Grant Weisberg Wins the Beltway

Stuyvesant High School’s Grant Weisberg is the champion of the second Beltway Invitational at Walt Whitman High School, having bested Strake Jesuit College Preparatory’s John Heizelman in the final round on a 2-1 decision. (Lexington’s Noah Star made a Halloween guest star appearance in the form of Grant Weisberg’s costume.)

New Orleans Jesuit High School’s Jacob Pritt was top speaker.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Elimination Rounds

OCTAS
(1) New Orleans Jesuit JP def. (16) Bronx Science TB (Thomas Berruti)
3-0 (Jonathan Massey, Oliver Roth, Michael Hassin)
(2) New Orleans Jesuit JH def. (15) University SJ (Saahil Jain)
3-0 (Larry Liu, Christian Tarsney, Charles Chy)
(3) Strake Jesuit JH def. (14) Scarsdale BU (Ben Ulene)
3-0 (Larry Liu, Jeff Liu, Alex Zimmerman)
(4) Stuyvesant AE over (13) Stuyvesant SH (Samantha Hom)
(5) Stuyvesant GW def. (12) Lakes JH (Jay Howard)
2-1 (*Jeff Liu, Sonia Vora, Alex Zimmerman)
(6) Carpe Diem JM def. (11) Scarsdale GR (Grant Reiter)
3-0 (Connor Acle, Christian Tarsney, Sonia Vora)
(7) Millburn YY def. (10) Beacon NS (Natalia Sucher)
3-0 (Sophie Ruff, Justin Pearce, Oliver Roth)
(9) Scarsdale SN def. (8) Suncoast Community CB (Carlton Bone)
2-1 (Sophie Ruff, Justin Pearce, *Charles Chy)

QUARTERS
(9) Scarsdale SN def. (1) New Orleans Jesuit JP (Jacob Pritt)
(Larry Liu, Jeff Liu, Michael Hassin)
(2) New Orleans Jesuit JH def. (7) Millburn YY (Yang Yi)
(Charles Chy, Sophie Ruff, Ari Parker)
(3) Strake Jesuit JH def. (6) Carpe Diem JM (Joseph Millman)
(Connor Acle, Christian Tarsney, Alex Zimmerman)
(5) Stuyvesant GW over (4) Stuyvesant AE (Andrew Eckholm)

SEMIS
(5) Stuyvesant GW def. (9) Scarsdale SN (Sam Natbony)
3-0 (Ari Parker, Connor Acle, Justin Pearce)
(3) Strake Jesuit JH def. (2) New Orleans Jesuit JH (Jim Huang)
3-0 (Jeff Liu, Larry Liu, *Christian Tarsney)

FINALS
(5) Stuyvesant GW def. Strake (3) Jesuit JH (John Heizelman)
2-1 (Connor Acle, Jeff Liu, *Christian Tarsney)

CHAMPION
(5) Stuyvesant GW (Grant Weisberg)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards

1. New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA) — Jacob Pritt
2. New Orleans Jesuit High School (LA) — Jim Huang
3. Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School (TX) — John Heizelman
4. Stuyvesant High School (NY) — Grant Weisberg
5. Stuyvesant High School (NY) — Andrew Eckholm
6. Suncoast Community High School (FL) — Carlton Bone
7. Carpe Diem (NJ) — Joseph Millman
8. Millburn High School (NJ) — Yang Yi
9. Scarsdale High School (NY) — Sam Natbony
10. The Beacon School (NY) — Natalia Sucher

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