Scarsdale Takes Great Midwestern Novice Championships
Nikita Lalwani, Ken Hershey, and Matt Salant
IOWA CITY, IA – Congratulations to Scarsdale High School’s Matt Salant and Ken Hershey, who closed out this year’s Great Midwestern Novice Debate Championships! (Matt coached over teammate Nikita Lalwani in the semifinals.) The team had quite a strong weekend overall at this highly competitive tournament.
Matt and Ken are coached by Joe Vaughan.
Major thanks to Liz Vieira and GNMC director Cyndy Woodhouse for providing the pairings throughout the tournament.
PARTIAL DOUBLES
Dowling Catholic AR advances without debating
Highland Park [MN] JJ advances without debating
Lincoln East BW advances without debating
Lynbrook JL advances without debating
Lynbrook SH advances without debating
Meadows AK advances without debating
Scarsdale KH advances without debating
Scarsdale MM advances without debating
Scarsdale MS advances without debating
Scarsdale NL advances without debating
Iowa City West EA def. Fremont NS
(McGinnis, Stickley, Byrnes)
Lynbrook LY def. St. Louis Park LP
(K Clancy, Mayes, Langella)
St. Louis Park CD def. Lynbrook NS
(Woodhouse, Abba, Robertson)
Hopkins EM def. St. Louis Park KH
(Rankin, VanVoorhis, Melin)
Scarsdale DR def. Fremont IS
(Meyers, Eastlund, Patterson)
Lynbrook AsK def. Scarsdale MH (Matt Hershey)
(Rocarek, Campbell, Kamenetsky)
OCTAS
Dowling Catholic AR vs. Lynbrook SH
(Meyers, Abba, Zlobin)
Lincoln East BW vs. Lynbrook LY
(Neally, Koslow, Stickley)
Lynbrook JL vs. Iowa City West EA
(Pete Clancy, Blaser, Medina)
Meadows AK vs. Highland Park JJ (Jillian Jordan)
(Rankin, Patterson, Kelly Clancy)
Scarsdale KH vs. St. Louis Park CD
(Scott Woodhouse, VanVoorhis, Robertson)
Scarsdale MM vs. Lynbrook AsK
(Sheaff, Langella, Kamenetzky)
Scarsdale MS vs. Hopkins EM
(Mayes, Kulzer, Johnson)
Scarsdale NL over Scarsdale DR (David Rush)
QUARTERS
Scarsdale KH def. Lincoln East BW (Barb Walkowiak)
(Eastlund, Horak, Byrnes, Kulzer, Abba)
Dowling Catholic AR def. Scarsdale MM (Marcus Moretti)
(Morgan, Kelly Clancy, Koslow, Blaser, Tarsney)
Scarsdale MS def. Meadows AK
(Robertson, Neally, Campbell, Tourville, Vieira)
Scarsdale NL def. Lynbrook JL (Jefferson Li)
(Sheaff, Stickley, VanVoorhis, Zlobin, Mayes)
SEMIS
Scarsdale MS over Scarsdale NL (Nikita Lalwani)
Scarsdale KH def. Dowling Catholic AR (Ann Roth)
FINALS
Scarsdale MS and Scarsdale KH close out.
CO-CHAMPIONS
Scarsdale MS (Matt Salant)
Scarsdale KH (Ken Hershey)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Matt Salant (Scarsdale High School, NY)
2. Jefferson Li (Lynbrook High School, CA)
3. Marcus Moretti (Scarsdale High School, NY)
4. Ken Hershey (Scarsdale High School, NY)
5. Barb Walkowiak (Lincoln East High School, NE)
6. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale High School, NY)
7. Byron Tang (Lynbrook High School, CA)
8. Jillian Jordan (Highland Park High School, MN)
9. Ann Roth (Dowling Catholic High School, IA)
10. Brian Wells (St. Louis Park High School, MN)
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TUB TOSSING
1. Harrison Postler/Greg Gholson (Iowa City West High School, IA)
2. Nick Manna/Abhishek Vemuri (Valley High School, IA)
3. Noah Blaser/Joe Rankin (Bettendorf High School, IA)
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PEN TWIRLING CHALLENGE
1. Joseph Byrnes (Bettendorf High School, IA)
2. Nikhil Kolluri (Bettendorf High School, IA)
3. Tim Boateng (Bettendorf High School, IA)
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EVIDENCE INTERPRETATION
1. Thomas Mayes/Tommy Morgan (Des Moines High School, IA)
2. Pete Clancy, Kelly Clancy, and Allison Stickley
3. David Wasserman/Julia Kamenetzky (Iowa City City High School, IA)
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test
Posted from: 152.163.100.197
March 31st, 2006 17:31
go scarsdale!
thanks for the update.
