISUKE TAKEDA Newman Smith High School
SARAH TING Newman Smith High School
Josh Roberts Northland Christian School
Jared Woods Northland Christian School
Ayushi Agarwala Plano Senior High School
Charles Rutter Plano Senior High School
Michael Holland Plano West Senior High School
Pippa Mason Plano West Senior High School
Sanjana Dubey Reagan HS
Jordan Nerison Reagan HS
Nelson Kezoh Richardson High School
Kohl Neal Richardson High School
Nicholas Ruuska South Garland High School
Cathy Creighton Southlake Carroll
Patrick Graham Southlake Carroll
keni sabath St. Agnes Academy
San Singh St. Mary’s High School
Tyler Haulotte Stony Point High School
Mirusha Yogarajah Stony Point High School
Alejandro Esquino Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Nick Lassus Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Clay Spence Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
ruchit nagar The Kinkaid School
Nate Socolof The Meadows School
Matt Frankland The Pembroke Hill School
Aaron Rosenblum The Pembroke Hill School
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj The Potomac School
Ilya Gaidarov Torrey Pines HS
Jeremiah Baxter Trinity Prep School
Josh Tupler University School
Megan Nubel Valley Southwoods
Kevin Sipe Vestavia Hills High
Emily Massey Walt Whitman High School
Stefanie Rohde Walt Whitman High School
Will Crichton West Des Moines Valley
Luchang Wang West Des Moines Valley
Alexander Bennett Westlake High School
James Monaco Westlake High School
Claire Daviss Winston Churchill HS
Tracy Frydberg Winston Churchill HS
Amanda Legrand Winston Churchill HS

POLICY DEBATE [89 Entries]

Carl Fitz – Katie Ray A&M Consolidated High School
Garrett VandeKamp – Stephen Taylor Airline High School
Lexi Blair – Annalise McGrail Albuquerque Academy
Neil Sethi – Ricardo Saenz Alpharetta High
Riana Ilango – David Lee Alpharetta High
Rohun Vaidya – Katie Anderson Barstow School
Molly O’Connor – Shahzad Aslam Barstow School
Damiyr Davis – Miguel Feliciano Beacon High School
Christian Steckler – Katie DiTullio Bishop Guertin HS
Reid Waldman – Killian Cull Blue Valley North HS
Andrew Markoff – Zack Elias Bronx Science
Dylan Gorman – Julia Reinitz Bronx Science
Alul Yesak – Amanda Renfro Bryan Adams High School
Anna Dimitrijevic – Helen Gomez Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Camilla Hernandez – Lauren Sisak Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Megan Cambre – Kaavya Ramesh Chattahoochee High School
Jeff Zhang – Matt Rosenthal Chattahoochee High School
Kaitlyn Walker – Cara Venezia Chattahoochee High School
Sibo Wang – Lawrence Chang Clear Springs High School
John Wilbur – Rahim Ali Colleyville Heritage High School
Benicio Ramalho – Joseph Montgomery Conrad HS (Dallas UDL)
Priyanka Krishnamurthy – Joe Donaghy Coppell High School
Sonali Kalvala – Drew Hull Coppell High School
Reid Ehrlich-Quinn – Pablo Gannon Damien High School
Alex Velto – Nadeem Farooqi Damien High School
Aaron Renaud – Daniel Martinek Decatur High School
Austin Vance – Sheryar Adil Edmond Santa Fe High School
Drew Bonnet – Kathryn Scherich Emporia High School
Ula Rutkowska – David Herman Georgetown Day School
Ben Levy – Joe Krakoff Georgetown Day School
Flynn Makuch – Alex Pappas Glenbrook North
Vinay Sridharan – Alexis Shklar Glenbrook North
Mitchel Hochberg – Zack Parker Glenbrook North
Will Thibeau – Richard Day Glenbrook South High School
Phil Sailer – Samantha Varney Glenbrook South High School
Jacob Quinn – Amy Schade Grapevine High School
Zain Bharwani – Faiez Saiyed Grapevine High School
Arnav Kejriwal – Kush Patel Greenhill School
Lyall Stuart – Christian Patterson Greenhill School
Avantika Banerjee – Akshay Bhushan Greenhill School
Troy Davis – Christopher Chapa Harlingen South High School
Meghan Overheim – Maggie Solice Hendrickson High School
Tamar Kaplan – Andrew Hall Highland Park Senior High School
Ben Hoffman – Carlos Ramirez Hillcrest High School
Shane Miller – Brooke Noble Jack C. Hays High School
Andy Hays – Joe Loveless Jenks High School
Carson Young – Sullivan McCormick Jesuit College Prep
Joel Diamond – Ryan Gorman Jesuit College Prep
Sterling Johnson – Andrew Miller Jesuit College Prep
Steven Zhang – Nick Jeon Johns Creek High School
Lucero Adrianna – Barsky Jonathan La Costa Canyon High School
EDDIE CAMACHO – CHARLIE STEPHENS Law Magnet High School
ZAVIER WINGHAM – LUCERO PINA Law Magnet High School
Arjun Vellayappan – Tyler Engler Lexington High School
Amrit Kanesa-Thasan – Ayan Sanyal Lexington High School
Clara Yoon – Emily Wang Liberal Arts and Science Academy – LBJ High School
Eduardo Zerbe – Estefania Lamas MacArthur
Dominic Jose – Ann Peter Maine East H.S.
Annabelle Marcovici – Patrick Reed Menlo-Atherton High School
Stephanie Permut – Sean Ghods Mercer Island High School
Hershel Mehta – Campbell Haynes Montgomery Bell Academy
Wesley Wilson – Jesse Suh Montgomery Bell Academy
Ira Slomski-Pritz – Dylan Carpenter New Trier Township High School
Randy Rossman – Teddy Kontopoulos New Trier Township High School
Morgan Titcher – Jake De Filippis Notre Dame High School
john hazinski – james hanley oak park – river forest
Tabitha Cohen – Saad Anjum Pine Crest Preparatory School
Dan Sazhin – Cole Trager Poly Prep Country Day
Ryan Sun – Kartik Kumar Reagan HS
Steve Quam – Laura Johnson Saint Paul Central
Kyle Lastovica – Chris Leonardi Smithville High School
Richard Min – John Ryan Fehr Stratford Academy
layne kirshon – nikhil bontha The Kinkaid School
harry hantel – robert baldwin The Kinkaid School
Michael Whiteside – Spenser Silbey The Meadows School
Brad Bolman – Lewis Sharp The Pembroke Hill School
Peter Vale – Thomas Hodgman The Pembroke Hill School
Austin Locke – Jerry Hsu Vestavia Hills High
Gabe Alabastro – Humza Shazad Wakeland High School
Allie Windergerst – Natasha Dutta West Des Moines Valley
David Mullins – John Baker Westlake High School
Ian Seyer – Sankar Sundaresan Westlake High School
Daniel Taylor – Ellis Allen Westminster Schools
Ayush Dayal – Julia Marshall Westminster Schools
Will Morgan – Drew Cutshaw Westminster Schools
Nishu Mehta – Rekha Tenjarla Westwood High School
Balam Budwal – Christina Qiu Westwood High School
Max Plithidies – Matthew Pesce Woodward Academy
Barron Branch – Anthony Salazar WT White High School

And Now for Something Completely Nerdy

Jon Cruz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:02:38 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Those who know me well know that I am a big debate history nerd, so, as you can imagine, I had a few nerd-outs with some of the Bronx Science alumni who were on hand this past weekend at the New York City Invitational and the Bronx Round Robin. (1988 TOC co-champion Jonathan Koppell was on hand to announce Walt Whitman’s close-out in a fitting move, for example.)

This photograph of the only two LD debaters to qualify to the TOC as freshmen — Craig Gilbert of Hendrick Hudson High School and Catherine Tarsney of Saint Louis Park High School — constituted a particularly nerdy nerd-out.

Isidore Newman Wants You!

Jon Cruz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:57:45 +0000

ISIDORE NEWMAN, La. — Save the date! Molly Pittman has announced that on December 11 and 12, 2009, Isidore Newman School will host its annual forensic tournament, the Isidore Newman Classic.

“We’re back and better than ever!” notes Pittman. “Join us for a weekend of great competition, great food, and great fun in our amazing city.”

The tournament offers competition in Lincoln‐Douglas debate, Public Forum debate, policy debate, Student Congress, Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Original Oratory, Oral Interpretation, and Duo Reading.

IPPF Registration Closes Soon

Jon Cruz — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:45:24 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The National Forensic League has sent out an important reminder regarding registration for the International Public Policy Forum, cosponsored by the Bickel & Brewer Foundation and New York University.

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Dear coaches,

The Bickel & Brewer Foundation and New York University invite you to participate in the 2009-2010 International Public Policy Forum (IPPF). The IPPF is the only contest that gives high school students from across the globe the opportunity to participate in written and oral debates on issues of public policy. Your team can compete for a $10,000 grand prize, the Bickel & Brewer Cup, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York! The competition is free, and students earn NFL points for each level of participation.

Qualifying round essays are due October 28. For more information and writing samples, visit the official IPPF web site.

Visit the National Forensic League flash page announcement for more information.

Read the October Rostrum article exploring the IPPF topic.

Incorporate the NPPF in curricular (lesson planning) or co-curricular service activities.

New LD / PF Topic Analysis Books Available Now!

Bietz — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:55:02 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Calif – Available in the Victory Briefs Store are the new Topic Analysis Books regarding the Nov/Dec Lincoln Douglas and Nov Public Forum resolutions.

The LD resolution is, “Resolved: Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization.” (BUY NOW)

The PF resolution is, “Resolved: Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations.” (BUY NOW)

Participate in The People Speak

Bietz — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:44:50 +0000

Do you have something to say about global issues? Join high school students around the world expressing their views through The People Speak to earn cash incentives, NFL service points, and more!

Do you have something to say about global issues? Join high school students around the world this fall in The People Speak and earn cash incentives, NFL service points, and micro-grants to assist with decreasing poverty and climate change!
The top 50 scoring schools will earn a $200 NFL credit voucher to apply toward purchasing merchandise, individual memberships, etc. That’s $10,000 in cash – some of which could go to your school! Schools not scoring in the top 50 who hold at least one event (performance showcase or Global Debate, fulfilling obligations of the UN Foundation) will receive a $50 NFL online store voucher (requires $100 purchase).
Students can also earn up to 30 national service merit points (above and beyond non-District/National limitations of 1,500 points) for their work during the year, and coaches will receive NFL service citations!
All you need to do is:
1). Register your school.
2). Organize (or have your students organize) a public performance showcase or debate this month or during November, centering around the topic, “When it cannot do both, the United Nations should prioritize poverty reduction over combatting climate change.”
3). Invite parents, teachers, other students and members of the community to attend.
4). Issue a press release to local media (work with your school’s public relations person to get this out)– here are some sample templates. Optionally, invite local elected officials as guests.
5). Photograph and video record (or audio record) the event as documentation.
6). Have your students put together their own video PSA, climate change service project, research blog.
7). In December, upload documentation of your activities.
8). Conduct one more public event in February or March.

VBD Weekend Coverage: October 16-18, 2009

Jon Cruz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:00:13 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from several tournaments this weekend. Make sure to register soon for the VBT/SoCal Championships!.

Big Bronx XXXIX — Finals: Walt Whitman’s Perry Green and Emily Massey closed out, winning the Richard B. Sodikow Award. Earlier in the tournament, Bronx Achievement Awards were conferred upon Chris Castillo, Jay Rye, Nicole Serrano, and Joe Vaughan.
Bronx Round Robin — Finals: Walt Whitman’s Ben Lewis defeated Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney on a 2-1 decision.
UMinn — Finals: Coon Rapids’s Robyn Sellman defeated Lakeville South’s Dylan Slinger on a 3-0 decision.

Walt Whitman Closes Out Big Bronx XXXIX

Jon Cruz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:00:52 +0000

THE BRONX, N.Y. — The thirty-ninth annual New York City Invitational at the Bronx High School of Science concluded on Sunday afternoon with only the fourth close out in the tournament’s history: Walt Whitman High School’s Perry Green and Emily Massey emerged on top of a field of 178 debaters to claim the Richard B. Sodikow Award and share the venerable championship.

The Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament featured seven preliminary rounds and a run-off round; the top thirty-two debaters advanced to the sextodecimofinals.

The elimination rounds took place on Sunday. On Saturday, Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney was presented with the Peter Colavito Award for placing as top speaker in her event.

On Friday, Bronx Achievement Awards were conferred upon Chris Castillo of the Altamont School, Jay Rye of the Montgomery Academy, Nicole Serrano of Montgomery Bell Academy, and Joe Vaughan of Scarsdale High School.

In addition to Lincoln-Douglas Debate, the New York City Invitational features competition in Team Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Legislative Debate.

In Team Debate, two teams battled through six preliminary rounds and four elimination rounds — beginning with the sextodecimofinals — before advancing to finals. Layne Kirshon and Nikhil Bontha of the Kinkaid School and Max Plithidies and Matthew Pesce of Woodward Academy elected to hold the final round at a later date to determine the winner of the Big Bronx Bowl.

Layne and Nikhil are coached by Eric Emerson; Max and Matthew are coached by Roy Levkowitz.

On Saturday, Layne was presented with the Eric C. Raps Memorial Award for placing as top speaker in Team Debate.

The Public Forum Debate competition concluded with a final round that featured Hunter College High School’s Ted Mateoc and Cara Eckholm and Walt Whitman High School’s Rachel Umans and Sarah Houston. Michael Berger, Jonathan Peele, and Edison Sanon adjudicated. On a 3-0 decision, Walt Whitman defeated Hunter College to claim the David Yalof Trophy. Congratulations to both teams!

Rachel and Sarah are coached by Anjan Choudhury, Todd Liipfert, Tanya Choudhury, Elyse Lyons, and William Strong. Ted and Cara are coached by Noel Selegzi.

In Legislative Debate, Alex Smyk of Ridge High School — last year’s reserve champion — claimed the New York City Invitational title in his own right by besting the competition across two chambers. He was presented with the Joseph Giovannelli Grand Gavel in recognition of his victory.

Alex is coached by David Yastremski.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

The first judge listed is the chair.

