Zach Dresher Wins Laird Lewis

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cary Academy’s Zach Dresher is the champion of Myers Park High School’s thirty-eighth annual Laird Lewis Invitational, having bested Durham Academy’s Raghav Bansal on a 5-0 decision in the final round. Read more →

Kyle Allen-Niesen Wins UPS

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Brentwood School’s Kyle Allen-Niesen is the champion of the seventy-eighth annual University of Puget Sound Debate Tournament, having defeated Mercer Island High School’s Lizzie Tao in the final round on a 2-1 decision. Read more →

The View From Tab Releases Episode 36

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y., NEW YORK, N.Y., and LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Jim Menick of Hendrick Hudson High School, Jon Cruz of the Bronx High School of Science, Mike Bietz of Harvard-Westlake School, and Chris Palmer of Lexington High School have released the latest installment of their podcast, The View from Tab.

In the thirty-sixth episode, now available for download, Menick, Cruz, Palmer, and Bietz discuss both time limits of speeches in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and fair fines for shenanigans at tournaments.

Bobcat Classic Canceled

ARMONK, N.Y. — Reports of impending snow in New York have necessitated the cancellation of Byram Hills High School’s third annual Bobcat Classic.

The field report and list of judges for varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate are still available online.

Judges: Bobcat Classic III

ARMONK, N.Y. — The list of judges for varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Bobcat Classic III, current as of Wednesday night, is available here on VBD. Read more →