Why Debates Should be Comprehensible by Josh You

Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley High School’s Conal Thomas McGinnis, Animesh Joshi, James Meng, Lauren Gilbert, Isabella Nadel, and Lucas Bryant for closing out the 2018 Paradigm at Dowling Catholic. Congratulations to Conal for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Newark Science’s Simone Braithwaite and Shah Bano for closing out the 2018 Ridge Debates. Congratulations to Lexington’s Avery Fortier for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Logan Quick & Yash Singh of Bettendorf HS for winning the 2018 Dowling Catholic Paradigm. In finals, Bettendorf defeated Theodore Roosevelt’s Isaac Appel & Sri Chilukuri on a 2-1 decision (Vaughan, Baker, Klyn*). The following teams received bids to the 2019 Tournament of Champions: Ames AM Bettendorf QS Edina ZM Lake Highland Prep […]

Congratulations to Kempner’s Bryan Benitez & Raj Solanki and Dulles High School’s Sofia Chang & Yilin Li for closing out the 2018 Isidore Newman School Invitational. Congratulations to Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart’s Sylvia Duarte for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

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 DL Coronado SB Helix Charter GS Fairmont Prep CJ Fairmont Prep […]

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 FS Cranbrook KL Durham Academy DK Durham Academy OK Lake Mary Prep HM […]

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 GL Acton-Boxborough GW Berkeley […]