(44) Albuquerque IEK (Ian Erickson-Kery)

RUN-OFF ROUND
(22) Walt Whitman MT def. (43) Saint Joseph’s Prep SS (Steve Stinson)
3-0 (Matt Dunay ‘09, Ali Huberlie, Neil Conrad)
(23) Ridge VJ def. (42) Berkeley Carroll AT (Andrew Timko)
3-0 (Andrew Waks, Anjan Choudhury, Paul Tyger)
(41) Montgomery HB def. (24) Greenhill AG (Apryl Giraudon)
3-0 (Chris Theis, Jacob Levi, Chetan Hertzig)
(40) Niskayuna AM def. (25) Greenhill TT (Tanya Thanawalla)
3-0 (Isaac Bloch, Christian Keil, Vivian Feig)
(39) Lakeville North JT def. (26) Palo Alto NB (Nikhil Bhargava)
2-1 (Adam Silver ‘09, Max Stevens, Aaron Timmons)
(38) Mercer Island SA def. (27) Vestavia Hills KS (Kevin Sipe)
2-1 (Jennie Savage, Nadia Arid, Jake Nebel)
(28) Bodine JA def. (37) University CA (Carlos Astacio)
2-1 (Jason Sun, Tess McNulty, Rohit Ramkumar)
(36) Ridge KS def. (29) Torrey Pines CS (Colin Scott)
2-1 (Mira Chernick, Shane O’Neal, David McNeil)
(30) Needham ZS def. (35) Hunter College DL (Diana Li)
3-0 (Abdul Beretay, Eric Melin, John Lewis)
(34) Brooklyn Tech NA def. (31) Southlake Carroll PG (Patrick Graham)
2-1 (*Chris Castillo, Ryan Cooper, Jeff Roberts)
(33) Strake Jesuit NL def. (32) Baltimore City GI (Gareth Imparato)
3-0 (Saboor Sheerazi ‘09, Jenn Miller, Devin Race)

SEXTODECIMOS
(1) Walt Whitman PG def. (32) Strake Jesuit NL (Nick Lassus)
3-0 (Matt Dunay ‘09, Ryan Cooper, Fred Robertson)
(2) Scarsdale ET def. (31) Brooklyn Tech NA (Neil Alacha)
3-0 (Shane Stafford, Mike Contillo, John Lewis)
(3) Walt Whitman EM def. (30) Needham ZS (Zoe Staum)
3-0 (Mira Chernick, Devin Race, Isaac Bloch)
(29) Ridge KS def. (4) Saint Louis Park CT (Catherine Tarsney)
3-0 (Anjan Choudhury, Paul Tyger, Larry McGrath)
(5) Blake EL def. (28) Bodine JA (Jalon Alexander)
3-0 (Chetan Hertzig, Jacob Levi, Chris Theis)
(6) Walt Whitman BL def. (27) Mercer Island SA (Steven Adler)
2-1 (Max Stevens, Alex Koren, *Marcus Moretti)
(7) Altamont SA def. (26) Lakeville North JT (Jayant Tripathy)
2-1 (Shane O’Neal, *Ryan Miller, Chris Peak)
(8) Walt Whitman JK def. (25) Niskayuna AM (Archith Murali)
2-1 (Patrick Diehl, Courtney Erickson, *Nadia Arid)
(9) Walt Whitman CS def. (24) Montgomery HB (Hamilton Bloom)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, Alok Choksi, Narayan Subramanian)
(23) Ridge VJ def. (10) Kingwood NG (Neil Grigg)
2-1 (*Chris Castillo, Christian Keil, Jason Zhou)
(11) Walt Whitman DI def. (22) Walt Whitman MT (Marshall Thompson)
3-0 (Elizabeth Tam ‘06, Jeremy Dudley, Joe Vaughan)
(21) Loyola AB def. (12) Montgomery CC (Charles Cardinal)
3-0 (Jenn Miller, Aracelis Biel, Ali Huberlie)
(13) Northland Christian JR def. (20) Lone Peak OG (Oliver Gappmeyer)
3-0 (Jay Rye, Sohail Syed, David McNeil)
(14) Valley RB def. (19) Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
3-0 (Andrew Waks, Tess McNulty, Vivian Feig)
(18) Perkiomen Valley KG def. (15) Palo Alto AA (Avi Arfin)
3-0 (Kevin Roberts, Rohit Ramkumar, Jason Sun)
(16) La Salle College SJ def. (17) Northland Christian JW (Jared Woods)
3-0 (Jennie Savage, Rachel Vogel, Charlie Furman)

OCTAS
(1) Walt Whitman PG def. (16) La Salle College SJ (Sean Janda)
2-1 (Patrick Diehl, Jennifer Miller, *Isaac Bloch)
(2) Scarsdale ET def. (18) Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski)
3-0 (Allison Huberlie, David McNeil, Charlie Furman)
(3) Walt Whitman EM def. (14) Valley RB (Ross Brown)
2-1 (*Matt Dunay ‘09, Ryan Cooper, Jason Sun)
(13) Northland Christian JR def. (29) Ridge KS (Kevin Shia)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, John Lewis, Nadia Arid)
(21) Loyola AB def. (5) Blake EL (Erik Legrid)
2-1 (Chris Castillo, *Anjan Choudhury, Shane O’Neal)
(6) Walt Whitman BL over (11) Walt Whitman DI (Daniel Imas)
(7) Altamont SA def. (23) Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)
3-0 (Eric Melin, Jacob Levi, Chetan Hertzig)
(8) Walt Whitman JK over (9) Walt Whitman CS (Caroline Sherrard)

QUARTERS
(1) Walt Whitman PG over (8) Walt Whitman JK (Jane Kessner)
(2) Scarsdale ET def. (7) Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
3-0 (Andrew Waks, Ryan Cooper, Devin Race)
(3) Walt Whitman EM over (6) Walt Whitman BL (Ben Lewis)
(13) Northland Christian JR def. (21) Loyola AB (Andrew Blay)
2-1 (*John Lewis, Ali Huberlie, Douglas Jeffers)

SEMIS
(1) Walt Whitman PG def. (13) Northland Christian JR (Josh Roberts)
2-1 (Ryan Cooper, *Charlie Furman, Nadia Arid)
(3) Walt Whitman EM def. (2) Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
2-1 (Andrew Waks, Jacob Levi, *John Lewis)

FINALS
(1) Walt Whitman PG and (3) Walt Whitman EM close out.

CO-CHAMPIONS [Richard B. Sodikow Award]
(1) Walt Whitman PG (Perry Green)
(3) Walt Whitman EM (Emily Massey)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Catherine Tarsney — Saint Louis Park High School (MD) [Peter Colavito Award]
2. Erik Legried — The Blake School (MN)
3. Ben Lewis — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
4. Josh Roberts — Northland Christian School (TX)
5. Ross Brown — Valley High School (IA)
6. Sasha Arijanto — The Altamont School (AL)
7. Jane Kessner — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
8. Perry Green — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
9. Eric Thurm — Scarsdale High School (NY)
10. Avi Arfin — Palo Alto High School (CA)
11. Caroline Sherrard — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
12. Emily Massey — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
13. Sean Janda — La Salle College High School (PA)
14. Ian Erickson-Kery — Albuquerque Academy (NM)
15. Jared Woods — Northland Christian School (TX)
16. Sarah Ridout — The Hockaday School (TX)
17. Karlyn Gorski — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
18. Dylan Scher — Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
19. Andrew Seber — Loyola High School (CA)
20. Oliver Gappmeyer — Lone Peak High School (UT)

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RESULTS
LD | Bracket | All Contestants in Order | Packet | All Speakers in Order

TD | Bracket | All Contestants in Order | Packet | All Speakers in Order

PF | Bracket | All Contestants in Order | Packet

LEG | Chamber A | Chamber B | Supersession

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PRELIMS
LD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Robyn Sellman Wins UMinn

Jon Cruz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:38:11 +0000

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Debate Tournament, co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the Minnesota Debate Team, was held on October 16 and 17 and drew top competition from across the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Robyn Sellman of Coon Rapids High School and Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School met in the final round, which was adjudicated by Rob Cegla, Emily Pryor-Winton, and Paul Magyar. On a 3-0 decision, Robyn defeated Dylan to win the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Robyn is coached by Dan Bordwell and Amy Daml; Dylan is coached by Andy Charrier.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Lakeville South DS def. Hopkins MW (Matt Watters)
3-0 (Dan Bordwell, Lauren Robb, Jon Brown)
Coon Rapids RS def. Robbinsdale Cooper CT (Chyenne Thibodo)
2-1 (*Jeff Dobrin, Yatesh Singh, Shannon Joyce)
Apple Valley JS def. Eagan MW (Michelle Wagner)
2-1 (Joseph Miller, F. Jenkins-White, *Abbie Gudmundson)
Benilde-St. Margaret’s BK def. Hopkins JO (Johanna Olsen)
3-0 (Rob Cegla, Paul Magyar, Jessie Stellmach)

SEMIS
Lakeville South DS def. Benilde-St. Margaret’s BK (Bennett Kenzie)
3-0 (Tyler Traub, Jeff Dobrin, Emily Pryor-Winton)
Coon Rapids RS def. Apple Valley JS (Jon Slater)
3-0 (Jessie Stellmach, Rob Cegla, Paul Magyar)

FINALS
Coon Rapids RS def. Lakeville South DS (Dylan Slinger)
3-0 (Rob Cegla, Emily Pryor-Winton, Paul Magyar)

CHAMPION
Coon Rapids RS (Robyn Sellman)

Bronx Achievement Awards Conferred

Jon Cruz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:15:56 +0000

THE BRONX, N.Y. — At this year’s New York City Invitational, four distinguished members of the forensics community — Chris Castillo, Jay Rye, Nicole Serrano, and Joe Vaughan — were bestowed with Bronx Achievement Awards. These awards honor individuals for contributions to debate community, excellence in debate pedagogy, and/or achievement in debate coaching.

Castillo’s award was presented by Jeremy Dudley. Rye’s award was presented by Jeff Roberts. Serrano’s award was presented by David Marks. Vaughan’s award was presented by Doug Lieb.

Previous recipients of the Bronx Achievement Award include Jonathan Alston, Patricia A. Bailey, Will Baker, Michael W. Burton, Martha Carr, Eric Di Michele, Marilee Dukes, Joseph Gazzola, B.A. Gregg, Sheryl Kaczmarek, John McKay, Jim Menick, J.W. Patterson, Richard B. Sodikow, Stacy Thomas, and Mark Webber.

Ben Lewis Wins the 2009 Bronx Round Robin

Jon Cruz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:13:33 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the final round of this year’s installment of the Bronx Round Robin, one of Lincoln-Douglas debate’s oldest such titles, Walt Whitman High School’s Ben Lewis defeated Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney. Congratulations to both debaters!

The round, which was decided on a 2-1 decision, was adjudicated by Dr. Sandra Berkowitz, Chris Castillo, and Ryan Cooper. (Cooper dissented.)

Ben is coached by Anjan Choudhury, Todd Liipfert, Tanya Choudhury, and Elyse Lyons; Catherine is coached by Christian Tarsney, Heather Hamilton, and Jason Zhou.

As top speaker for the Bronx Round Robin, Ben was also awarded the Jonathan Koppell Award.

This year’s tournament brought together twelve very talented competitors for a long day of competition on the campus of New York University. Competitors were also treated to three “bests” of New York cuisine: the famous bagels and spreads (including white fish!) of Bagel Bob’s, the famous pies of John’s Pizzeria of Bleecker Street, and the famous sushi of Japonica.

DUNAY POD
1. Saint Louis Park High School (MN) — Catherine Tarsney
2. The Blake School (MN) — Erik Legried
3. The Bronx High School of Science (NY) — Bobby Esnard
The Hockaday School (TX) — Sarah Ridout
Palo Alto High School (CA) — Avi Arfin
Perkiomen Valley High School (PA) — Karlyn Gorski

WAKS POD
1. Walt Whitman High School (MD) — Ben Lewis
2. Northland Christian School (TX) — Josh Roberts
3. Greenhill School (TX) — Tanya Thanawalla
The Altamont School (AL) — Sasha Arijanto
Berkeley Carroll School (NY) — Dylan Scher
Hendrick Hudson High School (NY) — Alli Gofman

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Ben Lewis — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
2. Josh Roberts — Northland Christian School (TX)
3. Erik Legried — The Blake School (MN)
4. Karlyn Gorski — Perkiomen Valley High School (PA)
5. Catherine Tarsney — Saint Louis Park High School (MN)

More extensive results will be posted shortly.

VBT/SoCal Championships Registration Open

Bietz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:58:51 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Registration is now open for the VBT/SoCal Championships. The site for updates and information can be found at: http://victorybriefs.com/

Dates: January 2-3, 2010 (required registration will begin at 4:00pm on January 1, 2010 at the tournament hotel)
Events: Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum, Policy Debate, Student Congress, Extemp, Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Duo and Original Oratory.
Location: UCLA Law School
Tournament hotel: Courtyard Marriott in Sherman Oaks

The tournament is an Octafinalist Qualifier to the TOC in LD and a Semifinalist Qualifier in Public Forum.

Downloads:
Full Invitation
Entry Form

Text of the Invitation:

Dear Colleague:

You are cordially invited to the SoCal Championship/VBT High School Debate & Speech Tournament. We will offer: Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum, Policy, Student Congress, Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp and Duo Interp. We hope you can join us.

Once again we are planning on hosting our tournament on the campus of UCLA.

A couple of important notes:
1. We are now an Octafinals qualifier to the Tournament of Champions in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
2. We are a Semifinals qualifier to the Tournament of Champions in Public Forum Debate.
3. Our registration process is changing a bit. We will still use an online system to make competitor and judge entries, but will be requiring a paper + payment registration for your registration to be complete.
4. We will be using a judge preference system this year in Lincoln-Douglas. We will be extremely diligent in making certain that all judges who are entered have a judging philosophy prior to December 15, 5pm PT. Schools will be charged a $100 penalty if they do not meet this commitment. Schools who do not have judge philosophies completed by December 31 will be charged the fee in addition to not having their own preferences honored.
5. Our tournament hotel is the Courtyard Marriott-Sherman Oaks. We were able to negotiate a rate that is significantly lower than last year’s rate. You can receive a rate of $99.00 per night by reserving through the website at:
http://cwp.marriott.com/laxsf/victorybriefs/ .

Please read through this entire document. Given that we are now a TOC qualifier in two events, both of which at higher level than last year, we anticipate that we will fill fast.

Do not make plane reservations until you have had your entries confirmed by Mike Bietz.

If you have any questions, please email Mike Bietz at bietz@victorybriefs.com.

DEBATE EVENTS

Lincoln-Douglas
Lincoln-Douglas will be a single division. Unless noted prior to the tournament, will be using NFL time limits. A school may enter a maximum of six (6) debaters. Approximately 200 debaters will be accepted into the competition. Students in Lincoln-Douglas may not enter any other events.

There will be seven prelim LD rounds. We will break to double-octafinals.

Public Forum
Unless noted prior to the tournament, Public Forum will be using the NFL time limits.

A school may enter a maximum of four (4) public forum teams. There is space for approximately 50 teams. Public Forum debaters may not enter other tournament events.

The January NFL Public Forum topic will be used.

We anticipate there being 6 rounds of Public Forum. We will clear up to an Octafinal level, but will not clear any team that does not have a winning record.

Policy
Unless noted prior to the tournament, Policy will be using NFL rules and time limits – 8-3-5. A school may enter four (4) policy teams. There is space for approximately 40 teams. We will clear up to a quarterfinal round, and will not clear any teams that do not have a winning record. Policy debaters may not enter other tournament events.

The resolution is: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for person living in poverty in the United States.

Computers are allowed to be used in rounds.

Student Congress
There will be multiple chambers of approximately 20 students in each, with a Super Congress to determine final placement. Each school may enter a maximum of 10 Congressional debaters. NFL rules and time limits will apply.