Posted from: 216.159.104.202
March 31st, 2006 18:04
Round 3
Bettendorf KB v. Hopkins CD, Woodhouse
Bettendorf NK v. Chesterton RB, Kamernetzky
Bettendorf SM v. Colley ville CT, Johnson
Cary Academy NT v. SLP EM, McGinnis
Chesterton AB v. Colleyville BP, Robertson
Colleyville CS v. Chesterton AC, Neally
Colleyville RS v. ICC DW, Hamilton
Eastside Catholic IL v. Lynbrook AL, Clancy
Eastside Catholic SP v. Lynbrook AK, Shmikler
Fremont IS v. Lynbrook EL, Morgan
Fremont NS v. Lincoln East BW, Campbell
Fremont NSa v. Millard West BW, Campbell
Hopkins RM v. Scarsdale DR, Medina
ICW KH v. Lynbrook SD, Koslow
Lynbrook AsK v. Scarsdale MH, Hiland
Lynbrook BT v. SLP TD, Mayes
Lynbrook LY v. Hopkins BP, Tarsney
Lynbrook RG v. Meadows RM, Langella
Lynbrook SA v. Hopkins EM, Blaser
Lynbrook SH v. Hopkins NS, Miner
Lynbrook SK v. Bettendorf TB, Clancy
Lynbrook SM v. Scarsdale KH, Stickley
Meadows AK v. Fremont CS, Horak
Meadows JS v. Lynbrook TP, Patterson
SLP BW v. Scardale NL, Melin
SLP KH v. Dowling Catholic AR, Eastlund
SLP LP v. Highland Park JJ, Smith
SLP MS v. ICW EA, Kulzer
SLP PLS v. Lynbrook NS, Byrnes
Scarsdale MM v. Lynbrook RR, Leopold
Scarsdale MS v. SLP CD, Meyers
Scarsdale NB v. Lynbrook JL, Vieira
Posted from: 69.107.49.149
March 31st, 2006 18:14
does anybody know which rounds are powered?
Posted from: 216.159.104.202
March 31st, 2006 18:50
Rounds 3-6 will be powered high low in brackets. We will probably be breaking to a partial double.
Posted from: 69.118.136.52
March 31st, 2006 20:55
Good luck to scarsdale (both the people at Novice Nats and Andrew Haris)!
Posted from: 66.92.163.42
April 1st, 2006 04:05
Good luck people debating in front of Cyndy Woodhouse… I hear she has changed her paradigm and now like kritiks, especially ones that are badly butchered from obscure authors that have very little academic value. Of course, it could also be the date and my lame attempt at a joke. The dichotomy of these two jokes is what makes it a true “April Fools”, since you never know where my sarcasm ends and my humor begins.
