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Competition begins this afternoon in Hortonville as the Polar Bears host their annual debate tournament. Meanwhile, the West Bend Debate Invitational will take place on Saturday. Feel free to use this thread to post updates from either tournament. We are also still looking for results from Merrill, so please email Nick or I if you are able to help.
The Nicolet Debate Tournament came to a close on Saturday evening at around 8:30PM as Tournament Director Jason Chapman announced the champions. In the final round, Tim Knoedler and Laurel Mills of Sheboygan North debated Rauvin Johl and Val McIntosh of Brookfield Central. The panel of Tyler Jackson, Ben Schultz, and Bill Batterman voted unanimously for the negative from Sheboygan North.
Congratulations to Tim and Laurel and their coach, Jon Voss.
Complete results from the Nicolet Debate Tournament in JV Policy, Novice Policy, and Public Forum are available below the fold.
After five preliminary rounds, the top four teams in Varsity Policy debate advanced to the semifinal round.
Preliminary Rounds:
1. Marquette BF (Joe Balistreri & Garrett Fields) - 5-0
2. Sheboygan North KM (Tim Knoedler & Laurel Mills) - 4-1, 170 high-low
3. Marquette BG (Ben Benson & David Gebhardt) - 3-2, 168 high-low
4. Brookfield Central JM (Rauvin Johl & Val McIntosh) - 3-2, 159.5 high-low
Top Individual Speakers:
1. Laurel Mills (Sheboygan North KM) - 86
2. David Gebhardt (Marquette BG) - 85, 141.5
3. Garrett Fields (Marquette BF) - 85, 141
4. Tim Knoedler (Sheboygan North KM) - 84
5. Ben Benson (Marquette BG) - 83.5
Semifinals:
01. Marquette BF concedes to 04. Brookfield Central JM
02. Sheboygan North KM d. 03. Marquette BG (Henning, Priem, Martner)
Consolation Round:
Brookfield Central JM d. Mankato West GK (Schultz, Jackson, Trilling)
The fourth round of Varsity Policy Debate is complete and the fifth round is underway. Following round five, the top two teams will clear to finals with the third and fourth seeds advancing to a consolation round; all four teams in the elimination rounds will qualify for the Wisconsin State Debate Tournament.
Round 4:
Marquette Balistreri/Fields (aff) vs. Nicolet Friedman/Loxton - Schroeder, E.
Marquette Benson/Gebhardt (aff) vs. Mankato West Goettl/Kapadia - Henning, D.
Mukwonago Barrette/Schieffer BYE
Nicolet Lewis/Lopez (aff) vs. Brookfield Central Johl/McIntosh - Jackson, T.
Waukesha South Tang/Will (aff) vs. Sheboygan North Knoedler/Mills - Meyer, K.
Round 5:
Mankato West Goettl/Kapadia BYE
Mukwonago Barrette/Schieffer (aff) vs. Marquette Balistreri/Fields - Priem, M.
Nicolet Friedman/Loxton (aff) vs. Waukesha South Tang/Will - Jackson, T.
Nicolet Lewis/Lopez (aff) vs. Marquette Benson/Gebhardt - Schroeder, E.
Sheboygan North Knoedler/Mills (aff) vs. Brookfield Central Johl/McIntosh - Schultz, B.
Updates to follow.
The Nicolet Debate Tournament will qualify students to the Wisconsin State Debate Tournament at the following levels:
Further updates will follow throughout the day.
Reporting live from the Nicolet Debate Tournament in Glendale, Wisconsin Forensics Daily is proud to announce that day two has gotten underway on-time and without a hitch thanks to Tim Scheffler of Madison Memorial’s tabulation expertise. On Friday night, a festival was held in Novice and Open Policy Debate and Lincoln-Douglas Debate while Varsity Policy Debate held its first two rounds. Today, competition is being held in Novice and Junior Varsity Policy Debate and Public Forum Debate while the Varsity Policy tournament continues from last night.
The pairings for round three of Varsity Policy Debate are as follows:
Brookfield Central Johl/McIntosh (aff) vs. Marquette Balistreri/Fields - Voss, Jon
Mankato West Goettl/Kapadia (aff) vs. Nicolet Lewis/Lopez - Trilling, Noah
Sheboygan North Knoedler/Mills (aff) vs. Marquette Benson/Gebhardt - Martner, Casey
Nicolet Friedman/Loxton (aff) vs. Mukwonago Barrette/Schieffer - Henning, David
Waukesha South Tang/Will BYE
Updates will follow throughout the day.
After a grueling two days of intense competition, two teams remained standing in Varsity Policy at the Hilltopper Classic. In the semifinals, Georgi Dimitrov and Carl Rice of Bellarmine College Prep (”Panda” for the Hilltopper Classic) defeated Lee Reed III and John Trevino of Walter Payton College Prep while David Han and Mara Koulogeorge of Glenbrook South prevailed over Maine East’s Beth Kloser and Kathy Ku. The two teams agreed to hold the final round at a later date, most likely at the University of California-Berkeley tournament.
Complete results will be posted soon. In the meantime, the packet in Varsity, JV, and Novice Policy Debate is available online.
Appleton East LT Marquette SS Sexton, St Wacker, Ma Lieser, Ka
Glenbrook South PR Madison Memorial KS Ruhi, E. Garces, Da Muthiah, P
New Trier CC (Aff) Marquette SH Kaps, Emil Sexton, As Gargo, Ste
Appleton West SG (Aff) Neenah AK Jacobi, Ji Scheffler, Smith, Nic