Comments on: Bobby Esnard Wins Scarsdale

By: Genesis Lung

Genesis Lung — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:43:06 +0000

Lol. I always fail at argumentation but I guess I speak well. Haha.

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By: ely grinfeld

ely grinfeld — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:31:10 +0000

BOBBY SO SMEXY
OOOOO
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By: Bernardo Guardi

Bernardo Guardi — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:47:26 +0000

BOBBY ESNARD IS A BEST
youre friend once known as sasha

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:41:25 +0000

Thanks Ryan & Mollee

By: Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:18:44 +0000

Way to go Bobby. Glad to see the hard work is paying off.

By: Mollee

Mollee — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:11:45 +0000

OH MY GOD! Congrats Bobby!!!!! You are A-mazing. Way to represent the Cooper/Jeffers lab. lol =D

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:47:21 +0000

Congrats to Stuyvesant for breaking 10 of 14 debaters, and especially Georgia for getting to finals (through flying lasors)!

By: emily

emily — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:44:18 +0000

congratulations matt, alli, and bobby

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:51:32 +0000

Great tournament. def. coming back next year. Hopefully more people will come too.

By: glomo

glomo — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:23:21 +0000

CONGRATTSSS
Bronx Science and Irvington High…you made your coaches very proud. :)
hope to see you around

By: carl shan

carl shan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:53:46 +0000

big up to kartik on the speaker and octs.

By: Melanie Plaza

Melanie Plaza — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:46:51 +0000

Congrats Bobby, Matt, Vineet, and Abhi!

By: hey

hey — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:22:43 +0000

Ya great pf tourney even tho no one from my school broke :(. Congrats to Irvington, Bronx, and Regis for breaking (how’d you forget Regis, Joe? :P ) and for lots of fun rounds.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:12:41 +0000

Congrats to Bronx Science KM and Irvington DG! Keep up the great work you guys

By: hey

hey — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:06:05 +0000

Is there any colleyville coverage?

By: Emilija Landsbergis

Emilija Landsbergis — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:00:02 +0000

CONGRATS TO ABHI AND VINEET, AND ESPICALLY MATT AND BOBBY FOR TAKING HOME THE TOURNMENT IN BOTH DIVISONS!

By: Abhi

Abhi — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:23:40 +0000

oh yeah…and i forgot to thank the Scarsdale parents for housing and the awesome lasagna!

By: Abhi

Abhi — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:21:24 +0000

oongrats to Matt, Bobby and Vineet (my mentor)…
JUSTICE IS JUSTICE AND WE NEED JUSTICE!

apart from the competition and bxsci winning the tournament, it was just a really fun, enjoyable experience thank Mr. Vaughan and Mr. Cruz …the tournament was awesome

By: carolyn

carolyn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:02:24 +0000

go Bronx Science!!!!

By: ely grinfeld

ely grinfeld — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:16:45 +0000

gratz bx

By: Matt Ross

Matt Ross — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:12:54 +0000

first, Congrats to ABHI, VINEET, and BOBBY!!!

Also I would like to thank many people:
-Mr. Cruz, of course, for coaching me and novice directors Nixxi Chen(also my mentor) and Matt Dunay
- Mr. Vaughan (for hosting this tournament) and the entire Scarsdale debate team for everything they did to make this tournament happen
-Everyone who directed tab for working out the logistics and making the tournament run on time
-Scarsdale parents who coordinated the delicious food and for volunteering to house debaters
-and varsity debaters who put in the effort to judge in between their rounds

Thanks to everyone else who i did not mention who made this tournament what it was

By: Hannah Rothman

Hannah Rothman — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:40:30 +0000

Congrats Bobby, Matt Ross, Abhi, Vineet, Rohan, Lev, and Stefan! Go Bronx!

By: Saboor

Saboor — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:31:13 +0000

congrats bobby matt vineet and abhi

By: Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:24:53 +0000

Re: 42 — fixed, but that’s a typographical error, not a grammatical error. :o)

By: grammar

grammar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Matt won the round and, accordingly, wont he novice division.