Posted from: 216.159.104.202
April 1st, 2006 05:50
Round 4
Bettendorf TB v. Chesterton AB, Clancy P
Chesterton AC c. FremontNsA, Campbell A
Chesterton RB v. ColleyvilleRS, Robertson E
Colleyville BP v. Bettendorf SM, Tourville
Colleyville CT v. Lynbrook SA, Meyers
Dowling AR v. Scarsdale MS, McGinnis
Fremont CS v. SLP KH, Leopold
Highland Park JJ v. Lynbrook RG, Nealy
Hopkins BP v. Lynbrook SM, Clancy K
Hopkins CD v. Eastside SP, Morgan
Hopkins EM v. Scarsdale NB, Medina
Hopkins NS v. SLP MS, Eastlund
ICC DW v. Lynbrook SK, Koslow
ICW EA v. SLP BW, Domino
Lincoln East BW v. Hopkins RM, Hamilton
Lynbrook AK v. Meadows JS, Campbell S
Lynbrook AL v. Fremont NS, Mayes
Lynbrook EL v. Cary Academy NT, Tarsney
Lynbrook JL v. Scarsdale MM, Kulzer
Lynbrook MS v. Colleyville CS, Blaser
Lynbrook RR v. SLP LP, Horak
Lynbrook SD v. Fremont IS, Melin
Lynbrook TP v. SLP PLS, Kamenetsky
Meadows RM v. Lynbrook AsK, Patterson
Millard West BW v. ICW KH, Vieira
SLP CD v. Bettendorf NK, Langella
SLP EM v. Eastside IL, Abba
SLP TD v. Bettendorf KB, Stickley
Scarsdale DR v. Lynbrook LY, Shmikler
Scarsdale KH v. Lynbrook BT, Miner
Scarsdale MH v. Meadows AK, Rocarek
Scarsdale NL v. Lynbrook SH, Johnson
That was from last night, rounds five and six today, then all 4-2′s clear to partial doubles.
Posted from: 216.159.104.202
April 1st, 2006 06:16
Round 5
Bettendorf TB v. Dowling Catholic AR, Campbell
Chesterton AC v. Lynbrook RG, Robertson
Chesterton RB v. Eastside Catholic IL, Kulzer
Colleyville CS v. Millard West BW, Koslow
Colleyville CT v. Lynbrook AL, Hamilton
Eastside Catholic SP v. Colleyville BP, Stickley
Fremont IS v. Scarsdale NL, Miner
Hopkins BP v. Lynbrook SK, Mayes
Hopkins NS v. Colleyville RS, Shmikler
ICC DW v. Chesterton AB, Tarsney
ICW KH v. Highland Park JJ, Tourville
Lincoln East BW v. Lynbrook SM, Langella
Lynbrook AK v. Bettendorf KB, Melin
Lynbrook BT v. Hopkins RM, Campbell
Lynbrook EL v. SLP PLS, Abba
Lynbrook LY v. Scarsdale MM, Johnson
Lynbrook NS v. SLP BW, Leopold
Lynbrook SA v. ICW EA, Clancy
Lynbrook SD v. Fremont NS, Horak
Lynbrook SH v. SLP CD, Domino
Lynbrook TP v. Scardale KH, Blaser
Meadows AK v. Lynbrook RR, Clancy
Meadows JS v. Cary Academy NT, Vieira
Meadows RM v. Lynbrook JL, Eastlund
SLP EM v. Bettendorf NK, Morgan
SLP KH v. Bettendorf SM, Medina
SLP MS v. Hopkins CD, Byrnes
SLP TD v. Fremont NSa, Patterson
Scarsdale DR v. Lynbrook AsK, Sullivan
Scarsdale MH v. Hopkins EM, Neally
Scarsdale MS v. Fremont CS, Kamenetzky
Scarsdale NB v. SLP LP, McGinnis
Posted from: 209.98.142.173
April 1st, 2006 06:55
Do you have any results yet?
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
April 1st, 2006 07:41
Go David, Marcus, and Ken!
Posted from: 66.92.163.42
April 1st, 2006 08:04
Arizona NFL Qualifiers for both speech and debate are this weekend and going on as we speak… I\’m sure we\’ll hear the results from Adam Nelson, but good luck to all those competing there as well!
Posted from: 216.159.104.202
April 1st, 2006 08:14
The tournament is going great. It’s very well managed and overall very well-judged. Lots of fun. I can’t believe we’re already in the last prelim!
The only details I know are Lynbrook so I’ll let it ride until breaks are posted.
Good tournament, Cyndy!
Posted from: 162.84.135.208
April 1st, 2006 08:28
scarsdale nb has a special place in my heart
but then again.. all the others do too
go scarsdale!
Posted from: 65.29.6.57
April 1st, 2006 13:22
Congrats Eli! good luck!
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
April 1st, 2006 13:45
keep on reppin’ the NE scarsdale! congrats on your accomplishments thus far!
Posted from: 69.107.49.149
April 1st, 2006 14:08
wow. scarsdale is simply amazing.
