Jacob Nails Wins Saint James

Jacob Nails of Starr’s Mill High School is the varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate champion of this year’s Raymond B. Furlong Invitational Forensic Tournament at Saint James High School. He defeated Will McGrew of Benjamin Franklin High School in the final round on a 3-0 decision.

This was a triumphant weekend for the Nails family, as Jacob’s younger sister Lexi Nails was the novice LD champion this weekend, having defeated Prattville High School’s Robert Furlong on a 3-0 decision in the final round.

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate Elimination Rounds

QUARTERS
(1) Benjamin Franklin WM (Neg) def. (8) Mountain Brook HS (Haley Siddall) 3-0
(7) LAMP JG (Aff) def. (2) Vestavia DS (Daniel Selman) 2-1
(3) Starr’s Mill JN (Aff) def. (6) Jesuit JD (Josh Duhon) 3-0
(5) Jesuit RH over (4) Jesuit EB (Eric Bussey)

SEMIS
(1) Benjamin Franklin WM (Aff) def. (5) Jesuit RH (Reuben Hogan) 3-0
(3) Starr’s Mill JN (Neg) def. (7) LAMP JG (Justin Gallagher) 2-1

FINALS
(3) Starr’s Mill JN (Neg) def. (1) Benjamin Franklin WM (Will McGrew) 3-0

CHAMPION
(3) Starr’s Mill JN (Jacob Nails)

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards

1. New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA) — Reuben Hogan
2. Starr’s Mill High School (GA) — Jacob Nails
3. Mountain Brook High School (AL) — Wyatt Moorer
4. Benjamin Franklin High School (LA) — Will McGrew
5. The Donoho School (AL) — Vinay Giri
6. The Montgomery Academy (AL) — Ben Richardson
7. New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA) — Josh Duhon
8. New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA) — Eric Bussey

Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate Elimination Rounds

SEMIS
(4) Starr’s Mill LN (Neg) def. (1) Jefferson County LC (Lauren Chastain) 3-0
(2) Prattville RF (Neg) def. (3) Jefferson County GW (Grace Wright) 3-0

FINALS
(4) Starr’s Mill LN (Neg) def. (2) Prattville RF (Robert Furlong) 3-0

CHAMPION
(4) Starr’s Mill LN (Lexi Nails)

Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards

1. Vestavia Hills High School (AL) — Cameron Murrah
2. Jefferson County High School (AL) — Joshua Passantino
3. Trinity Presbyterian School (AL) — Taylor Lollar
4. Prattville High School (AL) — Robert Furlong

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