Three reasons you should consider attending the Harvard College World Schools Invitational from March 24 – March 26, 2017: 1. This will be the best-judged World Schools Tournament in the Western Hemisphere. We have two WSDC champions, two runner-ups, numerous outround participants, and other former competitors on our team that will be judging, as well as […]
TournamentsCongratulations to Murrah JS for winning the Holy Cross tournament. In finals, they defeated Desoto Central NN on a close 2-1 decision (Spear, Chillis, Beeson*). Congratulations to both Murrah and Desoto Central for also receiving bids to the 2017 Tournament of Champions. Full results can be found here.
Briefly, PF, Tournaments
Congratulations to Raj Purohit and Rylee Smith from Eagan for winning the 2016 Mid-America Cup. In finals, they defeated James Madison Memorial’s Peter Yang and Jack Votava on a 2-1 decision. The following teams also received bids to the 2017 Tournament of Champions: Blake GY Blake LM Eagan PS James Madison Memorial YV Eagan FS (ghost) […]
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Congratulations to Ardrey Kell’s Samuel Wood, Harish Korrapati, Michael Xing, and Callan Hazeldine for closing out the final round of the 2016 Yale Invitational. Additionally, congratulations are due to the following teams for receiving bids to the 2017 Tournament of Champions. Ardrey Kell KW Ardrey Kell HX Dalton FU Evanston Township BA Horace Mann FR […]
Briefly, PF, Tournaments
Hockaday coach Jordan Innerarity writes in that the Hockaday Women’s RR will now be Nov 10th and 11th. The full tournament starts on the 11th and runs through the 12th. Here is a link to the RR and tournament registration: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/tx/hockaday/info.asp?p=7 We would like to invite all interested women to attend the Hockaday Women’s Round […]
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Congratulations to Bennett Eckert of The Greenhill School (TX) and his coach Aaron Timmons for winning the 2016 NSDA National Tournament in LD. Bennett defeated Millard North’s Priya Kukreja on an 8-7 decision. Congratulations to both debaters and their coaches on an excellent tournament! Bennet is a former VBI camper and will be teaching at […]
Community, Tournaments
Lexington, KY — The University of Kentucky has announced the first wave of accepted at-large bids for Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum. Congratulations to the recipients! Lincoln Douglas at Larges Accepted—TOC 2016 Apple Valley Prince Hyeamang Brentwood Jacob Reiter Byram Hills Alex Wurm Hawken Nicole Kastelic Interlake Alisa Liu Lake Highland Prep Muhammad Khattak […]
Community, Tournaments
Much of the innovation in contemporary LD is driven by intercollegiate debaters and coaches. This weekend is the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National Championship, followed by the National Debate Tournament (NDT)—the two largest intercollegiate debate championships in the U.S. We wish the best of luck to the VBI alumni and instructors who will be competing at […]
Tournaments, VBI
San Jose, CA — The fourth annual Voices Invitational will be hosted by Presentation High School in San Jose, CA on October 9-12, 2015. The tournament offers LD competition in JV and Varsity and a bid to the TOC at quarterfinals level. All proceeds from entries go to the Voices Foundation. Last year, this tournament raised […]
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Gainesville, FL – We’re happy to announce that the 2015 Florida Blue Key Speech & Debate Tournament is now open for registration! One of the fastest improving LD tournaments in the nation (and a current PF Octa-finals bid), the Blue Key Tournament is now a Semi-finals bid in LD and is flying in 11 all […]
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