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.
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Joey 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.
BrieflyMarch PF Topic is Space Force
The 2021 March Public Forum topic is, Resolved: On balance, the benefits of creating the United States Space Force outweigh the harms.
BrieflyMar/Apr LD Topic is Universal Child Care
The 2021 March/April Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is, Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal child care.
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.
BrieflyAbhinav Sinha wins University of Houston
Congratulations to Dulles High School’s Abhinav Sinha for winning the 2021 Cougar Classic at the University of Houston. In finals, Abhinav defeated Sidwell’s Sean Wallace on a 2-1 (Karavadi*, Khan, Fox). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s David Herrera for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
BrieflyStrake Jesuit closes out Lexington
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Zion Dixon and Joey Georges for closing out the 2021 Lexington Winter Invitational. In semis, Zion defeated Scarsdale’s Zach Siegel on a 3-0 (Chippada, Thode, Mukherjee) and Joey defeated Walt Whitman’s Ben Waldman on a 2-1 (Maher*, Beckett, Landau). Congratulations to Harrison’s Giovanni Cutri for being top speaker. Full results and […]
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