Brandon Sherman is New Jersey State Champion
Greg Hertz and Brandon Sherman
CLARK, NJ – Congratulations to Millburn High School’s Brandon Sherman and Greg Hertz for closing out the final round of the New Jersey State Championship Tournament! The competitive tournament came to a close after a weekend of preliminary rounds and outround competition that began in the quarterfinals. As per New Jersey state rules — which do not recognize co-champions — Brandon coached over Greg to claim the state title.
Brandon and Greg are coached by Brian Raymond and Peter Petraro.
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QUARTERS
Millburn BS def. Newark Science AM (Al-Zamar McKinney)
Millburn GH def. Freehold Township SF (Sarah Frank)
Millburn JM def. Arthur L. Johnson JM (Josh Meah)
Montville MB def. Randolph ML (Matt Levinson)
SEMIS
Millburn BS over Millburn JM (Jake McNulty)
Millburn GH def. Montville MB (Mike Brenner)
FINALS
Millburn BS over Millburn GH (Greg Hertz)
STATE CHAMPION
Millburn BS (Brandon Sherman)
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Posted from: 68.175.99.147
March 11th, 2006 19:47
Congratulations, Brandon and Greg!!! This is so well-deserved. This is a really nice group of eight talented debaters.
Posted from: 69.86.67.51
March 11th, 2006 19:53
CONGRATS BRANDON AND GREG!!!
You guys totally deserve this, your hard work paid off :) You two are definitely some of the coolest, nicest guys from Jersey!!!! Lots of love to you guys!!!
Posted from: 140.247.73.223
March 11th, 2006 20:22
Matt, Brandon and Greg – congrats.
A MASSIVE congratulations to a few of the hardest working kids in debate: Josh Meah, Dean Fleyzor, John Monagle, PACO AND MIKE (NOVICE DOMINATORS) and Joey Broccoli.
And one of the most dedicated coaches in the activity, Mr. Cooper, should definitely be proud of the 3rd place team sweeps trophy.
Posted from: 69.249.91.131
March 11th, 2006 20:27
1. Some panels and ballot counts:
My quarters panel was a 3-0, Alston, Reilly, Koo
My semis was a 5-0, Duby, Conception, Lou, two others
Petraro dissented for Levinson in quarters
2. I’d like to recognize Jake McNulty, because although he didn’t share in the co-championship, he was just as deserving; he didn’t lose an outround. Jake is a really smart debater that has improved so much in the last year- I just want to publically recognize his accomplishment that happened to be masked by the way that seeds worked out.
Posted from: 209.6.251.133
March 11th, 2006 21:02
Congrats Greg and Brandon!!!!!!!
Did I call it or what?!
We all know you owe ur success to me.
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
March 11th, 2006 21:24
JV Results
(quarters)
ALJ JM def. Hunterdon Central KH
2-1 (Beretay, Mr.Sherman*, …)
Millburn US def Freehold BH
Montville AK def ALJ JB ( Joey Broccoli)
Montville JK def Hanover Park PS (Paul Seo)
(semis)
Montville JK def ALJ JM (John Monagle)
(doshi, fuoto*, …)
Millburn US def Montville AK (Arjun Kapur)
(finals)
Millburn US def Montville JK (Jonathan Kayne)
JV state champion
Millburn US (Usha Sahay)
Posted from: 69.249.68.66
March 11th, 2006 21:25
Congrats Greg and Sherman! closing out states = crazy auspicious
Posted from: 71.141.16.9
March 11th, 2006 21:28
nice job guys
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
March 11th, 2006 21:37
Congrats to ALJ for its most successful debate day in its existence by placing third in sweepstakes. Congrats to Josh on clearing, Broccoli for cleaing for your first time in ld, Paco for being 5-0 and first speaker, Mike for being 2nd seed (5-0) and making it to finals, and Dean, Mr. Cooper, Patrick Keating, Kevin Judd, and Sam Duby for being incredible. Awesome job guys!!!!
States ran really well with very good competition and a very solid judging pool for NJ. Congrats to Brandon, Jake, and Greg for dominating varsity and Usha for winning JV. In addition to winning varisty and jv, Millburn’s Tess McNulty defeated ALJ’s Mike Calavano in the finals of novice finals completeing the third leg to the Millburn close-out in every division.
In addition, congrats to all that cleared and met their goals for the tournament.
Posted from: 66.65.14.71
March 11th, 2006 21:48
Wow, is that the one and only, MLB Joey Broccoli? Congrats on repping Foell/Liverzani ’06!
Posted from: 68.193.14.124
March 11th, 2006 22:00
Congrats Brandon and Greg! Really well deserved…
also congrats to Matt, Mike, and Josh.