By: Jon Cruz

Jon Cruz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:07:51 +0000

BOBBY! MATT! STEFAN! LAURA! VINEET! ABHI! LEV! ROHAN! I am so proud of you! (I already told you this while we were *at* Scarsdale, but it is worth repeating!)
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We had a fantastic time at the Scarsdale Invitational, and not just because of the end results for us. This tournament’s rapid growth from just last year alone was amazing. Scarsdale did a great job both in hiring out fantastic neutral judges and in encouraging schools to bring well-qualified critics. The tournament was efficient without being tiring and competitive without being cut-throat.
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Working in tab with Menick and Kaz was enjoyable as always, and a panel of three Hershey brothers was enough to keep my debate nerd excitement heightened, and the endless supply of Dr. Brown’s cream soda and black cherry soda did not disappoint, but the biggest satisfaction of the weekend was heading home with a group of enthusiastic, satisfied debaters motivated for both our next tournament and next year’s iteration of this tournament.
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Thanks, Joe, and thank you to all of the Scarsdale kids!
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P.S. On a non-Bronx Science note — special shout out to Alli Gofman on a breakout performance, and to Hen Hud in general for a great overall weekend!

By: emanuel

emanuel — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:04:06 +0000

congrats matt and bobby.

By: nc

nc — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:08:39 +0000

Matt Ross, tuck your shirt in.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:48:00 +0000

essentially the same thing liz said, minus a few exclamation points. good job all, especially matt and bobby on the breakout.

two consecutive tourneys to us. bronx heg.

By: Elizabeth Tam

Elizabeth Tam — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:52:35 +0000

CONGRATS BOBBY AND MATT ON WINNING!!!!!!!!!! You guys are amazing, and totally adorable!!! Congrats on getting TOP SPEAKER Bobby!!!

Congrats on clearing to semi’s Vineet and placing 9th speaker!!! Congrats Abhi for making it to quarters and getting 3rd speaker!!!

Congrats to all the bronx PFers, especially Stefan and Laura for clearing to finals, and Rohan and Lev for clearing to quarters!!!

Congrats to Jon on doing such a great job coaching!!!

Lastly, thanks for the amazing scarsdale team for making the tournament that much more fun! you know who you are – you guys and nikita are awesome!

By: Mira

Mira — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:11:46 +0000

Congrats to Bobby and Matt for owning the tournament, double champions and first and fourth speaker is incredibly impressive. Also congrats to Vineet on semis and ninth speaker, and my profound gratitude to all three of you for making it impossible for me to judge past quarters. Much appreciated.

By: scottkim.

scottkim. — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:06:57 +0000

Odd tourny I thought. Judging was unpredictable, but it was run well by the Scarsdale team. btw nisky and ntown ftw at harvard haha.

By: jacob levi

jacob levi — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:06:33 +0000

woot woot bxsci and bobby and matt

By: Rupert Deese

Rupert Deese — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:58:18 +0000

whooaa.

awesome, Matt. Bobby too.

Oh, whoops. AND Abhi and Vineet. Go Bronx!

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:47:23 +0000

Hershey, Hershey, Hershey*

Best. Panel. Ever.

By: Andrew Markoff

Andrew Markoff — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:34:04 +0000

Congrats to Bobby, Vineet, Matt, Abhi, Stefan, Laura, Lev, and Rohan!

Mr. Cruz must be pumped (except not about Hillary Clinton =(

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:49:51 +0000

congrats to all, esp. the Bronx Science crew. I would like to point out that this round:

(1) Bronx Science MR def. (8) Hendrick Hudson TK (Tara Kutzbach)(2-1)

was adjudicated by a panel of:

Hershey, Hershey, Hershey*

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:30:41 +0000

Congrats Bobby!!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:20:45 +0000

congrats to Bobby…swt job
also to finish off Vaughan’s post, the finals in novice was:
5-4(*Ken Hershey, Matt Hershey, Stuyvesant __, *Stuyvesant ___, Roth, *Nikita, Daks, Richard, *Sieden)

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:16:58 +0000

Yea…I second everything Bobby and Vineet just said about this tournament…between food, hospitality, judging, competition and staying on schedule,this tournament was awesome and highly recommended. Props to the Scarsdale team and thanks!

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:07:24 +0000

I would like to start this off by saying that Scarsdale was a fantastic tournament. The Schedule was followed perfectly (Kudos to TAB), the judging pool was excellent, the food was amazing (and free =), but beyond that the field was extremely competitive.

