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Joan Gass Takes Lexington

posted by Jon Cruz on January 12th, 2007

Rushabh Doshi and Joan Gass

LEXINGTON, MA – Congratulations to the Hockaday School’s Joan Gass and Randolph High School’s Rushabh Doshi for advancing to the final round of the annual Lexington Winter Invitational! The final round was adjudicated by Abdul Beretay, McLean Crichton, Chetan Hertzig, Saqib Hossain, Mie Inouye, Liz Mullins, and Anila Sinha. On a 5-2 decision — Crichton and Inoyue dissented — Joan defeated Rushabh to take the tournament.

Joan is coached by Stacy Thomas and Tom Evnen. Rushabh is coached by Peter H. Bond.

In novice Lincoln-Douglas debate, Shrewsbury High School’s Daniel Miles faced off against the Bronx High School of Science’s Adam Silver in the final round. On a 4-3 decision, Daniel defeated Adam to win the novice title. Daniel is coached by Marc Rischitelli. Adam is coached by Jon Cruz.

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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

(33) Collegiate MW

DOUBLES
(32) Chaminade EV def. (1) Scarsdale NB (Neil Basu)
2-1 (*Dave Lievense, Brian Fitzgerald, Sam Korab)
(31) Presentation NA def. (2) Ridge SC (Stephanie Caravias)
3-0 (Karima Porter, Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg, Bart Holland)
(30) Scarsdale MS def. (3) Monticello KR (Kaitie Rubin)
2-1 (Larry Saladin, *Matt Scarola, Josh Meah)
(4) Scarsdale NL def. (29) Hockaday SV (Shivani Vohra)
2-1 (*Hasan Massey, Chris Blaine, Anila Sinha)
(5) Ridge ST def. (28) Battle Ground AC (Alok Choksi)
3-0 (P.J. Wexler, Stacy Thomas, Loralynne Krobetzky)
(6) Scarsdale KT def. (27) Atholton NK (Nikki Karthik)
3-0 (McLean Crichton, Scott Wunn, Justin Werner)
(7) Scarsdale KH def. (26) Manchester Essex MD (Michelle Dyke)
3-0 (Liz Mullins, Sarah Kirsch, Victor Monterosa)
(8) Newtown GNT def. (25) Arthur L. Johnson JM (John Monagle)
2-1 (*Tim Case, Dan Blynn, Tom Goshue)
(9) Randolph RD def. (24) Niskayuna AW (Alex Williams)
3-0 (Pankaj Karnik, A.J. Motgi, Jeny Baraz)
(23) Scarsdale MM def. (10) Hockaday HA (Hayley Altabef)
2-1 (*Yash Choksi, Megan Dwarkanath, Subatis)
(11) Presentation SG def. (22) Bronx Science MP (Melanie Plaza)
2-1 (*Aram Boghosian, Chetan Hertzig, Jason Oelbaum)
(21) Scarsdale AH def. (12) Needham ID (Igor Dobrusin)
3-0 (Douglas Jeffers, Dom Williams, Don Whitely)
(20) Hockaday TV over (13) Hockaday AB (Audrey Baker)
(14) Collegiate JY def. (19) Syosset ES (Eric Sporkin)
2-1 (John Goodwin, *Saqib Hossain, Ross Cowman)
(15) Hockaday JG def. (18) Chaminade MT (Matt Torsiello)
3-0 (Ren Chen, Kathryn Harris, Chonofsky)
(17) Sacred Heart AM def. (16) Regis KG (Kevin Gallagher)
2-1 (Abdul Beretay, *Mie Inouye, Dan Theodore)

OCTAS
(32) Chaminade EV def. (17) Sacred Heart AM (Augusta Moore)
3-0 (Hasan Massey, Karima Porter, Aram Boghosian)
(15) Hockaday JG def. (31) Presentation NA (Nadia Arid)
3-0 (Michael Bacon, Saqib Hossain, Chetan Hertzig)
(30) Scarsdale MS def. (14) Collegiate JY (Jonathan Yip)
3-0 (Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg, Pankaj Karnik, Tim Case)
(4) Scarsdale NL def. (30) Hockaday TV (Taarini Vorha)
3-0 (Josh Meah, Dave Lievense, Liz Mullins)
(5) Ridge ST def. (21) Scarsdale AH (Andrew Harris)
2-1 (Matt Scarola, A.J. Motgi, *Megan Dwarakanath)
(6) Scarsdale KT def. (11) Presentation SG (Sungat Grewal)
2-1 (Dom Williams, *Stacy Thomas, Sam Duby)
(7) Scarsdale KH over (23) Scarsdale MM (Marcus Moretti)
(9) Randolph RD def. (8) Newtown GNT (Gavin Newton-Tanzer)
2-1 (*Abdul Beretay, Yash Choksi, Kathryn Harris)

