Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon and Garland’s Leah Yeshitila for co-championing the 2021 Grapevine Classic. In semifinals, Zion defeated Dulles’s Tommy Yu on a 3-0 (Quisenberry, Maher, Hernandez) and Leah defeated Lexington’s Brett Fortier on a 3-0 (Aldridge, Castillo, Self). Additional congratulations to Zion for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be […]
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Congratulations to OA Independent’s Viren Mehta for winning the 2021 National Speech and Debate Season Opener. In finals, Viren defeated Unionville’s Phillis Wan on a 3-0 (Kotapati, Lavender, Reshovsky). Congratulations to Eden Praire’s Avik Garg for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Immaculate Heart’s Jane Lichtman for winning the 2021 Loyola Invitational. In finals, Jane defeated Diamond Bar’s Nathan Chu on a 3-0 (Kuffour, McLoughlin, Gedela). Congratulations to San Mateo’s Yesh Rao for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for winning the 2021 Lincoln Douglas Tournament of Champions. In finals, Zion defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong on a 2-1 decision (Hanna*, Alston, Randall). Congratulations to Bellarmine’s Eric Gottlieb for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to the Harker School’s Akshay Manglik, Andy Lee, and Deven Shah for closing out the 2021 National Debate Coaches Association National Championship. In semifinals, Akshay defeated Sage Hill’s Max Perin on a 2-1 (Flores*, Ribera, Davidson). Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Andrew Gong for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Samantha McLoughlin for winning the 2021 King Round Robin. In finals, Sam defeated Dulles’ Abhinav Sinha on a 3-0 decision (McConway, Nails, Stuckert). Congratulations to Sam for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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