Congratulations to Harrison’s Ava Zinman for winning the 2019 Minneapple Round Robin. In finals, Ava defeated Needham’s Zachary Lu on a 2-1 decision (Battle, Zhang, Boals*). Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Enloe TG Wins the Blue Key RR
Congratulations to William G. Enloe’s Tej Gedela for winning the 2019 Florida Blue Key Round Robin. In finals, Tej defeated American Heritage Plantation’s Perry Beckett on a 4-1 decision (Larsen, Mathi*, McConway, McNamara, Spicer). Congratulations to Perry for also being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.
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Southlake Carroll TR wins Presentation Voices RR
Congratulations to Southlake Carroll Tarun Ratnasabapathy for winning the 2019 Presentation Voices RR. In finals, Tarun defeated Archbishop Mitty’s Joanne Park (VBI ’19) on 3-0 decision. Full RR Schedule and Results can be found here.
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Harvard Westlake SM wins 2019 Presentation Voices Invitational
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin for winning the 2019 Presentation Voices Invitational. In finals, Samantha defeated Los Altos’ Parth Dhanotra. Also, congratulations to Samantha for winning top speaker! Full tournament schedule and results can be found here.
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Cypress Falls RK wins JW Patterson Invitational
Congratulations to Cypress Falls Rajveer Kindra (VBI ’18) for winning the 2019 HS JW Patterson Invitational. In finals, Rajveer (aff) defeated Jenks’ Noah Coffman on a 2-1 decision (Kordic*, Lorance, VanCourt). Additional congratulations to Noah for winning top speaker. Full tournament schedule and results can be found here.
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Nov/Dec PF topic is Cybersecurity!
The 2019 November/December Public Forum topic is, Resolved: The benefits of the United States federal government’s use of offensive cyber operations outweigh the harms.
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Nov/Dec LD Topic is Fossil Fuel Subsidies!
The 2019 November/December Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: The United States ought to eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels.
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Cypress Falls RK wins Holy Cross!
Congratulations to Cypress Falls Rajveer Kindra (VBI ’18) for winning the 2019 Holy Cross School Navy and Old Gold Debate Exhibition. In finals, Rajveer (neg) defeated Albuquerque’s Sierra Romero on a 2-1 decision (Swift, Shields*, Sadwhani). Congratulations also to Northland Christian’s Jack Quisenberry for winning Top Speaker. Full Schedule and Results can be found here.
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Crescenta Valley AT wins 2019 Jack Howe Memorial!
Congratulations to Crescenta Valley’s Asher Towner (VBI ’18) for winning the 2019 Jack Howe Memorial Tournament. In finals, Asher (neg) defeated Archbishop Mitty’s Joanne Park (VBI ’19) on a 3-0 decision (Rai, Thach, Le Barillec). Both of these finalists are VBI alumni! Congratulations also to San Marino’s Edmond Wen for winning Top Speaker. Full Results […]
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American Heritage Plantation PB wins Mid America Cup
Congratulations to American Heritage Plantation’s Peregrine Beckett for winning the 2019 Mid America Cup. In finals, Perry (aff) defeated Needham’s Zachary Lu (VBI ’18) on a 2-1 decision (Joe, Kaczmarek, Smith*). Congratulations also to Oak Hall’s Kumail Zaidi for winning Top Speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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