Justin Pearce Wins USC Title
LOS ANGELES, Cali. — It’s homecoming weekend here at USC. Thousands and thousands of USC alumni have arrived back for an all-campus tailgating party. Amongst all of the hoopla, the USC Debate Team hosted the David Damus Trojan Championships. The final round featured Esperanza High School’s Justin Pearce and Polytechnic School’s Stephen Wu. They debtaed in front of a panel of Jacob Levi, Corbin Cass, and Tim Case. On a 3-0 decision, the panel awarded the Trojan title to Justin. Congratulations to both finalists! (Coaching credits and extended results follow.)
Justin is coached by Suzanne Munsell. Stephen is coached by Melan W. Jaich.
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PARTIAL OCTAS
Harvard Westlake TB advances without debating
Esperanza SA advances without debating
Loyola CP def. Presentation KM (Katie McGrath)
3-0 (Hatch, Moussavian, Berryhill)
Esperanza JP def. Loyola AB (Andrew Blay)
3-0 (Hatch, Moussavian, Berryhill)
Loyola MM def. College Prep LS (Lily Sadat)
2-1 (Cass, Case, *Peiris)
Harvard Westlake SN def. Granada Hills PH (Phenia Hovspepyan)
3-0 (Cass, Case, Peiris)
Polytechnic SW def. West JZ (Joanna Zang)
2-1 (*Levi, Vepa, Rangarajan)
College Prep RG def. Harker EH (Eugene Huang)
3-0 (Levi, Vepa, Rangarajan)
QUARTERS
Harvard Westlake TB def. College Prep RG (Raman Ganti)
3-0 (Hatch, Case, Cass)
Polytechnic SW def. Esparanza SA (Saad Asad)
2-1 (Hatch, Case, *Cass)
Harvard Westlake SN def. Loyola CP (Chris Peak)
3-0 (Rangarajan, Chan, Moussavian)
Esparanza JP def. Loyola MM (Michael Mezzatesta)
2-1 (*Rangarajan, Chan, Moussavian)
SEMIS
Polytechnic SW def. Harvard Westlake SN (Sean Nadel) 3-0
Esperanza JP def. Harvard Westlake TB (Tony Baker) 2-1
FINALS
Esperanza JP def. Polytechnic SW (Stephen Wu)
3-0 (Tim Case, Corbin Cass, Jacob Levi)
CHAMPION
Esperanza JP (Justin Pearce)
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Posted from: 205.134.251.132
November 3rd, 2007 22:54
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Posted from: 75.164.243.39
November 3rd, 2007 23:21
Congrats Mr. Mezzatesta (sp?) own that joint.
Posted from: 69.111.178.80
November 3rd, 2007 23:41
thanks rob. why aren’t you here at usc? i miss my knight in shining armor
Posted from: 75.164.243.39
November 3rd, 2007 23:51
I went to whitman instead. I ended up getting a TOC bid too.
Posted from: 75.164.243.39
November 3rd, 2007 23:52
i.e. you have to win this to compensate for not bid-poaching in washington with me
Posted from: 69.111.178.80
November 4th, 2007 00:03
dude rob good job on the bid man. i see that you got to semis and didnt get in the top 20 speakers… suggesting that you’re still trying to win off “pref aff” lol
Posted from: 75.164.243.39
November 4th, 2007 00:19
lol, no I had judges who could follow speed but would dock speaks not debaters. So I preffed wins of speaks a lot. I was still 2nd seed because I was 6-0 in prelims.
Posted from: 75.164.243.39
November 4th, 2007 00:20
wins over* speaks
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
November 4th, 2007 06:51
Congratulations Sean, Tony, and Michael!
Posted from: 24.5.141.1
November 4th, 2007 10:40
Congrats Raman
Posted from: 71.106.50.37
November 4th, 2007 13:26
Let’s go Sean, Tony and Mezz.
Posted from: 69.111.178.80
November 4th, 2007 15:28
man, how’d i lose that round. eh oh well, shiny trophies!!!!!!!!!!
i think harvard westlake is gonna close out.
