Lucas Bailey is Georgia State Champion

ATLANTA, Ga. — Henry W. Grady High School’s Lucas Bailey is the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Varsity State Champion in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, having defeated Chattahoochee High School’s Jeff Patterson in the final round on a 3-0 decision. Read more →

Happy Birthday, Victor Jih!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Victor Jih is the coach of Brentwood School, a district chair for the National Forensic League, a high-power attorney, a past champion of the California Invitational at Berkely, a past champion of The Amazing Race, and the founder of Victory Briefs. He’s a man of many talents who I am lucky to call a friend. Happy birthday, Victor!

At-Larges Alerted

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Folks are hearing about the status of their at-large bid applications to the National High School Tournament of Champions. Who’s in?

UPDATE: We have always strived at VBD to provide a forum where the debate community can engage in a constructive dialogue.  This thread, unfortunately, has strayed beyond the appropriate norms for community discussion and arguably legal propriety.  Going forward, we are going to develop explicit guidelines for discussion on the site and hope people will engage in a thoughtful and constructive dialogue in the future.  Thanks.

VBD Weekend Coverage: April 1-3, 2011

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VBD is providing results from the following tournaments this weekend.

Alabama State (AFEA) — Finals: Saint James’s Brandon Herrin defeated Mountain Brook’s Mims Windham on a 2-1 decision.
Great Midwestern Novice Debate Championships — Finals: West Des Moines Valley’s Lucy Korsakov defeated Saint Louis Park’s on a 3-0 decision.
Massachusetts State (MFL) — Finals: Lexington’s Noah Star defeated Needham’s Laura Furman on a 2-1 decision.
New York State (NYSDCA) — Finals: Berkeley Carroll’s Dylan Scher defeated Hunter College’s Diana Li on a 2-1 decision.
Woodward National Championships — Second-Year Finals: Suncoast Community’s Carlton Bone defeated Harvard-Westlake’s Brendan Gallagher on a 3-0 decision. Novice Finals: Harvard-Westlake’s Annie Kors and Tommy Choi closed out.

Carlton Bone Wins, Harvard-Westlake Closes Out Woodward

ATLANTA, Ga. — Suncoast Community High School’s Carlton Bone is the Woodward National Champion in Second-Year Lincoln-Douglas Debate, having bested Harvard-Westlake School’s Brendan Gallagher on a 3-0 decision. Harvard-Westlake’s Annie Kors and Tommy Choi are the Novice National Co-Champions, having closed out the final round. Read more →