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 St. Andrew's Episcopal School's Ishan Bhatt for winning the 2018 Isidore Newman School Invitational. In finals, Ishan defeated Newsome's Dylan Burke on a 3-0 decision (Berryhill, Vincent, Williams). Congratulations to Ishan for also being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Anderson's Sesh Joe and James Bowie High School's Tate Weston for closing out the 2018 Longhorn Classic at the University of Texas Austin. Congratulations to Anderson's Kyle Stephens for being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.Photo Credits: Miguel Harvey
Congratulations to Avalon Dalesandro & Francesca Lupi of Campbell Hall for winning the 2018 La Costa Canyon Winter Invitational. In finals, Campbell Hall defeated Fairmont Prep's Hitakshi Savdharia & Harishri Savdharia.The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:Campbell Hall DLCoronado SBHelix Charter GSFairmont Prep CJFairmont Prep SSFoothill Technology HSStrake Jesuit CDUniversity HSFull results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Aashray Khanna and Justin Luo of Cranbrook HS for winning the 2018 GMU Patriot Games. In finals, Cranbrook defeated Lake Mary Prep's Andrew Huang & Albi Manfredi.The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:Cary Academy FSCranbrook KLDurham Academy DKDurham Academy OKLake Mary Prep HMPotomac JRRiverside YKWalt Whitman GKFull results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Andy Gu & Joshua Lee of Acton-Boxborough Regional HS for winning the 2018 Princeton Classic. In finals, Acton-Boxborough defeated Stuyvesant HS' Jeremy Lee & Justin Sword on a 5-2 decision (Arnesen, Feiner, Kumar, Malik, Seabrooks, Amin*, Ritter*).The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:Acton-Boxborough GLActon-Boxborough GWBerkeley Carroll SWBromfield SKBronx OSDalton CFFt Lauderdale FKHackley BWHorace Mann HLHunter LKHunter BXLincoln-Sudbury HSParamus GGRidge GZStuyvesant LSUnionville KRBrian Zhu of Millburn is this year's Top Speaker.Full results can be found here. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Roslyn's Andrew Goldberg for winning the 2018 Princeton Classic. In finals, Andrew defeated Needham's Zachary Lu on a 4-1 decision (Wiora, Quiroz, Damani, Chaturvedi, Shipetich*). Congratulations to Hunter College's Michael Ning for being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Pinnacle's Kristen Arnold for winning the 2018 Alta Silver and Black Invitational. In finals, Kristen defeated West Linn's Dennis Tang on a 3-0 decision (Bevan, Lam, Van Slooten). Congratulations to Centennial's Avy Hine for being top speaker.Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Rithvik Koppurapu & Ishan Maunder of Mission San Jose HS for winning the 2018 Alta Silver and Black Invitational hosted by Alta HS. In finals, MSJ defeated College Prep School's Brant Haugh & Ilan Nurko in a unanimous decision (Pierce, Sehgal, Wixom).The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions:College Prep HNFairmont Prep ORFairmont Prep BAGeorge Washington GQMission San Jose GZMission San Jose KMQuarry Lane VSRocky Mountain IDFairmont Prep GB* (ghost)Dylan Zhang from Mission San Jose is this year's Top Speaker. Congratulations to all! Full results can be found here.