QUARTERS
(9) Randolph RD def. (32) Chaminade EV (Eric Vande Stouwe)
3-0 (Shoshana Gordon-Ginsburg, Stacy Thomas, Liz Mullins)
(5) Ridge ST def. (4) Scarsdale NL (Nikita Lalwani)
2-1 (Sam Duby, Tim Case, *Karima Porter)
(6) Scarsdale KT over (30) Scarsdale MS (Matt Salant)
(15) Hockaday JG def. (7) Scarsdale KH (Ken Hershey)
3-0 (Mie Inouye, Abdul Beretay, Aram Boghosian)

SEMIS
(9) Randolph RD def. (5) Ridge ST (Sameer Thanawala)
4-1 (McLean Crichton, John Goodwin, Mie Inouye, Ren Chen, *Kathryn Harris)
(15) Hockaday JG def. (6) Scarsdale KT (Kyle Tatz)
4-1 (Dan Blynn, Megan Dwarakanath, Sarah Kirsch, *Anila Sinha, Aram Boghosian)

FINALS
(15) Hockaday JG def. Randolph RD (Rushabh Doshi)
5-2 (Abdul Beretay, *McLean Crichton, Chetan Hertzig, Saqib Hossain, *Mie Inouye, Liz Mullins, Anila Sinha)

CHAMPION
(15) Hockaday JG (Joan Gass)

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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Neil Basu (Scarsdale High School, NY)
2. Joan Gass (The Hockaday School, TX)
3. Tim DeSanta (Regis High School, NY)
4. Kevin Gallagher (Regis High School, NY)
5. Nikita Lalwani (Scarsdale High School, NY)
6. Augusta Moore (Sacred Heart High School, MA)
7. Matt Torsiello (Chaminade High School, NY)
8. Eric Sporkin (Syosset High School, NY)
9. Stephanie Caravias (Ridge High School, NJ)
10. Sameer Thanawala (Ridge High School, NJ)
11. Taarini Vohra (The Hockaday School, TX)
12. Heather Nagle (Spanish River High School, FL)
13. Kyle Tatz (Scarsdale High School, NY)
14. Andrew Harris (Scarsdale High School, NY)
15. Melanie Plaza (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)

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(25) Bronx Science CH (Christina Herrmann)

NOVICE PARTIAL DOUBLES
(1) Bronx Science AS advances without debating
(2) Hendrick Hudson AG advances without debating
(3) Lincoln-Sudbury AP advances without debating
(4) Newtown AA advances without debating
(5) Bronx Science AH advances without debating
(6) Shrewsbury DM advances without debating
(7) Regis DM advances without debating
(8) Chaminade BS advances without debating
(24) Bronx Science EL def. (9) Regis MA (Mark Andriola)
(10) Poly Prep VP def. (23) Chaminade MG (Mike Gaffney)
(22) Regis JE def. (11) Bronx Science AK (Arielle Kellman)
(21) Regis MR def. (12) Newtown JJ (Jaycee Johns)
(20) Hendrick Hudson MS def. (13) Syosset TA (Tauseef Ahmed)
(14) Bronx Science CL def. (19) Scarsdale ET (Eric Thurm)
(18) Regis JG def. (15) Poly Prep HM (Hannah Miles)
(16) Presentation TW def. (17) Needham AM (Aseem Mehta)

NOVICE OCTAS

NOVICE QUARTERS

NOVICE SEMIS
(1) Bronx Science AS def. (4) Newtown AA (Amar Agashe)
(6) Shrewsbury DM def. (2) Hendrick Hudson AG (Alli Gofman)

NOVICE FINALS
(6) Shrewsbury DM def. (1) Bronx Science AS (Adam Silver)

NOVICE CHAMPION
(6) Shrewsbury DM (Daniel Miles)

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TOP NOVICE SPEAKERS
1. Adam Silver (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
2. Hannah Miles (Poly Prep Country Day School, NY)
3. Amanda Peery (Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, MA)
4. Rebecca Theodore (Hendrick Hudson High School, NY)
5. Amar Agashe (Newtown High School, CT)
6. Alli Gofman (Hendrick Hudson High School, NY)
7. Alicia Holland (The Bronx High School of Science, NY)
8. Daniel Miles (Shrewsbury High School, MA)
9. Tess Wafflebakker (Presentation High School, CA)
10. Assem Mehta (Needham High School, MA)

