Tournament Results

Congratulations to Harvard-Westlake’s Nick Steele for defeating Clements’ Felix Tan on a 2-1 decision (Castillo, Kymn*, M. Overing). Also congratulations to Oakwood’s Jack Wareham for making top speaker. Felix is coached by Akhil Jalan, Marshall Thompson, and Chris Theis. Full results of outrounds are posted below and a comprehensive spreadsheet covering …

Congratulations to the following debaters for receiving speaker awards: Oakwood JW Lake Highland NK Millburn WH Hunter NP Greenhill VA Loyola AP Clements FT Strake Jesuit SM Mission San Jose SS Greehill BE Harvard Westlake NS Harvard Westlake CC Harrison KK Law Magnet DD Newark AK Heritage DM Millard North …

Congrats to Hunter College’s Nina Potischman for defeating Newark Science’s Amit Kukreja on a 2-1 decision (Erlanger*, Pregasen, Kalinoski) to win the 2016 Harrison RR. Semis: Hunter College NP def. Harrison KK (Kathryn Kenny) Newark Science AK def. Byram Hills PE (Paul Erlanger) Finals: Hunter College NP (Nina Potischman) def. …

Congratulations to Penn RR Co-Champs: Millburn’s Wesley Hu and Lake Highland Prep’s Sreya Pinnamaneni. Sreya and Wesley won their pods with 6-2 and 7-1 ballot counts respectively. Also congrats to Byram Hills’s Paul Erlanger and Harrison’s Raffi Piliero for earning third and fourth place trophies respectively, both debaters had 5-3 …

Congratulations to Stuyvesant’s Shannon Lee and Scarsdale’s Zoe Ewing for making it to finals of the Columbia Invitational. Shannon defeated Zoe on a 4-1 decision (Cancro, Pregasen, Mendes, Panchanadam, Li*). Shannon is coached by Paul Zhou and Julie Sheinman while Zoe is coached by Rahul Gosain, Joe Vaughan and Mark Gorthey.

Congratulations to Valley’s Danielle Reyes for winning the 2016 Harvard Invitational. In finals, Danielle defeated Cambridge’s Oliver Sussman on a 2-1 decision (DeBois, Kim*, Stevens). Oliver is coached by Bob Overing and Mathew Pregasen, Danielle is coached by Isis Davis-Marks, Christian Tarsney, Leah Shapiro, and Dave McGinnis. Results: Triples (1) …

Congratulations to Oakwood’s Jack Wareham and Lake Highland’s Sreya Pinnamaneni for making it to finals of the Harvard Round Robin. Jack defeated Sreya in finals on a 3-0 decision (Debois, Scorpiniti, O’Donohue).

Congratulations to Greenhill’s Graham Baker and Harvard-Westlake’s Nick Steele for making it to finals of the Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University. Graham defeated Nick on a 3-2 decision (Malis, Bearden, Lingel, Boyd, Jordan). Graham is coached by Aaron Timmons, Bekah Boyer, and Chris Randall while Nick is …

Congratulations to Derek Zhang for winning the 2016 Stanford University National Invitational. In finals, Derek bested Mission San Jose’s Shivane Sabharwal on a 2-1 decision (Rastogi, Lonam, Taylor*). Derek is coached by Salim Damerdji and Tinuola Dada. Shivane is coached by Tom Kadie and Michael Harris.

Congratulations to Lake Highland’s Neal Kapoor for winning the 2016 Lexington Winter Invitational! In finals, Neal defeated Millburn’s Wesley Hu on a 3-0 decision. Neal is coached by George Clemens, Terrence Lonam, Martin Sigalow, Becca Traber, Joseph Millman, Fred Ditzian, Michael Bogaty and Sam Azbel. Wesley is coached by Nathan Cha, Samantha Hom, …

Congratulations to Strake Jesuit’s Sean McCormick and Cypress Bay’s Jake Steirn on making it to finals of the 2016 Sunvitational. Sean defeated Jake on a 2-1 decision (Evnen, Gorthey, Jeng*). Sean is coached by Jerry Crist, Murvin Auzenne and Chris Castillo while Jake is coached by Megan West, Grant Reiter, Bob …

Congratulations to Law Magnet’s Dino De La O for winning the University of Houston debate tournament! In finals, Dino defeated Plano East’s Aimun Khan on a 3-0 decision. Dino is coached by Kris Wright, Martin Sigalow, and Eric Melin. Aimun is coached by Shomik Ati, Jacob Koshak, and Dylan Cavanaugh. Full …

Congratulations to Kingwood’s Reese Grayson for winning the 2016 Churchill Invitational! In finals, Reese defeated Westwood’s Saavan Nanavati. Reese is coached by Cathy Terrace, Andy Stubbs, Chris Vincent, and Audra Langston. Saavan is coached by Rodrigo Paramo and Sunay Nanavati.

Congratulations to North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics’ Tejal Patwardhan and DuPont Manual Kayla Soren for winning Laird Lewis XLIII. Tejal is coached by Logan Parke and Emma Weddle while Kayla is coached by Erica Cooper.

Congratulations to Millburn’s Wesley Hu and Harrison’s Raffi Piliero on making it to finals of the 2016 Newark Invitational. Wesley defeated Raffi on a 5-0 decision (Beretay, Tariq, Mendes, Fakorede, Kukreja). Raffi is coached by Chetan Hertzig, Marshall Thompson,  and Christian Quiroz while Wesley is coached by Nathan Cha, Samantha Hom, and …