Each school may provide a maximum of 3 pieces of legislation. Legislation must be in the proper NFL format and emailed as an ATTACHED MICROSOFT WORD document to bietz@victorybriefs.com by December 15. Please see the template for congress legislation at http://www.nflonline.org/CoachingResources. Legislation is expected to be of sound quality and the tournament reserves the right to exclude legislation that does not meet that standard. Legislative packets will be available for download by December 22. These packets will not be faxed. They will be available at http://www.victorybriefs.com.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
We are going to offer the following events:
Original Oratory, Mixed Extemp Speaking, Duo Interp, Dramatic Interp and Humorous Interp. NFL rules will govern each event, unless noted prior to the tournament.

Each school may enter a maximum of four (4) contestants in each category. Students may single or double enter, but each one counts as a separate entry for the purpose of assessing fees.

There will be four prelim rounds and may break up to a semifinal round, if entries warrant.

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
The VBT is committed to providing top-notch judging across all of its divisions. The judges a school provides must be qualified to judge at a national-level forensics competition. In LD and Policy debate, judges are expected to be “flow-oriented.” Judges in Policy and LD are expected to have their philosophy posted to the judge philosophy wiki at:

http://judgephilosophies.wikispaces.com by 5pm on December 15th.

Schools using judges who have not submitted their philosophies by that time will be charged $100.00. Those who do not have judge philosophies submitted by December 31 will not have their preferences honored at the tournament.

Allocations
All schools must enter at least a ½ time judge into the judging pool. If the judge entered is an inexperienced or “parent” judge (we realize some parent judges are quite qualified, and that should be noted in the judge philosophy). These judges may be used in other divisions.

Half-time judges are 4 rounds in 6 round debate events and 5 rounds in LD. In addition, all judges are required to judge 1 round past their schools last eliminated debater.

In Individual Events, there are no half-time commitments. All judges are eligible to judge finals.

Judging quotas:
LD Debate – one full-time judge for every 3 debaters, or fraction thereof. 2 debaters requires a full-time commitment. 3 debaters requires full time. 4 debaters is 1.5 commitment. 5 & 6 debaters would be 2 full-time judges.
Policy Debate – one full-time judge for every two (2) teams.
Student Congress – one fulltime judge for every five (5) entries or fraction thereof.
Public Forum – one fulltime judge for every three (3) teams.
Invidividual Events – one (1) judge for every five (5) entries or fraction thereof.

All judges should check postings in all events.

HIRING JUDGES
A limited number of hired judges are available through the tournament at $200.00 per half-time commitment needed.

A couple of restrictions:
1. A school must have someone available who can fulfill at least a ½ time commitment. No exceptions.
2. Each division for which you are entered restarts your judging commitment. This means you cannot have someone do ½ a commitment in policy and ½ a commitment in LD. Our schedules may overlap and therefore make it difficult (if not impossible) for you to fulfill those commitments.
3. This means you must have at least a ½ time judge available in each of the pools in which your school is entered.
4. As for fees, this means if you enter 6 LD debaters and bring a ½ time judge, you would be hiring 1.5 judges – and the fee would be $600.00

We calculate our fees based on the fact that we fly-out and house (in the hotel) nearly all of our tournament staff and hired judges.

No hired judges will be available after December 8, 2009 at 5:00pm PT. If you intend on hiring judges, please send in the judge hire form and fee postmarked by December 6, 2009.

There are NO REFUNDS for hired judges – even if you drop by the drop deadline of December 23, 2009.

LODGING
Please make your reservations at the Courtyard Marriott in Sherman Oaks. You can reserve now for $99.00/night at:

http://cwp.marriott.com/laxsf/victorybriefs/

FLYING IN
If you are flying in for the tournament, we recommend flying in to either Burbank (BUR) or Los Angeles International (LAX). The airports are equidistant from the Courtyard Marriott.

PRE-REGISTRATION PROCESS

Before you can complete your online registration, you must fill out the form below and send it in, along with a payment to:

Victory Briefs
925 N. Norman Place
Los Angeles, CA 90049

Do not mail in any registration without the appropriate fees. Your registration will be discarded. With the exception of penalties, we will not be collecting any fees during registration at the tournament.

No refunds will be given on hired judges after December 1. If you have to change or drop entries, you may do so until December 8. After that point, no refunds will be available.

Please make your checks payable to “Victory Briefs.”

Fees & Penalties
LD – $85.00 per debater
Public Forum – $50.00 per two-person team
Policy – $30.00 per two-person team
Student Congress – $15.00 per entry
Individual Events – $15.00 per entry
Duo Interp – $25.00 per entry
Hired Judge fee – $200 per halftime commitment

Drop penalty (after 5pm PT on Dec 8th) – Loss of original entry fee plus $10 per entry.

Late name penalty (after 5pm PT Dec 23rd) – $100 per school

Late judge philosophy (after 5pm PT Dec 15th) – $100 per judge

COMPLETING ENTRY:

1. Complete the entry forms included with this invitation. PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY. ILLEGIBLE ENTRIES WILL BE DISCARDED.
2. Mail the entry form, along with a check in the exact amount due to:

Victory Briefs
925 North Norman Place
Los Angeles, CA 90049

3. Do not fax forms or the check.
4. We will email confirmation within three working days of receipt. Incomplete or incorrect registrations may or may not be confirmed. DO NOT MAKE HOTEL OR PLANE RESERVATIONS UNTIL YOU HAVE YOU RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM US.
5. Once you have received a confirmation, you should proceed to our online system to fill out registration online.
6. If you register for an event that is full, we will send you a refund for those entries.

Strike Sheet: NYC Invitational

Jon Cruz — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:32:08 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The community preference sheet for Lincoln-Douglas debate at the thirty-ninth annual New York City Invitational contains the names listed below.

___ ALSTON, JONATHAN (Newark Science)
___ ARID, NADIA (Palo Alto)
___ BARR, JONATHAN (Timothy Christian)
___ BENNETT, RYAN (Southlake Carroll)
___ BERETAY, ABDUL (University)
___ BIEL, ARACELIS (Brooklyn Tech)
___ BLOCH, ISAAC (Berkeley Carroll)
___ BOATENG, TIMOTHY (Bettendorf)
___ BREYTER, KRISTIN ‘02 (Arthur L. Johnson — Bronx Science)
___ CASTILLO, CHRIS (Altamont)
___ CASTRO, ALEX (Manchester Essex)
___ CHERNICK, MIRA (Stuyvesant — Hired)
___ CHIU, KIMBERLY (Houston-Memorial)
___ CHOKSI, ALOK (Bodine)
___ CHOUDHURY, ANJAN (Walt Whitman)
___ CONRAD, NEIL (Greenhill) — Half Obligation
___ COOPER, RYAN (Hired)
___ CONTILLO, MIKE (Constitution)
___ DIEHL, PATRICK (Scarsdale)
___ DUNAY, MATT ‘09 (Bronx Science)
___ ERICKSON, COURTNEY (Lakeville North)
___ FEIG, VIVIAN (Walt Whitman)
___ FLEEGER, KYLE (Albuquerque)
___ FURMAN, CHARLIE (Ridge)
___ GARVIN, ANDREW (Hired)
___ GELLEN, ANDREA (Scarsdale)
___ GOLDEN, LAWRENCE (Byram Hills)
___ GUZMAN, ARIANNA (Lake Highland)
___ HERTZIG, CHETAN (Harrison — Hired)
___ HOLZER, MICHAEL (Lake Highland)
___ HUBERLIE, ALI (Constitution)
___ JEFFERS, DOUGLAS (Bronx Science)
___ KEIL, CHRISTIAN (Principia)
___ KOREN, ALEX (La Salle College)
___ LETTIERI, PHIL (Chaminade)
___ LEVI, JACOB (Hired)
___ LEWIS, JOHN (Hired)
___ McGRATH, LARRY (Hired)
___ McMILLAN, FIANNAH (Newark Science)
___ McNEIL, DAVID (Hired)
___ McNULTY, TESS (Millburn)
___ GRAJEWSKI, ALEX (Manchester Essex)
___ MELIN, ERIC (Hockaday)
___ MENICK, JIM (Hendrick Hudson) — TAB
___ MILLER, JENN (Hockaday)
___ MILLER, RYAN (Dallastown Area)
___ MORETTI, MARCUS (Valley)
___ NEBEL, JAKE (Greenhill) — Rounds 6, 7, and Sunday Only
___ O’NEAL, SHANE (Strake Jesuit)
___ PAK, ANDREW ‘96 (Bronx Science)
___ PEAK, CHRIS (Loyola)
___ PEI, NATALEE (Randolph)
___ PLAZA, MELANIE ‘08 (Bronx Science) — Saturday & Sunday Only
___ POLAVARAPU, AASEESH (Bodine)
___ RACE, DEVIN (Hired)
___ RAMKUMAR, ROHIT (Hired)
___ ROBERTS, JEFF (Mountain Brook)
___ ROBERTS, KEVIN (Northland Christian)
___ ROBERTSON, FRED (Millard West) — Covering Policy Obligation
___ ROSENBAUM, MIMI (University)
___ RYE, JAY (Montgomery)
___ SAVAGE, JENNIE (Palo Alto)
___ SHEERAZI, SABOOR ‘09 (Bronx Science)
___ SILVER, ADAM ‘09 (Bronx Science)
___ STAFFORD, SHANE (Blake)
___ STECK, ROSEMARY (Baltimore City College)
___ STEIKER, DIANE (Byram Hills)
___ STEVENS, MAX (Berkeley Carroll)
___ SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYAN (Hired) — Friday & Sunday Only
___ SUN, JASON (Vestavia Hills)
___ SYED, SOHAIL (Niskayuna)
___ TAM, ELIZABETH ‘06 (Bronx Science)
___ THEIS, CHRIS (Trinity Prep)
___ TIMMONS, AARON (Greenhill) — Half Obligation
___ TKACHUK, MATTHEW (Timothy Christian)
___ TYGER, PAUL (Strake Jesuit)
___ VOGEL, RACHEL (Hired)
___ VOLEK, JUDE ‘99 (Bronx Science)
___ WAKS, ANDREW (Bronx Science)
___ WEXLER, P.J. (Needham)
___ WOEHLER, JASON (Federal Way)
___ ZHOU, JASON (Saint Louis Park)

The View From Tab Releases Episode 2

Jon Cruz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:28:49 +0000

In second episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz share some general thoughts on the new LD resolution and engage in the podcast’s two weekly features: tech tips (this week, iDebate) and predictions for the coming week.

Click here to subscribe to The View from Tab on iTunes.

Field Report: Big Bronx XXXIX

Jon Cruz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:00:16 +0000

THE BRONX, N.Y. — The field report for Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Team Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Legislative Debate at the thirty-ninth annual New York City Invitational — “Big Bronx XXXIX” — is now available.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [183 Entries]

Ian Erickson-Kery Albuquerque Academy
Nina Wexelblatt Albuquerque Academy
Sasha Arijanto Altamont School
Shawn Tuteja Altamont School
Gareth Imparato Baltimore City College
Jason Aerni Berkeley Carroll School
Phoebe Miller Berkeley Carroll School
Danielle Regis Berkeley Carroll School
Dylan Scher Berkeley Carroll School
Andrew Timko Berkeley Carroll School
Honda Wang Bettendorf High School
Jalon Alexander Bodine High School
Shaquan Bagby Bodine High School
Steven McFarland Bodine High School
Frederikia Wilson Bodine High School
Melanie Young Bodine High School
Neil Alacha Brooklyn Technical High School
Jermaine Heath Brooklyn Technical High School
Sara Providence Brooklyn Technical High School
Remy Ravitzka Brooklyn Technical High School
Sammi Cannold Byram Hills High School
Danielle Chorne Byram Hills High School
Dani Dinstein Byram Hills High School
Jesse Honig Byram Hills High School
Ritesh Singh Byram Hills High School
Michael Bucaria Chaminade High School
Dillon Connolly Chaminade High School
Vincent Lettieri Chaminade High School
Brendan Quane Chaminade High School
Nikki Branhut Constitution High School
Brittany Davis Constitution High School
Dominiq Gilyard Constitution High School
Nicole Golden Constitution High School
Ian McShea Constitution High School
Liz Crivaro Dallastown Area High School
Ethan Roth Dallastown Area High School
Ryan Schroeder Dallastown Area High School
John Colavita Delbarton School
Michael Li Delbarton School
Kevin Liu Delbarton School
Jason Zhang Delbarton School
Michael Moorin duPont Manual High School
Jed Bush Federal Way High School
Shelli Gimelstein Great Neck South
Apryl Giraudon Greenhill School
Tanya Thanawalla Greenhill School
Trevor Reddick Half Hollow Hills High School East
Sachin Sharma Half Hollow Hills High School East
Alli Gofman Hendrick Hudson HS
Sophie Ruff Hendrick Hudson HS
Matt Schaffer Hendrick Hudson HS
Zack Struver Hendrick Hudson HS
Emily Bao Hockaday School
Rupsha Basu Hockaday School
Mollie Cowger Hockaday School
Julia Enthoven Hockaday School
Lara Gatehouse Hockaday School
Sarah Ridout Hockaday School
Hunter Lewis Houston Memorial High School
Annie Wang Houston Memorial High School
Charlie Lasswell Hunter College High School
Diana Li Hunter College High School
Lisa Mogilanski Hunter College High School
Stephanie Fang Isidore Newman School
Chang Yang Jiao Isidore Newman School
Bizzy Margolin Isidore Newman School
Winnie Yeates Isidore Newman School
Neil Grigg Kingwood High School
Nick Frazette La Salle College High School
Sean Janda La Salle College High School
Will Marble La Salle College High School
Randy Ahluwalia Lake Highland Preparatory
Tej Amin Lake Highland Preparatory
Andrew Bodiford Lake Highland Preparatory
Sheena Karkal Lake Highland Preparatory
Martin Sigalow Lake Highland Preparatory
Catherine Eichmann Lakeville North High School
Jayant Tripathy Lakeville North High School
Noha Ahmed Lexington High School
Andrew Chang Lexington High School
Michael Exter Lexington High School
Anubhav Jain Lexington High School
Sridhar Sivapurapu Lexington High School
Oliver Gappmayer Lone Peak High school
Connor Acle Loyola Blakefield High School
Matthew Alonsozana Loyola Blakefield High School
Tom Cameron Loyola Blakefield High School
Andrew Blay Loyola High School
Andrew Seber Loyola High School
Colin Babikian Manchester Essex
Matthew Baker Manchester Essex
Kevin Celluci Manchester Essex
Graham Shaw Manchester Essex
Steven Adler Mercer Island High School
Angela Jong Mercer Island High School
Lizzie Tao Mercer Island High School
Dan Hassin Millburn High School
Michael Hassin Millburn High School
Eric Hertz Millburn High School
Arbi Llaveshi Millburn High School
Dan Cook Monticello High School
Jay Cumming Monticello High School
Kristen Druse Monticello High School
Rebecca Goodman Monticello High School
Rachelle Walker Monticello High School
Logan Laduke Mountain Brook High School
Meg West Mountain Brook High School
Steve Berul Needham High School
Cady Gallagher Needham High School
Zoe Staum Needham High School
Kaushik Vasudevan Needham High School
Jabril Boone Newark Science
Muta Mashack Newark Science
Kishan Nakrani Newark Science
Norberto Romero Newark Science
Victor Bramble Newburgh Free Academy
Devin Kasinki Newburgh Free Academy
Zach Schuyler Newburgh Free Academy
Phoebe Wolfe Newburgh Free Academy
Abhi Adi Niskayuna High School
Archith Murali Niskayuna High School
Salman Syed Niskayuna High School
Varuun Vijay Niskayuna High School
Josh Roberts Northland Christian School
Jared Woods Northland Christian School
Avi Arfin Palo Alto High School
Nikhil Bhargava Palo Alto High School
Alex Carter Palo Alto High School
Lucas Chan Palo Alto High School
Jujhaar Singh Palo Alto High School
Karlyn Gorski Perkiomen Valley High School
Haden Quinlan Pinecrest High School
Taylor Francois principia
Cheyane Reisner Randolph HS, Randolph Twp., NJ
Maddy Stein Randolph HS, Randolph Twp., NJ
Allison Douglis Ridge High School
Varun Jayaraman Ridge High School
Liz Pires Ridge High School
Kevin Shia Ridge High School
Susanna Vogel Ridge High School
Linda Zhong Ridge High School
Ben Abrahams Scarsdale High School
Alon Daks Scarsdale High School
Zach Edelman Scarsdale High School
Ben Fife Scarsdale High School
Eric Thurm Scarsdale High School
Patrick Graham Southlake Carroll
Gregory Chatzinoff St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Steve Stinson St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Catherine Tarsney St. Louis Park High School
John Heizelman Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Nick Lassus Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Clay Spence Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Erik Legried The Blake School
Phelan O’Neill The Blake School
erin bleiweiss The Kinkaid School
matt cashiola The Kinkaid School
cameron wolf The Kinkaid School
Hamilton Bloom The Montgomery Academy
Charles Cardinal The Montgomery Academy
Mitchell Parrish The Montgomery Academy
Henry Weatherly The Montgomery Academy
Isaac Chao Timothy Christian School
Stephen Rabideau Timothy Christian School
Colin Scott Torrey Pines HS
Arseniy Banayev Trinity Prep School
Jeremiah Baxter Trinity Prep School
Smiti Mohan Trinity Prep School
Carlos Astacio University High School
Elijah Smith University High School
Kevin Sipe Vestavia Hills High
Regan Williams Vestavia Hills High
Perry Green Walt Whitman High School
Daniel Imas Walt Whitman High School
Jane Kessner Walt Whitman High School
Ben Lewis Walt Whitman High School
Emily Massey Walt Whitman High School
Caroline Sherrard Walt Whitman High School
Marshall Thompson Walt Whitman High School
Ross Brown West Des Moines Valley
Matt Kawahara West Des Moines Valley
Dan Chen Whippany Park High School
Ben Yu Whippany Park High School