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60 Responses to “Joan Gass Takes Lexington”

anon
Posted from: 64.12.116.139

January 13th, 2007 11:25
1

tatz ups in dubs!

no pain, tatz!
Joe Vaughan
Posted from: 209.122.160.124

January 13th, 2007 14:01
2

Live from tab
…
deepa
Posted from: 68.126.221.51

January 13th, 2007 15:07
3

congrats sungat and nadia! i love you guys =)
Jeff Fox
Posted from: 152.3.180.225

January 13th, 2007 15:19
4

congrats rushabh doshi on the bid!
matt aks
Posted from: 152.163.100.71

January 13th, 2007 15:22
5

KYLE TATZ! THE MAN!

YOU DECIDE:
http://photos.victorybriefsdaily.com/?p=54

http://www.hbo.com/entourage/cast/character/vince.html
Shivani Sharma
Posted from: 67.83.30.24

January 13th, 2007 15:37
6

Good job Sameer. I can’t think of anyone who deserved this more than you.
Oliver
Posted from: 69.118.239.155

January 13th, 2007 17:15
7

Congrats for the long overdue bid matt.
Also to KHershy for completing his TOC qualification,
Congrats also to Marcus, Nikita, Kyle (who also received a long awaited bid), and Harris
Anjan
Posted from: 76.21.214.87

January 13th, 2007 17:53
8

Congratulations to Scarsdale for another amazing performance — and let me scoop Jon Cruz on this one. With Ken Hershey becoming fully qualified to TOC, that puts Scarsdale at 7 fully-qualified debaters (and a couple of others with 1 bid). This is more than impressive, it is historical — as Scarsdale has just bested College Prep’s record from 1996. Congratulations to Joe Vaughan and his wonderful team!
Todd Fine
Posted from: 74.71.112.80

January 13th, 2007 17:58
9

What’s happening in policy?
Sachin Sharma
Posted from: 24.46.207.84

January 13th, 2007 18:07
10

Congrats to matt, marcus, nikita, and eric!!
Victory Briefs
Posted from: 71.160.56.34

January 13th, 2007 18:22
11

Was there a field report from Lexington?
k diab
Posted from: 64.233.226.156

January 13th, 2007 18:34
12

word up, kyle
k diab
Posted from: 64.233.226.156

January 13th, 2007 18:35
13

and vande stouwe, too!
Adam
Posted from: 149.169.205.7

January 13th, 2007 18:52
14

For those interested, ASU results can be found at: http://victorybriefsdaily.com/2007/01/10/asu-tournament-of-excellence-unveiled/

Varsity LD Semis:

Susan Morrow v. Mike Spirtos
Angie Hermes v. Rushton Partow
Anna Ward
Posted from: 71.146.39.249

January 13th, 2007 19:05
15

I’m not really sure where to put this, but here are dubs pairings from MLK Logan (apparently, they didn’t attach codes):

Steve Rubert v. James Fong
Kurt Anthony (Homestead KA) v. Ohm Alladi
Chip Morton v. Stuti Pandey
Arsani Williams v. Arvind Kannan
Evan Larson v. Archit Sheth-Shah (Lynbrook AS)
Daniel Means (San Marino DM) v. Soojee Hanh
JKwan (Lynbrook JK) v. Andrew Lin
Ron Sun v. Sally Walstrom (El Cerrito SW)
Schlotz Tristan v. Cathy Xu
Dmitria Su v. Colby Hanson
Justin Lee v. Natalie Slechsig
Liz Pazzalo v. Rob Swanson (Homestead RS)
Diehl (Lynbrook PD) v. Tim McKenzie (Bellarmine TM)
Katie McGrath v. Nobel Freeman
Michelle Jin v. Mandy Swenson
Christi Wong v. Alex Rausch

And on a more Lex-related note, congrats to Nadia, Jonathan, and Sungat for octas! :)
Jordan G
Posted from: 75.73.206.15

January 13th, 2007 19:41
16

Kyle Tatz is the bomb, simply because he has prevented Mills lab from certain embarrassment.
Matt
Posted from: 146.115.75.254

January 13th, 2007 20:38
17

Semis-
Randolph RG advances
Scarsdale KT
Hockaday JG advances
Ridge ST

Finals…5-2 Affirmative Hockaday JG wins over Randolph RG

I’m not sure of the semi’s pairings but I am sure of who advanced and i watched final round. Congrats to all.
Alex Zhao
Posted from: 70.111.137.78

