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 Interlake's Daniel Bomberger and McNeil's Anshul Gulati for co-championing the 2021 Alta Silver and Black Invitational Tournament. In semifinals, Daniel defeated Newman Smith's Suhani Jampala on a 2-1 (Crockett*, Gandara, Larson) and Anshul defeated Millard North's Nathan Liu on a 3-0 (Curry, Kotapati, Liyanage). Additional congratulations to Suhani for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Walt Whitman's Elizabeth Yamamoto for winning the 2021 Princeton Classic. In finals, Elizabeth defeated Lexington's Jayden Bai on a 2-1 (Menon*, Cukier, Siegel). Congratulations to Strath Haven's Ava Manaker for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Jet Sun for winning the 2021 Longhorn Classic. In finals, Jet defeated Sage's Max Perin on a 2-1 (Ajjarapu*, Joseph, Zheng). Congratulations to Garland's Leah Yeshitila for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Strake Jesuit's Zion Dixon and Garland's Leah Yeshitila for co-championing the 2021 Glenbrooks Invitational. In semifinals, Zion defeated BASIS Peoria's Philimon Yosafat on a 3-0 (Jones, Bathily, Larson) and Leah defeated Lexington's Vikrant Maan on a 3-0 (Stuckert, Copeland, Dua). Additional congratulations to Zion for also being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Iowa City West's Nathan Weimar and Millard North's Nathan Liu for co-championing the 2021 Badgerland Chungvitational. In semifinals, Nathan Weimar defeated Perry's Joey Antonelli on a 3-0 (Thomas-McGinnis, Pirisingula, Matsuzeski) and Nathan Liu defeated Iowa City West's Jayden Shin on a 3-0 (Joshi, Li, Sheikh). Congratulations to Joey for also being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to American Heritage Broward's Spencer Swickle and Asha Patra for closing out the 2021 Tradition at Cypress Bay. In semifinals, Spencer defeated Lake Highland's Prateek Seela on a 3-0 (Chao, Montecalvo, Heirigs) and Asha defeated Lake Highland's Alec Clemens on a 2-1 (Curry*, Bravim, Mirani). Congratulations to Prateek for also being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Prospect's Sophia Tian for winning the 2021 Apple Valley Minneapple Debate Tournament. In finals, Sophia defeated Strake Jesuit's Justin Wen on a 2-1 (Zhou*, Wu, Bathily). Congratulations to Sophia for also being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Ayala's Adam Mimou for winning the 2021 Damus Hollywood Invitational. In finals, Adam defeated Harker's Rahul Mulpuri on a 2-1 (Alvarez*, Towner, Nails). Congratulations to Rahul for also being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.