The 2022 NSDA National Tournament Lincoln-Douglas Debate topic is, Resolved: Radicalism is preferable to incrementalism to achieve social justice. A total of 401 coaches and 832 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 36% of the coach vote and 41% of the student vote.
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The 2022 NSDA National Tournament Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: The United States should establish a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan. A total of 389 coaches and 851 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 50% of the coach vote and 50% of the student vote.
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Congratulations to Sage Hill’s Max Perin for winning the 2022 Tournament of Champions. In finals, Max defeated Harker’s Anshul Reddy on a 2-1 decision (Abhyankar, Bukowsky, Davidson*). Max was also the top seed. Congratulations to everyone who competed at the TOC, especially all the seniors! Full results and pairings can be found here.
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The 2022 National Catholic Forensics League Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: States should lose claims to international sovereignty if they abuse their citizens’ human rights. http://www.ncflnationals.org/NCFL2022/index.html
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The 2022 April Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: Japan should revise Article 9 of its Constitution to develop offensive military capabilities. A total of 514 coaches and 949 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 64% of the coach vote and 59% of the student vote. https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
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Congratulations to Millard North’s Nathan Liu for winning the 2022 Milo Cup at Millard North. In finals, Nathan defeated Lincoln North Star’s Joel Henson on a 3-0 (Casas, Johnson, Rao). Additional congratulations to Joel for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.
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Congratulations to Harker’s Deven Shah for winning the 2022 California Invitational at UC Berkeley. In finals, Deven defeated Sage’s Max Perin on a 2-1 (Krauss*, Kuffour, Ramireddy). Congratulations to Sequoia’s Alyssa Sawyer for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.
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Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon for winning the 2022 Harvard National Forensics Tournament. In finals, Zion defeated Lake Highland Prep’s Ayman Badawy on a 3-0 (Bhatt, Hsu, Melin). Additional congratulations to Zion for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.
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Congratulations to Plano East’s Jay Namdhari for winning the 2022 Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational. In finals, Jay defeated Southlake Carroll’s Pranav Kaginele on a 3-0 (Andrews, Agho-Otoghile, Pulver). Congratulations to Memorial’s Daniel Xu for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.
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Congratulations to Hawken’s Emma Blemaster for winning the 2022 Pennsbury Falcon Invitational. In finals, Emma defeated Ridge’s Vikram Saigal on a 2-1 (Combs*, Bryant, Reif). Congratulations to Hawken’s Zayd Haufe for being top speaker. Full pairings and results can be found here.
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