January 13th, 2007 20:44
18

RUSHABH DOSHI YOU ARE MY HERO
neil basu
Posted from: 141.155.130.5

January 13th, 2007 21:43
19

a HUGE congratulations to my teammates… including harris, marcus for the ghost, nikita for her 3rd bid, matty and kyle for their first bids and ken for completing his qual… sweet payoff for hard work

also congrats to friends incl. rawls lab 06 associates joan (troublemaker), sameer (bad handwriting), sporkin (innocence=children), and alok (\”did you just say….\”)
Ken
Posted from: 69.118.141.9

January 13th, 2007 21:44
20

congrats to neil for clearling, losing on a close 2-1, marcus, for having a great round against me in octas (and his third bid), harris, for getting to octas losing on a 2-1, salant for his first bid (get another fool), kyle for his first bid (get another one fool), and nikita for her third bid.

also congrats to the finalists Joan and Rushabh. I debated both of them at this tournament and they were both very impressive.
Alan T.
Posted from: 67.80.221.134

January 13th, 2007 21:56
21

Sameer is awesome
Ridge DC
Posted from: 68.192.165.197

January 13th, 2007 22:17
22

Congrats to Ken, Marcus, and Nikita for yet another AMAZING performance.

Much congrats to Sameer for a WELL deserved bid!!
Matt Hershey
Posted from: 69.118.237.220

January 13th, 2007 22:18
23

Congrats to Ken, Marcus, Matt, Nikita, and Kyle!

THE DRIVE.
Rohan S.
Posted from: 67.83.102.152

January 13th, 2007 22:31
24

DOLPH ‘HEG ASSSEEEEEMMMMMMBBLLLLLEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Nikita Lalwani
Posted from: 69.118.142.100

January 13th, 2007 22:43
25

HUGE congrats to:

my teammates-
Ken–for completing his qual!
Kyle and Salant–for very well-deserved and very overdue first bids
Marcus–3rd biddd
Neil–1st speaker and first seed
Harris–octas

and also to: alok (so close), sameer (on qualling and for a great rd), joan (for winning!!), erik for bidding, and thanks to micki (for housing)
Ridge DC
Posted from: 68.192.165.197

January 13th, 2007 22:58
26

WTF i cannot beleive i forgot Steph…
SCARAVIAS owns! congrats on 2nd seed!
Jon Gordon
Posted from: 69.118.231.1

January 13th, 2007 23:25
27

Haha what can I say, I like my results. I guess I’m just used to the incredible coverage VBD always provides, so I expect minute-by-minute reports. Congratulations to team Scarsdale on an astounding showing!
susan morrow
Posted from: 68.3.206.244

January 13th, 2007 23:33
28

yay joan!
st
Posted from: 66.87.88.5

January 13th, 2007 23:40
29

do we have a logan update?
Jon Cruz
Posted from: 75.193.29.207

January 13th, 2007 23:56
30

Congratulations Joan!!! Great job.

Congratulations as well to Ken Hershey and SCARSDALE for making history. When I do the massive wiki updates starting this Friday, I’ll have a new bit of history to compliment my first posts.

#11 — None was posted because no field was ever released ahead of time. I tried! :o)

Todd — check your messages. :o) Policy began today, as the tournament follows a staggered schedule (LD on Fri/Sat, CX on Sat/Sun/Mon, LD RR on Sun/Mon). Since my wireless card is on the fritz, I will likelybe unable to post pictures of the pairings from prelims, but I’ll report live from outrounds.
SHAGRIN
Posted from: 75.8.98.231

January 14th, 2007 00:32
31

congrats to marc on 33rd seed
anjali motgi
Posted from: 140.247.44.50

January 14th, 2007 00:58
32

congratulations joan! :)
nc
Posted from: 24.215.141.69

January 14th, 2007 06:10
33

Congrats at Melanie for clearing.

Congrats for Adam Silver for being a beastly novice, first speakers, first seed, AND finalist!