TEAM DEBATE [92 Entries]

Erika Tannor – Shira Almeleh Baccalaureate School for Global Education
Daranee Nasongkhla – Latisha Harris Baccalaureate School for Global Education
Stephon Adams – Devonte Escoffery Baccalaureate School for Global Education
William Stokes – Nicholas Vail Baltimore City College
Corey Lacey – Ameena Ruffin Baltimore City College
Kaine Cherry – David Neustadt Baltimore City College
Kevin Whitley – Ciarra Thompson Baltimore Talent Development
Damiyr Davis – Miguel Feliciano Beacon High School
Ivy Gluck – Yasmine Flodin-Ali Beacon High School
Evan Sweet – Henry Osman Beacon High School
Natalia Sucher – Tyler Lurie-Spicer Beacon High School
Eleanor Buse – Evelyn Buse Beacon High School
Babajide Ajisafe – Marrissa Williams Bishop Loughlin Memorial
Annie Chen – Betty Mahmud Bronx School for Law, Government, Justice
Ismita Nadia – Ermira Pashtriku Bronx School for Law, Government, Justice
Sami Khan – Joygill Moriah Brooklyn Technical High School
Jacob Azrilyant – Lyra Decastro Brooklyn Technical High School
Zaina Naeem – Irfa Khan Brooklyn Technical High School
Colin McElhinny – Kevin Ward Cathedral Prep
Jonathan Kowarski – Dan Li Centennial High School
Srinidhi Muppalla – Vivian Wang Centennial High School
Srikar Kalvakolanu – Grace Chao Centennial High School
Kelly Lin – Hee Seung Song Centennial High School
Pingfan Tang – John Kim Centennial High School
Sadjo Sidikou – Kevin Joo Centennial High School
Christina Gai – Michael Koo Centennial High School
Lloyd Frederick – Devin Johnson Coppin Academy
Ethan Hawes – EB Saldaña duPont Manual High School
Benjamin Chang – Akshay Kini Edgemont HS
Tej Mehta – Nikhil Jayawickrama Edgemont HS
Helen Xu – Isaac Marshall Edgemont HS
Rebecca Rothfeld – Isaac Stanley-Becker Georgetown Day School
Sam Lipnick – Aaron Slater Georgetown Day School
Elisabeth McClure – Daniel Zhao Glenelg High School
Samara Faisal – Annum Faisal Houston Memorial High School
Chris Schroeder – Thomas Kruse Houston Memorial High School
Alix Arungah – Abhik Pramanik Howard High School
Samuel Ross – Adora Parker Kempsville High School
Greg Porter – Brian Higgins La Salle College High School
Jeb Biernat – John Nicola La Salle College High School
Jack Chong – Brenda Doan Lakeland District Debate
Chris Grossman – Patrick Cheung Lakeland District Debate
Jaime Burns – Anisal Tocilla Lakeland District Debate
Amrit Kanesa-Thasan – Ayan Sanyal Lexington High School
Jack Caporal – Dineth Bandarage Lexington High School
Arjun Vellayappan – Tyler Engler Lexington High School
James Fraser – Michael Suo Lexington High School
Cal Ellowitz – Vivian Guo Lexington High School
Marika Psyhojos – Will Marcal Lexington High School
Elizabeth Del Nido – Aron Thomas Lexington High School
Jason Hang – Ben Wobbe Lexington High School
Thomas Pacheco – Patrick McCleary Loyola Blakefield High School
Aneesh Agrawal – Vivian Wang Marriotts Ridge High School
Alex Resar – Patrick Butler McDonogh School
Brianne Caplan – Vibav Mouli McDonogh School
Vishnu Razdan – Roshan Patel McDonogh School
Jaritza Medina – Kirsten Blagg Millard West High School
Ryan Markus – Shane Adams Millard West High School
Savannah Behrent – Luis Aguirre Monticello High School
Nick Burton – Anthony Bisignano Monticello High School
Kevin Jiang – Lee Quinn Mountain Brook High School
Agree Ahmed – Sarah Martinez Mt Hebron HS
nakisa sadeghi – Parisa Sadeghi National Cathedral School
Kylah Broughton – Ivelisse Tirado Newark Science
Christine Poveda – Devane Murphy Newark Science
Matt Challes – Baasil Shariff Newburgh Free Academy
Chris Irish – Ben Siper Newburgh Free Academy
Stavan Shukla – Nicholas Keywork Newburgh Free Academy
Stephanie McCormick – Alexandra Morehead Newburgh Free Academy
Jacky Tian – Ross Rheingans-Yoo Oakland Mills High School
Lou Robinson – Hannah Waldrop Oakland Mills High School
Chloe Chen – Nate Munger Palo Alto High School
Abby LaPier – Grace Donzelli Palo Alto High School
John Olson – Scott Zhuge Palo Alto High School
Dan Sazhin – Cole Trager Poly Prep Country Day
Ben Smith – Andrew Becker Poly Prep Country Day
Jonathan Geldoff – Madeleine Houck River Hil High School
Jaison Kalampnayil – Jensen Kalampnayil River Hil High School
Deep Singh – Harriyson Seu River Hil High School
Niran Lakhanpal – Savon Ayodeji River Hil High School
James Peterson – Steven Caputo St. John’s High School
Daniel Powers – Alexander Carlman St. John’s High School
Ashish Mittal – Akum Gill The Harker School
layne kirshon – nikhil bontha The Kinkaid School
harry hantel – robert baldwin The Kinkaid School
vivek datla – schuyler sher The Kinkaid School
Zehao Sui – Suki Gulati Thomas Johnson
Shagun Kukreja – Rashawn Davis University High School
Amna Tariq – Queen LouAllen University High School
Nada Elrafei – Isabel Yu Wilde Lake HS
Dayva Frank – Danielle Jackson Wilde Lake HS
Max Plithidies – Matthew Pesce Woodward Academy

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE [63 Entries]

Jessica Weiss – Sam Freedman Byram Hills High School
Lars Furubotn – Jonah Jeng Byram Hills High School
Patrick Bender – Christopher Mello Chaminade High School
Jon McCarthy – Cody Abbey Chaminade High School
Christian Widmer – Zach DeVoti Chaminade High School
Kevin Kramer – John Mundy Chaminade High School
Michael Sullivan – Nickolas O’Connor Chaminade High School
Manan Gill – Jacob Winograd Dallastown Area High School
Thomas Pigott – Douglas Peters Delbarton School
Kevin Sullivan – Dhruv Sharma Delbarton School
Vani Vijayakumar – Zoe Kim Hockaday School
Zuokun Yu – Kaustabh Basu Hunter College High School
Ted Mateoc – Cara Eckholm Hunter College High School
Francis Giguette – Tiffen McAlister Isidore Newman School
Frank Worthington – William Toner La Salle College High School
Hal Shimkoski – Shannen Bazzi Lake Highland Preparatory
Karen Zhou – Steven Elliot Lakeville North High School
Kelly Miao – Mark Chonofsky Lexington High School
Jasmine Bailey – Eliza Cody Manchester Essex
Jack Kelly – Matt Hoyle Manchester Essex
Caleb Pearce – Justine Kane Manchester Essex
Norah Flynn – Emily Malik Manchester Essex
Scott Cowman – Julia Melamed Manchester Essex
Will Curatolo – Matt Melamed Manchester Essex
Matt Summers – Jimmy Matin Millburn High School
William Krinsman – Tackin Tarighian Millburn High School
Carly Skinder – Samantha Molozanov Millburn High School
Jennyfer Franca – Huiwon Lee Monticello High School
Brittany Knapp – Ruby Hong Monticello High School
Rob Hurd – Aseem Mehta Needham High School
David Walchak – Joe Eichenbaum New Trier Township High School
DaBorah Chester – Ruben Peres Newark Science
Kafele Sennon-Grant – Sharon Clark Newark Science
James Cossey – Jonathan Crews Northland Christian School
Mark Andriola – Joe Eddy Regis High School
Chris Landry – Shane Mangin Regis High School
Mike Russell – Matt McNierney Regis High School
Brian Cronin – Shane Regan Regis High School
Kyle Conlee – Joe Cammarosano Regis High School
Tommy White – Joe Setaro Regis High School
Austin Lowe – Tom Weinlandt Regis High School
Vik Lobo – Tim Nowak Regis High School
Nithya Gandham – Caitlin Murphy Ridge High School
Christopher Winter – Will Bennett Ridge High School
Brian Moore – Tejus Pradeep Ridge High School
Danny Siso – Stephen Weisenberger Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Mike Graham – Mik Kaminski The Blake School
Taylor Briggs – Sarah Carthen Watson The Blake School
Ziad Jawadi – Aakash Jagadeesh The Harker School
Elizabeth Bownes – Sophia Jones The Montgomery Academy
Molly Shannon – Priyanka Dochibhotla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Techn
Emily Yu – Rebecca Friedman Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Techn
Sam Surette – Noa Ovadia Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Techn
Geoffrey Block – Andrew Block Trinity Prep School
Tamika Graham – Alayah Harris-Rice University High School
Aaron Schifrin – Itai Farhi Walt Whitman High School
Rachel Umans – Sarah Houston Walt Whitman High School
Ali Rohde – Xavier Zaim Walt Whitman High School
Arushi Bhalla – Arjun Chhabra Walt Whitman High School
Max Barnhart – Jesse Freeman Walt Whitman High School
Samantha Reimer – Carolina Millan-Ronchetti Walt Whitman High School
Richard Scordato – Travis Lesch Walt Whitman High School
Marius Harnischfeger – Peter Jorgensen Walt Whitman High School

LEGISLATIVE DEBATE [50 Entries]

Cherelle Briggs Baltimore Freedom Academy
Diarra Edwards Berkeley Carroll School
Joseph Waldman Berkeley Carroll School
Chetan Sukh Delbarton School
Gregory Sweetman Delbarton School
Nick D’Angelo Fordham Preparatory School
Nicholas Dover Fordham Preparatory School
Kyle Egan Fordham Preparatory School
Jeffrey Limoncelli Fordham Preparatory School
Robert McCarthy Fordham Preparatory School
James Abys-Smith Iona Preparatory School
Tariq Adely Iona Preparatory School
Pranav Gandhi Iona Preparatory School
Dylan Houlihan Iona Preparatory School
Arthur Peterson Iona Preparatory School
Vincent Sayseng Iona Preparatory School
Erik Arntsen Manchester Essex
Matthew Corwin Manchester Essex
Brian Gibson Manchester Essex
Andrew Glidden Manchester Essex
Alexis Hemeon Manchester Essex
Margaret Henry Manchester Essex
Jared La Fontaine Manchester Essex
Calvin Lamothe Manchester Essex
Jacob Martz Manchester Essex
Kelly McIntosh Manchester Essex
Christine Pries Manchester Essex
Max Rodier Manchester Essex
Kurt Statz-Geary Manchester Essex
Braden Winn Manchester Essex
Connor Winn Manchester Essex
Shivam Patel Ridge High School
George Philipose Ridge High School
Sam Schraer Ridge High School
Alex Smyk Ridge High School
Bardia Vaseghi Ridge High School
Clare Yao Ridge High School
Chris Cannataro St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Charles Gress St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Susie Marshall The Blake School
Rishi Bhandia The Harker School
Jake Jacobs The Montgomery Academy
Olivia Barket Trinity Prep School
Colin Cook Trinity Prep School
Rehan Virani (PO) Trinity Prep School
Amar Mukunda Walt Whitman High School
Mike Neubauer Walt Whitman High School
Jessica Sheehan Walt Whitman High School
Ross Slaughter Walt Whitman High School
Erik Bakke West Springfield High School

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. van Elswyk!

Jon Cruz — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:08:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Cali. — Please join me in congratulating newlyweds Peter D. van Elswyk and Katherine van Elswyk!

Happy Birthday, Chris Blay!

Jon Cruz — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:21:57 +0000

MADRID, SPAIN — Chris Blay — who as a junior, is currently abroad in Spain — turned twenty-one today. Chris is, in so many, ways, the unsung hero behind VBD and VBI. A genius with technology — and a registered pilot! — he keeps things running smoothly so folks can continue to effortlessly enjoy services that promote the activity he enjoyed so much in high school: debate.

