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Congratulations to Harker’s Deven Shah for winning the 2021 Heart of Texas Tournament. In finals, Deven defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 3-0 (Park, Nails, Davidson). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

The 2021 April Public Forum topic is, Resolved: The benefits of the International Monetary Fund outweigh the harms.

Congratulations to Harker’s Anshul Reddy for winning the 2021 Cal Invitational. In finals, Anshul defeated Loyola’s Ben Cortez on a 3-0 (Wimsatt, Bellavita, Jackson). Congratulations to NSU’s Sebastian Frazier for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Harrison’s Ali Ahmad for winning the 2021 Harvard National Forensics Tournament. In finals, Ali defeated Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann on a 3-2 (Bhatt*, Ahuja*, Fees, Caldera, Kivimaki). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Lexington’s Austin Li for winning the 2021 University of Pennsylvania Tournament. In finals, Austin defeated Harrison’s Rebecca Anderson on a 3-0 (Hu, Leong, Wells). Congratulations to Harrison’s Sonali Nicola for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin for winning the 2021 Stanford Invitational. In finals, Sam defeated Harrison’s Ali Ahmad on a 2-1 (Mikkelsen*, Nails, Wancewicz). Congratulations to Bellarmine’s Eric Gottlieb for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Harvard Westlake’s Andrew Gong for winning the 2021 Barkley Forum for High Schools. In finals, Andrew defeated Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon on a 4-1. Congratulations to Zion for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Joey Georges for winning the 2021 Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV. In finals, Joey defeated Harker’s Andy Lee on a 3-0 (Boelkens, Sidley, Reese). Congratulations to Advanced Technologies’s Aleem Ahmed for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

Congratulations to Lexington’s Brett Fortier for winning the 2021 Columbia University Invitational. In finals, Brett defeated Harrison’s Mai Blaustein on a 3-0 (Ewing, Joshi, Wang). Congratulations to Dulles’s Connor Self for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.

The 2021 March Public Forum topic is, Resolved: On balance, the benefits of creating the United States Space Force outweigh the harms.