Tag Archives: Tournament Results

West Des Moines, IA- The Valley Mid-America Cup is in full swing. With round 6 coming in, elims will be announced soon. Meanwhile, the second annual Valley Round Robin and the fourth annual Sophomore Throw-Down were held on Friday. On a 3-0 decision, Varun Bhave of Del Mar defeated Adam …

New Haven, CT – UPDATE LD tab director Jim Menick provided an explanation of the computer problem that resulted in both a delay and an adjustment in records for a handful of students. Via Mr. Menick: “Odd situations require explanations. The procedure for pairing rounds is to insure that, first, …

New York City – Congratulations to Neal Kapoor and Sreya Pinnameneni of Lake Highland Prep, who closed out the final round of the 2014 Collegiate Round Robin. The Round Robin was hosted by Aracelis Biel. Neal and Sreya are coached by George Clemens, Fred Ditzian, Terrence Lonam, Daisy Massey, Joseph …

Minneapolis, MN- Congratulations to Alberto Tohme and Varun Bhave for making it to the final round of the NSD 2014 Camp Tournament. On a 5-2 decision (Scoggin, Koh, Nubel, Prasad, Selman, *Overing, *Grishaber) Alberto was declared the champion. Alberto is coached by Chris Castillo, Jerry Crist, Murvin Auzeenne, William Burke, and Jeremy Dang. …

                The National Symposium for Debate jettisoned the traditional, lecture-based, resolutional analysis lecture and replaced it with an online discussion. In this video, three NSD staffers- Bob Overing, Daiya Massac, and Ryan Teehan- discuss their thoughts on the 2014 institute topic: Resolved: Justice …

Kansas- Congratulations to Bartlesville’s Lawrence Zhou and Norman’s Nicky Halterman for reaching the final round of the 2014 NSD National Tournament. The decision was an 8-7 for Bartlesville. Congratulations to both finalists! Places 1) Lawrence Zhou- Bartlesville (OK) 2) Nicky Halterman- Norman (OK) 3) Katie Hughes- Immaculate Heart (CA) 4) …

Congratulations to Harrison’s Danny DeBois and Scarsdale’s Rahul Gosain for reaching the final round of the 2014 National Catholic Forensics League Tournament. On a 4-1 decision, Danny was declared the champion. Danny is the 2nd debater in history to win both NCFL and TOC. Danny is coached by Chetan Hertzig …

Lexington, KY- Congratulations to Harrison High School’s Danny DeBois and Loyola’s Chris Kymn for reaching the final round of the 2014 Tournament of Champions. On a 3-0 decision (McGinnis, Zhu, Weisberg) Danny was declared the champion! Danny is coached by Chetan Hertzig and Henry Zhang. Chris is coached by Michael Overing, …

Ogden, Utah- Congratulations to Harker’s Pranav Reddy and Newark’s Christian Quiroz for reaching the final round of the 2014 NDCA Champions. On a 2-1 decision (*Kuang, Woodhouse, Mackenzie), Pranav was declared the champion. Pranav is coached by Greg Achten, Nikhil Nag, and Ryan Fink. Christian is coached by Jonathan Alston, …

Philadelphia, PA –  Congratulations to La Jolla’s Ram Prasad for defeating Randolph’s Nathan Cha to win the 2014 Penn for Youth Debate Round Robin (Millman, Houston, Massey). Ram is coached by Jeff Liu, Tom Evnen, and Zack Parker. Nathan is coached by Sam Natbony, Kathy Qiu, and Benjamin Koh   …

Northland Christian School, Texas- Congratulations to Loyola’s Chris Kymn for defeating La Jolla’s Ram Prasad to win the 2014 Kandi King Round Robin (Lonam, Woods, Castillo, Durrani, *Student Vote [*The Azbel]). Chris is coached by Michael Overing, John Scoggin, Bob Overing, Tom Placido, Tim McHugh, Ashan Peiris, Adam Bistagne, and …

Jason Smith and Gina Scorpiniti of West Des Moines Valley High School closed out the final round of the Iowa Forensic League All-Iowa Finals on Saturday, March 8, 2014, hosted by Paul Bellus and the University of Iowa. Jason and Gina are coached by Dave McGinnis, Alex Kramer, Lucy Korsakov …

                                  Los Angeles, CA- Congratulations to Loyola’s Chris Kymn for defeating PV Peninsula’s James Zhang to win the 2014 USC Touranment. Chris won the tournament without dropping a ballot. Chris is coached by Michael …

Florida, USA- Congratulations to Cypress Bay’s Jake Steirn for defeating University’s Saahil Jain to win the 2014 Florida State Tournament.  Jake is coached by  Megan West, Grant Reiter, Robbie Steirn, Coach Doug, and Martin Sigalow. Saahil is coached by Steve Schappaugh and Tom Evnen. Octas Lake Highland NK def. Cypress Bay DW …

Philadelphia, PA – Congratulations to Monticello’s Lucas Smith for defeating Ridge’s Jack Wilson to win the 2014 Liberty Bell Classic at UPenn. Lucas is coached by Christie Bendi, David Joannides, and Rose Joyce Turner. Jack is coached by David Yastremski. Octofinals Bronx Science ES def. Princeton DE (Daniel Edelberg) 2-1 (*Nag, McCarthy, …