Matt Thomas Wins Ridge
Matt Thomas and Matt Dunay
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Congratulations to the finalists at the Ridge Debates! In the varsity division, Monticello High School’s Matt Thomas debated the Bronx High School of Science’s Matt Dunay in front of a panel of Michael O’Connell, Ben Bassoff, Jacob Loftin, Jimi Morales, and Ridge alumna Angela Cai. On a 3-2 decision — Bassoff and Morales sat out — Matt defeated Matt to defend the title for Monticello. Congratulations are also in order for the J.V. finalists; in the final round Stuyvesant High School’s Eli Lipsky defeated Timothy Christian High School’s Steven Witaroski on a 4-1. (Coaching credits, a photo of the novice finalists, and extended results follow.)
Matt Thomas is coached by Sabrina Graham; Matt Dunay is coached by Jon Cruz, Douglas Jeffers, and Taarini Vohra. Eli is coached by Julie Sheinman and Caitlin Halpern; Steven is coached by Jonathan Barr.
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OCTAS
(1) Millburn TM def. (16) Morristown AG (Ashish Gupta)
2-1 (*Hasan Massey, Rebecca Hansen, Jacob Loftin)
(2) Chaminade MC def. (15) Stuyvesant JD (Jared Dummit)
3-0 (Bill Cooper, Kamaldeep Kaur, Chris Blaine)
(14) Bronx Science MD def. (3) Stuyvesant GS (Georgia Stasinopoulos)
2-1 (Antoinette Fuoto, Sam Huan, *Matt Konya)
(4) Monticello MT def. (13) Regis CR (Colin Ross)
2-1 (Lawrence Golden, *Boden, Jimi Morales)
(5) Randolph MH def. (12) Millburn GB (Glen Boden)
2-1 (*Kaitie Rubin, Christopher Kenny, Chrissy Kugel)
(11) Millburn KJ def. (6) Bronx Science VS (Vineet Singal)
2-1 (Jonathan Alston, Gary Sabak, *Candice Williams)
(7) Pocono Mountain ZP def. (10) Regis KN (Kevin Neylan)
3-0 (Michael O’Connell, Ben Bassoff, Mimi Rosenbaum)
(8) Morristown NF def. (9) Monticello DC (Dan Cook)
3-0 (Christopher Vu, Sara Torres, John-Paul Palescandolo)
QUARTERS
(1) Millburn TM def. (8) Morristown NF (Nicole Fearahn)
3-0 (Antoinette Fuoto, Bro. John McGrory, Ben Bassoff)
(2) Chaminade MC def. (7) Pocono Mountain West ZP (Zak Pyzik)
3-0 (Hasan Massey, Kamaldeep Kaur, Jimi Morales)
(14) Bronx Science MD def. (11) Millburn KJ (Kevin Justich)
2-1 (Abdul Beretay, *Jacob Loftin, Kaitie Rubin)
(4) Monticello MT def. (5) Randolph MH (Matt Herdman)
3-0 (Michael O’Connell, Candice Williams, Christopher Vu)
SEMIS
(4) Monticello MT def. (1) Millburn TM (Tess McNulty)
2-1 (*Angela Cai, Michael O’Connell, Christopher Vu)
(14) Bronx Science MD def. (2) Chaminade MC (Michael Contillo)
3-0 (Kaitie Rubin, Jimi Morales, Ben Bassoff)
FINALS
(4) Monticello MT def. (14) Bronx Science MD (Matt Dunay)
3-2 (Angela Cai, *Ben Bassoff, Jacob Lifton, *Jimi Morales, Michael O’Connell)
CHAMPION
(4) Monticello MT (Matt Thomas)
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TOP SPEAKERS
1. Georgia Stasinopoulos — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
2. Tess McNulty — Millburn High School (NJ)
3. Matt Thomas — Monticello High School (NY)
4. Matt Herdman — Randolph High School (NJ)
5. Michael Contillo — Chaminade High School (NY)
6. Vineet Singal — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
7. Colin Ross — Regis High School (NY)
8. Zak Pyzik — Pocono Mountain West High School (PA)
9. Christopher Jeng — Whippany Park High School (NJ)
10. Matt Dunay — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
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Steven Wiatroski and Eli Lipsky
J.V. OCTAS
(1) Timothy Christian SW def. (16) Bronx Science AE (Abhi Elisetty)
(15) Regis AG def. (2) Millburn HF (Haley Fitzpatrick)
