West Des Moines, Iowa — The fields for the fourth annual Valley Round Robin and the sixth annual Sophomore Throw-Down have been released. Both round robins will be held on Friday, September 23, the day before the Valley Mid-America Cup. SOPHOMORE THROW-DOWN Ishan Bhatt, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cat Buchatskiy, Lexington …

March 10, 2016   Valley High School is seeking nominations of current 9th grade LD debaters for the 2016 Sophomore Throw-Down round robin. What is the Sophomore Throw-Down? Now in its sixth year, the Sophomore Throw-Down is the nation’s premier sophomores-only Lincoln-Douglas debate round robin. Our purpose is to provide …

Minneapolis, MN – Valley’s Trent Gilbert and Scarsdale’s Gillian Zipursky have made it to the final round of the 2015 Edie Holiday Debate Tournament hosted by The Blake School. Due to travel constraints, the final round was not held, so Gilbert and Zipursky emerge as co-champions. Trent is coached by …

  Madison, WI – West Des Moines Valley High School’s Conal Thomas-McGinnis is the champion of the 2015 Badgerland Debate Tournament hosted by Middleton High School and James Madison Memorial High School. Conal defeated Millard North’s Priya Kukreja on a 2-1 decision to win the championship. Conal is coached by Christian …

The West Des Moine Valley High School debate team is pleased to announce the participants in the 2015 Valley Round Robin and the 2015 Sophomore Throw-Down. This is the third edition of the Round Robin and the sixth edition of the Throw-Down. Both will be held on Friday, September 25, …

Registration is now open for the Valley Mid-America Cup debate tournament. Registration is taking place through Joy of Tournaments: www.joyoftournaments.com/ia/mac The Mid-America Cup takes place on Saturday, September 26 – Monday, September 28 in West Des Moines, Iowa. The Mid-America Cup offers varsity divisions in LD, policy, and PF debate, …

Go get something to eat! And then let’s try to start on time. Good luck everyone!

WDM Valley debate will host the fifth annual Sophomore Throw-Down on Friday, September 25 at the West Des Moines Marriott. The Valley Mid-America Cup, an octofinals bid to the TOC in Lincoln-Douglas debate, follows on Saturday, September 26 – Monday, September 28. The Sophomore Throw-Down has featured many of the best …

David Branse of University School is the champion of a Harvard Invitational that was abbreviated by yet another devastating northeast snowstorm. With the second day of competition canceled by the snow, Harvard broke to a full triple octo based on the first four rounds of competition, making the best of …

UPDATE: Full Berkeley results Newark Science capped an amazing weekend with a three-student close out (Newark had 3 of the 4 semifinalists). On coach’s decision, Christian Quiroz advanced over Adegoke Fakorede in semis, while Sunhee Simon defeated Greenhill’s Bennett Eckert to reach the co-championship. The season of close-outs continues! Berkeley …

One of the most attended and most competitive weekends of the TOC season has arrived – the Harvard-Berkeley weekend. Both Harvard University and Cal-Berkeley will host not only fiercely competitive octofinal-bid tournaments in LD debate, but also two of the most prestigious Round Robins in the country. Here are the …

Akhil Jalan and Arjun Tambe, of Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, closed out the final round of the 2015 Stanford Invitational. Congrats to both debaters. It has been a season of close-outs, suggesting a fiercely competitive Tournament of Champions. Congrats to the Stanford competitors and good luck to all on …

Colleyville, TX UPDATE: Greenhill’s Bennett Eckert is the champion of the 2015 edition of teh Colleyville Heritage Winter Invitational. Congrats to Greenhill’s students and coaches, who are having an excellent month! Full results: OCTOFINALS Greenhill BE defeats Liberty Christian BS (Breann Smith) Law Magnet DD defeats Flower Mound AA (Amany …

Atlanta, GA Update: On a 4-1 decision, Varad Agarwala of Greenhill defeated Akhil Jalan of PV Peninsula to become the 2015 Emory champion. Congratulations to both debaters and their coaches!   NSD Update is pleased to find itself in sunny Atlanta, Georgia for the Barkley Forum for High School Students …