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The 2021 January/February Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.

The 2021 January Public Forum debate is, Resolved: The NSA should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.

Congratulations to Harrison’s Giovanni Cutri for winning the 2020 Glenbrooks Invitational. In finals, Giovanni defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong on a 3-0 (Patel, Davenport, Cook). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Joey Georges for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to San Mateo’s Yesh Rao for winning the 2020 Tradition Tournament. In finals, Yesh defeated Oxford’s Viren Mehta on a 4-1 (Khadka*, Bravo, Henson, Cook, Tate). Congratulations to Cardinal Gibbons’s Roberto Sosa for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to L C Anderson’s Aseel Rawashedeh and Claremont’s Gordon Krauss for co-championing the 2020 Badgerland Chung Vitational. In semifinals, Aseel defeated West Des Moines Valley’s Jalyn Wu on a 3-0 (Karavadi, Sanjrani, Pangottil) and Gordon defeated Millard North’s Ryan Lampman on a 3-0 (Harvey, Henderson, Karcher). Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley’s Alyssa Makena […]

Congratulations to Lexington’s Archit Kumar and Strake Jesuit’s Joey Georges for co-championing the 2020 Scarsdale Invitational. In semis, Joey defeated Harrison’s Ali Ahmad on a 3-0 (Cukier, Li, Musoff) and Archit defeated Strake’s Ben Erdmann on a 2-1 (Landau*, Ma, Wayne). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for being top speaker. Full results and pairings […]

Congratulations to Claudia Taylor’s Abhived Pulapaka for winning the 2020 Seattle Academy Invitational. In finals, Abhived defeated Interlake’s Ellie Liu on a 2-1 (Hwang*, Middleton, Phan). Congratulations to Interlake’s Keerthana Kompella for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Harker’s Ansh Sheth for winning the 2020 Damus Hollywood Invitational. In finals, Ansh defeated Sage Hill’s Max Perin on a 2-1 (Fang*, Overing, Randall). Congratulations to Max for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Harrison’s Ali Ahmad for winning the 2020 Apple Valley Minneapple Debate Tournament. In finals, Ali defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 2-1 (McConway*, You, Gibson). Congratulations to Ali for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.