(3) Stuyvesant EL def. (14) University OJ (Oneeka Johnson)
(13) Regis CKe def. (4) Timothy Christian SS (Samantha Selody)
(5) Stuyvesant EB def. (12) Bronx Science MR (Matt Ross)
(11) Timothy Christian IC def. (6) Regis MM (Matt McNierney)
(10) Chaminade MB def. (7) Regis SL (Stefan Lainovic)
(9) Bronx Science RD def. (8) Regis CN (Chris Neylan)
J.V. QUARTERS
(1) Timothy Christian SW def. (9) Bronx Science RD (Rupert Deese)
(10) Chaminade MB def. (15) Regis AG (Andrew Giambrone)
(3) Stuyvesant EL def. (11) Timothy Christian IC (Isaac Chao)
(13) Regis CKe def. (5) Stuyvesant EB (Eliana Blechman)
J.V. SEMIS
(1) Timothy Christian SW def. (13) Regis CKe (Chris Kelly)
(3) Stuyvesant EL def. (10) Chaminade MB (Michael Bucaria)
J.V. FINALS
(3) Stuyvesant EL def. (1) Timothy Christian SW (Steven Wiatroski)
J.V. CHAMPION
(3) Stuyvesant EL (Eli Lipsky)
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J.V. TOP SPEAKERS
1. Samantha Selody — Timothy Christian High School (NJ)
2. Andrew Giambrone — Regis High School (NY)
3. Steven Wiatroski — Timothy Christian High School (NJ)
4. Eliana Blechman — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
5. Abhi Elisetty — The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
6. Matt McNierney — Regis High School (NY)
7. Stefan Lainovic — Regis High School (NY)
8. Haley Fitzpatrick — Millburn High School (NJ)
9. Chris Neylan — Regis High School (NY)
10. Eli Lipsky — Stuyvesant High School (NY)
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Posted from: 204.8.196.66
December 8th, 2007 06:05
Good Morning. Still have not much to do. I’m 3-0
Cookie is 2-1
JV Policy BB is 3-0
Why am I posting about JV policy. Oh well.
Posted from: 67.107.166.135
December 8th, 2007 08:14
Go ZAK.
Posted from: 204.8.196.66
December 8th, 2007 09:09
Zak 4-0
Me 4-0
Tess 4-0
Contillo 3-1
Dan Cook 3-1
Posted from: 204.8.196.66
December 8th, 2007 09:17
I lied. Contillo just told me he’s confirmed 4-0.
JV policy update (I know, suspense…) Monticello BB is 4-0
go jv policy.
Posted from: 204.8.196.66
December 8th, 2007 09:22
Cookster is 3-1. yes he is. go cook. win. now. cOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Posted from: 72.80.222.75
December 8th, 2007 10:05
BRONX WILL SWEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if not then it should go to millburn or monticello, just saying…
Posted from: 152.17.62.220
December 8th, 2007 12:22
DUNAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY attack and congrats Vineet, Matt Ross, Rupert Deese, and Abhi Elisetty!
Posted from: 70.111.161.109
December 8th, 2007 13:16
RAN-DOLPH! RAN-DOLPH! HERD-MAN! HERD-MAN!
Also congrats to Kevin, Vineet and Tess
Posted from: 70.111.161.109
December 8th, 2007 13:35
I forgot Glen Boden. Congrats to him too.
Posted from: 67.107.166.135
December 8th, 2007 14:15
good luck zak!
congrats on breaking
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
December 8th, 2007 14:24
mike contillo, you are amazing. congrats!
also congrats to tess (and the rest of millburn), dunay, matt thomas, vineet, and zak
Posted from: 70.111.161.109
December 8th, 2007 14:30
After reading Karlyn’s post I realized I forgot Mike too. Congrats to him.
Posted from: 74.70.112.133
December 8th, 2007 14:45
I want kevin justich in me….
Posted from: 69.249.79.130
December 8th, 2007 14:56
ahh damn sohail, you can do so much better dude
Posted from: 67.107.166.135
December 8th, 2007 14:56
Great job, Zak. Way to beast.
Congrats to Vineet as well.
Posted from: 96.234.22.56
December 8th, 2007 14:59
all right millburn!
