Sunday, January 24, 2016

National Qualifers and Sweepstakes Champions

The 2016 debate season more or less wrapped up on Saturday with the qualifying tournament for the National Speech and Debate Association (formerly National Forensic League) in Salt Lake City, UT.

For the second year in a row, Edina brings home the district sweepstakes championship:
A summary of results from our timeline summarize the results:



Sunday, January 17, 2016

State Champs + More

The State debate tournament ended with Edina bringing home a State championship, and more.  We couldn't be happier.  Thanks to coaches Brett, Bob, Tim, Hayley, and Pete who all worked to make this happen.

What makes our team special is the willingness of everybody on the team to help each other succeed.  The "prep squad" for state this week included Megan, Maggie, Claire, Khalid, James, Jenny, Aarthi, James, Sandra, Mark, Jonah, Mark, Mabel, Romi, and Gloria.  This group scouted other teams, cut cards, researched cases, and role-played upcoming opponents.  An amazing amount of effort by all to help prepare or state competitors.

Results and brackets available at the MSHSL website. 

A special recognition to Anand who was walked over in semis, allowing Arvind to debate in finals for his 2nd state championship.










22-23 Jan @ NSDA National Qualifiers

NSDA National Qualifiers
St. Paul Central (Friday) - 275 North Lexington Parkway St. Paul, MN 55104
Eagan (Saturday) - 4185 Braddock Trail Eagan, MN 55123
22 and 23 January 2016

Salt Lake City, UT - Nationals 2016

PF debaters -- tournament for PF is Saturday only.
LD and Policy -- you will debate both days.

Bus
Friday - depart EHS door 7 at 2PM, return 10:30PM (est)
Saturday - depart EHS door 7 at 7AM, parent pick-up once finished - no return bus on Saturday

Policy
Sukriti and Anne
Maggie and Meredith
Claire and Megan

Public Forum (Saturday only)
Natalie and Adi
Richard and David
Jenny and Aarthi
James and Khalid

LD
Anand
Arvind
Gloria
Jonah


Friday January 22, 2016 @ St. Paul Cental High School

Policy Registration

2:15 - 2:30 PM: Registration - Will take place in the St. Paul Central Cafeteria. Please do not arrive before 2:15 PM but please arrive by 2:30 so we can schedule round #1 and get going by 3 PM. To help make registration run more smoothly please call my cell phone (651-283-5976) to confirm your entry and your estimated time of arrival at St. Paul Central High School. 

Policy Debate

3:00  Round #1 Policy Debate

5:00  Round #2 Policy Debate

7:30  Round #3 Policy Debate

LD Debate

3:30  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 23, 2016 @ Eagan High School

7:45 AM –  All Policy, PF and LD Schools Must Check in with the Tab Room by 7:45 AM so that our tournament can run on time. Tab Room will be located in Conference Room D at Eagan High School located on the upper floor of EHS.

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



Public Forum Debate

8:30 AM Round #1 PF Debate

9:45 AM Round #2 PF Debate



11:00 AM Round #3 PF Debate

11:30 - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels.

12:30  PM - Round #4

2:00   PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels

2:30 PM - Round #5

4:00 PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab toom for the placing of judges on panels

4:30 PM - Round #6


Awards

6:00 PM - Awards for all 3 events (any events requiring a debate back - that round will follow awards)

Sunday, January 10, 2016

2016-17 Policy Resolution Released