Posted from: 68.38.212.63
March 11th, 2006 22:22
i’ve very proud of all of alj too, but john, i think we either got 3rd or 4th sweeps when josh won states and i got 5th, but overall in breaks alj surely proved in our mere 7(ish) years of existence we can crank out some kickass debaters :)
to make it a little more clear, gonrats:
paco (alex castro), 5th place novice, 1st seed, 1st speaker
mike calavano, 2nd place novice, 2nd seed 2nd speaker,
joey broccoli, 5th place jv
john monagle, 3rd place jv
josh meah, 7th place varsity
Posted from: 24.194.225.75
March 11th, 2006 22:53
Congrats all around.
Posted from: 160.39.224.15
March 11th, 2006 23:36
The semis panel with Greg Hertz and Michael Brenner consisted of Duby, Concepcion, Lou, Campagnuolo, and Kaczmarek.
The JV finals panel was Lou, McCobin, Kaczmarek, Concepcion, and Campagnuolo
Posted from: 71.134.169.251
March 12th, 2006 00:13
NICE! congrats brandon and greg!!!
Posted from: 138.89.142.90
March 12th, 2006 05:24
What they said. I’m too tired to add more except:
1. Congrats to the all winners–esp. Brandon, who is still tops in my book for being a true gentleman.
2. Congrats to all my debaters, esp. Joey, John, Mike, Alex, and Josh. You guys have really come through this year.
3. Yes, I know the website has old information.
Thanks, Sam and Sheff for ALL your help.
BC
Posted from: 68.175.99.147
March 12th, 2006 06:40
As a side note, having just read about some of the panels and the tournament logistics, congratulations to Bill Cooper for once again pouring his efforts into making the NJ State Tournament fantastic.
Posted from: 68.237.232.48
March 12th, 2006 06:48
MCNULTY HEG!!!
Posted from: 151.204.252.160
March 12th, 2006 06:50
i adore greg
Posted from: 69.249.68.171
March 12th, 2006 07:09
I love Josh Meah. I love Jeff Fox. I love Panda. I love Matt. I love Rushabh. I love Alzamar. I love Sarah. I love Greg.
Thanks for making this season so much fun guys…im so happy to have met so many wonderful people.
Oh, and, I hate you Brandon Sherman
Posted from: 69.249.68.171
March 12th, 2006 07:10
jk…OF COURSE
Posted from: 71.127.200.19
March 12th, 2006 07:36
CONGRATS brandon and greg!
Posted from: 68.196.125.150
March 12th, 2006 08:09
Congrats to all of you
Posted from: 67.84.113.125
March 12th, 2006 08:47
congrats everyone, and greg, brandon, and jake, you really, really deserve it. this was a great tournament and season, so a giant thank you to cooper.
Posted from: 69.125.70.157
March 12th, 2006 09:17
Jon–
Bill Cooper hosted the tournament, Laurie Johnson ran LD Tab, in effect she ran an amazing tournament
Posted from: 138.89.142.90
March 12th, 2006 09:22
Ms J did indeed run a terrific tab operation this year, with the able assistance of Ms. Rebecca Hansen from Whippany Park. I can only take credit for having great team parents who do their best to feed 450 children beloning to other people.
BC
Posted from: 205.188.116.132
March 12th, 2006 09:57
Congrats to Millburn..you guys were on fire, all the rounds I saw were amazing… but also to everyone else that broke, esp. AlZamar. Great tournament.
Posted from: 64.12.116.197
March 12th, 2006 10:18
Congrats to Usha, Greg, Brandon, and AlZamar
Posted from: 165.123.164.182
March 12th, 2006 10:26
*cough* coached over final round…
Posted from: 64.12.116.197
March 12th, 2006 11:47
Cooper did a great job hosting the tournament, and speech tab was also fantastic. So a thank you to all coaches in the NJFL that let the tournament run smoothly (Yastremski, Gormley, Waite, Apter, Challandes, and I’m sure I’m missing some).
ALJ food yet again did not disappoint… even though the pulled pork sandwiches sold out within 7.3 seconds.
Posted from: 71.106.118.198
March 12th, 2006 11:51
congrats to brandon and greg!
Posted from: 207.172.73.154
March 12th, 2006 11:54
random question: what school is campagnuolo associated with? i see his name on a lot of NE panels and i don’t know who he judges for.
Posted from: 138.89.142.90
March 12th, 2006 12:28
Michael said: even though the pulled pork sandwiches sold out within 7.3 seconds.
I’ll pass that on to Mr. Newby….we’ll have more. Doubt we can make them kosher however.
