Novice/JV State Tournament Recap

The Minnesota Debate Teacher's Association sponsors a state championship tournament.  It's a chance for novice and JV debaters to be the center of attention.  For many debaters, this marks the end of the 2014 debate season.

Reserve Champion (2nd place) sweepstakes at Novice JV State tournament pic.twitter.com/TB5mGjGrTO
— Edina Debate Team (@EdinaDebate) December 6, 2014

As a team, Edina won the 2nd place sweepstakes award, a measure of team-wide success.

Then...

JV Policy Debate
   Meredith Song and Maggie Wells - 2nd place
   Maggie Wells - 9th speaker
   Meredith Song - 13th speaker

Novice Public Forum 
   Owen Phernetton - James Kuznecoff, cleared to elimination rounds

Junior Varsity Public Forum
   Jenny Ma - Aarathi Garimella, cleared to elimination rounds
   Lauren Smith - 4th speaker
   Jenny Ma - 5th speaker
   Natalie Curtin - 7th speaker

Novice LD
   Jonah Rosenthal, cleared to elimination rounds + 5th speaker
   Sandra Chen, cleared to elimination rounds

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

   Anand Mittal, cleared to elimination rounds + 6th speaker

   Annie Amen, cleared to elimination rounds + 10th speaker

   Gloria Mi, cleared to elimination rounds

   Uma Kumar-Montei, cleared to elimination rounds

12-14 Dec @ Dowling Catholic

The Paradigm
Dowling Catholic High School
12-14 December 2014

Bus Times
Friday - Load at 6:45AM usual spot; depart at 7AM
Sunday - Return time contingent on performance between Noon and 8PM

Hotel
Springhill Suites, 1236 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, IA  50266.  (515) 223-9005.

Coaches
Bobby Ciborowski
Brett Lind
Tim Greenfield

Varsity Policy
Shanelle Roman and Drew Sposeep
Sukriti Rawal and Anne Lepow

Extemp Speaking
Max Schleck
Matias Figari

Varsity Policy Debate
Location: Dowling Catholic
Friday:
Round 1 – 3:15pm
Round 2 – 5:15pm
Round 3 – 8:00pm
Saturday:
Round 4 – 8:00am
Round 5 – 10:30am
Round 6 – 1:30pm
Double Octafinals - 4:00pm
Awards – 6:30pm
Octafinals - 8:00pm
Sunday (ALL ROUNDS AT West Des Moines Marriott):
Exhibition of 8 - 9:00am
Exhibition of 4 – 11:00am
Exhibition of 2 -- 1:00pm

Individual Events
Location: Roosevelt
Friday:
Round 1 A (EXT, DI, DUO, Expos, Prose, Acting) – 4:30
Draw at 4:00 for Extemp
Round 1 B (HI, Lit Program (OI) , OO, Spon, Poetry) – 6:30
Round 2 A – 8:30
Draw at 8:00
Saturday:
Round 2 B – 8:00am
Round 3 A – 9:30
Draw at 9:00
Round 3 B – 11:00
Round 4 A – 12:30
Draw at 12:00
Round 4 B – 2:00
Semifinals (ALL) – 3:30
Draw at 3:00
Finals (ALL) – 5:30
Draw at 5:00
Awards – 7:15pm 

Novice-JV State @ Eagan

Novice-JV State
Eagan High School
5-6 December 2014

Bus Times
Friday - depart EHS door 8 at 1:45, 2PM pickup at Southview; return between 9:30 and 10:30PM
Saturday - depart EHS door 7 at 7AM; return somewhere between 5 and 10PM, contingent on our performance.  

Junior Varsity Policy
   Meredith Song - Maggie Wells
   Ella Romanelli - Tanner Engh

Novice Policy
   Elizabeth Tuinor - Quinn Ramsay

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
   Anand Mittal
   Annie Amen
   Connie Chao
   Gloria Mi
   Murray Friedberg
   Uma Kumar-Montei

Novice Lincoln-Douglas *
* If I'm able to find a few more judges, I'll add some more people in novice LD - will know by the end of the day on Wednesday; it's very hard to find people who can judge on Friday.