Posted from: 69.118.136.52
April 1st, 2006 14:41
Good luck to Marcus, Ken, Matt, and Nikita! As well, good job to David, Matt, and Nell.
Posted from: 68.192.165.197
April 1st, 2006 15:09
holy crap… scarsdale dominates…. Ken Hershey, you better win it!
Posted from: 69.177.4.137
April 1st, 2006 15:13
Wow, 4 scarsdalians in quarters! You guys are all awesome debaters and I can assume at least two of you will make it to semis, and one of you will win it all.
Posted from: 152.163.100.197
April 1st, 2006 15:29
Nikita, Salant, Ken and Marcus keep it up…congratz to David, Matt, and Nell
Posted from: 162.84.157.249
April 1st, 2006 15:29
Go Scarsdale go!
You guys are great – I see you’ve remembered everything you learned about PICs bad and AT AT AT fiat good.
Posted from: 69.118.136.52
April 1st, 2006 15:43
Scarsdale Ms coaches over Scarsdale NL
Scarsdale MH vs. Dowling Catholic AR
Posted from: 69.118.136.52
April 1st, 2006 15:43
Scarsdale Ms coaches over Scarsdale NL
Scarsdale KH vs. Dowling Catholic AR
Posted from: 69.118.136.52
April 1st, 2006 17:36
Scarsdale MS, Scarsdale KH, and Scarsdale NL have closed out! Congratulations Matt, nikita and Ken!
Posted from: 68.160.194.91
April 1st, 2006 17:40
Scarsdale MS, Scarsdale KH, and Scarsdale NL have closed out! Congratulations Matt, Nikita and Ken!
(Courtesy of Oliver Roth)
Posted from: 64.12.116.197
April 1st, 2006 17:41
THREE WAY CLOSE OUT BY SCARSDALE!
CONGRADULATIONS TO:
SCARSDALE NL (NIKITA)
SCARSDALE MS (MATT)
SCARSDALE KH (KEN)
Posted from: 64.12.116.197
April 1st, 2006 18:09
awesome
Posted from: 69.86.67.51
April 1st, 2006 18:48
woot woot, congrats ken, matt, nikita and marcus!!!! way to rep ny!!! :)
Posted from: 162.84.135.208
April 1st, 2006 18:49
damn those beastly scarnovices
congrats guys (and girls) for all of your hard work paying off
Posted from: 69.118.137.245
April 1st, 2006 19:16
Way to keep the title in-house.
Posted from: 69.118.124.109
April 1st, 2006 19:34
COngratulations to Matt and Ken. Needless to say, they are fantastic debaters and certainly are worthy of the shared title. Congrats to Nikita as well because getting coached over in semis is just as good and she is just as awesome.
As a general statement, the Scarsdale novices are awesome at both debate and life. Especially Oliver Roth who a)does magic tricks b) can break dance c) is great at tic-tac toe and d) regularly gets into fist fights with Matt Shields.
Posted from: 69.63.16.127
April 1st, 2006 19:51
Thanks to everyone for the positive comments. Special thanks to Vaughan, Shields, and Salant who tought us how to handle some of the…interesting case positions that we hit here.
Also congradulations to Nell, Matt H., Rush, and Marcus, for they all debated well this weekend.
*To Jon Cruz:
-As a minor correction, it was actually Matt who coached over Nikita in semis. I beat Dowling Cathlic AR on a 3-2 in semis.
Thanks everyone.
Posted from: 12.216.99.157
April 1st, 2006 20:11
QUARTERS
Scarsdale KH def. Lincoln East BW
(Eastlund, Horak, Byrnes, Kulzer, Abba)
Dowling Catholic AR def. Scarsdale MM
3-2(Morgan, Kelly Clancy, Koslow*, Blaser, Tarsney*)
Scarsdale MS def Meadows AK
(Robertson, Neally, Campbell, Tourville, Vieira)
Scarsdale NL def. Lynbrook JL
(Sheaff, Stickley, VanVoorhis, Zlobin, Mayes)
SEMIS
Scarsdale KH def. Dowling Catholic AR (Anne Roth)
3-2 (Heather Hamilton, Liz Schmukler, Rankin, Mayes*, ???*)
Posted from: 71.251.19.249
April 1st, 2006 20:17
Congrats to the Scarsdale domination crew, im impressed.