Next year: ALJ parent judges! With training! Resisting the temptation to give back as we have gotten :)
Actually, many parents who offer to judge become excellent ones. Some examples include Mr. McPhillips from South Glens Falls; Mr. Vohra from Millburn; Mr LaMagna from Freehold., and many from Ridge. The key is careful training. I understand that Ridge gives the parents at least 6 hours of thorough training.
BC
Posted from: 71.146.76.106
March 12th, 2006 12:34
major congrats to usha, the coolest roommate ever :)
Posted from: 67.190.146.70
March 12th, 2006 12:58
Greg, I love you.
Posted from: 65.29.6.57
March 12th, 2006 13:38
congrats to usha for winning jv and dominating!
Posted from: 68.237.245.164
March 12th, 2006 13:39
Random answer for gabe:
Michael Campagnuolo got hired by the tournament; he isn’t affiliatd with any school. (He’s a former debater who goes to Columbia, which explains why he’s at various NE tournaments).
Posted from: 68.237.245.164
March 12th, 2006 13:47
As panels and sides go,
Montville MB (neg) def Randolph ML (McCobin, ___, *Petraro)
Millburn GH (aff) def Freehold (Alston, Koo, Reilly)
Millburn BS (neg) over Newark Science AM 3-0 (Luo, Conception, ___)
Millburn JM over ALJ was 2-1 (??, ??, *Blaine[?])
Semis
Millburn GH (neg) def Montville MB (Duby, Campagnuolo, Kazmarych, Luo, Conception).
Posted from: 71.250.74.243
March 12th, 2006 14:03
hahaha peter thats not even close
i affirmed and my panel was luo, kazmarych, and ? (the sister of the ? on your panel)
i also like how you adopted greg’s misspelling of concepcion
Posted from: 205.188.116.132
March 12th, 2006 14:10
Hi,
Could someone let me know Michael Campagnuolo’s email? Thanks (speaking of NE tournaments hiring judges…)
Joe Vaughan
Scarsdale
Posted from: 216.100.32.10
March 12th, 2006 14:18
congrats to greg, brandon, and everyone else who did well!
~Ankur
Posted from: 68.196.129.16
March 12th, 2006 14:30
brandon=beast
congrats to the panda on being too legit to win
congrats to levinson for being 1st seed
greg is really good–congrats to him too
also, jake mcnulty is a force on the rise. Expect great things from him next year
congrats to josh, sarah, and mike–all solid debaters who i’ve debated this year and am happy to see did well
HUGE congrats to Aaron Rubinstein for clearing in novice–he is part of the future of Randolph, and you all should look out for him in the coming 2 years.
Posted from: 68.237.245.164
March 12th, 2006 14:31
Brandon, at least it was closer than if I had just randomly assigned people’s names (I got Luo right, and ??? right!!).
Joe, check your inbox.
Posted from: 160.39.130.183
March 12th, 2006 14:35
The Meah-McNulty quarters panel was Christopher Blaine, Michael Bacon, and Michael Campagnuolo. (2-1, Blaine dissenting).
Michael Bacon and Sheryl Kaczmarek are both affiliated with Newburgh Free Academy.
Mr. Vaugh, my e-mail is mc2177@columbia.edu
Posted from: 24.90.9.11
March 12th, 2006 15:22
usha, besides being my idol, turns out also to be one hell of a debater, congratulations on NJ JV state champion
Posted from: 152.163.100.197
March 12th, 2006 15:39
wow – way to go milburn =)
Posted from: 70.23.209.237
March 12th, 2006 17:01
Congrats to Brandon and Greg for closing out, and USHA for taking JV states!
Posted from: 64.12.116.197
March 12th, 2006 17:24
Congratulations Milburn!!! Way to go Brandon, Greg, and Usha. :)
Posted from: 24.160.101.171
March 12th, 2006 18:57
I am from New Jersey.
Posted from: 63.138.40.98
March 13th, 2006 09:50
Novice Results :
(8)Hunterdon Central RS def(1)ALJ AC (Alex Castro)
(2) ALJ MC def (7) Freehold BS (Ben Sugarmen)
(3) Millburn JH def (6) Montville ST (Shiv Tilwa)
(4) Millburn TM def (5) Randolph AR (Aaron Rubenstein)
Semis:
Millburn TM def Hunterdon Central RS
ALJ MC def Millburn JH (Julia Huang)
Finals:
(4) Millburn TM def (2)ALJ MC (Mike Calavano)
Novice State Champion
Millburn TM (Tess McNulty)
Posted from: 141.150.154.243
March 13th, 2006 10:27
HUGE congrats to ben sugarman for clearing novice.
Posted from: 69.249.80.151
March 13th, 2006 18:24
you all keep forgeting to say congrats to tess, who won novice. so i’ll be one of the few to say congrats to her.
and of course brandon,greg,jake,usha, and even julia(3rd in novice)