Posted from: 24.25.142.184
December 8th, 2007 15:15
Congrats to Ashish on breaking
Posted from: 96.233.120.226
December 8th, 2007 16:09
go tessss and congrats on breaking/quarters/winning up till now.
Posted from: 69.253.230.13
December 8th, 2007 16:55
way to go. that bunch of kids in semis is awesome =]
Posted from: 24.115.128.87
December 8th, 2007 17:03
Thomas man I told you win it! But good luck to dunay too
Posted from: 205.134.251.132
December 8th, 2007 17:14
[...] Ridge: Monticello’s Matt Thomas defeats Bronx Science’s Matt Dunay on a 3-2. In J.V. finals, Stuyvesant’s Eli Lipsky defeats Timothy Christian’s Steven Witaroski on a 4-1. [...]
Posted from: 69.249.95.157
December 8th, 2007 17:16
mad congrats to tess, kevin, glen, haley matt, matt, and vineet!
Posted from: 74.70.110.205
December 8th, 2007 17:16
Congrats to Vineet, Dan Cook, Pyzik, Kevin J, Tess, Mike, Matt T and Matt D.
Posted from: 24.151.51.16
December 8th, 2007 17:31
congrats to ashish, pyzik, dan,
congrats to matt for the win!
Posted from: 24.46.207.84
December 8th, 2007 17:52
Congrats to Ashish on the break and the tough octas round and a big congrats to Contillo for a very well deserved semis round and to Matt for the win! Nice job Matt!!!
Posted from: 69.253.68.197
December 8th, 2007 18:07
congrats to matt and matt! matt t. for the win, and a good round, and matt d. for repping jeffers/castillo.
congrats to everyone else who broke, and thanks to a ridge for a really efficient/fun tournament.
Posted from: 66.108.54.50
December 8th, 2007 18:08
Congrats to everyone who did well, in what seems to have been a pretty difficult field; in particular, congrats to the finalists, and to Mike, Tess, Matt Herdman, Kevin, and Glen.
Posted from: 67.85.160.122
December 8th, 2007 18:11
yayy for ashish!!! :) :) :)
AND for avi, whose ingenious game plans were utterly indispensable to our success and who wouldve broken if he hadnt gotten illegally low speaks from that “judge” who verbally raped him in his “rfd.”
team india is so amazing and is going to close out every tourney in the world nxt year!!!! it will happen.
congrats also to tess (…sorry for being half awake throughout our round hahah), justich, and pyzik and everyone who cleared
Posted from: 24.115.128.87
December 8th, 2007 18:22
Congrats to Vineet, Nicole, Cook, Kevin, DUnay, and especially Matt THomas who though I just met this weekend, from what Konya said u deserved this…..Also I can not forget thanking tess for allowing me to go through the best round ever, wtf legit judge in a 4 0 thats awesome lol!
Posted from: 69.249.95.27
December 8th, 2007 18:37
Congrat to tess on……. going for the prelim record still…
glen for being glen, dunay for being good, vineet for also beasting and love you. And haley for clearing again. MT is also awesome b/c he won. MO-Town NF kicked ass.
Posted from: 68.196.117.93
December 8th, 2007 18:50
Congrats to Glen, Tess for a great round, Matt T. for a well deserved win, and Brian Wynne for being half a speaker point away from clearing. Also, thanks to the Ridge tournament for having a really well run tournament with excessively helpful students and great judging. Even if Randolph was stuck in a literal jungle of poinsettias for the first night.
Posted from: 69.249.94.148
December 8th, 2007 19:01
congrats to matt t on the win, dunnay on finals, vineet on being a baller, and matt herdman on the quarters as well as a fun octas round. Congrats also to Tess for being a beast in prelims (as usual) as well as semi-ing, and kevin for annoying bronx science kids in outrounds. also, congrats to haley fitzpatrick for going 5-0 in jv at her second tournament ever!
Thanks to Mr. Yastremski and the Ridge team for an awesome tournament. Everything was on schedule, the judging was great, the competition was excellent, and the food was good.
Posted from: 24.151.21.99
December 8th, 2007 19:30
HUGE CONGRATS TO MATT THOMAS
YOU TOTALLY DESERVE THIS !
Posted from: 208.120.18.198
December 8th, 2007 19:36
Congrats to Dunay (You were one ballot away from obtaining my love), Vineet, Rupert, Matt Ross, and Ahbi.
Also congrats Matt Thomas (but not really), Zak, and other kids.
