Not to be outdone by Mia, it was also Luke Stuttgen's birthday, Thursday. Happy birthday, Luke! What better way to spend your birthday than teaching debate!
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Congratulations to St. Louis Park's Leah Shapiro for championing the 2013 West Des Moines Valley Mid-America Cup over Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue. The decision was a 2-1 for Leah (Legried, Hymson, *Melin). Leah is coached by Christian Tarsney and Charles McClung, and Andrew is coached by Aracelis Biel and Mark Gorthey.
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Congratulations to Apple Valley sophomores Prince Hyamang and Sophie Ober for closing out Minnesota's JV State Tournament. Prince and Sophie are coached by Chris Theis, Ed Hendrickson, Josh You and David Quinn.
In the Novice division Kiley Eichelberger a junior from Chanhassen defeated Edina Freshman Annie Amen in the final round to win the Novice State title. Congratulations to both debaters. Kiley is coached by Zach Prax
Congratulations to Cypress Woods' Xixiang "Shawn" Xiong for winning the 35th Isidore Newman Invitational! In finals, Shawn defeated Greenhill's Mitali Mathur on a 2-1 decision. Shawn is coached by Heath Martin and Jared Woods. Mitali is coached by Aaron Timmons and Rebecca Kuang. Isidore Newman is a semis bid to the Tournament of Champions.
Congratulations to Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue for defeating Scarsdale's Noah Thaler to win the 2014 Columbia Invitational!
More and more, there appears to be disconnects between judges and debaters on the virtues of using theory as a strategy practice. Theory debate has steadily garnered the reputation as a frivolous, unpleasant practice, labeled as a tool employed to garner “cheap wins,” a “crutch” for those who lack substantive debate skills, and even a mechanism to exclude underprivileged debaters from the activity.
However, I find that a lot of these issues are not inherent either to theory debate or strategic theory debate, but the way debaters run these arguments. While it may occur much less frequently nowadays, excellent theory debate does exist. The goal of this article is to establish guidelines to help debaters improve on theory debate, should they choose to engage in it.
Congratulations to Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue for defeating Scarsdale's Noah Thaler to win the 2014 Columbia Invitational!
More and more, there appears to be disconnects between judges and debaters on the virtues of using theory as a strategy practice. Theory debate has steadily garnered the reputation as a frivolous, unpleasant practice, labeled as a tool employed to garner “cheap wins,” a “crutch” for those who lack substantive debate skills, and even a mechanism to exclude underprivileged debaters from the activity.
However, I find that a lot of these issues are not inherent either to theory debate or strategic theory debate, but the way debaters run these arguments. While it may occur much less frequently nowadays, excellent theory debate does exist. The goal of this article is to establish guidelines to help debaters improve on theory debate, should they choose to engage in it.
Congratulations to Oak Hall’s Kumail Zaidi for winning the 2018 Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament. In finals, Kumail defeated West Des Moines Valley’s Conal Thomas-McGinnis on a 4-1 decision (Uhlig, Reed, Olson, Karcher, McNamara*).Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake's Jaya Nayar and Jessa Glassman for closing out The 2018 Meadows Invitational. Congratulations to Santa Monica's Rex Evans for being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.Photo Credit: Jasmine Stidham/Harvard-Westlake Debate
Congratulations to Jasper Ou and Anoosh Kumar of Lake Highland Preparatory School for winning the 2018 Florida Blue Key Invitational hosted by the University of Florida. In finals, Lake Highland defeated Durham Academy's Nathan Dalva-Baird and Sheridan Kum on a 5-0 decision (Birholz, Khan, Moon, Kashif, Puretz).The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:American Heritage ZCCapitol Debate PDCapital Debate BHCharlotte Latin SGColumbus ACDurham Academy DKDurham Academy KOMiami Beach PSNorth Broward PKNova SSLake Highland KOLake Mary Prep HMOxbridge Academy GSRansom Everglades SSTrinity Prep PTWest Broward WQSheridan Kum of Durham Academy is this year's Top Speaker.Full results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to KAPS' Ben Thomas for winning the 2018 JW Patterson Invitational. In finals, Ben defeated Montgomery's Grayson Constantine on a 2-1 decision (Ford, Salcido, Zhou*). Congratulations to Ben for also being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Sreya Pattipati and Ryan Jiang of Corona Del Sol for winning the 48th New York City Invitational. In finals, CDS defeated Poly Prep Country Day's Noah Kaye & Daniel Fernandez on a 4-1 decision (Osman, Zheng, Rubin, Lu, Gallegos*).The following teams won bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:Acton Boxborough Independent LRAltamont CLArdrey Kell HBBlake GJBlake SWCorona Del Sol PJDalton CFHackley BWHunter RTLa Salle DHLake Highland Prep KOLincoln-Sudbury CSMillburn AZMission San Jose Independent KMPoly Prep FKWalt Whitman HSBrian Zhu of Millburn is this year's Top Speaker. Full results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Cinco Ranch's Anuraag Routray & Aatreya Tewary for winning the 2018 Bellaire Forensic and Debate Tournament.Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Ari Davidson for winning The Heart of Texas Invitational. In finals, Ari defeated Greenhill's Anna Meyers on a 2-1 decision (Berdugo, Bankey, Morrow*). Congratulations to Anderson's Sesh Joe for being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Byram Hills' Lindsey Perlman and Lake Highland Prep's Julia Wu from for closing out the 2018 New York City Invitational Debate and Speech Tournament at Bronx Science. In semifinals, Julia Wu defeated Santa Monica's Rex Evans on a 3-0 decision (Chippada, Gorthey, Zhou) and Lindsey Perlman defeated Walt Whitman's Benjamin Waldman on a 3-0 decision (Brown, Staunton, Wang). Congratulations to Quarry Lane's Saianurag Karavadi for being top speaker.Full pairings and results can be found here.