Posted from: 75.4.3.176
November 4th, 2007 15:33
sean and tony are definitely gonna close this baby out
Posted from: 69.111.178.80
November 4th, 2007 16:30
man, i beat both finals debaters in prelims… they beasted out rounds though, so they definately deserve it. especially good job to esperanza’s justin pearce, he beat the 4th seed, then the 5th seed, then the 1st seed to get to finals — and he entered out rounds as the 13th.
Posted from: 128.54.221.19
November 4th, 2007 17:11
ADMIRAL JP! rip some shit up
Posted from: 75.142.97.7
November 4th, 2007 17:13
congrats to everyone. im with mezz on the props to jp, but im still a bit sketchy as to why judges voted one way or another, but w.e.
shiny trophies are bomb, hahah
Posted from: 75.84.57.212
November 4th, 2007 17:53
Yay! Justin won 3-0! That trough is huge, it makes my champagne bucket look like a beerstein.
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
November 4th, 2007 18:01
Congrats to Sean and Tony for making it to semis! That is AWESOME work, good sirs.
Posted from: 69.105.172.193
November 4th, 2007 18:12
Congrats Saad.
Posted from: 70.189.168.180
November 4th, 2007 18:50
Congrats to my novice, Jordan. Awesome job getting to quarters at a JV tournament !
Posted from: 68.108.104.144
November 4th, 2007 19:32
Good work Jordan! Quarters at your second tournament is extremely impressive. Not to mention JV.
Also, congerats to Nicole for getting 4th Speaker in Varsity. Even though you didn’t do so well in prelims, you still fared very well.
Posted from: 134.173.92.188
November 4th, 2007 20:14
Congrats to Sean and Tony on breakout performances this weekend. You deserve it.
Posted from: 66.41.255.202
November 4th, 2007 20:56
congrats sean!
Posted from: 68.122.223.240
November 4th, 2007 22:15
justin is the man, huge congrats on a big win justin.
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
November 5th, 2007 06:15
Congratulations, Justin!!
Posted from: 74.10.26.66
November 5th, 2007 08:45
mad props sean! congrats to bietz and the rest of HW too.
Posted from: 207.153.112.110
November 5th, 2007 09:32
Congrats Sean and Tony! Domination…
Posted from: 169.229.81.189
November 5th, 2007 11:29
Nice job Lily and Raman.
Posted from: 65.125.82.250
November 5th, 2007 11:36
Congrats Justin on an amazing tournament !!!
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
November 5th, 2007 14:26
Justin Pearce mah booooi
Congrats
Posted from: 71.106.50.37
November 5th, 2007 15:15
Congrats to Justin, reppin Melin-Mahoney! And of course major props to Sean, Tony, Bietz and the Hdub Crew.
Posted from: 69.105.172.193
November 5th, 2007 16:38
good job justin.
Posted from: 24.205.210.127
November 5th, 2007 22:09
Conrats Saad and Michael on the Quarters finish…are the plates still nice and shiny this year?
Posted from: 24.205.210.127
November 5th, 2007 22:09
congrats*
Posted from: 130.58.194.189
November 6th, 2007 11:38
nice job sean and saad. holdin it down.
i hear a bunch of plastered usc dudes were wandering the halls of the tourn and were offering kids beer.
excellent planning and location guys!
Posted from: 76.170.89.195
November 6th, 2007 21:22
justin…..”THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!”……no but real this is an amazing thing that you’ve acomplished. I knew you could do it because i remember that time in corona at the bus stop when you walked up to me and said “hey i got a third ball…” and i said “WOW really…well i can tell your going to be a Master Debater.”
Posted from: 128.12.118.149
November 7th, 2007 02:18
Congrats to Justin on the win; I’m sure I can speak for the Mahoney/Melin lab when I say we’re all proud of you!
Posted from: 69.111.178.80
November 9th, 2007 00:43
yeah justin stepped it up fo sho. and yes, there were a few plastered usc guys giving us beer… in fact, before my round against saad, some wasted student handed a beer to justin… THAT EXPAINS THE WIN
Posted from: 75.19.35.130
November 9th, 2007 16:15
That’s explains it Michael. It must have been the beer. Moral of the story: Beer = victory. Probably not the best moral, but I think it’s the only one we’ve got for now, so it’ll have to do.