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 Strake Jesuit's Zion Dixon, Daniel Lee, Karan Shah, and Justin Wen for closing out the 2022 Winston Churchill Classic. In quarterfinals, Zion defeated Claudia Taylor's Abhived Pulapaka on a 3-0 (Okunlola, Bhat, Sivamani); Daniel defeated Westwood's Anoop Rachakonda on a 2-1 (Chao*, Cook, Plat); Justin defeated Sandra Day O'Connor's William Walker on a 3-0 (Fox, Jones, Le); and Karan advanced over Strake Jesuit's Michael Stuckert. Additional congratulations to Zion for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Memorial’s Daniel Xu for winning the 2021 Strake Jesuit Tournament. In finals, Daniel defeated Southlake Carroll’s Pranav Kaginele on a 3-0 (Plat, Jones, Chao). Additional congratulations to Daniel for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Ayala's Adam Mimou and Diamond Bar's Nathan Chu for co-championing the 2021 College Prep LD Invitational. In semifinals, Adam defeated Archbishop Mitty's Arnav Simha on a 3-0 (Alan, Nguyen, Baez) and Nathan defeated Marlborough's Wyeth Renwick on a 2-1 (Loofbourrow*, Park, Krause). Congratulations to Harker's Rahul Mulpuri for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Westwood's Pranav Medikonduru for winning the 2021 John Edie Holiday Debates hosted by the Blake School. In finals, Pranav defeated Byram Hills' Alex Kahn on a 3-0 (Hsu, McKyton, Totz). Congratulations to Prospect's Sophia Tian for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Princeton's Maya Lerman for winning the 2021 Ridge Debates. In finals, Maya defeated Montville's Ram Pantula on a 2-1 (Norris*, Beckford, Loofbourrow). Congratulations to Livingston's Raina Batra for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Mission San Jose's Saranya Singh for winning the 2021 USC Trojan Invitational. In finals, Saranya defeated Park City's Noam Levinsky on a 3-0 (Krauss, Cooper, Barquin). Additional congratulations to Saranya for being top speaker.
Full results and pairings can be found here.
Congratulations to Harrison's Mai Blaustein and Jessie Pein for closing out the 2021 Isidore Newman School Invitational. In semifinals, Mai defeated Lexington's Aanya Ghosh on a 3-0 (Lugo, Sims, Steiner) and Jessie defeated Valor Christian's Lucy Sarkissian on a 3-0 (Berryhill, Colón, Curry). Congratulations to Mercer Island's Katherine Shao for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.
Congratulations to Eagan High School's Aerin Engelstad for winning the 2021 Dowling Catholic Paradigm. In finals, Aerin defeated Iowa City West's Nathan Weimar on a 2-1 (Rieger*, Baez, Agarwala). Congratulations to West Des Moines Valley's Shreya Joshi for being top speaker.
Full pairings and results can be found here.