Please join me in wishing happy birthday to one of our community’s nicest, humblest, and hardest-working people: my friend, Chris Blay!

VBD Weekend Coverage: October 9-11, 2009

Jon Cruz — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:28:34 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from…

The Kaiser (Monticello) — Finals: William Allen’s Charles Chy defeated Walt Whitman’s Stephanie Franklin on a 3-2 decision.

Are there other tournaments that we should be covering? Please contact Jon Cruz with the results!

Charles Chy Takes Home the Kaiser

Jon Cruz — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:27:01 +0000

MONTICELLO, N.Y. — The final round of the twenty-second annual Dr. Robert J. Kaiser Invitational at Monticello High School featured Walt Whitman High School’s Stephanie Franklin and William Allen High School’s Charles Chy. The round was adjudicated by Lily Carbonara, Annie Fuoto, Max Katz, Kaitie Rubin, and Dan Timinsky. On a 3-2 decision — with Carbonara, Fuoto, and Rubin in the majority — Charles defeated Stephanie to win the tournament. Congratulations to both!

Charles is self-coached; Stephanie is coached by Anjan Choudhury, Todd Liipfert, Tanya Choudhury, and Elyse Lyons.

In Public Forum debate, Regis High School’s teams of Kevin Barker and Richard Park, Stephen Goodspeed and Teddy Kim, Brian Cronin and Shane Regan, and Nick Duva and James Elustondo closed out the Kaiser in the semifinal round. Congratulations to all four teams!

Kevin, Richard, Stephen, Teddy, Brian, Shane, Nick, and James are coached by Eric DiMichele.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

DOUBLES
(1) Ridge SV over (32) Ridge JF (Jacqueline Ferrentino)
(31) Newburgh Free ZS def. (2) Walt Whitman AZ (Alex Zimmerman)
(3) Walt Whitman SF def. (30) Bronx Science EM (Ellie Merle)
(4) Walt Whitman LC def. (29) Scarsdale SL (Sahil Lalwani)
(5) Ridge KS def. (28) Scarsdale CF (Chistopher Filos)
(6) Scarsdale JB def. (27) Ridge AL (Alex Liao)
(7) Needham ZS def. (26) Randolph MS (Maddy Stein)
(25) Montclair Kimberly AS def. (8) Hendrick Hudson AW (Anna Walsh)
(9) Hendrick Hudson AG def. (24) Bronx Science CC (Carolyn Clendenin)
(23) Bronx Science BE def. (10) Byram Hills SC (Sammi Cannold)
(11) Bronx Science EL over (22) Bronx Science EK (Ellington Kirby)
(21) Newburgh Free PW def. (12) Bronx Science MR (Matt Ross)
(20) William Allen CC def. (13) Bronx Science AT (Alex Tablan)
(14) Walt Whitman NC def. (19) Stuyvesant AV (Aditya Vijay)
(18) Hendrick Hudson SR def. (15) Byram Hills RS (Ritesh Singh)
(16) Newburgh Free DK def. (17) Walt Whitman AC (Abhinav Chhabra)

OCTAS
(1) Ridge SV def. (16) Newburgh Free DK (Devin Kasinski)
(18) Hendrick Hudson SR def. (31) Newburgh Free ZS (Zach Schuyler)
(3) Walt Whitman SF over (14) Walt Whitman NC (Nathalia Cibotti)
(20) William Allen CC def. (4) Walt Whitman LC (Lydia Carroll)
(5) Ridge KS def. (21) Newburgh Free PW (Phoebe Wolfe)
(6) Scarsdale JB def. (11) Bronx Science EL (Emilija Landsbergis)
(7) Needham ZS def. (23) Bronx Science BE (Bobby Esnard)
(9) Hendrick Hudson AG def. (25) Montclair Kimberly AS (Alexa Semonche)

QUARTERS
(1) Ridge SV def. (9) Hendrick Hudson AG (Alli Gofman)
(18) Hendrick Hudson SR def. (7) Needham ZS (Zoe Staum)
(3) Walt Whitman SF def. (6) Scarsdale JB (Jonathon Bowyer)
(20) William Allen CC def. (5) Ridge KS (Kevin Shia)

SEMIS
(20) William Allen CC def. (1) Ridge SV (Susanna Vogel)
(3) Walt Whitman SF def. (18) Hendrick Hudson SR (Sophie Ruff)

FINALS
(20) William Allen CC def. (3) Walt Whitman SF (Stephanie Franklin)

CHAMPION
(20) William Allen CC (Charles Chy)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Kevin Shia — Ridge High School (NJ)
2. Susanna Vogel — Ridge High School (NJ)
3. Charles Chy — William Allen High School (PA)
4. Phoebe Wolfe — Newburgh Free Academy (NY)
5. Jonathon Bowyer — Scarsdale High School (NY)
6. Alex Zimmermann — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
7. Stephanie Franklin — Walt Whitman High School (MD)
8. Zoe Staum — Needham High School (MA)
9. Anna Walsh — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
10. Alli Gofman — Hendrick Hudson High School (NY)
11. Bobby Esnard — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
12. Ellington Kirby — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
13. Carolyn Clendenin — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
14. Alexa Semonche — Montclair Kimberley Academy (NJ)
15. Maddy Stein — Randolph High School (NJ)

Scenes from Yale

Jon Cruz — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:14:19 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Seventy-six pictures from the Yale Invitational have been added to the Victory Briefs Photo Gallery.

You can also access small sets of images from the Bishop Guild Debates at Samford University, the Jack Howe Invitational at CSU Long Beach, the Kaiser at Monticello High School, and the Valley Mid-America Cup.

Obama Wins Nobel Prize

Jon Cruz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:26:14 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was announced today that President Barack Obama will be the fourth U.S. President — after Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter, the latter of whom won it in retirement — to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Save the Date: NJFL Nationals

Jon Cruz — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:24:45 +0000

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 2010 National Junior Forensic League National Tournament will be held in Iowa City from June 24 to June 27.

The tournament will provide competition opportunities to talented middle level students from across the nation, consistent with the mission of the NJFL to extend the benefits of debate and speech education to young adolescents.

Visit the NJFL web site for more details.

Immunization Demo Video Available

Bietz — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:32:53 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Victory Briefs Store has a demonstration debate on the Nov/Dec LD resolution regarding immunizations available for download. The round features former Rancho Bernardo debater Cameron Baghai versus former Walt Whitman debater Ellen Noble. You can purchase it by CLICKING HERE.

Field Report: The Kaiser

Jon Cruz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:18:27 +0000

MONTICELLO, N.Y. — The fields for Lincoln-Douglas debate, policy debate, and Public Forum debate at the twenty-second annual Dr. Robert J. Kaiser Invitational at Monticello High School — current as of Monday evening — are available here on VBD.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [102 Entries]

Bronx Science Carolyn Clendenin
Bronx Science Abhi Elisetty
Bronx Science Bobby Esnard
Bronx Science Ben Greenberg
Bronx Science Ellington Kirby
Bronx Science Emilija Landsbergis
Bronx Science Vishal Mahadeo
Bronx Science Ellie Merle
Bronx Science Karleta Peterson
Bronx Science Matt Ross
Bronx Science Alex Tablan
Bronx Science Jesse Weissman
Brooklyn Technical Neil Alacha
Brooklyn Technical Alina Artunian
Brooklyn Technical Sara Providence
Brooklyn Technical Remy Ravitzka
Brooklyn Technical Gennine Sawwan
Brooklyn Technical Nisat Shima
Byram Hills Sammi Cannold
Byram Hills Danielle Chorne
Byram Hills Danielle Dinstein
Byram Hills Jesse Honig
Byram Hills Ritesh Singh
Byram Hills Aurora Xu
Cathedral Prep School Ben Slomski
Copley Lear Jiang
Copley Andrew Makishi
Dallastown Ethan Roth
Dallastown Ryan Schroeder
Hendrick Hudson Alli Gofman
Hendrick Hudson Sophie Ruff
Hendrick Hudson Matt Schaffer
Hendrick Hudson Zack Struver
Hendrick Hudson Ben Toll
Hendrick Hudson Anna Walsh
Hunter College High School Lisa Mogilanski
Lakeland Emily Krantz
Manchester Essex Liam Aldrich
Manchester Essex Madeline Bistrong
Manchester Essex Joshua Christopher
Manchester Essex Allyson Conway
Manchester Essex Carolyn Heslop
Manchester Essex Olivia Mastendino
Manchester Essex Eleanora Mortillaro
Manchester Essex Maxwell Nesbitt
Manchester Essex Dominique Noriega
Manchester Essex Marissa Ostrovitz
Millburn Zach Jacobs
Montclair Kimberley Academy Alexa Semonche
Needham Zoe Staum
Newark Science Jabriel Boone
Newark Science Kishan Nakrani
Newark Science Shaneequah Thomas
NFA Victor Bramble
NFA Devin Kasinki
NFA Rene Mejia
NFA Zach Schuyler
NFA Phoebe Wolfe
Pocono Mountain West Kyra Tan-Tiongco
Randolph PJ Santos
Randolph Maddy Stein
Ridge Jacqueline Ferrentino
Ridge Alex Liao
Ridge Liz Pires
Ridge Kevin Shia
Ridge Susanna Vogel
Ridge Howard Wei
Scarsdale Evan Bederman
Scarsdale Jonathon Bowyer
Scarsdale Alon Daks
Scarsdale Annalisa Donat
Scarsdale Zach Edelman
Scarsdale Benjamin Fife
Scarsdale Chistopher Filos
Scarsdale Evan Kratzer
Scarsdale Geoffrey Kristof
Scarsdale Sahil Lalwani
Scarsdale David Weisenfeld
Scarsdale Jared Young
Stuyvesant Taha Ahsin
Stuyvesant Lea Beltramino
Stuyvesant Sharon Cruz
Stuyvesant Carolyn Dean Wolf
Stuyvesant Andrew Eckholm
Stuyvesant Sofiya Elyukin
Stuyvesant Eric Han
Stuyvesant Evan Schleifer-Katz
Stuyvesant Matthew Varghese
Stuyvesant Aditya Vijay
Stuyvesant Grant Weisberg
Walt Whitman Paula Alvarez-Couceiro
Walt Whitman Lydia Carroll
Walt Whitman Kevin Cheng
Walt Whitman Abhinav Chhabra
Walt Whitman Nathalia Cibotti
Walt Whitman Stephanie Franklin
Walt Whitman Chandini Jha
Walt Whitman Priya Kumar
Walt Whitman Ramneek Nagi
Walt Whitman Marshall Thompson
Walt Whitman Alex Zimmermann
William Allen High School Charles Chy

POLICY DEBATE [40 Entries]

American History Jazir Beckford Quamir Johnson
American History Sherri Morrell Emilio La Fontaine
Brooklyn Technical Jacob Azrilyant Lyra DeCastro
Brooklyn Technical Irfa Khan Joygill Moriah
Cathedral Prep School Cody Kindle Jacob Warner
Eastside (Newark) Ana Calizo Sara Oliveira
Edgemont HS Abhay Bansal Leyla Bayat
Edgemont HS Daniel Bernstein Zak Palamino
Edgemont HS Anik Chaudhry Stanly Mathew
Edgemont HS Benjamin Feig Ashish Shrestha
Edgemont HS Rebecca Gold Joanna Lee
Edgemont HS Ethan Kempner Krishan Mistry
Edgemont HS Isaac Marshall Helen Xu
Kempsville Jade Kreissler Tim Wigginton
Lakeland Jack Chong Brenda Doan
Lakeland Anisa Tocilla Suraina Dias
Millburn Ross Eglow Siddarth Ravishankar
Newark Science Kylah Broughton Ivelisse Tirado
Newark Science Jean Camacho Luis Carrera
Newark Science Christine Poveda Devane Murphy
Newark Science Alexa White Suliat Olusanya
NFA Matt Challes Baasil Shariff
NFA Chris Irish Alexandra Morehead
NFA Stephanie McCormick Stavan Shukla
Stuyvesant Angela Fan Daniel Frankel
Stuyvesant Ian Grant Mimi Yen
Stuyvesant Sandesh Kataria Andrew Huang
Stuyvesant Lucian Li Daniel Hayeem
Stuyvesant Thomas Ron Kevin Kim
Stuyvesant Kevin Zhen Garreth O’Brien
Technology High School Diana Alarez Michael Maldonado
The Beacon School Alex Eacker Tim Arden
The Beacon School Jonah Gornick Eli Gold
The Beacon School Alex Neiman-Zych Gabe Richman
The Beacon School Henry Osman Evan Sweet
University Omer Bhatti Sean Hammond
University Shagun Kukreja Vida Chiri
University Queen Lou Allen Amna Tariq
West Side High Khairaah Davis Aqeel Muhammad
Weston Daniel Park Brendan Eappen

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE [21 Entries]

Bronx Science Kaching Ho Rachel Kaplan
Bronx Science Max Lesser Shagun Mohan
Byram Hills Sam Freedman Jordan Nick
Byram Hills Zach Stuckelman Lars Furboten
Dallastown Linda Wang Kate Heath
Lexington Mark Chonofsky Kelly Miao
Lexington Meghan Fuery Sanjana Singh
Lexington Diana Hines Sophia Psyhojos
Lexington Susan Jacob Aviva Mattingly
Lexington Sam Segall Liran Weizman
Newark Science Kafele Sennon-Grant Salaam Thomas
Regis John Balleta Tom Fink
Regis Kevin Barker Richard Park
Regis Joe Bianco Doug Powers
Regis Brian Cronin Shane Regan
Regis Nick Duva James Elustondo
Regis Dennis Gishta Max Ritter
Regis Stephen Goodspeed Teddy Kim
Regis Joe Gowen Pat Moran
Regis Teddy Little Robert Van Dyke
Regis Vikram Lobo Tim Nowak

Jon Cruz Announces the 2009 Bronx Round Robin

Jon Cruz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:02:00 +0000

BRONX, N.Y. — Jon Cruz has announced the participants in this year’s Bronx Round Robin. The event — one of the oldest such tournaments in Lincoln-Douglas debate — will be held this year before the New York City Invitational at the Bronx High School of Science.

This year, for the first time ever, the Bronx Round Robin will be hosted at New York University.

“I am so pleased that twelve of the finest debaters anywhere will be staying with us after the tournament to participate in this competitive and educational forum,” Cruz commented.

Past champions of the Bronx Round Robin include Ron Anafi of Wellington High School, James Mallios of the Bronx High School of Science, Jason Baldwin of Vestavia Hills High School, Claire Carman of Vestavia Hills High School, Greg Goldfarb of Miami Palmetto High School, David Singh of Apple Valley High School, Brian Fletcher of Valley High School, Anna Manasco of Saint James School, Jeff Hannon of Nova High School, Doug Lieb of Scarsdale High School, Douglas Jeffers of Dulles High School, J.R. Thorsen Lake Highland Preparatory School, and Ravi Sankar of Trinity Preparatory School.

