See Texas and Massachusetts in VB Photos

Mona Madgavkar, Indi Dhami, Mili Gosar, and Danielle Good
Photos from Manchester-by-the-Sea and Memorial-Houston have been added to VB Photos. Live coverage from Massachusetts was provided by Jon Cruz, while VBD reader and guest correspondent Jeremy Dudley provided awesome coverage of the tournament down in Texas. Thanks, Jeremy!
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Who’s Coming to Apple Valley?

Fifty schools have registered students for the Minneapple this coming weekend. The full list appears below!

Ames High School (IA)
Ankeny High School (IA)
Apple Valley High School (MN)
Appleton West High School (WI)
Archer School for Girls (CA)
Barrington High School (IL)
Benilde-St. Margaret’s (MN)
Berkeley Carroll School (NY)
Brainerd High School (MN)
Brentwood School (CA)
Brophy College Prep (AZ)
Cary Academy (NC)
Central High School [St. […]

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Ernie Rose Wins the Iowa Caucus

Ernie Rose and Christian Tarsney debating in the final round
Congratulations to Ernie Rose of Des Moines North and Christian Tarsney of St. Louis Park for advancing to the final round of the Iowa Caucus.
The judging panel for the round consisted of Cyndy Woodhouse, Kevin Dougherty, and Sonja Hansen. On a 2-1 decision, Ernie won […]

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Matt Shields and Justin Becker are Manchester Champions

Manchester co-champions Justin Becker and Matt Shields
Congratulations to Scarsdale’s Matt Shields and Hendrick Hudson’s Justin Becker, who, after many intense rounds of competition, advanced to the final round of Manchester-by-the-Sea. They were declared co-champions.
Matt is coached by Joe Vaughan. Justin is coached by Jim Menick.
A special congratulations as well to Tim Averill, who will be […]

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Levi Moreno Wins Memorial-Houston

Memorial-Houston finalists Levi Moreno and Andy Werner
VBD would like to thank Jeremy Dudley for providing us with the results of Memorial-Houston. Unfortunately, a lack of reliable Internet access prevented us from providing these updates live, but his hard work allowed us to gain access to the full results expediently. Thank you, Jeremy!
Congratulations to Levi Moreno […]

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The Iowa Caucus Results

I’m sitting in the tab room at the Iowa Caucus in the less-picturesque-than-Manchester-by-the-Sea-but-just-as-quaint Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We have completed 4 rounds and the debaters are currently in Round 5.
I will try to post results from here on out.
(Update: Octos Pairings)

Double Octs
Advance w/o debating:
Ames MG
Edina CTS
Edina DP
Edina LS
Edina MG
HP DN
HP JM
HP JoMill
HP KP
HP LE
ICWest KR
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Live from Manchester: And the Bids Go To…

MANCHESTER, MA - The awards ceremony at Manchester-by-the-Sea have come to a close and, as we speak, the eight TOC bid recipients are debating quarterfinals. The rounds are:
Scardale MS (Matt Shields) vs. Ridge SH (Sarah Holcomb)
Hendrick Hudson JB (Justin Becker) vs. Schreiber PG (Petey Gil)
Trinity Prep TW (Tim Walsh) vs. Schreiber AP (Adwait Parker)
Celebration TT […]

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