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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Ali Ahmad wins Harvard
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.
BrieflyAustin Li wins UPenn
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.
BrieflySamantha McLoughlin wins Stanford
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.
BrieflyAndrew Gong wins the Barkley Forum
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.
BrieflyJoey Georges wins Golden Desert
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.
BrieflyBrett Fortier wins Columbia
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.
BrieflyBen Erdmann wins Peninsula
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for winning the 2021 Peninsula Invitational. In finals, Ben defeated Sequoia High School’s Alyssa Sawyer on a 3-0 (Park, Ratnasabapathy, Nails). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Joey Georges for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflyAkshay Manglik wins Harvard Westlake
Congratulations to Harker’s Akshay Manglik for winning the 2021 Harvard Westlake Debates. In finals, Akshay defeated Greenhill’s Krutin Devesh on a 2-1 (Lemuel*, Engel, Michael). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflyBen Erdmann wins debateLA
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Ben Erdmann for winning the 2021 debateLA Challenge. In finals, Ben defeated Harker’s Deven Shah on a 2-1 (London*, Nails, Paramo). Congratulations to Deven for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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