At last year’s Bronx Round Robin, Jake Nebel of Trinity Preparatory School defeated Paul Tyger of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School on a 3-2 decision to win the storied title. Jake was also the top speaker.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

The Altamont School (AL) — Sasha Arijanto
Berkeley Carroll School (NY) — Dylan Scher
The Blake School (MN) — Erik Legried
The Bronx High School of Science (NY) — Bobby Esnard
Greenhill School (TX) — Tanya Thanawalla
Hendrick Hudson High School (NY) — Alli Gofman
The Hockaday School (TX) — Sarah Ridout
Northland Christian School (TX) — Josh Roberts
Palo Alto High School (CA) — Avi Arfin
Perkiomen Valley High School (PA) — Karlyn Gorski
Saint Louis Park High School (MN) — Catherine Tarsney
Walt Whitman High School (MD) — Ben Lewis

VBD Weekend Coverage: October 2-4, 2009

Jon Cruz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:33:21 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from…

Grand Prairie — Finals: Plano Senior’s Charles Rutter defeated Northland Christian’s Maegan Odenweller.
Long Beach — Awaiting Results
Samford — Finals: Donoho’s Vinay Giri defeated Indian Springs’s Larry Liu on a 2-1 decision.
Yale — Finals: Scarsdale’s Eric Thurm defeated Walt Whitman’s Alex Zimmerman on a 5-2 decision. JV Finals: Regis’s Robbie Flatow and Bobby McCooey closed out.

Staying at home this weekend? Enjoy the new podcast from Jim Menick, Mike Bietz, and Jon Cruz: The View from Tab.

Eric Thurm Wins Yale

Jon Cruz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:32:39 +0000

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate competition at the seventeenth annual Yale Invitational concluded with a final round that featured Scarsdale High School’s Eric Thurm and Walt Whitman High School’s Alex Zimmerman.

The round was adjudicated by Pam Brown, Mike Contillo, Peter Damrosch, Deepa Ramakrishnan, Jason Sun, Marc Wallach, and Anna Ward. On a 5-2 decision, Eric defeated Alex to take the title. Congratulations to both!

Eric is coached by Joe Vaughan and Patrick Diehl; Alex is coached by Anjan Choudhury, Todd Liipfert, Tanya Choudhury, and Elyse Lyons.

The first judge listed on each panel is the chair.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

DOUBLES
Scarsdale JB def. Berkeley Carroll DS (Dylan Scher)
2-1 (Charlie Furman, *Andrew Waks, Mike Lintz)
Bronx Science EM def. Loyola Blakefield CA (Connor Acle)
2-1 (Jason Sun, Anna Ward, *Alex Grajewski)
Baltimore City GI def. Brooklyn Tech NA (Neil Alacha)
3-0 (Marc Wallach, Alex Castro, Paul Gu)
Great Neck South SG def. La Salle College SJ (Sean Janda)
3-0 (Petey Gil-Montllor, Melanie Plaza, Diane Steiker)
Millburn MH def. Battle Ground GJ (Garrett Jackson)
3-0 (Chris Theis, Mike Contillo, Peter Cancro)
Monticello DC def. University [FL] JT (Josh Tupler)
3-0 (David Long, Sohail Syed, Peter Damrosch)
Perkiomen Valley KG def. Needham NL (Nathan Lintz)
3-0 (Annie Fuoto, Marcus Moretti, Mostafa Al-Alusi)
Niskayuna AM def. Ridge VJ (Varun Jayaraman)
3-0 (Les Phillips, Ken Hershey, Adam Gerchick)
Scarsdale ET def. Regis AG (Andrew Giambrone)
3-0 (Mira Chernick, Katherine Cai, Chris Peak)
William Allen CC def. Scarsdale JY (Jared Young)
(Shivani Vohra, Rachel Vogel, Michelle Dyke)
Hendrick Hudson AG def. Scarsdale SL (Sahil Lalwani)
3-0 (Sabrina Graham, Isaac Bloch, Ori Dinstein)
Palo Alto NB def. Altamont SA (Sasha Arijanto)
3-0 (Nikita Lalwani, Tess McNulty, Vinay Prasad)
San Marino EW def. Torrey Pines CS (Colin Scott)
2-1 (*Fabien Thayamballi, Devin Race, Kevin Gallagher)
Walt Whitman AZ def. Ridge JF (Jacqueline Ferrentino)
2-1 (*Jonathan Alston, Eric Palmer, Chris Lucibella)
Ridge SV def. Walt Whitman DI (Daniel Imas)
2-1 (*Anthony Berryhill, Chris Blaine, Phil Kaplan)
Walt Whitman SR def. Legacy BW (Bryan Wilder)
2-1 (Natalee Pei, Deepa Ramakrishnan, *Gauri Subramanian)

OCTAS
Niskayuna AM def. William Allen CC (Charles Chy)
(Eric Palmer, Mira Chernick, Jason Sun)
Palo Alto NB def. Great Neck South SG (Shelli Gimelstein)
(Sabrina Graham, Marcus Moretti, Peter Damrosch)
Millburn MH def. Perkiomen Valley KG (Karlyn Gorski)
(Les Phillips, Andrew Waks, Anna Ward)
Ridge SV def. Bronx Science EM (Ellie Merle)
2-1 (*Annie Fuoto, Nikita Lalani, Rachel Vogel)
Scarsdale ET def. Baltimore City GI (Gareth Imparato)
(Sohail Syed, Fabien Thayamballi, Mike Contillo)
Scarsdale JB def. Monticello DC (Dan Cook)
(Melanie Plaza, Shivani Vohra, Deepa Ramakrishnan)
Walt Whitman AZ def. Hendrick Hudson AG (Alli Gofman)
(Ken Hershey, Devin Race, Tess McNulty)
Walt Whitman SR def. San Marino EW (Eric Wu)
(Anthony Berryhill, Isaac Bloch, Charlie Furman)

QUARTERS
Niskayuna AM def. Palo Alto NB (Nikhil Bhargava)
(Anthony Berryhill, Charlie Furman, Annie Fuoto)
Walt Whitman AZ def. Ridge SV (Susanna Vogel)
(Marcus Moretti, Melanie Plaza, Anna Ward)
Scarsdale ET over Scarsdale JB (Jonathan Bowyer)
Millburn MH def. Walt Whitman SR (Stefanie Rohde)
(Rachel Vogel, Fabien Thayamballi, Jason Sun)

SEMIS
Scarsdale ET def. Niskayuna AM (Archith Murali)
3-0 (Paul Gu, Tess McNulty, Peter Damrosch)
Walt Whitman AZ def. Millburn MH (Michael Hassin)
3-0 (Nikita Lalwani, Mike Contillo, Anna Ward)

FINALS
Scarsdale ET def. Walt Whitman AZ (Alex Zimmerman)
5-2 (Pam Brown, Mike Contillo, Peter Damrosch, Deepa Ramakrishnan, Jason Sun, Marc Wallach, Anna Ward)

CHAMPION
Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)

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J.V. DOUBLES
Regis BM over Regis RG
Ridge LP def. Bronx Science AT (Alex Tablan)
Regis SL def. Monticello KD (Kristen Druse)
Bronx Science VM def. Byram Hills DD (Dani Dinstein)
Chaminade CH def. Brooklyn Tech NS
Regis RF def. Berkeley Carroll WP
Berkeley Carroll CH def. Stuyvesant GN
Stuyvesant LS def. Westhill ST
Bronx Science KP def. Westhill SR
Ransom Everglades DS def. Ridge HW (Howard Wei)
Montville ND def. Byram Hills RS
Stuyvesant GW def. Delbarton ML
Chaminade BQ def.
Manchester Essex GS vs. Westhill SF
Carpe Diem JM def. Brooklyn Tech GS
Regis PM def. Syosset SC

J.V. OCTAS
Berkeley Carroll CH def. Stuyvesant GW
Bronx Science KP def. Ransom Everglades DS
Regis BM def. Bronx Science VM (Vishal Mahadeo)
Chaminade CH def. Manchester Essex GS
Regis RF def. Chaminade BQ
Regis SL def. Carpe Diem JM
Ridge LP def. Regis PM
Stuyvesant LS def. Montville ND

J.V. QUARTERS
Regis RF def. Chaminade CH
Regis BM def. Berkeley Carroll CH
Regis SL def. Montville ND
Bronx Science KP def. Ridge LP

J.V. SEMIS
Regis RF def. Bronx Science KP (Karleta Peterson)
Regis BM over Regis SL

J.V. FINALS
Regis RF and Regis BM close out.

Madeline Zhu Takes CSU Long Beach

Jon Cruz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:38:22 +0000

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Jack Howe Invitational at CSU Long Beach concluded on Sunday night with a final round that featured Claremont High School’s Madeline Zhu and Harvard-Westlake School’s Ben Sprung-Keyser.

On a 2-1 decision, Madeline defeated Ben to take the tournament. Congratulations to both debaters!

Madeline is coached by David Chamberlain and Fritz Pielstick; Ben is coached by Mike Bietz, Peter D. van Elswyk, and Tara Norris.

Paras Kumar and Fritz Pielstick contributed to this report.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

OCTAS
Claremont MZ def. Palo Verde LS (Lauren Smith)
Sanger CB def. Claremont JH (Johnny Huynh)
Rancho Bernardo PK def. La Costa Canyon DK (Damon Karson)
Brentwood CW def. CPS MD (Michelle Deloison-Baum)
Loyola AB def. Brentwood AB (Alex Bowman)
Harvard-Westlake BSK def Loyola RL (Rich Lizardo)
Rancho Bernardo AK def. San Dieguito MS (Michael Slemon)
La Costa Canyon DM def. Centennial CS (Courtney Shipp)

QUARTERS
Claremont MZ def. Loyola AB (Andrew Blay)
Harvard-Westlake BSK def. Brentwood CW (Cory Wynn)
Rancho Bernardo PK over Rancho Bernardo AK (Ankit Kumar)
Sanger CB def. La Costa Canyon DM (David Moore)

SEMIS
Claremont MZ def. Rancho Bernardo PK (Paras Kumar)
Harvard-Westlake BS def. Sanger CB (Charles Bell)

FINALS
Claremont MZ def. Harvard-Westlake BS (Ben Sprung-Keyser)

CHAMPION
Claremont MZ (Maddie Zhu)

Vinay Giri Wins Samford

Jon Cruz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:53:06 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — This year’s Bishop Guild Debates at Samford University featured a Lincoln-Douglas debate division that broke to quarterfinals. From the top eight debaters eventually emerged the top two: Indian Spring School’s Larry Liu and the Donoho School’s Vinay Giri. In the final round, Vinay defeated Larry on a 2-1 decision to capture the storied Stamford title.

Congratulations to both debaters!

Vinay is coached by Ashley Pendley Burrage; Larry is coached by Wade Houston.

Regan Williams contributed to this report.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Indian Springs JL def. Vestavia Hills RW (Regan Williams)
Indian Springs LL def. Vestavia Hills KJ (Kelly Johnson)
Montgomery HW def. Saint Andrew’s Episcopal MB (Meredith Blackwell)
Donoho VG def Vestavia Hills SL (Shanna Liu)

SEMIS
Indian Springs LL over Indian Springs JL (Jeff Liu)
Donoho VG def. Montgomery HW (Henry Weatherly)

FINALS
Donoho VG def. Indian Springs LL (Larry Liu)

CHAMPION
Donoho VG (Vinay Giri)

Charles Rutter is Grand Prairie Champion

Jon Cruz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:05:53 +0000

GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. — The thirteenth annual Grand Prairie Spotlight ended on Saturday night with a final round between Northland Christian School’s Maegen Odenweller and Plano Senior High School’s Charles Rutter. In the round, Charles defeated Maegen on a 2-1 decision to win the title. Congratulations to both finalists!

Charles is coached by Cheryl Potts; Maegen is coached by Kevin Roberts, Perry Beard, and Josh Overton.

Jared Woods contributed to this report.

The View from Tab Debuts

Jon Cruz — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:13:50 +0000

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y., LOS ANGELES, Cali., and NEW YORK, N.Y. — Three coaches — Jim Menick of Hendrick Hudson High School, Mike Bietz of Harvard-Westlake School, and Jon Cruz of the Bronx High School of Science — have banded together to create a weekly podcast, The View from Tab.

In first episode, now available for download, Menick, Bietz, and Cruz discuss the merits and drawbacks of case disclosure and introduce two weekly features: tech tips (this week, instapaper) and predictions for the coming week.

Click here to subscribe to The View from Tab on iTunes.

Field Report: Grand Prairie

Jon Cruz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:36:09 +0000

GRAND PRAIRE, Tex. — The fields for varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate and novice Lincoln-Douglas debate at the thirteenth annual Grand Prairie Spotlight — current as of Thursday evening — are available here on VBD.

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [68 Entries]

Rachel Denney Allen High School
Vincent Li Allen High School
John M Sims Arlington High School
Tye Crear Arlington Lamar High School
Drew Shumake Arlington Lamar High School
Lana Idris Colleyville Heritage High School
Alizah Lalani Colleyville Heritage High School
Dev Nangrani Colleyville Heritage High School
Aum Patel Colleyville Heritage High School
Mubeen Tejani Colleyville Heritage High School
Yamna Zaman Colleyville Heritage High School
Trey Morgan Crowley High School
BRIEYELL BOONE Desoto High School
ONDAZSHA MITCHELL Desoto High School
MARLIN OYENEYIN Desoto High School
Eric Alt Garland High School
Manar Haseeb Garland High School
Ridwan Haseeb Garland High School
Joshua Cutler Granbury High School
Daniel Knox Granbury High School
Afton Strain Granbury High School
Kaavya Balan Hockaday School
Emily Bao Hockaday School
Rupsha Basu Hockaday School
Mollie Cowger Hockaday School
Kay Dannenmaier Hockaday School
Lara Gatehouse Hockaday School
Trishla Jain Hockaday School
Anna Ramundo Hockaday School
Isabel Vazquez Hockaday School
Annie Zhu Hockaday School
Alicia Li Jasper High School
Sean Oliver Jasper High School
Niraj Parekh Jasper High School
Colby Ye Jasper High School
Andrietta Baxter Keller Central High School
Jeron Whalen Keller Central High School
Suman Augsteen Lakeview Centennial
Susana Calvillo Lakeview Centennial
Kalen Lewis Lakeview Centennial
KELSEY ANNU-ESSUMAN Law Magnet High School
BRANDON BICZO Law Magnet High School
KEYONNA HALL Law Magnet High School
EMILIO LOZANO Law Magnet High School
LORENA NANEZ Law Magnet High School
JOSHUA BROKAW Newman Smith High School
Brittany Rosengren North Crowley High School
Elizabeth Byrne Northland Christian School
Robbie Dillard Northland Christian School
Sarah Holley Northland Christian School
Maegen Odenweller Northland Christian School
Cole Oliver Northland Christian School
Josh Roberts Northland Christian School
Cassie Robinson Northland Christian School
Jared Woods Northland Christian School
Ayushi Agarwala Plano Senior High School
Sneha Raghunathan Plano Senior High School
Charles Rutter Plano Senior High School
Adeyemi Adewuyi Plano Williams High School
Rodolfo Butanda South Garland High School
Isis Flores South Garland High School
Natasha Hale South Garland High School
Alexandra Ruuska South Garland High School
Nicholas Ruuska South Garland High School
Patricia Villacin South Garland High School
Alex Bailey Southlake Carroll
Bryan Karbasi Southlake Carroll
Bonnie Song Southlake Carroll

NOVICE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [37 Entries]

Linda Shi Allen High School
Mensah Thompson Allen High School
Ashley Antkowiak Arlington Lamar High School
Shanell Dillard Arlington Lamar High School
Rae Estep Arlington Lamar High School
Cody Howard Arlington Lamar High School
Cody Bratton Colleyville Heritage High School
Gina Chiu Colleyville Heritage High School
Marissa Daniels Colleyville Heritage High School
Alex Entrekin Crowley High School
Flores George Diamond Hill Jarvis High School
Elvira Longoria Diamond Hill Jarvis High School
Armando Luna Diamond Hill Jarvis High School
Gonzalez Victor Diamond Hill Jarvis High School
Derrick Rice Garland High School
John Scott Garland High School
Katherine Berry Granbury High School
Jacob Thompson Granbury High School
Jonathan Huang Jasper High School
Shravan Shaastri Jasper High School
Briana Abudu Lakeview Centennial
William Brinkley Lakeview Centennial
Dedrain Mitchell Lakeview Centennial
CORA GARZA Law Magnet High School
STERLING HOPKINS Law Magnet High School
GLYNEISHA JOHNSON Law Magnet High School
YASTRAL NANEZ Law Magnet High School
Don Allen Northland Christian School
Morgan Lawson Northland Christian School
Christian Murphy Northland Christian School
Coco Stewart Northland Christian School
Miranda Tosh Northland Christian School
Kyla Wilcher Northland Christian School
Julian Michael Plano Senior High School
Robert Larkins Plano Williams High School
Vinod Samuel Plano Williams High School
Amanda Jones South Garland High School

BREAKING NEWS: Nov-Dec — It’s Immunization

Jon Cruz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:14:54 +0000

RIPON, Wisc. — The National Forensic League has announced that the following statement will serve as the November/December resolution.

