The 2021 February Public Forum debate topic is, Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.
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Five Trends Among E-Debate Competitors by Peter Zhang
Peter Zhang is a student at UC Berkeley, a former TOC quarterfinalist, and an assistant coach at The Bronx High School of Science. Edit: The author has added some updates regarding the original article which can be found here. Introduction Tournaments this season have, so far, been held exclusively online. While judging debate rounds certainly […]
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Abhinav Sinha wins Strake
Congratulations to Dulles High School’s Abhinav Sinha for winning the 2020 Strake Jesuit Debate Tournament. In finals, Abhinav defeated American Heritage Broward High School’s Emilin Mathew on a 2-1 (McConway*, Wu, Herrera). Congratulations to Emilin for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Cobin Szymanski wins Blake
Congratulations to St Michael Albertville High School’s Cobin Szymanski for winning the 2020 John Edie Holiday Debates hosted by the Blake School. In finals, Cobin defeated Lexington’s Vikrant Maan on a 2-1 (Myers*, Pridgen, Kukreja). Congratulations to Harrison’s Giovanni Cutri for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Harker closes out College Prep
Congratulations to the Harker School’s Anshul Reddy, Ansh Sheth, and Deven Shah for closing out the 2020 College Prep Invitational. In semifinals, Anshul defeated Archbishop Mitty’s Raunak Dua on a 2-1 (White*, Hanna, Hilligoss). Congratulations to Archbishop Mitty’s Lukas Krause for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Arush Iyer wins Dowling Catholic
Congratulations to Eagan High School’s Arush Iyer for winning the 2020 Dowling Catholic Paradigm. In finals, Arush defeated Iowa City West’s Nathan Weimar on a 3-0 (Liyanage, Noethe, Shatzkin). Congratulations to Millard North’s Chaitra Pirisingula for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Harrison closes out Isidore Newman
Congratulations to Harrison’s Giovanni Cutri and Ali Ahmad for closing out the 2020 Isidore Newman School Invitational. In semis, Ali defeated Westwood’s Pranav Medikonduru on a 2-1 (Matton*, Nails, Evans), and Giovanni defeated Greenhill’s Varsha Gande on a 3-0 (Berryhill, Davenport, Shields). Congratulations to Giovanni for also being top speaker. Full results and pairings can […]
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Zachary Jones wins Ridge
Congratulations to BASIS Phoenix High School’s Zachary Jones for winning the 2020 Ridge Debates. In finals, Zachary defeated Perry High School’s Joey Antonelli on a 3-0 (Keller, Rivera, Survance). Congratulations to CR North’s Julia Walton for being top speaker. Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Loyola closes out USC
Congratulations to Loyola High School’s Andrew Pribe and Braden Masih for closing out the 2020 USC Trojan Invitational. In semis, Andrew advanced over Loyola’s Daniel Beck, and Braden defeated Sage’s Max Perin on a 2-1 (Ribera*, Moorhead, Mork). Full results and pairings can be found here.
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Rhys Moon and Jocelyn Shek close out Alta
Congratulations to Peninsula’s Rhys Moon and Marlborough’s Jocelyn Shek for closing out the 2020 Alta Silver and Black Invitational. In semis, Rhys defeated Orange Lutheran’s Aaron Zhang on a 3-0 (Robertson, Torson, Lam), and Jocelyn defeated Claremont’s Gordon Krauss on a 2-1 (Ratnasabapathy*, Kuffour, Evans). Congratulations to Basis Independent Silicon Valley’s Shreyas Kapavarapu for being […]
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