Posted from: 69.117.60.131
December 8th, 2007 19:45
Dunay – awesome job, well-deserved. Congrats on picking upthe round between us that actually counted.
Matt T- major congrats, big win. Fun round 5 as well.
Zak – i enjoyed our quarters round, loved the plan. congrats.
Congrats to everyone else who broke.
Btw, I may be 100% wrong, but I think the Stuy debater I hit in octas was Jared Durmit.
If you’re still adding info, my quarters rond was a 3-0.
I know I forgot something/someone.
Posted from: 69.206.171.183
December 8th, 2007 19:50
Congrats to Matt T. Way to continue the new tradition! Go Monticello!!
Posted from: 68.192.169.144
December 8th, 2007 20:04
Congrats to matt, mike, tess, matt, Zak, Vineet, and nicole!!
Posted from: 69.115.223.185
December 8th, 2007 21:10
Congrats matt thomas, matt dunay, vineet, nicole, tess
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
December 8th, 2007 21:15
Thanks to everyone, including my teammates, Hasan, Kaitie, and Annie.
Congrats to Tess and Matt on two really close rounds that could have gone either way. Mike on an interesting Rd. 5, Dan Cook for clearing and beasting, JV Policy for owning, Zak for calling it, Vineet for clearing, and everyone else I’m forgetting.
Um, just a few things: My Quarters round was a 3-0. Semis was not Chrissy Kugel. I don’t think. I think Angela Cai judged in her place and squirreled in that round.
This was a really fun tournament. Thanks to the Ridge team for running a cool tournament. Oh, and the Ridge team is pretty cool too. So is alan’s mom’s dumplings.
Posted from: 208.120.130.198
December 8th, 2007 21:19
I just wanted to say that I had a blast (and not only cuz i broke-lol) and this tournament was my first 5-rounder. Thanks to all the ppl who made this possible. Also congrats to Dunay (ghost of christmas past-lol), Vineet, Ross, and rupert and matt t (not rly). Btw nixxi u spelled name wrong lol..
Posted from: 72.80.222.75
December 8th, 2007 22:45
congrats dan, vineet, tess, kevin and matt squared!!
congrats to abhi, rupert and matt as well
Posted from: 75.167.74.148
December 8th, 2007 22:55
YESYESYESYESYESYES MATT THOMAS DOMINATES EVERYONE
Posted from: 149.150.236.196
December 9th, 2007 06:42
The semis between Tess and Matt was extremely close. I heard that two of the judges (both who voted for Matt, in the end) – couldn’t come to a decision for ten minutes after the round as they were looking through the flow of the debate. It was a really intense and interesting match.
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
December 9th, 2007 07:28
Yea. It was close. OConnell and Vu were in there for a while. Tess and I were discussing it while they were deciding and we kinda figured it could be a two one either way.
Posted from: 209.31.141.98
December 9th, 2007 07:31
matt thomas has only just begun…beware nonbelievers, for the streets shall soon run red with the blood of all those who oppose his advance. matt thomas will march on a road of bones.
Posted from: 138.88.146.22
December 9th, 2007 08:14
Congrats Matt!
Posted from: 66.108.94.165
December 9th, 2007 09:01
Congratulations to the two Matts! We all strive to be gracious in defeat, but it’s particularly easy when the winner is anyone from Monticello, the nicest squad around. Nice job, Mr. Thomas. (And congratulations to Dan and Sabrina as well!)
In addition to Matt, special LD shoutouts to Vineet, Abhi, Matt, and Rupert from a proud coach. On the policy side of things, congratulations as well to Bronx Science’s Ian and Scott for making it to varsity finals (just a few weeks after semis at Villiger!) and to Kristina, Andrew, Max, and Thomas for debating the outrounds as well.
Posted from: 69.118.235.253
December 9th, 2007 09:17
Dunay
Posted from: 69.120.236.168
December 9th, 2007 10:13
FUCK YEAH TO THE IMPACT! REPPIN’ THE 9-1-7, AS WELL AS THE TRIFECTA!!!!!! THE TRIFECTA PREVAILS (FOR REAL THIS TIME)!
Also, nice job to Justich, Dunay, and Dan Cook.
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
December 9th, 2007 10:35
TRIFECTA 917 CRITICAL THEORY ERIC FISCHER!!!!