Posted from: 12.216.99.157
April 1st, 2006 20:23
First, the last judge on that semi’s panel was Neally.
Wow, this tournament gave me faith in the future of debate. Highland Park JJ was incredible, far and away the best novice I’ve ever seen, how far she got is not indicative of how good she is, and watch out for this girl next year.
And all the SLP and Lynbrook kids I saw also made lots of good, intelligent arguments, and know how to win technical debates. Lynbrook LY in particular did an amazing job of being persuasive/speaking pretty and still thoroughly pwning her opponent on the technical debate.
Hopkins EM is another force to be reconed with. He had a local circuit style but strategic arguments and cases.
And of course Scarsdale had the top 4 seeds, all undefeated, and MS was 6/0, first speaker, and won the tournament.
Posted from: 63.229.173.93
April 1st, 2006 20:42
I saw Ken Hersey twice. He’s quite good.
Posted from: 4.252.16.45
April 1st, 2006 21:38
Way to go Eli! Octos AND a compliment from Scott Koslow!
I really wish I could be there instead of taking the SAT’s. My April fools joke was that the stupid test was five and a half hours.
Oh, and Eli, can you teach me how to adapt once you get back?
Posted from: 68.38.220.125
April 1st, 2006 21:44
Congrats to all of Scarsdale and to Mr. Vaughan for an incredible job this weekend!
Was the March/ April topic used?
Posted from: 162.84.157.249
April 1st, 2006 22:21
A more formal congrats to the Scarsdale novices who rocked the great state of Iowa this weekend:
Matt Hershey – the man.
Ken Hershey – the man with the plan.
Nikita – will never lose an outround in her life.
Moretti – should’ve stuck with basketball if he can only go 9-1 on the weekend.
D-Rush – should’ve done his math homework.
and Matty – wow, what a stud; maybe sometime you can show me how to cash in on the genes?
Nice job guys.
Posted from: 163.1.231.29
April 1st, 2006 22:23
jillian jordan is a talented student with a great work ethic. she’s fun to work with and i’m proud of her for breaking!
Posted from: 24.195.0.174
April 2nd, 2006 10:14
Nice job scarsdale
Posted from: 205.188.116.132
April 2nd, 2006 10:44
Scarsdale is awesome, need i say more?
Posted from: 67.161.25.118
April 2nd, 2006 11:41
lynbrook novices rock a lot.
Posted from: 67.55.154.59
April 2nd, 2006 12:38
Mad props go out to Evelyn Anderson of ICW debate.
Posted from: 69.118.235.193
April 2nd, 2006 12:46
Amazing job Scarsdale!!! congrats to all of you….especially Ken, Matt and Nikita….you guys are amazing!
Posted from: 71.141.184.23
April 2nd, 2006 15:08
Novice Nats was quite the tournament. My judges gave lengthy oral critiques to back up their decisions (particularily Elizabeth Schmikler and Liz Viera), and I definitely learned a lot from them.
Big ups to Scarsdale – especially David Rush, the only opponent I’ve ever had who almost made me concede after his 1AR – for closing out the tournament; they are by far the best novice team I’ve seen this year.
And of course, congrats to all the Lynbrook novices who went. We are truly on fire.
Posted from: 69.118.237.229
April 2nd, 2006 15:08
Welll done Scarsdale
special congrats to Ken, Nikitaa, n offcourse the dawg.. salant!
Posted from: 69.118.136.231
April 2nd, 2006 16:07
Congrats everyone from scarsdale. Good job with the close out.
Posted from: 70.92.26.22
April 2nd, 2006 16:28
I saw a lot of amazing novices at this tournament. Many of the lynbrook kids were incredable and the sems round was one of the best novice rounds ive ever seen. Both debaters were stratigic and made intelligent arguments. Congrats to Ken and Anne for doin such an amazing job and making it so far.
Your Welcome Liz! Im glad I was helpful! Haha, u, liz Vieria, and i have the same name!
