Philadelphia, PA – Congratulations to Scarsdale’s Rahul Gosain and Del Mar’s Varun Bhave for reaching the final round of the Penn Round Robin, the country’s foremost round robin tournament. On a 2-1 decision, Rahul prevailed in the final round. Rahul is coached by Mark Gorthey and Joe Vaughan and Chris …

Salt Lake City, UT – Annie Gersh of Marlborough defeated Harvard Westlake’s Connor Engel on a 2-1 decision to win the 2014 Alta Silver and Black Invitational. Alta is a quarterfinals bid qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. Congratulations to all! Doubles San Marino NL def Meadows AT Crossroads NS def Winter …

Northbrook, IL – Pranav Reddy (Harker) defeated Jackson Lallas (Brentwood) on a 2-1 decision in the final round of the 2014 Glenbrooks Tournament. The Glenbrooks is an octafinals bid qualifier to the 2015 TOC in LD. Congratulations to all! Doubles Peninsula AT def Strake SM 3-0 (Cha, Roberts, Shmikler) Newark …

Apple Valley, MN – Congratulations to Clement’s Rebecca Gelfer for defeating Adam Tomasi of Sacred Heart in the final round of the first annual Minneapple Round Robin on a 2-1 decision! Semifinals Adam Tomasi defeats David Branse (Bentley, Randall, Spence) Rebecca Gelfer defeats Anthony Tohme (Devore, Hom, E. Smith) Finals Rebecca Gelfer …

Studio City, CA – Peninsula’s Arjun Tambe has defeated Brentwood’s Micah Rosen on a 3-0 decision at the 2014 Damus Hollywood Invitational. Congratulations to both finalists and their coaches on receiving bids at this finals bid qualifier for the 2015 TOC in LD! Arjun is coached by Chris Theis and Scott …

Apple Valley, MN – Congratulations for Michael Bogaty of Scarsdale High School for his 2-1 victory over Greenhill’s Bennett Eckert in the final round at the 2014 Minneapple Tournament. The Minneapple is an octafinals bid qualifier to the 2015 Tournament of Champions in LD. Doubles Greenhill BE def Walt Whitman MR …

Las Vegas, NV – Varun Bhave of Torrey Pines defeated Greenhill’s Bennett Eckert on a 2-1 decision to win the 2014 Meadows Invitational. Congratulations to both finalists, as well as their coaches. Varun is coached by Marshall Thompson, while Bennett is coached by Aaron Timmons, Bekah Boyer, Josh Roberts, and Rebecca …

by Emily Massey When I debated five years ago, it was common to hear frameworks like this: “The standard is minimizing terrorism. Terrorism kills [#] people every year, making it the largest threat to civilians worldwide. Terrorism destabilizes the international community, causing wars, etc.” Then, debaters started pointing out that these …

Bethesda, MD- Byram Hills’ Amos Jeng defeated Independent Jake Steirn in finals of the Capitol Beltway Fall Classic at Walt Whitman.   Amos is coached by Benjamin Koh, Young Coach Doug (Ben Ulene), and Janna White.  Jake is coached by Megan Loden, Grant Reiter, Bob Overing, Robbie Steirn, Martin Sigalow, Nick …

Akhil Jalan and Arjun Tambe from PV Peninsula close out St. Marks Invitational!  

Brentwood MR vs Newark Science AF (Elisetty, Dunay, DeBois) Walt Whitman SCa vs Lake Highland RS (Legried, Traber, Prasad) Grapevine AY vs Brentwood JC (Traber, Koh, Tarsney) Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches NV vs WDM Valley GS (Thaler, Cha, Natbony) George Washington CO DL vs Cypress Bay JS (Massey, …

New York, New York Congratulations to University’s David Branse on defeating Sacred Heart’s Adam Tomasi to win the 2014 Bronx Round Robin. David is coached by Zach Prax, Tom Evnen, and Grant Reiter. Adam is coached by Jacob Nails. The Levinson™ Pod 1. University School (FL) — David Branse, 9-1 …

by Sam Natbony Today’s abuse is often caused by theory itself rather than traditionally abusive arguments such as a prioris and skepticism. Paragraph theory arguments have become prevalent in affirmative cases where debaters load cases with theoretical specifications that constrain the negative advocacy. It is uncommon to watch a round …

San Jose, CA – Congratulations to Del Mar’s Varun Bhave for defeating Harvard-Westlake’s Nick Steele to win the 2014 to Voices Invitational. Voices is a quarterfinals bid to the Tournament of Champions. Varun is coached by Marshall Thompson. Nick is coached by Mike Bietz, Steve Knell, Danny DeBois, Daniel Tartakovsky, Bill Neesen, …

Weston, Fl – Congratulations to University’s David Branse for defeating LAMP’s Ruchir Rastogi to win the 2014 Crestian Tradition. David is coached by Zach Prax, Tom Evnen, and Grant Reiter. Ruchir is coached by Chris Colvin, Nitin Rastogi, and Grant Reiter. Octafinals University JR def. Byram Hills JBr 3-0 (DeVore, …