Saturday, January 25, 2014

Two Teams Qualify to Nationals

Instant news: 

Edina qualifies two teams to nationals this June in Kansas City.  Both Edina HP - Samantha and Bree - and Edina SR - Anja Beth and Shanelle - lasted out the day in the double-elimination tournament.

More news later, we are all exhausted. 

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

NFLs @ Chanhassen

Southern MN NFL Qualifiers 
Chanhassen High School [map]
24-25 January 2014

Notes about NFLs -

  1. NFLs is double-elimination tournament.  
  2. There is no power-matching in the traditional sense.  Rounds are paired based only on like-records. 
  3. The fields will be small in both LD and Policy, so be 100% mentally ready to have your hardest, most important debate of the tournament right away in round 1 -- things like that happen in this format. 
  4. Resiliency matters. You might get a disappointing loss, then have to turn right around and win.  You might also think you are eliminated but get the chance to make nationals via a debate-back. Nationals is all about being mentally tough, and districts already brings out that challenge. 


Bus Times
Friday - depart EHS door 8 at 2:30PM, return estimate 10PMish (released from school at 2:15)
Saturday - depart EHS door 7 @ 7:15AM, return...could be anywhere between noon and 6PM

Policy Debate
Bree and Samantha
Drew and Patrick
Anja Beth and Shanelle
Sukriti and Anne

LD Debate
Arvind
Annika

Friday January 25, 2014
2:50 - 3:15 PM: Registration - Which will take place in the cafeteria of Chanhassen High School.
*All judge strike sheets need to be completed no later than 3:15 PM
**Remember that head coaches should judge at the Southern MN NFL Tournament

Policy Debate
3:45  Round #1 Policy Debate
5:45  Round #2 Policy Debate
8:00  Round #3 Policy Debate
LD Debate
4:00  Round #1 LD Debate
5:00  Round #2 LD Debate
6:30  Round #3 LD Debate
8:30  Round #4 LD Debate

*All schools who advance to Saturday must fill out judge strikes for Saturday before leaving on Friday night

Saturday January 26, 2014
8:00 AM –  All Policy, PF and LD Schools Must Check in with the Tab Room by 8:00 AM so that our tournament can run on time.

Policy Debate
8:00 AM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
8:30 AM  Round #4 Policy Debate
10:30 AM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
11:00 AM Round #5 Policy Debate
1:00 PM - All Policy School head coaches must in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
1:30 PM  Round #6 Policy Debate
3:30 PM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
4:00 PM  Round #7 Policy Debate

LD Debate
8:30 AM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
9:00 AM  Round #5 LD Debate
11:30 AM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
12:00 PM Round #6 LD Debate
2:30 PM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
3:00 PM - Round #7 LD Debate

Saturday, January 11, 2014

State Tournament @ U of MN



The 113th MSHSL State Debate Tournament
University of Minnesota - Blegen Hall
269 19th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55455 [map+photo]
17-18 January 2014

Bus
Friday - depart EHS 8AM door 8, return 9PM (estimate)
Saturday - depart EHS 7AM door 7, return 6:30PM (estimate)

** Friday morning we're stopping at a coffee place near the U (Hard Times Cafe) where you can get a coffee or something for breakfast.  We want to use this hour to review our plans for the day.  You'll need to bring cash - they take ONLY cash.

Policy Debate
Bree and Samantha
Anja Beth and Shanelle

Lincoln-Douglas
Arvind
Annika

Public Forum
Allan and Elbert

Policy Schedule - Friday
9:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
9:45 a.m. Judges’ Meeting
10:00 a.m. Coaches’ & Participants’ Meeting
10:30 a.m. ROUND 1
12:30 p.m. ROUND 2
Dinner
3:00 p.m. ROUND 3
6:00 p.m. ROUND 4
Saturday
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
8:15 a.m. ROUND 5
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finalists
10:30 a.m. QUARTERFINALS
12:00 p.m. Lunch:  Judges, Participants & Coaches
1:30 p.m. Announce Semifinalists
1:45 p.m. SEMIFINALS
4:00 p.m. Announce Finalists
4:15 p.m. FINALS
6:00 p.m. Awards

Lincoln-Douglas/Public Forum - Friday
10:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
10:45 a.m. Judges’ Meeting
11:00 a.m. Coaches’ & Participants’ Meeting
11:30 a.m. ROUND 1
12:45 p.m. ROUND 2
Dinner
2:45 p.m. ROUND 3
5:00 p.m. ROUND 4
Saturday 
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
8:00 a.m. ROUND 5
9:15 a.m. ROUND 6
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finalists
10:45 a.m. QUARTERFINALS
11:15 a.m. Lunch:  Participants & Coaches
12:00 p.m. Lunch:  Judges
1:30 p.m. Announce Semifinalists
2:00 p.m. SEMIFINALS
3:00 p.m. Announce Finalists
3:15 p.m. FINALS
4:00 p.m. Awards



2014 State Qualifiers

Arvind and Annika, Lincoln-Douglas

Allan and Elbert, Public Forum
Also qualifying, but camera shy are Bree Peilen, Samantha Hunt, Anja Beth Swoap, and Shanelle Roman, who will go to State in Policy.