Congratulations to West Broward’s Amanda Ciocca and Ethan Massa for closing out the 2018 Tradition […]
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Dulles CL and Cinco Ranch RT Co-Champion Katy Taylor
Congratulations to Dulles’ Yilin Li and Sofia Chang and Cinco Ranch’s Aatreya Tewary and Anuraag Routray for co-championing the 2018 Katy Taylor Tournament. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Claire Liu and Lindsey Perlman Close Out Scarsdale
Congratulations to Stuyvesant’s Claire Liu and Byram Hills’ Lindsey Perlman for closing out The 15th Scarsdale Invitational. In semifinals, Claire defeated Millburn’s Kevin Wang on a 3-0 decision (Hertzig, Staunton, Zhu) and Lindsey defeated Harrison’s Ava Zinman on a 3-0 decision (Coyne, Gao, Hu). Full results and pairings can be found here. Photo Credits: Claire […]
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Conal Thomas-McGinnis Wins Badgerland
Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley’s Conal Thomas-McGinnis for winning the 2018 Badgerland. In finals, Conal defeated Appleton East’s Matthew Moorhead on a 3-0 decision (Kunz, Morris, Noethe). Congratulations to Lakeville’s Logan Stenzel for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Ethan Massa Wins The Tradition
Congratulations to West Broward’s Ethan Massa for winning the 2018 6th Annual Tradition Tournament. In finals, Ethan defeated Newsome High School’s Dylan Burke on a 2-1 decision (Lopera, Shatzkin, Schwab*). Full results and pairings can be found here. Photo Credits: Charles Karcher
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Theis T(h)ursday: Changing Affirmative Speech Times
As you may know, the NSDA is currently considering a number of rule changes for Public Forum. The proposals include changing evidence rules, eliminating cross-fire, and adding time to speeches. Regardless of the merits of any of these specific changes, I think the Lincoln-Douglas community can learn from Public Forum and begin to re-examine our rules.
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Harvard-Westlake Closes Out Damus
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Ari Davidson and Jaya Nayar for closing out the 2018 Damus Hollywood Invitational. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Ishan Bhatt and Sai Karavadi Close Out Apple Valley RR
Congratulations to St. Andrew’s Episcopal’s Ishan Bhatt and The Quarry Lane School’s Saianurag Karavadi for closing out the 2018 Apple Valley Mineapple Round Robin. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Ishan Bhatt Wins Apple Valley
Congratulations to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Ishan Bhatt for winning the 2018 Apple Valley Minneapple Debate. In finals, Ishan defeated Greenhill’s Anna Meyers on a 3-0 decision (Hertzig, Thompson, Zhou). Congratulations to Ishan for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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College Prep School Wins Minneapple
Congratulations to Sarab Bhasin & Sarah Wornow of College Prep School for winning the final round of the 2018 Minneapple hosted by Apple Valley High School. In finals, CPS defeated Hawken School’s Zayne El-Kaissi & Grant Griffin in a 3-0 decision (Sagstuen, Pape, Michaelson). Congratulations also to Pia Dovichi & Ben Park from CPS for […]
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