Not to be outdone by Mia, it was also Luke Stuttgen's birthday, Thursday. Happy birthday, Luke! What better way to spend your birthday than teaching debate!
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Congratulations to St. Louis Park's Leah Shapiro for championing the 2013 West Des Moines Valley Mid-America Cup over Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue. The decision was a 2-1 for Leah (Legried, Hymson, *Melin). Leah is coached by Christian Tarsney and Charles McClung, and Andrew is coached by Aracelis Biel and Mark Gorthey.
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Congratulations to Apple Valley sophomores Prince Hyamang and Sophie Ober for closing out Minnesota's JV State Tournament. Prince and Sophie are coached by Chris Theis, Ed Hendrickson, Josh You and David Quinn.
In the Novice division Kiley Eichelberger a junior from Chanhassen defeated Edina Freshman Annie Amen in the final round to win the Novice State title. Congratulations to both debaters. Kiley is coached by Zach Prax
Congratulations to Cypress Woods' Xixiang "Shawn" Xiong for winning the 35th Isidore Newman Invitational! In finals, Shawn defeated Greenhill's Mitali Mathur on a 2-1 decision. Shawn is coached by Heath Martin and Jared Woods. Mitali is coached by Aaron Timmons and Rebecca Kuang. Isidore Newman is a semis bid to the Tournament of Champions.
Congratulations to Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue for defeating Scarsdale's Noah Thaler to win the 2014 Columbia Invitational!
More and more, there appears to be disconnects between judges and debaters on the virtues of using theory as a strategy practice. Theory debate has steadily garnered the reputation as a frivolous, unpleasant practice, labeled as a tool employed to garner “cheap wins,” a “crutch” for those who lack substantive debate skills, and even a mechanism to exclude underprivileged debaters from the activity.
However, I find that a lot of these issues are not inherent either to theory debate or strategic theory debate, but the way debaters run these arguments. While it may occur much less frequently nowadays, excellent theory debate does exist. The goal of this article is to establish guidelines to help debaters improve on theory debate, should they choose to engage in it.
Congratulations to Collegiate's Andrew O'Donohue for defeating Scarsdale's Noah Thaler to win the 2014 Columbia Invitational!
More and more, there appears to be disconnects between judges and debaters on the virtues of using theory as a strategy practice. Theory debate has steadily garnered the reputation as a frivolous, unpleasant practice, labeled as a tool employed to garner “cheap wins,” a “crutch” for those who lack substantive debate skills, and even a mechanism to exclude underprivileged debaters from the activity.
However, I find that a lot of these issues are not inherent either to theory debate or strategic theory debate, but the way debaters run these arguments. While it may occur much less frequently nowadays, excellent theory debate does exist. The goal of this article is to establish guidelines to help debaters improve on theory debate, should they choose to engage in it.
Congratulations to Harrison's Giovanni Cutri for winning the 2020 Glenbrooks Invitational. In finals, Giovanni defeated Harvard-Westlake's Andrew Gong on a 3-0 (Patel, Davenport, Cook). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Joey Georges for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to San Mateo's Yesh Rao for winning the 2020 Tradition Tournament. In finals, Yesh defeated Oxford's Viren Mehta on a 4-1 (Khadka*, Bravo, Henson, Cook, Tate). Congratulations to Cardinal Gibbons's Roberto Sosa for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to L C Anderson's Aseel Rawashedeh and Claremont's Gordon Krauss for co-championing the 2020 Badgerland Chung Vitational. In semifinals, Aseel defeated West Des Moines Valley's Jalyn Wu on a 3-0 (Karavadi, Sanjrani, Pangottil) and Gordon defeated Millard North's Ryan Lampman on a 3-0 (Harvey, Henderson, Karcher). Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley's Alyssa Makena for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Lexington's Archit Kumar and Strake Jesuit's Joey Georges for co-championing the 2020 Scarsdale Invitational. In semis, Joey defeated Harrison's Ali Ahmad on a 3-0 (Cukier, Li, Musoff) and Archit defeated Strake's Ben Erdmann on a 2-1 (Landau*, Ma, Wayne). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Ben Erdmann for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Claudia Taylor's Abhived Pulapaka for winning the 2020 Seattle Academy Invitational. In finals, Abhived defeated Interlake's Ellie Liu on a 2-1 (Hwang*, Middleton, Phan). Congratulations to Interlake's Keerthana Kompella for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Harker's Ansh Sheth for winning the 2020 Damus Hollywood Invitational. In finals, Ansh defeated Sage Hill's Max Perin on a 2-1 (Fang*, Overing, Randall). Congratulations to Max for also being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Harrison's Ali Ahmad for winning the 2020 Apple Valley Minneapple Debate Tournament. In finals, Ali defeated Strake Jesuit's Ben Erdmann on a 2-1 (McConway*, You, Gibson). Congratulations to Ali for also being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake's Andrew Gong for winning the 2020 Meadows Invitational. In finals, Andrew defeated Peninsula's Rhys Moon on a 2-1 (Rosenthal*, Castillo, LeClaire-Vazquez). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Ben Erdmann for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.