New Orleans, LA -- Congratulations to Greenhill's Bennett Eckert for winning the 2014 Isidore Newman tournament! In finals, Bennett defeated Northland Christian's Davis Labarre. Congratulations to both debaters! Bennett is coached by Aaron Timmons, Bekah Boyer, Josh Roberts, and Rebecca Kuang. Davis is coached by Paul Gravley, Courtney Coffman, Robbie Dillard, Yang Yi, and Shania Hunt. Isidore Newman is a semifinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. OctafinalsStony Point RJ advances without debatingGreenhill BE advances without debatingGreenhill VA advances without debatingNorthland Christian DL advances over Northland Christian MPCalhoun Home AC def Houston Independent SK (Lonam, Timmons, Lam)Durham Academy DB def Northland Christian ML 3-0 (Bates, Kueffner, Wimmer)Greenhill GB def Houston Independent NB 2-1 (Woods*, Shields, Colling)St James PD def Hockaday KK (Roberts, Coffman, Pritt) QuarterfinalsGreenhill VA over Greenhill GBGreenhill BE def Calhoun Home AC 3-0Northland DL Christian def Stony Point RJ 2-1
Durham Academy DB def Saint James PD 2-1 SemifinalsGreenhill BE over Greenhill VA (Varad Agarwala)Northland Christian DL def Durham Academy DB (Derek Brown) FinalsGreenhill BE def Northland Christian DL (Davis Labarre) ChampionGreenhill BE (Bennett Eckert)