I would like to thank:
-Jon, well duh.
-Menick, Vaughan, and Kaz, for tabbing.
-Alex Weaver, for being an amazing judge and believing in me all the way to finals.
-Ken Hershey, without whom I would not have had a printed NC.
-The entire Scarsdale crew for an amazing tournament.

Congrats are due to:
-Vineet
-Georgia and Alli (our rounds were SO close)
-Matt Ross
-Abhi
-Matt Thomas
-Stefan
-Laura

Thanks SO much Scarsdale, it was a blast!!

By: Vineet

Vineet — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:00:17 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS to Bobby on his huge breakout, win and top speaker award.

I would also like to thank Mr. Vaughan and the entire Scarsdale team for hosting one of the most enjoyable tournaments I’ve ever attended, not to mention the extremely good quality of judging pool.

By: jane kessner

jane kessner — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:48:19 +0000

congrats bobby!!

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:32:40 +0000

Congrats to all who cleared.
Specifically –
Bobby who really deserved this and who I’ve had some of the best rounds on this topic against. seriously.
Alli for being a baller(I’m sorry lol)
Robbie. Cause its Robbie. Italian Stallion for being good. And Newburgh for being fricken awesome. uh…who else. Yan and Vineet for clearing. And Sam Sanders for not matching. That is all.

By: Joe Vaughan

Joe Vaughan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:29:40 +0000

Thanks to all who attended. The Scarsdale team appreciates the support of our debate community. I hope all who attended had a good time.

By the way, the varsity final was a 2-1 with petraro dissenting and the novice was a 5-4 with ken hershey, nikita lalwani, josh seiden and one other person dissenting i believe

By: Fisch

Fisch — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:10:23 +0000

Nice job to all of Byram, Bobby, MT/The Impact (Reppin’ the 9-1-7/the trifecta, y’all know the deal at this point), and Robbie!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:07:46 +0000

a huge congrats to alli g, deek, matt, and robbie.

By: Thurm

Thurm — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:40:55 +0000

Major congrats to Bobby, Robbie, the Big Dog Vineet, Brian, Abhinav, Jared, and a big congrats to Sahil.

By: Blah!

Blah! — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:15:27 +0000

Cheech and Chong!

By: ALJ (AG)

ALJ (AG) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:05:35 +0000

congrats to ALJ – PK, MC, and AC for clearing go johnson!
also
congrats to Vineet (spelling)
Jared D.
Matt lil daddy??? Thomas
Fiana (spelling)
and Allie Goffman! (selling)

By: CK

CK — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:23:12 +0000

The grid aesthetic shall not lose.

By: Dan Chen

Dan Chen — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:18:08 +0000

congrats to Bobby!

By: nc

nc — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:44:36 +0000

bronx take home everything.

By: ak

ak — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:21:58 +0000

matt ross ftw

By: ak

ak — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:16:22 +0000

BOBBY AND VINEET
yo my prediction was so beast
love you guys congrats congrats congrats

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:33:11 +0000

(16) Regis KN def. (17) Byram Hills SS (Samantha Sanders)
3-0 (Jonathan Alston, L. Kipatrick, Jonathan Alston)

Well, at least he didn’t have to worry about squirreling.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:12:22 +0000

BRONX BRONX BRONX BRONX

By: Fisch

Fisch — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Jonathan Alston voted twice against Sam Sanders… I guess she was just that bad.

By: sam dharia

sam dharia — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:38:04 +0000

which niskayuna DV is the real niskayuna DV, 13 or 19?

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By: Fisch

Fisch — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:09:38 +0000

Nice job Byram!

By: Joe Vaughan

Joe Vaughan — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:34:57 +0000

Hi Jimi

It;s either octas or a partial doubles. Sadly enough, i don’t know what the tabroom decided even though it’s our tournament

By: jimi morales

jimi morales — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:52:48 +0000

dear jon,

alex weaver and i would like to know if the tournament is breaking to octos.

thank you so much.

-jimi morales

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:11:20 +0000

I am 2-1 or 3-0.

Monticello PS is 2-1

Others I know

Byram SS 2-1
BxSci VS 3-0

By: Sohail

Sohail — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:37:30 +0000

Nisky Hege

By: Sam Dharia

Sam Dharia — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:21:31 +0000

Deek Velagandula is 3-0
yeah boy