Posted from: 72.68.76.78
December 9th, 2007 13:36
ha ha, matt and i did have a close round, but i think the decision was legit in the end.
just wanted to congratulate the millburn crew since i forgot, especially haley, for going 5-0 in jv as a novice. i would also like to call this to the attention of matt herdman, who doubted my novi. pwned.
Posted from: 69.119.93.209
December 9th, 2007 17:04
dunay is my hero
Posted from: 69.140.239.225
December 9th, 2007 19:07
Congrats to Nicole, Kevin, and the Matts.
Posted from: 75.167.74.148
December 9th, 2007 20:36
MATT DUNAY
Posted from: 68.196.115.67
December 9th, 2007 21:05
On the contrary Tess, you didn’t exactly “pwn” Matt because Millburn did not close out JV either.
On a more serious note: Congrats to everyone who broke especially Matthew S. Herdman the XIV.
Posted from: 68.196.201.226
December 9th, 2007 21:35
Congrats to Nicole for quarters and Ashish for breaking! And to Tess for overcoming the not-so-beastly game plan I laid out for both of them!
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
December 9th, 2007 23:18
I never even commented on how awesome the tournament itself was.
All of the Ridge debaters were amazingly accommodating hosts.
Thanks a lot.
Posted from: 68.38.86.185
December 10th, 2007 14:01
I wanna congrat everyone who did well and ridge and a good tounament.
Just something i want to point out while not taking anything away from anyone. I judged JV at ridge and the boy from timothy christian who made it to finals but lost i judged in in JV quarters but i hit him in the varsity pool at wake forest. And there is no reason that someone should be in jv at ridge and varsity at wake
Posted from: 68.196.117.93
December 10th, 2007 14:33
Tess, I admit defeat among our novii . Special props to Haley, who according to Randolph’s judges who judged her, is a beast.
Posted from: 72.68.195.157
December 10th, 2007 17:24
Congrats to Matt, our beloved novice director!
Congrats to rupert for making into quarters in a JV division, and congrats to Abhi for 5th top speaker! :]
Posted from: 68.192.161.27
December 10th, 2007 18:05
To Katzman:
In regards to your comment about they guy
from Timothy, I would like to inform you, that when you debated him at wake forest, it was only his second tournament ever and he didn’t even know how to flow. So it is only fitting that he would be in JV because is really where he belongs. Thank you. Have a nice night.
Posted from: 69.120.236.168
December 10th, 2007 18:09
Hey Matt- that’s not how you spell kritickal. Remember?
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
December 10th, 2007 18:16
thank you for the correction eric. k-r-i-t-i-c-k-a-l. theory. you just wouldnt understand.
Posted from: 68.38.86.185
December 10th, 2007 18:28
ok well if wake was only his second tournament then it makes sense he was jv at ridge but why varsity at wake? was there only a varsity division?
Posted from: 64.12.116.76
December 10th, 2007 18:47
To Katzman
I think you have mistaken me with someone else. I’ve never even been to north carolina, so I never could have debated you at wake forest. I debated you once at states in varsity, and that was only because there wasn’t any room for me in either the jv or novice divisions (it was only my second tournament).
Posted from: 68.38.86.185
December 10th, 2007 19:02
i looked back at my ballots and i guess i didnt hit you but i sweat that you have a twin brother who debates the exact same style as you
Posted from: 24.186.38.46
December 10th, 2007 19:59
Steven – you have to explain the justice “picture warrant” thing to me. I didn’t know you posted, so while you’re here, I’d love to hear about your approach to the round. In all sincerity, I am overly interested.
Posted from: 24.161.106.159
December 10th, 2007 22:27
congratulations to Matt, seeing as how he is fairly gnarly.
And, also, good job matt for figuring out in the ride home that if you flip the trophie upside down, it still says 1961. xD
Posted from: 67.85.160.122
December 11th, 2007 21:05
wow matt, that’s ingenious!!! the 1961 thing. HOWD YOU FIGGER TAHT OUT.
i would say thats hott, but…. ur obviously not. no not at all.
Posted from: 74.68.51.212
December 11th, 2007 21:32
Well, you see. It was like 10 PM and I was exhausted. Yea, so I flipped the trophy over and the 1961 was still 1961; I was like whoooaaaa.
Posted from: 67.50.220.2
December 12th, 2007 07:43
Nice Job to Matt “The Impact” Thomas with the first trifecta win of the year.