You are also a very good debater, congrats!
I also saw a very good hopkins kid whos name ive forgotten.(sorry)
and of course, scarsdale was impressive
Shmikler*
Posted from: 71.12.221.245
April 2nd, 2006 17:14
whooo hooo cyndy. way to direct.
Posted from: 128.101.248.255
April 2nd, 2006 17:25
any results packets avalable online??
Posted from: 65.9.235.178
April 2nd, 2006 18:09
congrats to anne and schappaugh for coaching her
Posted from: 66.65.110.230
April 2nd, 2006 18:18
Congratulations Matt, Ken, Nikita, Joe, and the entire Scarsdale crew. What a weekend! The powerhouse continues its growth. As I had said right before the tournament, the names you’re reading in these pairings are most assuredly names you’ll be reading for some time.
I want to again give a shout out to Cyndy for running what was clearly an awesome tournament.
Posted from: 12.217.99.84
April 2nd, 2006 18:43
Congrats to Cyndy for an amazingly well run tournament.
I was particularly impressed by (in no particular order) SLP LP, Dowling Catholic AR, Lincoln East BW, Scarsdale MM, Scarsdale KH, Hopkins EM, Lynbrook SA,and Lynbrook TP.
Keep it up.
Posted from: 69.118.237.220
April 3rd, 2006 09:13
This was the most fun/best tournament I have been to this year. The housing was fantastic. I have never met a nicer group of people in my life. Iowa pwns.
Congrats to Ken, Nikita, and Matt for doing incredibly well.
Posted from: 134.84.153.210
April 4th, 2006 08:22
Thanks much to Cyndy for putting on an amazing tournament as usual.
Marcus Moretti from Scarsdale, Liz Yang from Lynbrook and Anne Roth from Dowling were all among the most impressive novices I’ve ever seen, and, though I didn’t get a chance to judge them, I heard very good things about Matt Salant and David Rush from Scarsdale, Narayan from Lynbrook, and Jillian Jordan from Highland Park from everyone who judged them. Congratulations to everyone who did well on succeeding in an amazingly tough novice pool!
Posted from: 69.118.142.209
April 5th, 2006 00:49
well whatev liz… you should’ve been all like EXTEND THE TURN TO THAT A PRIORI THINGY AT THE BOTTOM which would have PWN3D randomly, but I guess we both igNORED that argument.
Hmmmm… actually our round was probably my most fun round… except for maybe 3rd round when i was all like STRAIGHT REF CAP GOOD without understanding any of those blocks I was reading…
whatev people who write 3000-word scripts should get HUNGRIED… but congrats mr. coach ( i leave you anonymous) for using only 6 hours of prep time to beat a 14-year-old novice given 3 minutes… i’m just UBER impressed. I mean… ()\/\/|\|463 of that kind is what I aspire to when I grow up.
anyway… amazing tournament… UBER well-run and stuff… and I’ve realized that iowa has more than just cornfield so yeah.
Also, congrats to Matt Salant, Ken Hershey, and Nikita Lalwani for closing out. AMAZING JOB GUYS (and assertive girl ;))
And congrats to the rest of the Scarsdale crew, namely Marcus Moretti, who barely missed closing out, Matt Hershey, who dropped on a 2-1 in partial dubs, and Nell Brodsky, who almost broke.
To reiterate, this was one of the most fun tournaments ever and I hope to PWN some of you beastly novices at TOC in a couple years ;) ;)
Posted from: 65.27.67.4
April 30th, 2006 19:00
Ay David Rush, I was the 3rd round guy- Congrats on thoroughly pwning me. I had never gone against someone without a case (though I did go against someone that never refuted me, haha) and it was a good learning experience. WHY DID I NOT MENTION THE STANDARDS??! Ah well, I found it pretty funny when my captain chewed you out. I think you Scarsdale people were taking debate steroids, or something or another…
Posted from: 69.118.141.9
January 26th, 2007 23:29
I’ll post here b/c this thread has been dead for almost a year now.
OWNED!
Posted from: 209.11.48.2
February 8th, 2007 14:10
to reiterate what I said before…OWNEDOWNEDOWNEDOWNEDOWNED…etc.