And of course all the other novices for a VERY impressive performance this weekend.
Sporkin
Posted from: 12.38.215.212

January 14th, 2007 06:57
34

Congrats Joan!
Neil, I’m telling you, the children are innocent bystanders.
Adam
Posted from: 209.218.176.59

January 14th, 2007 07:49
35

ASU Finals:
Angie Hermes def. Mike Spirtos (2-1)

Congratulations!

http://victorybriefsdaily.com/2007/01/10/asu-tournament-of-excellence-unveiled/
Todd Fine
Posted from: 74.71.112.80

January 14th, 2007 07:53
36

OK, that’s when I thought the policy tournament was. I got confused by the LD results. I hope everything is going well for them.
Jeff Fox
Posted from: 152.3.180.225

January 14th, 2007 08:41
37

Like I’ve always said, Rushabh Doshi is a beast
Salant
Posted from: 160.39.146.171

January 14th, 2007 09:42
38

YEAHHHH MATTY! Nice job on the bid and it’s a privilege to share your last name.

And screw you Scarsdale for beating our sophomore year record. Good work.
David
Posted from: 162.83.183.169

January 14th, 2007 10:33
39

CONGRATS Melanie and Bronx Novices. Way to represent
Akshay Agashe
Posted from: 68.191.49.72

January 14th, 2007 10:35
40

Congrats to Gacin and John Monagle for doubles and octas.

and of course to my brother Amar for showin’ his mad skillz
katy
Posted from: 66.69.143.45

January 14th, 2007 10:44
41

will the katy classic results from houston texas be posted?
Matt Herdman
Posted from: 68.196.117.93

January 14th, 2007 14:11
42

Congrats to Rushabh!
VS
Posted from: 162.83.226.141

January 14th, 2007 15:10
43

Congrats to Melanie, Emilija, Carolyn, Alicia and Arielle for breaking, and Christina for being so close to breaking (again). Special congrats to Adam for being one ballot short of the novice championship.
Anisha
Posted from: 67.169.183.70

January 14th, 2007 16:10
44

MLK LOGAN: stuti pandey broke to sems!
Rohan
Posted from: 75.73.120.114

January 14th, 2007 16:13
45

when are policy prelims over?
panda
Posted from: 68.196.115.198

January 14th, 2007 18:39
46

RUSHABH DOSHI
john monagle
Posted from: 68.38.220.125

January 14th, 2007 19:23
47

lexington was a really awesome tournament that i enjoyed going to for the third straight year.

Congrats to:

Joan on winning! It was really awesome meeting you this weekend!

Rushahb and Sameer on finals and semis respectively, bidding, and reppin NJ

Ken on qualling

Matt on receiving his first of many bids

Marcus on pulling in a third bid.

Stephanie on doubles

and Mike Calavano and Akshay Agashe on being very close to clearing as sophomores.
alex
Posted from: 68.199.21.179

January 14th, 2007 21:20
48

congrats to 1F and LPW for breaking…and to recebba for the high speaks
mostafa
Posted from: 24.16.141.153

January 14th, 2007 21:26
49

WOW seeds 1-3 got rocked, but congrats anyway scaravias, you will get your bid or at least an at large. another solid teamUSA performance, well-done.
step c.
Posted from: 68.192.169.144

January 14th, 2007 23:00
50

Sameer, congrats on a much deserved bid!!

Rushahb- way to hold up the garden state

Joan- u are my life hero

Congrats also to sporkin, nikita, andrew harris, aloke, and neil, u guys all rock!!
step c.
Posted from: 68.192.169.144

January 14th, 2007 23:03
51

ahh…sry alok, i splt ur name wrong. i guess i will add it to the list of things i cant spell (along with “pheot”)
matt levinson
Posted from: 128.36.68.27

January 15th, 2007 11:33
52

congrats rushabh! i always knew you had skills, the breakout tournament was inevitable
Sohail
Posted from: 74.70.149.223

January 15th, 2007 14:12
53

Anybody have Crestian results?
Anon.
Posted from: 68.196.118.147

January 15th, 2007 14:35
54

CONGRATULATIONS RUSHABH!!!
pheez
Posted from: 24.189.43.91

January 15th, 2007 16:15
55

Novice dubs -(20) Hendrick Hudson MS def. (13) Syosset TA (Tauseef Ahmed)

it went the other way around
richard
Posted from: 69.118.140.200

January 15th, 2007 16:44
56

Congrats to Neil, Harris, Marcus, Ken, Matt, Nikita , and Tatz.
Sohail
Posted from: 74.70.149.223

January 15th, 2007 20:27
57

crestian….
panda
Posted from: 68.196.112.19

January 15th, 2007 20:48
58

to Anon.:

YES
Rohan
Posted from: 75.73.120.114

January 15th, 2007 20:58
59

where did the lexington policy results thread go?
Justin Cantu
Posted from: 68.226.225.187

January 16th, 2007 23:25
60

Hey Rush remember those good times at Boy’s Nation

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