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Regan Grishaber Wins Harker
Aliso Niguel High School’s Regan Grishaber is the champion of the Harker School’s twelfth annual Howard & Diana Nichols Invitational. He affirmed in the final round, where he defeated Loyola High School’s Bob Overing on a 2-1 decision. Ryan Lawrence, Kevin Yanofsky, and Nate Zerbib-Berda adjudicated. (Zebib-Berda dissented.) Read more →
Field Report: Yale
The fields for varsity and junior varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Congressional Debate for the seventeenth annual Yale Invitational are now available. Read more →
Field Report: Harker
The field for Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the twelfth annual Nichols Invitational at the Harker School is available. Read more →
Paradigms and Principles: CLEAR!
This week I would like to discuss the following questions:
A. Should judges yell “clear” when debaters are speaking unclearly?
B. If so, under what circumstances is it appropriate to yell clear?
Noah Star Wins Greenhill
Lexington High School’s Noah Star is the champion of the twenty-fifth annual Greenhill Fall Classic, having bested University School’s Mike Fried on a 3-0 decision in the final round.
New Orleans Jesuit High School’s Jacob Pritt, the top speaker, is the winner of the Marc Wallenstein Award. Noah was also runner-up at this year’s Greenhill Round Robin. Read more →