   Aiden Swann
   Bharath Muniraj
   Isha Konety
   Joanna Kim
   Jonah Rosenthal
   Sandra Chen

Novice Public Forum
   Owen Phernetton - James Kuznecoff
   Rachel Nierengarten - Maggie Hogan
   Maeve Swackhamer - Addie Cheong
   Paul Seim - Walt Balttige

Junior Varsity Public Forum
   David Ma - Khalid Ishani
   Natalie Curtin - Lauren Smith
   Jenny Ma - Aarathi Garimella
   Richard Zu - Jack Hong


Policy Schedule
Registration 1:00 - 2:00 PM (All schools need to be registered by 2:00 PM to avoid school dismissal time)
Round #1 3:30 PM
Round #2 5:30 PM
Dinner 7:30 PM
Round #3 8:00 PM
Saturday 
Round#4 8:00 AM
Round #5 10:00 AM
Lunch 12:00 PM
Policy 1st Elimination Rd 1:00 PM
Awards will start at 3:00 PM in the EHS Student Commons
Policy Debate Elimination rounds continue after awards until the tournament is finished

LD Schedule 
All Rounds are in Dakota Hills Middle School
FRIDAY
Registration                        2:00 - 3:00 PM
Enter DHMS                         3:45 PM
Round #1                              4:00 PM
Round #2                              5:15 PM
Dinner                                   6:15 PM
Round #3                              7:00 PM
Round #4                              8:30 PM

SATURDAY
Round #5                                   8:00 AM
Round #6                                   9:30 AM
1st Elimination Round                11:15 AM
Lunch                                         12:30 PM
2nd Elimination Round               1:30 PM
Awards                                        3:00 PM in EHS Student Commons
All Remaining Elimination rounds will take place in Eagan High School immediately following awards

Public Forum Schedule
All Rounds in Eagan High School
Friday 
Registration 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Round #1 3:30 PM
Round #2 4:30 PM
Dinner 5:30 PM
Round #3 6:00 PM
Round #4 7:30 PM

Saturday 
Round #5 8:30 AM
Round #6 10:00 AM
Lunch 11:30 AM
Public Forum 1st Elimination Rd 12:30 PM
Public Forum 2nd Elimination Rd 2:00 PM
Public Forum Awards 3:00 PM in EHS Student Commons
All Remaining Public Forum Elimination Rounds will follow Awards

Rooms for Thursday Practice

We are at Valley View on Thursday, November 20th -- 

VV 246 4:30 to 9PM (Tim w/extemp + Megan PF)
VV 207 5:30 to 9PM (Elizabeth for speech)
VV 230 5:30 to 8 (Andy with LD)
VV 232 5:30 to 8 (Brett and Bobby with varsity policy)
VV 234 5:30 to 8 (Risha with JV)
VV 236 5:30 to 8 (Samantha and Clay with novice)

A Team Picture

We're better at debate than being in pictures. :)  But here we are anyhow.

Results November 7-8 Weekend

Oratory
Ariana Song 1st Place
Ashab Alamgir  4th
Maya Charan 5th
Isha Aggarwal 6th

Novice Extemp Speaking
Kyle Nicholson 1st place

Varsity Extemp Speaking
Matias Figari 2nd place
Max Schleck 4th

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
Connie Chao - 3rd place
Arvind Veluvali - 4th
Kyle Nicholson - 6th

JV Public Forum
Lauren Smith and Natalie Curtin - finalists
Natalie Curtin - top speaker

Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Bharath Muniraj 3rd place and 2nd speaker
Joanna Kim 3rd speaker

JV Lincoln-Douglas
Zack Zamoff 3rd place
Jonah Rosenthal 4th

Nov 22-24 @ Glenbrooks

The Glenbrooks
Glenbrook South High School
Glenview, IL
22-24 November 2014

Bus Times
Loading at 7AM at EHS on Friday the 21st - same place as Valley and Caucus.
Return home on Monday the 24th after everybody has been eliminated.  This could be 3PM on Monday, it could also be midnight.  You need to keep your parents updated so they know when to expect you home. 

Hotel Information
Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel
933 Skokie Boulevard
Northbrook, Illinois 60062 USA 

Coaches
Tim Greenfield (speech)
Clay Carlson (novice)
Brett Lind (varsity)
Bobby Ciborowski (jv)

Varsity Policy
Drew and Shanelle
Sukriti and Anne

JV Policy
Meredith and Maggie
Claire and Megan

Novice Policy
Zelda and Quinn

Speech
Isha, Gloria, Max, Connie