R: Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization.

Discuss.

BREAKING NEWS: November PF Resolution Announced

Jon Cruz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:13:22 +0000

RIPON, Wisc. — The National Forensic League has announced that the following statement will serve as the November resolution.

R: Failed nations are a greater threat to the United States than stable nations.

Discuss.

Marble Apples Looking for a Home

Jon Cruz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:20:44 +0000

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — Registration for the MinneApple Debate Tournament at Apple Valley High School is open on Joy of Tournaments. The tournament will take place on November 6 and 7, 2009.

“We are supposed to close registration out on Friday,” notes Pam Cady Wycoff, “but we are planning on holding slots open until the tournament becomes full.”

__________________

Dear Coaches,

You are cordially invited to the MinneApple Debate Tournament at Apple Valley High School on Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th. Many of you have already registered and we are pleased that you will be joining us. If you have not yet had the opportunity but would like to attend, please do so soon because our space is nearly full.

Although registration was originally due Friday, October 2 so that we could best assist out-state debaters with their travel plans we will continue to allow entries as space allows. If you are interested in the MinneApple, please log on and get this year’s details. Fees will be assessed as of Thursday, October 8th.

This year we are again featuring both LD and Public Forum. The MinneApple will offer three divisions of Lincoln Douglas debate and will break to double octa-finals in varsity. THE MINNEAPPLE IS A TOC QUALIFIER AT OCTA-FINALS IN BOTH LD AND PUBLIC FORUM. Registration is available at www.joyoftournaments.com for your convenience.

The MinneApple will offer varsity, junior varsity, and novice divisions in LD and an open division in PF. We have many marble apples looking for a home! If you have any questions please let me know! We look forward to seeing you in November and offering you a great tournament experience!

Sincerely,
Pam Cady Wycoff
Director of Forensics
pam.wycoff@district196.org

Field Report: Yale

Jon Cruz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:34:25 +0000

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The field reports for varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, Public Forum debate, policy debate, and Student Congress for the seventeenth annual Yale Invitational — current as of Tuesday evening — are available here on VBD.

The strike sheet for varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate — which lists all the judges for that event — is also available by clicking here.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE [161 Entries]

A.L. Johnson NJ Chris Judd
A.L. Johnson NJ Joseph Bonaccorso
Baltimore City College MD Gareth Imparato
Barrington High School IL Natasha Thondavadi
Battle Ground Academy TN Garrett Jackson
Battle Ground Academy TN Austin Tobak
Berkeley Carroll NY Jason Aerni
Berkeley Carroll NY Dylan Scher
Berkeley Carroll NY Andrew Timko
Berkeley Carroll NY Andre Cambridge
Berkeley Carroll NY Phoebe Miller
Bodine PA Jalon Alexander
Bronx Science NY Bobby Esnard
Bronx Science NY Ellie Merle
Bronx Science NY Emilija Landsbergis
Bronx Science NY Abhi Elisetty
Bronx Science NY Max Weinreich
Bronx Science NY Ellington Kirby
Brooklyn Technical NY Neil Alacha
Byram Hills NY Sarah Berger
Byram Hills NY Danielle Chorne
Byram Hills NY Jesse Honig
Byram Hills NY Sammi Cannold
Catonsville MD Sam Gruber
Chaminade NY Michael Bucaria
Chaminade NY Dillon Connolly
Chaminade NY David Matusiak
Corona Del Sol AZ Vikram Narayan
Delbarton School NJ John Colavita
Delbarton School NJ Jason Zhang
Great Neck South NY Shelli Gimelstein
Great Neck South NY Charles Starr
Great Neck South NY Hannah Rothblatt
Half Hollow Hills East NY Sachin Sharma
Half Hollow Hills East NY Trevor Reddick
Half Hollow Hills East NY Alyssa Hasbrouck
Half Hollow Hills East NY Zach Zadek
Harvard-Westlake CA Michelle Choi
Harvard-Westlake CA Nick Pritzker
Harvard-Westlake CA Adam Bennett
Harvard-Westlake CA Nika Madyoon
Harvard-Westlake CA Jake Sonnenberg
Harvard-Westlake CA Hannah Schoen
Hendrick Hudson NY Alli Gofman
Hendrick Hudson NY Anna Walsh
Hendrick Hudson NY Zack Struver
Hendrick Hudson NY Sophie Ruff
Hunter College High School NY Lisa Mogilanski
Hunter College High School NY Isabel Patkowski
Hunter College High School NY Diana Li
Hunter College High School NY Zach Plyam
LaSalle PA Sean Janda
LaSalle PA Nick Frazette
Legacy High School FL Bryan Wilder
Lexington MA Michael Exter
Lexington MA Aashik Rao
Lexington MA Diana Mojahed
Lexington MA Salma Yehia
Lexington MA Anubhav Jain
Loyola Blakefield MD Connor Acle
Loyola Blakefield MD Tom Bauerschmidt
Loyola Blakefield MD Tom Cameron
Loyola Blakefield MD Jonathan Franck
Manchester Essex MA Darcey Babikian
Manchester Essex MA Brittany Edwards
Millburn NJ Haley Fitzpatrick
Millburn NJ Michael Hassin
Millburn NJ Dan Hassin
Millburn NJ Eric Hertz
Millburn NJ Arbi Llaveshi
Montclair Kimberley Academy NJ Alexa Semonche
Monticello NY Dan Cook
Monticello NY Jay Cumming
Monticello NY Charlotte Ference
Monticello NY Rebecca Goodman
Montville NJ Demetra Sherwood
Montville NJ Jennifer Bennett
Montville NJ Matthew Wolfson
Montville NJ Jenny Yan
NFA NY Devin Kasinki
NFA NY Zach Schuyler
NFA NY Phoebe Wolfe
Needham MA Steve Berul
Needham MA Nathan Lintz
Needham MA Cady Gallahger
Needham MA Zoe Staum
Needham MA Laura Furman
Newark Science NJ Muta Mashack
Newark Science NJ Jabriel Boone
Newark Science NJ Kishan Nakrani
Newtown CT Scott Kim
Niskayuna NY Archith Murali
Palo Alto CA Nikhil Bhargava
Perkiomen Valley PA Karlyn Gorski
Randolph NJ Sohum Doshi
Randolph NJ Cheyane Reisner
Randolph NJ Maddy Stein
Randolph NJ Angela Gu
Ransom Everglades Upper School FL Samantha Alman
Regis NY Andrew Giambrone
Regis NY Stefan Lainovic
Regis NY Chris Kelly
Regis NY Bobby Hausen
Regis NY Chris Neylan
Ridge NJ Varun Jayaraman
Ridge NJ Susanna Vogel
Ridge NJ Jacqueline Ferrentino
Ridge NJ Kevin Shia
Ridge NJ Allison Douglis
Sacred Heart MA Matt Pink
Sacred Heart MA Dale Morgan
San Marino CA Michael Chiu
San Marino CA Andrew Szeto
San Marino HS CA Eric Wu
San Marino HS CA Kevin Wu
Scarsdale NY Eric Thurm
Scarsdale NY Jared Young
Scarsdale NY Jonathon Bowyer
Scarsdale NY Sahil Lalwani
Scarsdale NY Geoffrey Kristof
Scarsdale NY David Weisenfeld
Shikellamy High School PA Katrina Dry
Southern Lehigh PA Zackary Arnold
Southern Lehigh PA Matthew Fries
Southern Lehigh PA Jacob Jones
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Steve Stinson
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Greg Chatzinoff
Stuyvesant NY Lea Beltramino
Stuyvesant NY Taha Ahsin
Stuyvesant NY Aditya Vijay
Suncoast FL Deborah Chen
Suncoast FL Chrysontia Horne
Suncoast FL Claire Zhang
The Altamont School AL Sasha Arijanto
Timber Creek FL Carla Hernandez
Timber Creek FL Maria Salamanca
Timber Creek FL Sierra Hadley
Torrey Pines High School CA Colin Scott
Torrey Pines High School CA Noor Al-Alusi
Trinity Prep FL Arseniy Banayev
Trinity Prep FL Jeremiah Baxter
Trinity Prep FL Alex Patel
Trinity Prep FL Smiti Mohan
Unionville PA Raul Larsen
University NJ Carlos Astacio
University NJ Elijah Smith
University School FL Michael Fried
University School FL Lorenia Lopez
University School FL Josh Tupler
University School FL Matthew Barrett
Walt Whitman MD Stefanie Rohde
Walt Whitman MD Alex Zimmermann
Walt Whitman MD Daniel Imas
Walt Whitman MD Alexander Burnett
Walt Whitman MD Chandini Jha
Westhill CT Martha Masiarz
Westhill CT John Grosso
Westhill CT Ellie Brain
Westhill CT Horace Harriet
Whippany Park NJ Dan Chen
Whippany Park NJ Ben Yu
William Allen High School PA Charles Chy

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE [120 Entries]

American Heritage at Delray FL Mangini & Noddings
American Heritage at Plantation FL Ng & Cuba
Battle Ground Academy TN Waly & Pintauro
Bronx Science NY Lloyd & Wong
Bronx Science NY Lipp & Mazursky
Bronx Science NY Mohan & Lesser
Bronx Science NY Fayvinova & Subbarumu
Byram Hills NY Furboten & Bohrer
Byram Hills NY Stuckelman & Jeng
Byram Hills NY Freedman & Nick
Chaminade NY Bender & Mello
Chaminade NY Liberman & Sullivan
Chaminade NY Abbey & McCarthy
Charlotte Latin School NC Desai & Sanz
Collegiate School NY Ford & Glasserman
Collegiate School NY Murase & Sobotka
Delbarton School NJ Peters & Pigott
Delbarton School NJ Sharma & Sullivan
Delbarton School NJ Grumka & Sukh
G. Holmes Braddock FL Mourino & Rimada
G. Holmes Braddock FL G & Cortina
Great Neck South NY Chang & Roth
Great Neck South NY Kind & Friedman
Great Neck South NY Mangin & Reiss
Harriton PA Vander & Subhiyah
Holy Ghost PA Corcoran & Begley
Holy Ghost PA Gledhill & Collins
Hunter College High School NY Eckholm & Mateoc
Hunter College High School NY Bau & Ligh
Hunter College High School NY Jenks & Schlesinger
Jupiter High School FL Hilleman & Burns
Lehigh Valley Independent PA Stangl & Deely
Lexington MA Howe & Wong
Lexington MA Gazula & Tsang
Lexington MA Schneiderman & Segall
Lexington MA Miao & Chonofsky
Lincoln-Sudbury MA Barnes & Weinberger
Lincoln-Sudbury MA Cmejla & Weinstein
Lincoln-Sudbury MA Rosen & Sillman
Loyola Blakefield MD Tich & Iacono
Manchester Essex MA Cody & Bailey
Manchester Essex MA Hoyle & Kelly
Manchester Essex MA Pearce & Kane
Manchester Essex MA Gothie & Cowman
Manchester Essex MA Flynn & Malik
Manchester Essex MA Melamed & Curatolo
Millburn NJ Bain & Matchen
Millburn NJ Skinder & Molozanov
Millburn NJ Silverman & Kohn
Millburn NJ Matin & Summers
Monticello NY Lee & Franca
Needham MA Hurd & Mehta
Newark Science NJ Clark & Sennon-Grant
Newton South MA Seiler & Li
Newton South MA Fefer & Schmidt
Nova FL Orlowski & Rodriguez
Nova FL Tichy & Dukes
Nova FL Richstone & Warrier
Pennsbury PA Zhang & Rauen
Pennsbury PA Fiatoa & Steinberg
Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School PA McDonald & Stacy
Potomac Senior VA Bolger & Sabbagh
Potomac Senior VA Chatman & Schneider
Randolph NJ Wohl & Clarke
Randolph NJ Iyer & Khan
Randolph Macon Academy VA Christoph & Pratt
Randolph Macon Academy VA McGraw & McAteer
Ransom Everglades Upper School FL Klepach & Lubarsky
Ransom Everglades Upper School FL Geiger & Renshaw
Regis NY Bianco & Powers
Regis NY Kim & Goodspeed
Regis NY Andriola & Eddy
Regis NY Landry & Mangin
Regis NY McNierney & Haynes
Regis NY Conlee & Cammarosano
Regis NY Cronin & Regan
Regis NY Lowe & Weinlandt
Regis NY Lobo & Nowak
Regis NY Gowen & Moran
Regis NY Setaro & White
Regis NY Cooney & O’Brien
Regis NY Mulrooney & Wozny
Regis NY Chian & Keating
Regis NY Turner & Mowbray
Regis NY Kane & Imperatore
Ridge NJ Moore & Pradeep
Ridge NJ Bennett & Winter
Ridge NJ Gandham & Murphy
Ridge NJ Badrawi & Klein
Scarsdale NY Weisenfeld & Moretti
Schreiber NY Sajnani & Nirenberg
Schreiber NY Spivack & Record
Schreiber NY Wong & Greenblatt
Schreiber NY Reisman & Zhou
Schreiber NY Sewhani & Oelbaum
Shady Side Academy PA DeJulio & Reddy
Shady Side Academy PA Tumolo & Donahue
Shrewsbury MA Donovan & Parks
Shrewsbury MA Chaturvedi & Duvvuri
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Bruce & Henriquez
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Faust & Strum
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Murru & Brunson
Stuyvesant NY Downs-Tepper & Saskin
Syosset NY Blodnick & Bueller
The Dalton School NY Crnkovic-Rubsamen & Davidson
The Dalton School NY Simon & Sit
The Dalton School NY Garbasz & Peterson
Timber Creek FL Herrera & Zanaty
Timber Creek FL Cajigas & Stein
Timber Creek FL Vargas & Reed
Unionville PA Hayes & Singh
Unionville PA Parisi & Yin
University NJ Gilmore & Harris-Rice
Walt Whitman MD Barnhart & Jorgensen
Walt Whitman MD Rohde & Zaim
Western High School FL Glatzer & Hannay
Wilton CT Dec & Marchi
Wilton CT Brewer & Jankowski
Wilton CT Reda & Rothenberg

