The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Victory Briefs. Josh You is a former Victory Briefs instructor and former assistant coach at Apple Valley High School. This article is keeping in the spirit of Lawrence Zhou’s last post providing an affirmative […]
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Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley High School’s Conal Thomas McGinnis, Animesh Joshi, James Meng, Lauren Gilbert, Isabella Nadel, and Lucas Bryant for closing out the 2018 Paradigm at Dowling Catholic. Congratulations to Conal for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Newark Science’s Simone Braithwaite and Shah Bano for closing out the 2018 Ridge Debates. Congratulations to Lexington’s Avery Fortier for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Kempner’s Bryan Benitez & Raj Solanki and Dulles High School’s Sofia Chang & Yilin Li for closing out the 2018 Isidore Newman School Invitational. Congratulations to Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart’s Sylvia Duarte for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s Ishan Bhatt for winning the 2018 Isidore Newman School Invitational. In finals, Ishan defeated Newsome’s Dylan Burke on a 3-0 decision (Berryhill, Vincent, Williams). Congratulations to Ishan for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Anderson’s Sesh Joe and James Bowie High School’s Tate Weston for closing out the 2018 Longhorn Classic at the University of Texas Austin. Congratulations to Anderson’s Kyle Stephens for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here. Photo Credits: Miguel Harvey
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Congratulations to Roslyn’s Andrew Goldberg for winning the 2018 Princeton Classic. In finals, Andrew defeated Needham’s Zachary Lu on a 4-1 decision (Wiora, Quiroz, Damani, Chaturvedi, Shipetich*). Congratulations to Hunter College’s Michael Ning for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Congratulations to Pinnacle’s Kristen Arnold for winning the 2018 Alta Silver and Black Invitational. In finals, Kristen defeated West Linn’s Dennis Tang on a 3-0 decision (Bevan, Lam, Van Slooten). Congratulations to Centennial’s Avy Hine for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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The 2019 January/February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic is Resolved: The United States ought not provide military aid to authoritarian regimes. Topics
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The 2019 January Public Forum Debate Topic is Resolved: The United States federal government should prioritize reducing the federal debt over promoting economic growth. Topics
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