Sarah Sachs Wins St. Mark’s

College Preparatory School’s Sarah Sachs is the champion of this season’s Heart of Texas Invitational at Saint Marks School of Texas. She defeated Cypress Falls High School’s Brian Hodge on a 4-1 decision in the final round. Christian Tarsney, Daniel Imas, Natalee Pei, and Kamil Merchant made up the majority; Oliver Gappmeyer dissented.

Sarah is coached by Lexy Green, Becca Traber, Ben Clancy, and John Hines; Brian is coached by Debbie Waddell, Josh Overton, and Quinn Olivarez.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Elimination Rounds

DOUBLES
College Prep SS def. Westwood DE (David Emelianov)
3-0 (Nadia Arid, Jen Melin, Mischa O’Connell)
Strake Jesuit JD def. Winston Churchill AW (Allie Woodhouse)
3-0 (Nadia Arid, Becca Boyer, David Weeks)
Palo Alto TC def Meadows RF (Ryan Fink)
2-1 (Ryan Lawrence, *Chris Theis, Jason Zhou)
Northland Christian RD def. Loyola TP (Tom Placido)
2-1 (Jason Zhou, *Chris Theis, Rick Brundage)
Pflugerville TH def. Loyola BO (Bob Overing)
2-1 (Christian Tarsney, Graham Tierney*, Timothy Alderete)
Meadows EH def. Keller KS (Katie Stasaski)
2-1 (Christian Tarsney, *Katie Dessi, Ryan Lawrence)
College Prep Paige Mackenzie def. Keller TF (Travis Fife)
2-1 (Oliver Gappmeyer, *Natalee Pei, Rebar Niemi)
Cypress Falls BH def. Kent Denver SM (Sam Mathews)
2-1 (Rebar Niemi, Oliver Gappmeyer, *Paul Dorasil)
St Louis Park RS def. Hockaday KD (Kay Dannenmaier)
3-0 (Becca Traber, Todd Newkirk, David Weeks)
Lynbrook HS def. St. Louis Park LS (Leah Shapiro)
3-0 (Becca Traber, Todd Newkirk, Jared Woods)
Blake JN def. Putnam City North MK (Mobin Koohestani)
3-0 (Cole Oliver, Ben Clancy, Ryan Graham)
Flower Mound CH def. Southlake Carroll MK (Michael Kohm)
3-0 (Ben Clancy, Chris Castillo, Graham Tierney)
Loyola AB def. Apple Valley JG (John Granlund)
3-0 (Kamil Merchant, Daniel Imas, Jordan Lamothe)
Apple Valley LS def. Loyola EK (Edward Kalinsky)
3-0 (Kamil Merchant, Daniel Imas, Jordan Lamothe)
Cypress Woods TJ def. Bainbridge Island AT (Alex Teiche)
3-0 (Kevin Coltin, Kristen Ray, Samin Agha)
Strake Jesuit SS def. Pine Crest NG (Noah Grass)
3-0 (Natalee Pei, Kristen Ray, Samin Agha)

OCTAS
College Prep PM def. Cy Woods TJ (Ty Joplin)
2-1 (Mischa O’Connell, *Graham Tierney, Rebar Niemi)
Cypress Falls BH def. Pflugerville TH (Tillman Huett)
3-0 (Corbin Cass, Cole Oliver, Daniel Imas)
Northland Christian RD def Loyola AB (Adam Bistagne)
2-1 (*Jason Zhou, Sam Hamad, Jordan Lamothe)
Apple Valley LS def. Palo Alto TC (Travis Chen)
2-1 (Natalee Pei, *John Scoggin, Ryan Lawrence)
Flower Mound CH def. Strake Jesuit JD (Jeremy Danger)
2-1 (*Becca Traber, Ben Clancy, Christian Tarsney)
Blake JN def. Meadows EH (Ed Hendrickson)
3-0 (Chris Theis, Jared Woods, Rick Brundage)
College Prep SS def. Strake Jesuit SS (Steffen Seitz)
2-1 (David Weeks, *Nadia Arid, Oliver Gappmeyer)
St. Louis Park RS def. Lynbrook HS (Haziq Siddiqi)
3-0 (Chris Castillo, Katie Dessi, Kamil Merchant)

QUARTERS
College Prep SS def. Flower Mound CH (Chase Hamilton)
3-0 (Christian Tarsney, Oliver Gappmeyer, Ryan Lawrence)
Blake JN def. St. Louis Park RS (Richard Shmikler)
2-1 (Todd Newkirk, *Ben Clancy, Cole Oliver)
Cypress Falls BH def. College Prep PM (Paige Mackenzie)
2-1 (*Rebar Niemi, Jason Zhou, David Weeks)
Apple Valley LS def. Northland Christian RD (Robbie Dillard)
3-0 (Sam Hamad, Jordan Lamothe, Nadia Arid)

SEMIS
Cypress Falls BH def. Blake JN (Juliet Nelson)
2-1 (*Christian Tarsney, Jen Melin, Graham Tierney)
College Prep SS def. Apple Valley LS (Luke Stuttgen)
3-0 (Todd Newkirk, Oliver Gappmeyer, Kamil Merchant)

FINALS
College Prep SS def. Cypress Falls BH (Brian Hodge)
4-1 (Christian Tarsney, Daniel Imas, *Oliver Gappmeyer, Natalee Pei, Kamil Merchant)

CHAMPION
College Prep SS (Sarah Sachs)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Speaker Awards

1. The Meadows School (NV) — Ryan Fink
2. Loyola High School (CA) — Bob Overing
3. Reagan High School (TX) — Rodrigo Paramo
4. The Blake School (MN) — Juliet Nelson
5. Flower Mound High School (TX) — Chase Hamilton
6. Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (TX) — Jeremy Dang
7. College Preparatory School (CA) — Sara Sachs
8. The Meadows School (NV) — Ed Hendrickson
9. Cypress Falls High School (TX) — Brian Hodge
10. Saint Louis Park High School (MN) — Richard Shmikler

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