POLICY DEBATE [30 Entries]

Bishop Loughlin Memorial High NY Ajisafe & Williams
Bronx Science NY McKeever & Lee
Bronx Science NY Tenenbaum & Wood
Bronx Science NY Paltrow-Krulwich & Irlander
Hunter College High School NY Hong & Jung
LaSalle PA Biernet & Nicola
Lexington MA Yoon & Berners-Lee
Lexington MA Clifford & Yared
Lexington MA Psyhojos & Marcal
Lexington MA Hang & Wobbe
Lexington MA Gao & Kim
Lexington MA Thomas & Del Nido
Lexington MA Suo & Fraser
Loyola Blakefield MD Pacheco & McCleary
Loyola Blakefield MD Fowl & Hanley
Loyola Blakefield MD Vinton & Nevin
McDowell PA Zausen & Smith
Monticello NY Etkins & Robelledo
Monticello NY Aguirre & Berhent
Monticello NY Bisignano & Burton
Pennsbury PA Solanki & Wang
Stuyvesant NY Kataria & Gordan
Stuyvesant NY Fan & Bystritskaya
Stuyvesant NY Goswami & Lu
Stuyvesant NY Sharma & Lavina
The Beacon School NY Lurie-Spicer & Sucher
The Beacon School NY Buse & Buse
The Beacon School NY Gold & Gornick
University NJ Lou Allen & Tariq
Weston MA Park & Chernick

STUDENT CONGRESS [114 Entries]

American Heritage at Delray FL William Vazquez
American Heritage at Plantation FL Hannah Esquenazi
American Heritage at Plantation FL Rodrigo Gil
American Heritage at Plantation FL Maddy Bortes
Bancroft MA Nikolai Doytchinov
Battle Ground Academy TN James Huffnagle
Battle Ground Academy TN Will Jennings
Berkeley Carroll NY Diarra Edwards
Berkeley Carroll NY Gianni LaTange
Berkeley Carroll NY Zachary Sawyer
Berkeley Carroll NY Lauren Malotra-Gaudet
Berkeley Carroll NY Christina Colon
Berkeley Carroll NY Julia Rephen
Chaminade NY Christian Widmer
Convent of the Sacred Heart CT Molly Blessing
Convent of the Sacred Heart CT Caroline Kitchener
Convent of the Sacred Heart CT Jessica Morris
Delbarton School NJ Jonathan Rogers
Delbarton School NJ Gregory Sweetman
Durham Academy NC Ethan Grant
Durham Academy NC Indira Puri
Durham Academy NC Alex Young
Fordham Prep NY Nicholas Dover
Fordham Prep NY Nick D’Angelo
Fordham Prep NY Jeffrey Limoncelli
Fordham Prep NY Kyle Egan
G. Holmes Braddock FL Alicia Barroso
G. Holmes Braddock FL Rebecca Ledesma
Gwynedd Mercy Academy PA Mariah Trisch
Holy Ghost PA Benjamin Rogers
Holy Ghost PA Michael Gabrieli
Holy Ghost PA Andrew Bryk
Independent-Perretta FL Joe Perretta
Loyola Blakefield MD Sal Corasaniti
Manchester Essex MA Max Rodier
Manchester Essex MA Ben Scarafoni
Manchester Essex MA Erik Arntsen
Manchester Essex MA Ian Rodhe
Manchester Essex MA Connor Winn
Milton Academy MA Martin Page
Milton Academy MA Brennan Robbins
Monsignor Farrell NY Brendan Zahra
Monsignor Farrell NY Christian Kane
Monsignor Farrell NY Michael Moske
Monsignor Farrell NY Nick DelMaestro
Needham MA Colleen Creeden
Needham MA Pamela Levy
Needham MA Peter Farlow
Nova FL Brandon Adler
Nova FL Jared Feldman
Nova FL Jacob Gilson
Nova FL Robert Hill
Nova FL Leslie Hill
Nova FL Cameron Isaacs
Nova FL Jarik Laporte
Nova FL Marc Lewkowitz
Nova FL Jena Speiser
Nova FL Anna Tsiotsias
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy FL Alexandra Henriques
Pennsbury PA Sainath Badugu
Pennsbury PA Neil Patel
Pennsbury PA Tom Kappil
Randolph NJ Zak Bickel
Randolph NJ Sarah Teitelman
Ridge NJ Shivam Patel
Ridge NJ Alex Smyk
Ridge NJ Bardia Vaseghi
Ridge NJ Sam Schraer
Ridge NJ George Philipose
Ridge NJ Claire Yao
Ridge NJ Morgan Lochhead
Sacred Heart MA Scott Mason
Scarborough High School ME David Bibeau
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Sean White
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Charles Gress
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Joe Brenner
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Andrew Smith
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) PA Evan Wescott
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Ray Escobar
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Blaise Koncsol
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Chris Reuther
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Oliver Moll
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Frances Rodriguez
St. Thomas Aquinas FL Brennan Kent
Stuyvesant NY Joseph Puma
Suncoast FL Aparna Bhattacharya
Suncoast FL Michelle Chang
Suncoast FL Danneile Davis
Suncoast FL Neal Chandra
Suncoast FL Christian May
Suncoast FL Matt O’Sullivan
Syosset NY Emilia Gambardella
Syosset NY Yassy Issapour
Syosset NY Whitney Hoyos
Trinity Prep FL Geoffrey Block
Trinity Prep FL Andrew Block
Trinity Prep FL Jessica Brunelle
Trinity Prep FL Colin Cook
Trinity Prep FL Dhruv Ranadive
Trinity Prep FL Matthew Schaffer
Trinity Prep FL Rehan Virani
Unionville PA Wes Wright
University School FL Hayley Margules
Walt Whitman MD Amar Mukunda
Walt Whitman MD Ross Slaughter
Wellington School FL Michael Stechschulte
West Springfield High School VA Erik Bakke
Westford Academy MA Nicolette Chasse
Westford Academy MA Luke Heaney
Westford Academy MA Sophia Mo
Westford Academy MA Audrey Tiew

Strike Sheet: Yale

Jon Cruz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:34:10 +0000

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The strike sheet for varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate at the seventeenth annual Yale Invitational appears below. This strike sheet lists all the judges for that event.

Anthony Berryhill
Tournament Hire
No Friday

Mike Contillo
Tournament Hire

Peter Damrosch
Tournament Hire

Adam Gerchick
Tournament Hire

Paul Gu
Tournament Hire

Eric Palmer
Tournament Hire

Chris Peak
Tournament Hire

Vinay Prasad
Tournament Hire

Rahim Sayani
Tournament Hire
No Friday

Gauri Subramani
Tournament Hire

Jason Sun
Tournament Hire
No Friday rd. 1

Fabien Thayamballi
Tournament Hire
No Saturday

Rachel Vogel
Tournament Hire
No Friday

Anna Ward
Tournament Hire

Alex Castro
A.L. Johnson, NJ

Alex Grajewski
A.L. Johnson, NJ

Rosemary Steck
Baltimore City College, MD

David Lilien
Barrington High School, IL

Isaac Bloch
Berkeley Carroll, NY

Michael Miller
Berkeley Carroll, NY

Orrie Dinstein
Byram Hills, NY

Diane Steiker
Byram Hills, NY

Michael Brokos
Catonsville, MD

Katherine Cai
Corona Del Sol, AZ

Ngozi Bell
Easton Private, PA

Michelle Sorise
Great Neck South, NY

Linda Martucci
Half Hollow Hills East, NY

Melinda McCormack
Half Hollow Hills East, NY

Mike Bietz
Harvard-Westlake, CA
Only emergency judging, not covering a slot

Alex Shaw
LaSalle, PA

No rounds Sunday

John Wilder
Legacy High School, FL

Charles Donovan
Loyola Blakefield, MD
Saturday/Sunday
No rounds Friday Night

Tom Durkin
Loyola Blakefield, MD
Friday only
No rounds Saturday No rounds Sunday

Michelle Dyke
Manchester Essex, MA

Barney Koven
Millburn, NJ

No rounds Friday Night

Tess McNulty
Millburn, NJ

Annie Fuoto
Monticello, NY

Matt Thomas
Monticello, NY

Peter Cancro
NFA, NY

Mikey Lintz
Needham, MA

Chris Lucibella
Needham, MA

Jonathan Alston
Newark Science, NJ

Larry Saladin
Newtown, CT

Sohail Syed
Niskayuna, NY

Natalee Pei
Randolph, NJ

Kevin Gallagher
Regis, NY
No Round 4 or 5

Brian Ross
Regis, NY

No rounds Friday Night

Charlie Furman
Ridge, NJ

John Szeto
San Marino, CA

Ken Hershey
Scarsdale, NY

Nikita Lalwani
Scarsdale, NY

Marcus Moretti
Scarsdale, NY

Eric Zeigler
Shikellamy High School, PA

David Long
Southern Lehigh, PA

Mira Chernick
Stuyvesant, NY

Petey Gil-Montllor
Stuyvesant, NY

Mostafa Al-Alusi
Torrey Pines High School, CA

Chris Theis
Trinity Prep, FL

Sue Hayes
Unionville, PA

Abdul Beretay
University, NJ

No rounds Friday Night

Devin Race
University School, FL

Shivani Vohra
University School, FL

Louise Sheiner
Walt Whitman, MD

Aaron Hoffman
Westhill, CT

Sharon Ji
Whippany Park, NJ

Female Representation at the TOC

Jon Cruz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:20:27 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Chad Henson and Paul Dorasil present a new installment of “Debate by the Numbers,” in which they use the tools of empirical analysis and empirical studies from other fields to inform our understanding of debate practice.

“Our previous articles have focused mainly on variations across region,” the authors note. “In this article, we will discuss the proportion of female and male judges and competitors at the TOC between 2004 and 2009. This is an important subject because many members of the debate community are concerned by the lack of female representation in debate, especially at the most elite levels of competition. While this might be a touchy subject, we feel that it is important to discuss.”

The article can be accessed by clicking here.

Debaters: Take on the World!

Jon Cruz — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:02:23 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Is your debate team ready to take on the world?

The Bickel & Brewer Foundation and New York University invite you to participate in the 2009-2010 International Public Policy Forum (IPPF). The IPPF is the only contest that gives high school students from across the globe the opportunity to participate in written and oral debates on issues of public policy. Your team can compete for a $10,000 grand prize, the Bickel & Brewer Cup, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York! The competition is free, and students earn NFL points for each level of participation.

Qualifying round essays are due October 28. For more information and writing samples, visit the official IPPF web site.

Visit the National Forensic League flash page announcement for more information.

Read the October Rostrum article exploring the IPPF topic.

Incorporate the NPPF in curricular (lesson planning) or co-curricular service activities.

Jordan Lamothe Wins the Valley Mid-America Cup

Jon Cruz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:31 +0000

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The race for the Valley Mid-America Cup attracted 103 Lincoln-Douglas debaters from many states across America, but by noon on Monday, only two were left standing for one last debate: the Meadows School’s Jordan Lamothe and Saint Louis Park High School’s Catherine Tarsney.

On a 3-0 decision, Jordan defeated Catherine to win the Mid-America Cup. Congratulations to both finalists!

Jordan is coached by Dan Meyers and Mike Spirtos; Catherine is coached by Christian Tarsney, Heather Hamilton, and Jason Zhou.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

DOUBLES

OCTAS

QUARTERS
Meadows JL def. Iowa City West GT
Blake EL def. Meadows NS
St. Louis Park CT def. Walt Whitman CS
Battle Ground GJ def. Walt Whitman JK

SEMIS
Saint Louis Park CT def. Battle Ground GJ
Meadows JL def. Blake EL

Claire Daviss Conquers Sandra Day O’Connor

Jon Cruz — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:51:05 +0000

HELOTES, Tex. — The eleventh annual Sandra Day O’Connor Forensics Tournament concluded on Saturday evening with a final round that featured Ronald Reagan High School’s Jordan Nerison and Winston Churchill High School’s Claire Daviss.

On a 2-1 decision — Jonathan Herrera and Nick Kalla in the majority, Clayton Goss dissenting — Claire defeated Jordan to take the tournament.

(Sandra Day O’Connor? Ronald Reagan? Winston Churchill?)

Claire is coached by Kandi King, Josh Aguilar, and Shane O’Neal; Jordan is coached by Matt Rikely.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

QUARTERS
Winston Churchill CD over Winston Churchill TF (Tracy Frydberg)
Reagan JN def. Winston Churchill AL (Amanda Legrand)
2-1 (Nick Kalla, Patrick Isenberg, *Travis Cook)
Reagan SD def. Salado TS (Tyler Sullivan)
3-0 (Ben Weiss, Roger Legrand, Jonathon Herrara)
Georgetown KA def. Westwood SB (Shantanu Bannerjee)
3-0 (Nick Kalla, Roger Legrand, Patrick Isenberg)

SEMIS
Winston Churchill CD def. Reagan SD (Sanajana Dubey)
3-0 (Patrick Isenberg, Clayton Goss, Charles Devine)
Ronald Reagan JN def. Georgetown KA (Kristen Ayers)
3-0 (Noah Rucker, Juan Lira, Jonathan Herrera)

FINALS
Winston Churchill CD def. Reagan JN (Jordan Nerison)
2-1 (Jonathan Herrera, Nick Kalla, *Clayton Goss)

CHAMPION
Winston Churchill CD (Claire Daviss)

VBD Weekend Coverage: September 25-27, 2009

Jon Cruz — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:59:58 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from…

Houston-Memorial — Crowley’s Daniel Lumpee defeated Strake Jesuit’s Alejandro Esquino on a 3-0 decision.
Saint James — Finals: Altamont’s Shawn Tuteja defeated Mountain Brook’s Lizzie Ernstberger on a 2-1 decision.
Sandra Day O’Connor — Finals: Winston Churchill’s Claire Daviss defeated Ronald Reagan’s Jordan Nerison on a 2-1 decision.
Valley Mid-America Cup — Finals: Meadows’s Jordan Lamothe defeated Saint Louis Park’s Catherine Tarsney on a 3-0 decision.