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 Harker's Deven Shah for winning the 2021 Heart of Texas Invitational. In finals, Deven defeated Marlborough's Wyeth Renwick on a 2-1 decision (Hsu*, Larson, He). Congratulations to Harker's Rahul Mulpuri for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to NSU University School's Sebastian Frazier for winning the 2021 New York City Invitational. In finals, Sebastian defeated BASIS Peoria's Philimon Yosafat on a 3-0 (Bathily, Hertzig, Montague). Additional congratulations to Sebastian for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Isidore Newman's Elizabeth Elliott for winning the 2021 JW Patterson High School Invitational. In finals, Elizabeth defeated Harvard-Westlake's Iris Chen on a 3-0 (Curry, Loofbourrow, Nobra). Additional congratulations to Elizabeth for also being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Harker's Anshul Reddy for winning the 2021 Nano Nagle Classic. In finals, Anshul defeated Southlake Carroll's Pranav Kaginele on a 3-0 (Cortez, Dosch, Park). Congratulations to Immaculate Heart's Jane Lichtman for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's JD Kollar and Ishan Dubey for closing out the 2021 Holy Cross Navy and Old Gold Debate and Speech Exhibition. In semifinals, Ishan advanced over Strake Jesuit's Rushil Chetty, and JD defeated Vestavia Hills' Graham Johnstone on a 2-1 (Ranner*, Swift, Berry). Congratulations to Kenston's Ella Jewell for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley's Alyssa Makena and Southlake Carroll's Pranav Kaginele for co-championing the 2021 Delores Taylor Arthur Invitational. In semifinals, Alyssa defeated James Logan's Arya Bhat on a 2-1 (Burke*, Meza, Swift), and Pranav defeated Vestavia Hills' Graham Johnstone on a 2-1 (Broussard*, Georgetown, Hill). Congratulations to Arya for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Scripps Ranch's Agastya Sridharan for winning the 2021 Duke Invitational. In finals, Agastya defeated Edgemont Junior-Senior's Avik Agarwal on a 3-0 (Lamberson, Liyanage, Shatzkin). Congratulations to Agastya for also being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Sage's Max Perin for winning the 2021 Mid America Cup. In finals, Max defeated San Mateo's Yesh Rao on a 2-1 (Jasani*, Robinson, Evnen). Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Karan Shah for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.