Congratulations to VBI staffers Keshav Kundassery and Max Wu of Mission San Jose for winning the 2017 Golden Desert Debate Tournament at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In finals, MSJ defeated Emaad Raghib and Raymond Xu from the Harker School on a close 2-1 decision (Carroll, Bacrau, Sauceda*).The following teams also received bids to the 2017 Tournament of Champions:Bishop Kelly LOCampbell Hall SSCollege Prep DBFairmont KSGrantsville SCHarker RXMission San Jose KWMission San Jose GMMeera Santhanam from the Nueva School is this year's Top Speaker. Congratulations to all!Full results can be found here. A recording of the final round will be available soon.